HISTORY AND THEORY

OF ARCHITECTURE

BY:SUPRIYA JAVAJI
16271AA037
KRISHNA RAO JAISIM
 CONTENTS:

INTRODUCTION
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
FAMOUS WORKS
PRINCIPLES
MATERIALS USED
PUBLISHING
LOST WORKS
QUOTES
 ARCHITECT JAISIM:

ECO FRIENDLY ARCHITECT.

PAST CHAIRMAN OF INDIAN INSTITUTE OF
ARCHITECTS[IIA].
ONE OF INDIA’S LEADING ARCHITECT.
 CAREER:

BORN ON
SCHOOLING-MADRAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL [1960 BATCH].
COMPLETED UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN ARCHITECTURE
IN 1966, FROM MADRAS UNIVERSITY.
1966-1970 WORKED WITH CHARTED ARCHITECTS.
HE STARTED JAISIM FOUNDATIONHEAD INSPIRED BY THE
WRITINGS OF AYN RAND IN 1970.
FROM 1970-1975 HE DID SOME PRESTIGIOUS WORKS
INCLUDING
 TAJ FISHERMAN’S COVE.
 NATIONAL COMPETITION FOR COCHIN STADIA.
 PRESIDENTS NOMINATION FOR SMALL INDUSTRIES
PAVILION.
FROM 1975-1980 PRACTISE IN MUSCAT OMAN EXCITING
WORK INCLUDING RUNNING A STONE CRUSHER AND A
FABRICATION SHOP AND MATERIAL COMMERCIAL
COMPANY FOR ARCHITECTURAL MATERIALS.
IN 1980 HE RETURNED TO INDIA AND SETTLED IN
BANGALORE.
 INSPIRATION:

HE GOT INSPIRED BY BUCKMINISTER FULLER, GEOFFREY

BAWA, KOENIGSBERGER.
HE MARRIED AT 1970,TO GEETA.[NOW WITH
AMCHAM].
ONE DAUGHTER-ASHWINI JAISIM[PSYCHOLOGY-
DEVELOPMENT].
 AWARDS:

JK AWARD-ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR 1992

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE-
DURIAN SOCIETY INTERIROS DESIGN AWARD 2004
INTERNATIONAL GOLD STAR AWARD-2007
LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2007 FOR OUTSTANDING
PERFORMANCE IN FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE AWARDED BY PAA.
 PHILOSOPHY:
ECO FRIENDLY ARCHITECTURE
FLUIDITY IN FORMS
SIMPLE FORMS
HONESTY TO MATERIAL AND SPACE
INTEGRATION
IMAGINATION TO INNOVATION
WASTE IS WEALTH, SO DON’T WASTE
ALWAYS RECYCLE THE MATERIALS
UNDERSTANDING TODAY WITHOUT FORGETTING YESTERDAY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW
YESTERDAY……..TODAY…………TOMORROW…….
 PHILOSOPHY IN STONE:

STONES SING IS ALL ABOUT LIFE AND MUSIC.

