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desi desi
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it ed
Lawr Lawren ence ce
evel evelop oped ed av
at eigh eighbo bori ri
Harv Harvar ar
Bauh Bauhau aus, s, brin bringi ging ng es gn
to
hi os hy
de nism nism
co ntry ntry
re io al mo er st
vocabulary. th imit imited ed
Architect. Boston.
ew York, 1 94 94 44- 19 19 46 46 , i n t h o ff ff i e s o f
es urce urce
Lawrence Anderson Walte Walte Grop Gropiu iu
Konrad Konrad Wachsm Wachsman an El Kahn Kahn
ea
ev ve
Dancer, Ne
York York 1946 1946 Ragini De"; Dances o f n d
er
wa char charac acte te ised ised
work.
simp simpli list stic ic
nter nteres es ng y,
he er
Whil Whil
ing or egat egat ng
firs firs
no disr disreg egar arddhe mpac mpac
of
Chandigarh, to prov provid id
wa alre alread ad
grou grou
of arch archit itec ects ts
er efer efer easi easily ly to trad tradit itio iona na
io ee
abst abstra ract ct
mode mode nist nist
Medi Meditt tter erra rane nean an
co te pora pora
ab
as
abou abou ngs. ngs. Hi
stro strong ngly ly em hasi hasise se
or
S en e n io io r a n
C h e f A rc rc hi hi te te c
Government 1953 1953 ~74
ap roac roac
Mode Modern rn
as also also er uc
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scep scep ical ical
arch arch ectu ecture re
co en onal onal
S ec ec re re ta ta ry ry , D el e l h U rb rb a
Delhi.
Ar
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S e le le c te te d b u ilil d in in g s Gandhi
Ne
Ghat, Barrackpore,
ci
1949
Secr Secret etar aria iat, t, Calc Calcut utta ta 1953 1953
Beng Bengal al Engi Engine neer erin in
Th
Colle College ge buil buildi ding ng
1952
'Gropiusschool
Gand Gandhi hi Libr Librar ary, y, T riri bh bh uv uv a n Kath Kathma mand ndu, u,
of ol
(PWD
a. Ne
Awards
Indi Indian an reli religi giou ou
arch archit itec ectu ture re crea crea
G ov ov er er nm nm eenn t o f W es es t
Beng Bengal al 1947 1947 53
io
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S en en io io r A rc rc h e c
mo er is
iffe iffe en
er
Calcut utta ta 1939 1939 E. Calc A rc rc h I T 1 94 94 3 rc
Styl Style. e.
50s.
pa er
with withou ou
wa mean mean gles gles
true true rein reinte terp rpre reta tati tion on
Himalayan
Moun Mounta tane neer erin in
Uttar Uttarka kash shi, i,
1966 1966-6 -6
Gene Genera ra
Buil Buildi ding ng
ak Tar B h a v a n ,
fusing
Ra
an
Rahm Rahman an
Insti Institu tute te
In Delhi: Audi Audito to
al
U n iv iv er er si si ty ty ,
1969 1969
1954 1954
1955
Delh Delh Zoo. Zoo. 1956 1956-7 -7 M aazz a
of
yp
a ul ul an an a A za za d
" Ra Ra hm hm a
95
F ia ia ts ts ' R K P ur ur ar ar n
1959 Rabi Rabind ndra ra Bhav Bhavan an 1961 1961 WH
Buil Buildi ding ng
1963 1963/6 /6
Indraprastha
Building,
Multi Multist stor orye ye
Flat Flats, s, R .K .K . P ur ur am am ,
C ur ur z
R oa oa d H os os te te ls ls ,
1965 1965
96
Buil Buildi ding ng desi design gned ed in 1969 1969
DD
Mazaar of S hr hr i h ar ar an an i
Hu F ar ar m H ou ou s
A lk lk az az i F ar ar m H ou ou s
1 97 97 2
1 97 97 2
Bhavan an 1973 1973 Patel Bhav Mazaar
Trib Tribhu huva va R ig ig h
Univ Univer ersi sity ty
h r d h r an an t
ar
Fakhru rudd ddin in Al Ahme Ahmed, d, of Fakh
1976
Kath Kathma mand ndu. u. H ou ou se se , D el el hi hi .
S ha ha ra ra d
R a h ou ou s
1 97 97 0' 0' s
93
an
B u d in in g a s c on on ssuu l a n Shei Sheila la Thea Theatr tre, e, earl earl H i d us us ta ta n T im im e
A l P h ot ot os os . I wl wl es es s m e nt nt io io n ed ed , b y H a bi bi b R ah ah m a
T h E st st at at e o f H a bi bi b R ah ah ma ma n
1 99 99 6
f llaa ts ts .
