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Ar. Anant Raje

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EARLY LIFE : ANANT DAMODAR RAJE

He was born on September 1929 in Bombay. In 1954 he graduated in Architecture, Sir J.J.

School of fine arts. 1957-1960: Professional practice with Mr. B.V.

Doshi. He did his professional work in Ahmedabad

from the year 1961-1964 1964-1968 : in the office of prof. Louis I. Kahn

in Philadelphia. 1969-1971: Working on construction of the

Indian Institute of Business Management Building complex with Louis Kahn , as his representative to develop design details and organize site office unit and construction work in Ahmedabad.

He is honorary director of the School of Architecture , Ahmedabad.

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ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES

Use of bold materials and very clean geometric shapes and forms Blend of exteriors to the interiors An experience using the play of textures on the external facades Attended to issues of light and ventilation

DESIGN CONCEPT• His works exhibit integrity between purpose and expression, building and

landscape, part and whole, and the ultimate quality of all good architects through time – a sense of repose

• His works had an excellent understanding of the elements of building, and the law of construction, that it gave the sense of ordering presence

• yet it is an order to enrich by the patina of materials he chooses and sensitivity of light

• His works had indeed a softness and quality of transcendence.

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PHILOSOPHIES

He always stressed on integration of culture and spiritual well being

His works always aimed at simplicity and honesty

His efforts ad designer aimed at process of integration of man, the space around him and the elements making up the space.

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ACHIEVEMENTS

Distinguished professor’s Award from the centre for environmental Planning and Technology(CEPT)

The Indian Institute of Architects(IIA)BaburaoMhatre Gold Medal for Architecture

in 1993The Master Award for lifetime Contribution in

Architecture from J.K Industries,India in 2000.

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Anant Raje designed a number of private and public projects in many Indian cities including

• Executive Management Centre at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, India

• Indian Institute of Forest Management Bhopal, India

• The Indian Statistical Institute in New Delhi.• Museum Of Minerals, Nagpur. (unbuilt)• Galbabhai Farmers' Training Institute in

Banaskantha, Gujarat• MAFCO wholesale market, Mumbai, India

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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREST MANAGEMENT

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ARCHITECT : ANANT RAJE PLACE : BHOPAL YEAR : 1989 BUILDING : INSTITUTIONAL AREA :650000 SQ.M ARCHITECTURAL STYLE : MODERN The design of Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal was

inspired by the concept of continuity. Institutions are self-contained entities, whose growth is nurtured by a

process of self-renewal through the various stages of their development.

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Located in Nehru Nagar , in the southern west corner of the city of Bhopal.

Situated on a hill that overlooks the Bhadbhada barrage that controls the overflow of the upper lake or Bada Talab of Bhopal.

The spillway for Bhadbhada tails around the IIFM hill , giving it a scenic location surrounded by water on three sides during good monsoons.

The inspiration for the project came from the historical town of Mandu. The natural vegetation is wild grass , which has been allowed to grow , augmented by rows and clumps of trees. Walls cladded with stone in shades of green and yellow grey.

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PLANNING

Plan of academic complex: A. Accounts Office, B. Administrative Office, C. Faculty Research Offices, D. Seminar Rooms, E. Class Rooms, F. Library and Computer Centre, G. Auditorium, W. Overhead Water Tank

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ACADEMIC COMPLEX : Court surrounded by classrooms , a library , an auditorium , a seminar

room. Library building being four storeyed serves as the focal point of academic

complex. LIVING ZONE : Consists of student dormitories , a kitchen , dining areas and a space for

meetings. Dormitories face lake and are located at the southern tip of the complex. OPENINGS : Openings are recessed into shadow pockets which become the dominant

feature controlling and directing scale and proportion throughout the building.

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The Amphitheatre, with a capacity of 750, is planned for multipurpose activities - speech, music or film. The seating is partly on a flat area with removable chairs and partly on permanent tiers.

Built in concrete , the building’s interiors interact with the exteriors through a medium of concrete arched skin that seems to wrap around , standing lightly along the periphery giving the overall building a certain lightness of form.

Student Dormitory

Library

Dining halls

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Instead of concrete being rendered into a monolith , the facade displays a variety of textures in concrete and stone.

The magnificence of the clear sky is brilliantly framed through the circular rings supported on the arches , carefully and precisely as one would stack cards.

The building seems to be truly ahead of

its time and completely in compliance with Raje’s philosophy of architecture which aimed at simplicity and honesty.

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BHOPAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS

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BHOPAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS

ARCHITECT : ANANT RAJE PLACE : BHOPAL, MADHYAPRADESH YEAR : 1990 BUILDING : GOVERNAMENT OFFICE BUILDING AREA :3600 SQ.M ARCHITECTURAL STYLE : MODERN

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PLANNING

Ground Floor Plan First Floor Plan

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The buildings has Kotah stone or Yellow Sandstone grit plaster expressed in the form of regulated panel formation with exposed concrete lintels and floor bands on the exterior surfaces.

The same materials also cover the surfaces in the public lobbies, staircase enclosures as well as the interiors of light wells and porches.  

The elevated plaza has rough yellow sandstone paving. The stair steps and lobbies and corridors have polished yellow Jaisalmer stone

to give the ambience of warmth inside the building.  The building works with the climate, shading the internal spaces from the hot

summer sun. All openings are integrated with the structure in such a way that they create a

pocket of shadow within which the windows fall offering a complete freedom to the design and form of the windows.

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West Elevation North Elevation

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The office floors with ground and three upper are organised with a main circulation corridor giving access to individual cabins with attached toilets on the south sides and to general offices on the north side.

The corridor at two ends links up with two staircases and general staff toilets, utilities, switch room and security personnel spaces.

The general offices are so structured in plan as to give attached record rooms and allowing flexible arrangement to partition any particular office space if so desired. 

The elevated plaza has rough yellow sandstone  paving. The stair steps and lobbies and corridors have polished yellow Jaisalmer stone to give the ambience of warmth inside the building.

Porch and light wells to office

Public and staff entry to offices

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A very close and compact plan not only ensures economy in space utilisation, economy in structural design, economy in overall building expenditure, but a meaningful solution to building in a hot and dry climate.

The volumes of the buildings in this complex are progressively growing in height in direct response their functional needs and the forms of building expressing  their wilful character.

This then is the summary of the architecture of place making. In this case it is the Head Quarters of the Bhopal Development Authority. 

SUMMARY

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