COURSE TITLE: Contemporary Architecture L -3 T -0 P -0 Cr 3

COURSE CODE: ARC316

CA CATEGORY: A23
EXAM CATEGORY: 55
WEEK NO.: 5 LECTURE NO. # 18

LECTURE DETAIL :

POST MODERN ARCHITECTURE

(LAURIE BAKER)

COURSE INSTRUCTOR: JEBINA YASMIN UID: 19356

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LAURIE BAKER: The father of low cost architecture of India
LIFE HISTORY

(March 2, 1917 – April 1, 2007) British-born Indian

architect

In 1990, the Government of India awarded him with the

Padma Shri in recognition of his meritorious service in
the field of architecture.

He obtained Indian citizenship in 1989 and resided in

Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala.

Baker studied architecture in Birmingham and

graduated in 1937

During the Second World War, he served in the Friends

Ambulance Unit in China and Burma.

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ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES

Throughout his practice, Baker became well known for designing and
building low cost, high quality homes, with a great portion of his work
suited to or built for lower-middle to lower class clients.

•COST EFFECTIVENESS
•USE OF LOCALLY AVAILABLE MATERIALS
•RESPECT FOR NATURE
•AVOIDANCE OF ENERGY INTENSIVE
MATERIALS
•ELIMINATION OF REDUNDANT DETAILS
•WASTAGE MINIMIZATION
JALI WALL at Central for
•SPATIAL PLANNING Development Studies,
Thiruvananthapuram.

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AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
1938 ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH
ARCHITECTS.

1970 FELLOW OF INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS

1983 MEMBER OF BRITISH EMPIRE.

1987 FIRST INDIAN NATIONAL HABITAT AWARD

1989 I.I.A. MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR

1990 GREAT MASTERS ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR.
PADMA SHREE

1992 U.N.O. HABITATS AWARD

U.N. ROLL OF HONOR

1993 INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ARCHITECTS (I.U.A.) AWARD

1994 PEOPLE OF THE YEAR AWARD

I.I.A. BABU RAO MAITRE GOLD MEDAL

1995 DOCTORATE OF UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ENGLAND

2003 BASHEER PURASKARAM.
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HIS POPULAR CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES

•USE OF RAT TRAP BOND
•FILLER SLABS
•ARCHES
•TERRACOTTA ROOFING
•FRAMELESS DOORS AND WINDOWS
MORE INNOVATIVE METHODS HE ADOPTED….
•DIFFERENT BONDING TECHNIQUES FOR BRICKS.
•PERFORATED BRICK WALLS.
•USE OF DISCARDED BOTTLES , INSET IN WALL.
•USE OF BRICKS INSPITE OF LINTELS
•CURVED WALLS
•RUBBLE MASONRY

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ADVANTAGES
FILLER SLAB :
20-35% LESS MATERIALS
DECORATIVE, ECONOMICAL & REDUCED SELF-LOAD
ALMOST MAINTENANCE FREE
25-30% COST REDUCTION
JACK ARCH :
ENERGY SAVING & ECO-FRIENDLY COMPRESSIVE ROOFING.
DECORATIVE & HIGHLY ECONOMICAL
MAINTENANCE FREE
MASONRY DOME :
ENERGY SAVING ECO-FRIENDLY COMPRESSIVE ROOF.
DECORATIVE & HIGHLY ECONOMICAL FOR LARGES SPANS.
MAINTENANCE FREE
FUNICULAR SHELL :
ENERGY SAVING ECO-FRIENDLY COMPRESSIVE ROOF.
DECORATIVE & ECONOMICAL
MAINTENANCE FREE
MASONRY ARCHES :
TRADITIONAL SPANNING SYSTEM.
HIGHLY DECORATIVE & ECONOMICAL
LESS ENERGY REQUIREMENT.
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THESE MEHODS AND TECHNIQUES LED TO CHARACTERISTIC ELEMENTS OF

BAKER'S STYLE. JALIS
• JALIS
• TRADITIONAL ROOFS
• STEPPED ARCHES,
• OVERHANGING EAVES
• SKYLIGHTS
• BUILT-IN FURNITURES

BUILT-IN FURNITUR

TRADITIONAL ROOF STEPPED ARCHES

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ARCHITECTURAL STYLE

• Designing and building low cost, high quality,

beautiful homes

• Suited to or built for lower-middle to lower class

clients.

• Irregular, pyramid-like structures on roofs, with one

side left open and tilting into the wind.

• Brick jali walls, a perforated brick screen which

utilises natural air movement to cool the home's
interior and create intricate patterns of light and
shadow

•Baker's designs invariably have traditional Indian

sloping roofs and terracotta Mangalore tile roofing with
gables and vents allowing rising hot air to escape.

•Curved walls to enclose more volume at lower material

cost than straight walls.
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Center for Development Studies - Trivandrum -

1975
Baker’s ‘masterpiece,’ the
Centre for Development
Studies in Kerala, is a 10 acre
campus at a cost of Rs15 lakhs,
demonstrated the
effectiveness of his plan.
The institute includes
A research institute.
A graduate school dedicated

to utilizing the study of

economics to help the poor.

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Main features of this building:

•He designed the buildings at the
Centre to practically cool them.
•He renders jalis, a perforated
wooden screen found in traditional
Indian architecture, in brick;
•Some buildings include a series of
small courtyards containing
shallow pools in the center, whose
evaporation helps cool the air.
•Paying close attention to the
existing site as he began to design
the project, Baker left as many
coconut palm trees in place as
possible to cast cooling shade onto
the campus.
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•In evaluating the campus for the Centre, Baker

planned roads along the lower, while footpaths were
routed along naturally occurring elevated areas;
following the natural topography helps to limit erosion
and despoilment of the environment.

•Brick walls were left un plastered

•With his mastery over his medium, Baker creates a

variety of textures and patterns by simple
manipulation of the way in which bricks are placed in
the wall.

•The architecture of this academic complex was

conceived as a demonstration of economically
responsible building practices.

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HOMEWORK/ REVISION/ QUESTIONS:

Thank You

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