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B ui ui ld ld in in g
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1996
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M a la la y C h a e r e e
neering from BE
cu
interest in arch archit itec ec re
o f M eh eh e
an
hose hose da s.
al
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of
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er
degrees. such
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rchi rchi ec ur
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College.
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seve seve
ffer fferen en
ch
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en
ai buil buildi di g.
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co ceal cealed ed elec elec rica rica
ring ring
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an
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ar al
co leag league ues. s. Year Year la er
al
ab
sarkari buildings. ad
er
ed cr at ar
H a i b R ah ah ma ma n
mode modern rn crea creati tive ve work work shou should ld neit neithe he blin blindl dl copy copy Indi India' a' past past herheritag itage, e, no blin blindl dl imit imitat at th mode modern rn West West Tw furt furthe he proj projec ects ts exem exempl plif if this this phil philos osop ophy hy at work work Indr Indrap apra rast stha ha Bhaw Bhawan an (196 (19633-65 65 an th Admi Admini nist stra rati tive ve Buil Buildi ding ng fo Prag Pragat at Maid Maidan an (197 (1971) 1) Indra Indrapra prast stha ha Bhaw Bhawan an also also beau beauti tiful fully ly inte integr grat ates es giga gigant ntic ic wall wall mura mura (b Huss Huss in), in), he firs firs an last last time time hi ha ev been been done done succ succes essf sful ully ly Othe Othe atte attemp mpts ts at inco incorp rpor orat atin in ar in gove govern rn ment ment buil buildi ding ng have have yiel yielde de resu result lt akin akin to plac placin in smal smal post postag ag stam stam on larg larg enve envelo lope pe 1965Ra 1965Rahm hm wa seni senior or enou enough gh in ervi ervi to begi begi repr repreesent sentin in th CPWD CPWD in impo import rtan an inte interr-de depa part rtme ment ntal al comm commit itte tees es conc concer erne ne with with wide wide plan planni ning ng urba urba desi design gn an land landsc scap apin in ssue ssue in he ap tal. tal. He foun foun hims hims lf caug caught ht up seve severa ra cont contro ro vers versie ies,but s,but in th proc proces es rece receiv ived ed an inva invalu luab able le educ educat atio io in ho poli politi tici cian ans, s, burea bureauc ucra rats ts an tech techni nica ca spec specia iali list st thou thought ght abou abou 'urban 'urban aesthe aestheti tics' cs' It wa wors wors ha us case case of he bl nd adin adin he bl nd in om itte itte me ting ting mp fund fund seem seemed ed to be va lbl nsur nsur ha ew De hi woul woul on inue inue to be vand vandal aliz ized ed th name name of'be of'beau auti tifi fica cati tion on', ', 'mode 'modern rniz izat atio ion' n' an 'red 'reden ensi sifi fica cati tion on', ', cr pp ng cc dent dent 1970di 1970di no dimi dimini ni Rahm Rahm n' prof profes es sion sional al dedi dedica cati tion on an dete determ rmin inat atio io to cont contin inue ue acti active ve serv servic ice. e. He be am hief hief Ar hi ec of he PW 1970 1970.As .As hi Ar hi ec to ve fo an unsy unsymp mpat athe heti ti hier hierar arch chy: y: PM Secr Secret etar ary, y, Dire Direct ctor or Gene Genera ra (alw (alway ay an engi engine neer er), ), Addi Additi tion onal al Dire Direct ctor or Gene Genera ra (alw (alway ay an engi engi neer neer), ), an last lastly ly Chie Chie Arch Archit itec ect. t. This This stru struct ctur ur kill killed ed th crea creati tive ve abil abilit itie ie of th aver averag ag arch archit itec ec in serv servic ice. e. Rahm Rahman an's 's tenu tenure re wa to go nm shou should ld eith eith disb disban an th Depa Depart rtme ment nt of Ar hi ectu ecture re an give give th work work to pr va rchi rchite tect cts, s, or it shou shou best bestow ow om dign dign ty nd resp respon onsi sibi bi it he Depa Depart rtme ment nt by givi giving ng it tatu tatu equa equa to he Engi Engine neer erin in Depa Depart