INDIAN

INSTITUTE OF
MANAGEMENT
AHMEDABAD

PROJECT

 Indian institute of management, Ahmedabad is a public business school located in

Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
 Established in 1961, the campus is spread across 106 acres of land.
 It is led by space scientist Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and industrialist shri Kasturbhai Lalbhai.
 It was designed by Louis I. Khan, B.V. Doshi and Anant raje.
 Kahn's architecture is characterized by the use of exposed red bricks, the extensive use of
geometric shapes in hostels and academic blocks and vast corridors outside the classrooms.
 The institute offers post-graduate diploma programmes in management and agri-business
management, a fellowship programme and a number of executive training programs.
 The institute has about 500 students, 100 faculties and 350 staff members.
SITE ANALYSIS

 The campus has an old campus and a new campus.

 Master plan of the institute is divided into 2 parts:
1. Institutional complex with library, administration,
faculty blocks, school buildings and school dormitories.
2. Residential area for faculty and clerical staff. Influenced
by the management philosophy and students busy schedule
Kahn integrated living and earning spaces.
 ORIENTATION- the diagonal layout had the advantage
of the building being oriented towards the south western
breezes. The orientation also helps cut out the west sun
reducing glare.
DESIGN CONCEPT

 Khan always wanted to give a solid and formal look to his buildings.
 He wanted to create a “FORTRESS IN BRICK’’ in keeping with some of the following
features:
 Exposed brickwork
 Large openings or voids in walls
 Exposed concrete ties
 Very less use of glass for windows
 Interplay of light and shade in corridors
 Hide entrances, window openings
 Diagonal system of placing the blocks to emphasize the blocks.
CIRCULATION

The circulation in IIM is through

three major roads:
1. Peripheral
2. Internal
3. Smaller internal roads.
Separate accesses are provided
for the institutional complex and
the residential complex.
All activities are placed within
walkable distances.
COMPONENTS OF
THE CAMPUS
 MAIN ACADEMIC COMPLEX

(includes administration block,classrooms,

faculty room around central piazza which also
has the main entrance)

 KITCHEN AND DINING

 FACULTY AND STAFF HOUSING

MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT
CENTRE

 STUDENT DORMITORIES FOR PGP

 (Post Graduate Programme)

STUDENTS
CAMPUS LAYOUT

 Separate entries for institutional and residential complex.

 Separate service entry.
 Academic and social activities have been integrated with students and staff living.
 Institutional building has been taken as the focal building.
 Auditorium is located near the main entrance for easy access for visitors.
 Residential areas have been planned in hierarchical pattern.
 The scale and massing gives a monumental feeling of space.
 Canteen and auditorium does not integrate well due to being a later addition.
 School building is planned around a court
 School building and students dorm have been placed diagonally to take advantage of winds from
south-west
ACADEMY BLOCK PLAN
MAIN ENTRANCE
ARCHES
ACADEMIC
COMPLEX

The academic complex comprises

of the following:

 LIBRARY
 SCHOOL BUILDING
 FACULTY BLOCKS
 DORMITORIES
 LOUIS KAHN PLAZA
LIBRARY BLOCK
  FIRST FLOOR PLAN:
 The library building is five storeyed with a rectangular plan.
 It is approached by a broad, imposing flight of steps from the
parking lot.
 The design has been conceived to entail movement from the active
spaces to most private and quiet carrels at the farthest reaches.
 SECOND FLOOR: accommodate the triple height reading hall and
conference hall.
 THIRD FLOOR: accommodates bound volumes of journals.
 FOURTH FLOOR: accommodates bound volumes of old books and
journals.
LIBRARY BLOCK
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
CLASSROOMS

 The shape of the classrooms

are hexagonal.
 The design of the classroom
is based on the seminar type
interaction between the
students and the faculty.
 Windows are high to get
glare free light.
CLASSROOM INTERIOR
FACULTY BLOCKS

 Faculty block is on the right

side of the main entrance.
 It is a four storeyed building
with four blocks.
 All the openings are designed
to overlook the adjacent
landscape and the Louis kahn
plaza.
LOUIS KAHN PLAZA

 Instead of a small courtyard,

one large courtyard has been
planned in the centre to relate
the movement around.
DORMITORIES

 Each dormitory is cubic block, 4 storey height, and has 2 wings of individual rooms set at right angles
to one another, separated by a vertical slot, forming and L- shape on the west and south that creates
shadowed common spaces for informal meeting
 A square tower like service block is placed on the north-east corner of dormitory, its corner is open
with narrow slots so that the facades appear to stand free of one another
 A diagonal wall pierced by a large circular opening and joined at its mid point to the service tower
with a semi-circular stair at its centre
DORMITORIES - CONCEPT
“I Use The Square To Begin
 My Solutions Because The
Square Is A Non-choice,
Really. In The Course Of
Development, I Search For
The Forces That Would
Disprove The Square...” Louis Kahn
DORMITORIES
 The position of the staircase
and washroom are meant to
protect the living room from
sun and glare without
obstructing the breeze and
ventilation.
 In most of the blocks, the
ground floor is used as banks,
etc.
 The dorms are placed one
behind the other to obtain the
much needed breeze and cross
ventilation.
BUILDING MATERIALS
 Brick has been used as primary building material for the entire complex, walls and columns.
 Brick arches have been used for wide spans.
 Use of concrete has been restricted to foundations, floor slabs, and ties for arched openings.
MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE - INTRO

 Anant Raje was invited by Louis Kahn personally to work in his office in Philadelphia. Raje worked there from
1964 to 1969 in close association with the master architect.
 During this period Anant Raje oversaw the ongoing construction of Louis Kahn's Indian Institute of Management
in Ahmedabad.
 After such a long association with the master, Raje imbibed in him Kahn's philosophy of architecture, sense of
order, appreciation of light, handling of materials especially brick and concrete, climate control, etc.
 This is evident from many other buildings Raje designed in IIM Campus after 1974. Prominent among these
include the Management Development Centre (1974-89) and the Ravi Mathai Centre (1987-89).
MANAGEMENT
DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
 Management development
centre has been located
towards the eastern edge of
the campus. It has been
planned as a self contained
unit with academic area,
offices, executive hostels and
dining facilities.
 Its a double storeyed building
with a basement and has a C-
shape plan enclosing a court in
between.
MANAGEMENT
DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
 There are two lecture halls, two
conference rooms and eight syndicate
rooms in the MDC building.
 Construction – exposed brick and
concrete
 Spatial organization similar to main block
 Court is the main feature
 All rooms are centrally air conditioned
with balconies over looking landscaped
court
 The services block is separated from the
court by an arcade up to full height
containing also the stairs.
 While the main piazza opens towards the
horizon, Raje's court, while apparently
having the same plan design, is an intimate
space screened off by a line of green.
KLMDC
Inside
Lawn


KLMDC lawn
 KLMDC BACK AREA
KLMDC
Back area
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