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ACHYUT KANVINDE
IIT KANPUR, NEHRU SCIENCE CENTRE MUMBAI

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FUNCTIONALISM – approach to design as per concept that FORM
& SPACE should emerge out of logical arrangement of space inside
and NOT from any PREDETERMINED ideas like SYMMETRY or BALANCE.

A building should have only elements which are FUNCTIONALLY

necessary and not NON - FUNCTIONAL DECORATION which
are meaningless.

• Use of industrial materials / pre fabricated door window

• Response to Human Scale.

• LOGIC of LIGHTNESS – Construction that looks light and materials

that gives it a rear balance of strength and lighter massing.

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SENSE OF SPACE – Humanness is all about SCALE &
PROPORTION His designs responded to local scale and context as
well as heritage in the locality.

• His ideas were very essential at the time as the society was trying to
break away from the EUROPEAN COLONIALISM.

• His ideas and designs were a unique blend of TECHNOLOGY &

ATHESTICS

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS – Asymmetry , Cubism, Smooth
and plain textures, Flat roofs and adoption of steel frames and
reinforced concrete.

Kanvinde played with space and form also with natural light. He
believed that RELATIONSHIPS
OF THE PARTS & MATERIALS
OF A BUILDING ARE A WORKING MORALITY.

At the end of 1960’s his works was interpreted as ARCHITECTURE

EXPRESSION THAT REFLECTED THE CULTURE AND
ASPIRATIONS.
• This clearly reflected the rise of Brutalism polemic of architecture.

• Exposed Concrete with exposed brick became his signature work.

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Kanvinde plays with space and forms.
Hisdesigns are slender, balanced, proportionate, neat and well crafted

ISKCON – Importance to natural light, ventilation, no excess heat.

Vernacular Architecture

Both inherent values and historical influences and contributed towards good
architecture.

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS – IIT KANPUR

Campus is planned to achieve ENVIRONMENTAL FREEDOM

Halls of Residences, Faculty and Staff Housing and community

buildings surround the central academic area to provide FLEXILIBITY
IN MOVEMENT & COMMUNICATIONS.

Academic area connected with a LONG CORRIDOR which links all

major buildings.

Conventional type of buildings were designed as isolated islands

Common activities between Faculty and Students is encouraged

with shared common space.

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