rtme ment nt Rahm Rahman an's 's tenu tenure re howe howeve ver, r, sa th crecreatio atio of th coun countr try' y' firs firs Urba Urba Arts Arts Comm Commis issi sion on deve develo lopm pmen en whic whic gave gave hi some some if no last lastin ing, g, sati satisf sfac acti tion on rs Gand Gandhi hi ni iate iate he de of rb Ar om is io fo De hi (DUA (DUAC) C) at 1971 1971.Ind .Inder er Gujr Gujr l, he nist nister er ofWorks ofWorks an Hous Housin ing, g, an Rahm Rahman an stud studie ie th tw prec preced eden ents ts avai availa labl ble: e: th Wash Washin ingt gton on Arts Arts Comm Commis issi sion on an th Roya Roya Arts Arts Comm Commis issi sion on of UK They They prep prepar ared ed guid guidel elin ines es th La Mini Minist stry ry draf drafte te th Bill Bill an Parl Parl ment ment pass pass he Ac 1973wi 1973wi hout hout an deba debate te be au nt reti retiri ring ng from from gove govern rnme ment nt serv servic ic in 1974 1974 Rahm Rahman an wa appo appoin inte te th firs firs Secr Secret etar ar of th DUAC DUAC with with Achy Achyut ut Kanv Kanvin inde de an Ebra Ebrahi hi Alka Alkazi zi as memb member ers, s, an Bhag Bhagwa wa Saha Saha as Chai Chairm rman an That That same same ar hm wa ward ward he Padm Padm Bhus Bhusha han, n, he only only rchi rchite tect ct to have have rece receiv ived ed this this hono honour ur to date date Thou Though gh he DUACwa DUACwa es ab ishe ishe wi th best best of in en ions ions oo be am pp rent rent th it wa no ma ch fo th powe powerf rful ul po itiiti-
S ke ke tc tc he he s b u d in in g
p ro ro f e s
1 99 99 4
ca an bure bureau aucr crat atic ic stru struct ctur ures es that that cont contro ro buil buildi ding ng acti activi vity ty in th capi capita tal. l. Rahm Rahman an's 's serv servic ices es were were abrup abruptl tl term termin inat ated ed in 1977 1977 beca becaus us of hi oppo opposi si io to plac plac ng stat statue ue of Gand Gandhi hi unde unde King King Geor George ge's 's anop anop Indi Indi Ga e, an be ause ause he ha resi resist sted ed Imam Imam Bukh Bukhar ar 's dete determ rmin inat atio io to cons constr truc uc publ public ic urin urinal al bloc blocki king ng th sout southe hern rn ntra ntranc nc Ia sjid sjid Th gove govern rnme ment nt of th da wa ls conconside sideri ring ng cond condem emni ning ng larg larg nu be of bung bung lows lows th ar sout sout of Rajp Rajpat ath, h, auct auctio ioni ning ng th land land rele releas ased ed an crea creati ting ng 'a seco second nd Conna Connaug ught ht Plac Plac to br ng ba an in th plan plan of Ne De hi'. hi'. hm bl ng Desp Despit it th Comm Commis issi sion on's 's subs subseq eque uent nt cheq cheque uere re hist histor ory, y, Rahm Rahman an cont contin inue ue to se it as pote potent ntia iall ll vita vita inst instit itut utio io whic whic need need comp comple lete te overh overhau auli ling ng an vast vastly ly expa expande nde powe powers rs incl includ udin in poli police ce powe powers rs pena pena powe powers rs an immu immuni nity ty from from writ writ juri jurisd sdic icti tion on He ls awthe DUAC DUAC evol evolvi ving ng in an open open vibr vibran an foru foru fo dial dialogu ogu betw betwee ee profe profess ssio iona nals ls gover governm nmen en an comm commun unit ity. y. As he pu it "Weal "Weal ne educ educat atio io an re-e re-edu du tion tion in plan planni ning ng nd desi design gn is ues.So ues.So publ publ supp suppor or must must be mobi mobi iz brin brin bout bout th nece necess ss ry mend mend en he Ac of 1973 1973 Cour Courag ageo eous usly ly over overco comi ming ng seve severa ra spel spells ls of poor poor heal health th in hi last last year years, s, he rema remain ined ed inte intell llec ectu tual ally ly aler aler an prof profes essi sion onal ally ly acti active ve as free freela lanc nc cons consul ulta tant nt incl includ udin in thre thre year year spen spen in Ne York York He wa jury jury memb member er fo seve severa ra impo import rtan an arch archit itec ectu tura ra comp compet etit itio ions ns He took took keen keen nt rest rest iii. publ public ic affa affair ir in gene genera ral, l, an in plan planni ning ng an desi design gn issu issues es conc concer erni ning ng Delh Delh in part partic icul ular ar He