AS FAR AS THE MIND IS CONCERNED BOTH HAVE ALWAYS BEE THERE.
EONS HAVE COME AND GONE, MANY MORE WILL COME, YET EACH
STONE IS AN INDIVIDUAL.
NOT ONE BEFORE OR AFTER SHALL BE THE SAME.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AND NEVER SHALL BE TWO STONES THAT
ARE THE SAME.
 IN THE ROMANCE WITH STONE,
EVER SINCE ITS COGNITION BY THE
HUMAN SPIRIT AS A PARTNER FOR
HIS GREATER LIFE, STONE HAS
SHOWN MYRAID FACES.
 THE PROPERTIES OF STONE AND
ITS QUALITIES HAVE FIRED A RIOT
IN THE MINDS OF MANY A CREATOR.
THE MORE ONE DISCOVERS, THE LESS ONE
COMPRHENDS, AND THE DEPTH AND POTENTIAL
OF THIS MATERIAL IS LIMITED ONLY BY
IMAGINATION.
MATTER HAS TO EXIST FOR IT TO BE EXPLOITED
BY THE MIND. THE MATTER IN STONE IS
IMMENSE.
IT IS ALWAYS AROUND US IN
THE FORM OF A MOUNTAIN OR A
RANGE OF MOUNTAINS IT FIRES
THE HUMAN IMAGINATION.
 STONES FIRST IMMENSE
IMPRESSION IS IN THE MANNER
OF A CLIEF.
THE SHEER DROP THRILLS. YOU STEP BACK IN AWE AND FEAR, RESPECT
FOLLOWS. YOU HEAR A RUMBLING AND THERE IS A LANDSLIDE, THE
ROCKS ROLL DOWN CRASHING LIKE THUNDER, IF YOU CAN, YOU STEP
BACK OPEN MOUTHED AT THIS POWER. YOU THEN COME TO THE
MOUNTAIN SPRINGS, RIVULETS, STREAMS AND THE WATERFALL. IT MAY
BE THE SOUND OF WATER THAT FASCINATES FIRST, BUT THAT SOUND IS
THE RESULT OF THE ROMANCE OF STONE WITH WATER. IT IS STONE
THAT GIVES MEANING TO THE FLOW OF WATER FROM THE SOFT PEBBLE
CREATED RUSTLES TO THE CRASHING OF SYMBOLS AT THE FALLS.
A MONOLITH STANDING IN THE MIDST OF NOTHINGNESS EVOKES THE
MYSTIC IN A CHILD TO THE AGED. THE STONE HINGE IS AND WALL
ALWAYS BE A STANDING EXAMPLE OF SUCH AN EXPERIENCE. IT IS THESE
EXPERIENCES AND MORE THAT HAVE MADE ARCHITECTS FROM TIME
IMMEMORIAL TO USE STONE AS A LIVING PART OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
JUST WALK UP TO ANY STONE PILLAR AND KNOCK IT AND IT WILL TELL
MANY A STORY IN RINGING TONES.
 STONE AS AN AGGREGATE IN
CONCRETE IS LIKE RICE IN
VEGETARIAN DIET. POLISHED OR
FLAMED, CUT OR HEWED STONE
AS FACING AND DÉCOR, IS LIKE
GOLD AND DIAMONDS ON LIVING
SPIRIT. STONE IS A GARMENT AS
ALSO THE BODY IT IS WITHIN AND
WITHOUT.
THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE IS NOT JUST A STORY.POETRY IS WHAT
MAKES ARCHITECTURE SENSOUS. STONE MAKES THIS POSSIBLE BY ITS
PRESENCE IN ITS VARIOUS MANIFESTATIONS IN THE BUILDING SPACES.
IT HAS TODAY CAUGHT THE IMAGINATION OF THE LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECT IN ITS MANY MANIFESTATIONS, SUCH THAT IT CAN CREATE
SPACES IN MOST MICRO OR MACRO OF SPACES WITH LIMITLESS
APPROACHES. AN OBELISK STANDING IN THE MIDDLE A SQUARE IS A
BEAUTY TO BEHOLD. NO SCULPTOR CAN ADD TO IT. THE ONLY
ENHANCEMENT THAT IS POSSIBLE IS BY THE METICULOUS
POSITIONING OF ITS PRESENCE.
TODAY TECHNOLOGY HAS
TAKEN STONE TO ANOTHER
WORLD. IT HAS CROSSED
BOUNDARIES. THERE ARE NO
PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS IN ALL
ITS CHARACTERISTICS.
COLOUR, TEXTURE, SIZE, FORM, YOU IMAGINE IT
AND IT IS POSSIBLE. STONEMART IS A LIVING
EXAMPLE OF THIS.

EVERY YEAR A WHOLE NEW RESERVOIR OF STONE IN

VARIOUS COLOURS AND FORMS ARE UNLEASHED ON
THE PROFESSIONAL FIELD. LITERALLY IT IS A FLOOD.
THIS NOBLE MATERIAL HAS FINALLY ARRIVED.
THE ATTEMPT OF THE WRITER IS TO MAKE THE READER LOOK
INTO DIRECTIONS THAT ARE NOT EASILY PERCEIVED. STONE TO
BE MASTERED MUST BE UNDERSTOOD. IT MUST BE
COMPREHENDED IN ALL ITS MANIFESTATIONS.
COLOUR, TEXTURE, STRENGTH, SIZE, FORM, WEIGHT, MASS,
YOU ASK FOR IT STONE HAS IT. FROM GRAINS OF SAND TO
MOUNTAINS ALL WITHIN THE PALM OF MAN.
HUMAN IMAGINATION HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO MAKE STONE NOT
JUST SING BUT START TELLING
STORIES AND THESE STORIES HAVE
A DEEPER THE PHILOSOPHY. THERE
IS A MIND WITHIN EVARY STONE.
 WORKS:
RESIDENCES
CORPORATES
INSTITUTIONS
LEISURE AND WELLNESS
LANDSCAPE AND ARBORICULTURE
URBAN PLANNING
 RESIDENCES: CORPORATES:
 SANKALP  MPHASIS
 IDO  ITC INFOTECH
 CHIDANANDA RAJGHATTA  OFFICE 1
 COTTAGE NO.126, SUVIDHA
 CR SIMHA’S “GUHE”
 MACHANI, ETC
 INSTITUTIONS:
LEISURE AREAS:
 ART OF LIVING LIBRARY  PRESTO- A RESTAURANT
 SIDDAGANGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,  SANKALP-SPA
TUMUKUR
 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANTATION
MANAGEMENT
 LIGHT AND LIFE ACADEMY
“SINCERITY TO THE SPACE
WITH CONTENT AND
CONTEXT”
-jaisim
 MY DESIGN PROJECT LIKE THIS……jaisim

THE SITE IS RESPECTED AND MATERIALS ARE TALKED

TO, THEN PAVE WAY FOR YET ANOTHER PIECE OF MUSIC
IN STONE.
CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
OF A RESIDENCE FOR A
SMALL FAMILY….

