Uttam chand jain

1. 1. Ar. Uttam Chand Jain

2. 2. • Uttam Chand was born in 1934 in Melwara, Rajasthan. • He completed his schooling
at jodhpur Rajasthan. • He graduated in architecture with I class honors in 1958 at Indian
institute of technology, Kharagpur where he was a merit scholar throughout. • Soon after
receiving advance study scholarship from national university of Tucumen , Argentina
proceeded to Latin America where for two years he studied and gained experience . •
Established his own architecture practice in 1961.
3. 3. • Handled institutional buildings, commercial complexes, recreational facilities, tourists
projects, luxury hotels, theaters, housing, private residences, and university campus
layout. • Taught at various architectural colleges and been examiner at university of
Bombay, Punjab university, Chandigarh, Baroda university; Ahmadabad school of
architecture and school of planning and architecture, New Delhi. • He served on jury of
national competitions in architecture on many occasions. Education • 1958 Graduated in
Architecture (B.Arch.) with 1st Class Honors on a scholarship from I.I.T Kharagpur, West
Bengal • 1958-59Advanced study scholarship from the National University of Tucuman,
Argentina Professional Practice 1961 to date : In private practice
4. 4. PHILOSOPHY His buildings reflect the heritage of that particular place. • He is not
much bothered about the trends and always try to conceive the building in his own style .
• The various projects he has undertaken since then reflect the consistent contextually
inherit in his design philosophy. ACIEVEMENTS • First achievement was in 1969
common wealth institute of architects, London awarded prize in India essay competitions.
• In 1973 he won first prize in all India architectural competition sponsored by government
of Goa for memorial design. • He was listed as one of the three Indian architects among
200 contemporary worlds architects by Japan architects , Tokyo in 1977. • In 1978
Washington university USA invited him to speak at their Tuesday lecture series on “a
contemporary architecture of the past”.
5. 5. UNIVERSITY OF JODHPUR CAMPUS • Lecture theater – 1971 (680 sqm • Building is
made with golden colored sandstone with which the traditional buildings of jodhpur have
been constructed. • Steel and cement are used only minimally in this cost effective
design • Walls are of dressed masonry laid in lime mortar, standard 3.5meter long stone
slabs. • The university buildings are widely dispersed all over the campus ,three buildings
– the faculty of arts and social sciences, the central lecture theater cluster and the
campus canteen – stand out among them . • The building is constructed with a double
wall to counter the hot and desert climate of the desert. • The outer wall screens the sun
and are rhythmic in pattern .
6. 6. •Lecture theatre –cluster is a small ziggurat like structure mirroring the inclined seating
in each of its four identical halls. •Each is a simple rectangle in plan supported by two
parallel walls along its longer axis . •A stone pergola screens the central node at which all
the four theaters emerge. •Approach is through a ramp framed between two lecture
theater.. •The canteen – comprises of shared kitchen and service areas with separate
dining facilities for students and teachers . • The staff area is a small mezzanine that
overlooks the larger student dining hall below . •It is reached by an open staircase rising
from the entrance court .
7. 7. Printing press • Similar to the lecture theatre it has stepped profile . • This allows the
light to enter in the central space. • It also has a steeped entrance which is clearly visible.
• Like other buildings of the campus it also made of locally available sandstone. • The
east west façade is made of dead wall to cut of the heat of sun.
8. 8. DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES • This department has a very
simple u-shaped plan with a central courtyard planning. • Made of locally available sand
stone with thick walls of lime construction. • On the ground floor there are all the faculty
offices, and some of the lecture rooms. • Mainly the lecture rooms are on the first floor. •
Enough space is left for future expansion. DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY
• Similar in plan, simple with colonnaded corridors LIBRARY BUILDING • Library building
is a simple rectangular Greek cross. • In this building U.C.Jain has achieved minimum
distance between readers and the books. • As he has places the stacks in central area
 on the mezzanine floor ,along with other circulation elements. • And the reading areas
are placed in all the four l-shaped halls , which receive sufficient ambient light. • Building
made of golden sandstone matches the surrounding.
9. 9. INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT • In this building the
main concept which the architect has achieved is “darkness to light” there is a main
entrance gate which leads to sun deck. The corridors open up into the courtyards. • On
the entrance wall there is an inviting mural. • The basic planning is the courtyard
planning. • The site on which building stands is sloping and hence the building follows the
topography of the site . • Another thing which is achieved in this building is the restricted
motion, major areas of maximum movement are kept near to the entrance and the
research labs are kept at the farthest point from the entrance thus minimizing the
movement.
10. 10. • The campus comprises of two zones- the institutional and residential. • The
buildings are low-profiled masses, that are loosely connected to merge with
surroundings, interlinked by pneumatic connectors.
11. 11. PLAN • The institutional spaces consist of an auditorium, a computer room, a
research wing, an administration block, a recreation hall and a service core. • The
residential accommodation caters to the needs of the staff, researchers and visiting
scholars.
12. 12. To give a handicraft look to the complex, natural materials and the maximum possible
manual labor have been used. OBEYING THE NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY
13. 13. To respond to hot and humid climate, a series of paper-thin sections have been
designed through the double skin principle. The barrel vault evokes the elemental vaulted
roofs of the caves.