grew grew incr increa eassingl ingl conc concer erne ne abou abou th fail failur ur of th desi design gn prof profes essi sion on to addr addres es th prob prob ms of rapi rapi urba urbani ni atio atio nd grow grow ng soci social al nd ecoecono ic disp dispar ar ties ties In conv conver ersa sati tion on 1989he 1989he note note ha "the "the pubpubic begi beginn nn ng form form very very poor poor impr impres es io of rchi rchite te ts an plan planne ners rs as mere mere mone mone grab grabbe bers rs Poli Policy cy-m -mak aker er also also know know we have have shif shifti ting ng valu values es an will will comp compro romi mise se anyt anythi hing ng beca becaus us we feeltha feeltha we wi do bett better er jo ha he ompe ompe itio ition. n. houg houg prac practi tica ca ly hous housee-bo boun un fo th last last fiveye fiveyear ars, s, he wa to ally ally 'p ugge ugge n' loca local, l, nati nation onal al an inte intern rnat atio iona na deve develo lopm pmen ents ts than thanks ks to th expl exploosion sion of prin prin medi medi an sate satell llit it tele televi visi sion on He expr expres esse se hi reac reac tion tion on wide wide vari variet et of subj subjec ects ts in coun countl tles es lett letter er to news newspa pape pers rs nd jour journa na s. In this this sens sense, e, he wa acti activi vi righ righ to th nd ab hm ha no llus llus on abou abou he is ke made made byhi gene genera rati tion on of rchi rchite te ts an pl nn rs Ashe pu t, "mos "mos of us ente enteri ring ng th desi design gn prof profes essi sion on in th 50 were were give give resp respons onsib ibil ilit itie ie whic whic fa exce exceed eded ed ou capa capaci citi ties es." ." What What pain pained ed most most wa th fail fail ur of succ succee eedi ding ng gene genera rati tion on to lear lear from from thes thes mist mistak akes es He ascr ascrib ibed ed this this fail failur ur to thre thre fact factor ors: s: an incr increa easi sing ng purs pursui ui of mone mone tary tary self self-i -int nter eres es at th expe expens ns of wide wide soci social al resp respons onsib ibil ilit itie ies; s; th unwil unwilli lingn ngnes es of prof profes essi sion onal al an educ educat ators ors to condu conduct ct rele releva vant nt rese resear arch ch an wide widesp spre read ad disr disreg egar ar fo al th deta detail il whic whic have have to be seen seen to if an aest aesthe heti tica call ll sati satisf sfyi ying ng urba urba envi enviro ronm nmen en isto be crea create ted. d. Wa Rahm Rahman an bein bein to hars hars in hi diag diagno nosi sis? s?
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H ab ab i
50 Housing al esid esiden en ia
alcu alcu
in
esig esig
935. 935.
goes goes
Bach Bachel el r'
Hats. foremo most st sati satisf sf f irir s a n d fore
huma huma
( l1 l1 1l 1l er er l'l' ie ie w w itit h M i n O ut ut si si de de ,
S in in g iJ iJ , Inside
1 98 98 7
built. oome oome
pe n'
uart uarter ers, s,
R ig ig !! !! t T h H ou o u s n g E xh xh ib ib itit io io n il Delhi in 1954. At th twotworigh is the gate Ol'er India. 0,1 th righ
W,IS
later adopted
for
ct
Ra ma t ea ea m o f a r ma e sc sc oe oe s a n s cu cu lp lp tu tu r j o t hi hi s e xh xh ib ib itit io io n w hi hi c n c u de de d E l z a1 a1 Je Je t B ru ru nn nn e P re re m S a a n a n P re re mo mo j ChrmdlllJlY Below 'RrlIHlIIlI1 type' type' two-be two-bedro droom om
a ts ts , R am am ak a k r s hn hn ap ap u ra ra m 1959.
De hi
R ah ah ma ma n
'lloTRIBUTE
50 O f
Bu
ng
ia es
C a c u a , 1 9 49 4 9 -5 -5 4
road road leve level. l.
en al
Ther Ther Secr Secret etar aria ia Stre Street et
wi be acco acco mo a-
on Hast Hastin ings gs
alcu alcutt tta, a, ha
11
ee
sepa sepa at
ch
ffic fficer ers' s' lu ch room room ct
as
Th
buil buildi ding ng will cost cost near nearly ly
as th
nist nist
of Ed ca on an
Taking
grea greate test st adva advant ntag ag th
city city was
270
951. 951. Th
si -s orey oreyed ed
oc
this will, ff ce
India. a. uilding in Indi
two
Illumination and Light To ob ai un or m in in a o n and maximum ve ti at on atively narrow. Prac Practi tica call ll
111-
pleted
conconav
by
]95
(Arc (Archi hite tect ct Rahm Rahman an': ':
note note [rom [rom The
Weekly, W e s B e ng ng a
O c to to be be r 2 4t 4t h
1952) Mitr Mitra. a.