THIS PROJECT IS DONE

FOR A SMALL FAMILY ON
THE HILLY SLOPES OF
TIRUPATHI, ANDHRA
PRADESH.
 A LITTLE LESS THAN 4’, GRADUALLY SLOPING FROM ONE TO
ANOTHER-SITE.
 HONESTY TO MATERIAL……….
 THE HOUSE SHOWS A STRICT
GEOMETRIC VIEW FROM OUTSIDE.
 AS ONE MOVES INWARD THE
STRUCTURE BECOMES FLUID.
THE SPACES DANCES WITH FREEDOM.
 CLIMATE DESIGN:

AT THE EVERY CENTRE OF THE HOME IS A CONFLUENCE OF THE

PANCHABHUTAS.
A COURT THE WATER BODY ENCIRCLING.
THE EARTH BELOW GROUND LEVEL, FROM WHICH RISES THE TEMPLE
TREE SPREADING UPWARD AND OUTWARD,
BASKING IN THE SUNSHINE FROM THE VOID ABOVE,
OPEN TO THE SKIES AND BEYOND.
VARYING CEILING HEIGHTS,
INSULATED ROOFS,
ORIENTATION OF OPENINGS ARE SOME OF THE
TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED ALONG WITH A COMBINATION
OF INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR WATER BODIES IN CYCLIC
HARMONY ENSURING PASSIVE COOLING.
 TECHNIQUES VARYING CEILING HEOGHTS,
INSULATED ROOFS, ORIENTATION OF OPENINGS.

DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND THE HEAT AND HIGH SPEED

WINDS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE AREA, WITH MATERIALS LKE
A VARIETY OF STONES, CLAY, BLOCKS, COUNTRY BRICK,
SOLID BRICKS, SPACES ARE CHISELED WITH A PLAY OF
SOLIDS AND VOIDS, HOLISTICALLY COMPLEMENTED BY
NATURAL ELEMENTS AS THE STRUCTURE FLIRTS WITH THE
SUNLIGHT.
WITH MATERIALS LIKE A VARIETY OF STONES, CLAY , COUNTRY BRICK,
SPACES ARE CHISELED WITH A PLAY OF SOLIDS AND VOIDS,
HOLISTICALLY COMPLEMENTED BY NATURAL ELEMENTS AS THE
STRUCTURE FLIRTS WITH THE SUNLIGHT.
COTTAGE 126, SUVIDHA
WORKSPACE, STUDY LOUNGE.
FROM LOWER TO UPPER.
ALLOWS MAXIMUM SUNLIGHT INTO
WORKSPACE.
 PLAYING WITH THE SUN’S RAYS…
STAIRS FROM UPPER TO LOWER LEVEL.
I DO [JAISIM RESIDENCE & JAISIM FOUNTAIN
HEAD OFFICE]
OFFICE ENTRANCE
THE WAITING AREA SITUATED IN THE
BASEMENT. SEMI OPEN TO SKY.
STEPS LEADING TO FIRST FLOOR.
VIEW FROM THE FIRST FLOOR MEZZANINE
OF THE GROUND FLOOR SITING ROOM.
THE FIRST FLOOR LIVING ROOM WITH STAIR
LEADING UP TO TWO MORE LEVELS.
USE OF WIRE MESH AS RAILING DESIGN-
WASTE IS WEALTH.
WORKSPACE
CAVITIES IN WALLS USED AS STORAGE
PLACE.
JAISIM’S DEN.
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANTATION
MANAGEMENT.
RED AND GREEN- TWO COLOURS THAT WERE
EXTENSIVELY USED TO SIGNIFY EARTH AND
NATURE.
THE CAFETARIA, AN IMPORTANT INTEGRATING ASPECT THAT
BINDS THE STUDENT COMMUNITY WAS LOCATED HUGGING
LAWN AND TERRACES FACILITATING CAMARADERIE AND
RELAXATION.
USE OF NATURAL LIGHT THROUGH
OPENINGS, ROOF TOPS.
OVERALL, THE SPACES LOOK INWARDLY INTO A LINEAR FARDEN
SURROUNDED BY VERANDAH; AND OUTWARDLY THE FLOORS
LEAP AWAY FROM THE SLOPES, FOR A PROFOUND VISUAL TREAT
WITH A PANORAMIC VIEW AROUND.
THANK YOU