CASE STUDY ON:

AR. ANANT RAJE HISTORY OF MORDEN ACHITECTURE

CONTENTS

LIFE EDUCATION & CAREER OF ANANT RAJE ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES CONCEPTS ACHIEVMENTS IMPORTANT BUILDINGS

• IIFM , BHOPAL• FARMER’S TRAINING ISTITUTE

LIFE, EDUCATION AND CAREER

• BORN IN MUMBAI , INDIA ON 26 SEPTEMBER 1929• WAS WELL KNOWN ARCHITECT , INTELLCTUAL AND TEACHER • 1954 :GRADUATED FROM SIR .J.J. SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS , MUMBAI• 1957-1960 : PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE WITH AR. B.V.DOSHI , IN AHEMDABAD• 1961-1964 : PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE , IN AHEMDABAD• 1964-1968 : IN THE OFFICE OF AR.LOUISH KHAN IN PHILADELPHIA • 1969-1971 : WORKING ON CONSTRUCTION OF IIM WITH AR.LOUISH KHAN• LATER HE BECAME THE HONORARY DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE , AHMEDABD(C.E.P.T.) • RAJE LIVED HIS LAST BREATH ON THE 27 JUNE 2009

ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES • USE OF BOLD MATERIAL AND VERY CLEAN GEOMETRIC SHAPES AND FORMS • BELND OF EXTERIOR TO THE INTERIORS • AN EXPERIENCE USINGTHE PLAY OF TEXTURES ON THE EXTERNAL FACEDES • ATTENDED TO ISSUES OF LIGHT AND VENTILATION

CONCEPTS •RAJE’S WORK EXHIBITS PURPINTEGRITY BETWEEN OSE AND EXPRESSION, BUILDING AND LANDSCAPNE , PART AND WHOLE, THE UNILIMATED QUALITY OF ALL GOOD ARCHITECTURE THROUGH TIME- A SENSE OF REPOSE• YET IT IS AN ORDRE ENRICHHEDBY THE PANTINAOF MATERIALS HECHOSES ANDHIS SENSTIVILY OFLIGHT•HIS WORKS HAD IDEEED A SOFTNESS AND QUALITY OF TRANSCEDENCE

ACHIEVMENTS

• DISTHINGUISHED PROFESSOR’S AWARD FROM C.E.P.T• THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECT (IIA)• BABUROA MHATRE GOLD MEDAL FOR ARCHITECTURE IN 1993• THEMASTER AWARD FORLIFTIME CONTRIBUTION INARCHITECTURE FROM J.K.INDUSTERIES ,INDIA IN 2000.

IMPORTANT BUILDINGS

• EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT CENTRE AT THE INDIAN INTITUTE OF MAGMENT , AHMEDABAD • INDIAN INTITUTE OF FOREST MAGMENT (IIFM), BHOPAL• FARMERS TRAINING INSTITUTE IN GUJRAT

INDIAN INTITUTE OF FOREST MAGMENT (IIFM), BHOPAL

• DESIGINER : AR.ANANT RAJE• LOCATION : BHOPAL• YEAR : 1984• BUILDING : INSTITUTIONAL • CONSRUCTION SYSTEM : CONCRETE • ARCHITECTURAL STYLE : MORDEN

INDIAN INTITUTE OF FOREST MAGMENT (IIFM), BHOPAL

INDIAN INTITUTE OF FOREST MAGMENT (IIFM), BHOPAL

• BUILT IN CONCRETE , THE BUILDING INTERIOR INTERACT WITH THE EXTERIORSTHROUGH A MEDIUMOFCONCREE ARCHED SKIN THAT SESTO WRAP AROUND , STANDING LIGHTLY ALONG THE GIVINGTHE OVERALL BUILDING A CERTAIN LIGHTNESS OF FORM

INDIAN INTITUTE OF FOREST MAGMENT (IIFM), BHOPAL

• THE MAGNIFICENCE OFTHECLEAR SKY IS BRILLANTLY FARMED THROUGHT THECIRCULARRINGS SUPPORTEDON THE ARCHES AS CAREFULLY AND PRECIISELY ASONE WOULD STRACK CARD

INDIAN INTITUTE OF FOREST MAGMENT (IIFM), BHOPAL

• LOOKING AT THE MAIN BUILDING THAT SITS A TOP THE LANDSCAPED SURRODINGS , ONE MIGHTSENSE A SIMILARITY OF FORM WITH THEIIMA BUILDING THANKS TO THEARCHE AND COURTYARDS

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GALBABHAI TRAINING INSTITUTE PALANPUR, INDIA

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• The buildings are based on the repetition of 4.5 meter wide structural bays roofed with a barrel vault concrete shell.

• This standardization allowed for a rapid and economical construction process.

• The project also features an auction hall with raised platform for loading and unloading produce.

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• The series of loggias making up the dormitories do not open on the courtyard placed in their center in order to achieve maximum privacy

• The compound is enclosed by stone walls, and the buildings' openings are spanned by concrete lintels and are deeply recessed to provide additional shade.

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The exposed stone facades and arched lintels used throughout convey a visual unity to the overall design.