oriz oriz ntal ntal
an
vert vert ca
ouvr ouvres es
There will be four four high high-s -spe peed ed elev elevat ator or
in th
3-st 3-st reye reye
The ne
ai ab
ft. Stee Steell-Fr Fram am
Stru Struct ctur ur
ee
F ra ra n
Pi es
into th
ft
ft ba s. Th fl
to
ft
Left
self-portrait by Rahman
h e m od od e o n o p T h s te te e
an ea
26
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DESICN
ee gi de am
d u n g c on on s r uc uc first steel frame
skysky-sc scra rape pe
abov ft abov
!Viti!
th
MtI -A.w ]996
buil buil
India.
Un
Gr nt
C om om m
Ne
D e h i 1954
Univ Univer ersi sity ty Gran Grants ts om issi ission on
Ne
De hi
It was
tie that that
im
loor loor area area
ermi ermiss ssib ible le
ac
loca locate te th buil buildi ding ng site site logi logica call lly. y. Offi Office ce
all he
lo
ar plan planne ne
ce
si er enclosure.
oo
free free stan standi ding ng
open open
of
occupied
air-condi nditio tionnby the air-co an
ed
ar
essen rial staff. stud es ar Careful stud
ern
made
to
inte intere rest stin in
plan plan
ei
nter nteres esti ti
orti orti
land landsc scap ape. e.
ai -c ndit nditio ione ne
he ever ever
unds unds
th heat
is 67,000
load load on airair-co cond ndit itio ioni ning ng
chhajjas
er
ed
sq ft, 4,00 4,00
sq ft.
(Patw,mt Singh, DE~SIGN ac
In
e-
Conv Conven enti tion onal al
po atin atin
Indi Indian an Buil Builde de
1955 1955
loca loca mate materi rial al
the crete
ce ed
i\RCHJTIOURE
DESIG
M~T·Apr1'9% M~T·Apr1'9%
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S om om e o f t h G ov o v er er lH lH n en en t Institutional buildings c on on st st ru ru ct ct e us pa nd 0s Top TOW M o th AGCR AGCR b u d in in g N e D e h i 1 95 95 8 Middle TOW A u di di to to r G e ne ne ra ra l
/)1./ /)1./ilc ilciin iing,Mad g,Madras, ras, 1958. left CBR building, Ranchi,
1957. ig
O f fifi ce ce , N e 28
D e lh lh i
Af.!:Cli:lTi!CTURE
it
General's
958. Milt-A -Apr pr 19 DES1GN Milt
Office B u
ab
ma
Bhavan ap ct
of
windows,
o ::uu o
G, p, 0,
POSTS
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Ra
De
akad akader erni ni th Lali Lali Kala Kala bein bein wa to prov prov de
ccor ccornm nmoo-
ti of he thre thre Na on Akad Akadem emie ies: s: th Lali Lali Kala Kala Sahi Sahi an Sang Sang et Na ak
ra ur nd po hird hird perf perfor ormi ming ng
onne onne te he
by
cove covere re walk walk
he dmin dmin stra stra iv
bloc bloc
Th en ranc ranc hall hall lift and stai stairc rcas as ar plac placed ed here here rt
houg houg
re stat stat be uton utonom omou ou bodi bodies es Thei Thei obje object ctiv iv bein bein ge pr o-
have have he ow stai stairc rc se for inte intern rnal al vert vertic ical al circ circul ulat atio ion. n. large large librar librar is provided pe
he si e, me suri suring ng hree hree cr s, is ocat ocat he corn corner er of tton tton (Cop (Cop rn cus) cus) nd ds ha on of ui he ad in stra strati tive ve offi offi es of th
also also
ga er fo
he exhi exhibi bi io ul
to th dm nist nistra ra iv bloc block, k, ince ince he exhi exhibi bi io bloc blockk-
n. site site of he prop propos osed ed
he tr
rs un th floo floo
he on ve bove bove bein bein reac reache he ng case case he base baseme ment nt wi hous hous th airair-co cond ndit itio ioni ning ng plan plant. t. stor stor ge fa liti lities es an sm ll workshop. Th gall galler erie ie have have suff suffic icie ient nt spac spac fo larg larg exhi exhibi biti tion ons. s. Ligh Lighti ting ng is hrou hrough gh ar if cial cial ur nd gh he airair-co cond ndit itio ione ne at pres presen ent, t,
by it
110
ri th
na
ry
r es es u t .
obst obstru ruct ctio io
to bree breeze ze bloc bloc too. too. hi
desi design gn stro strong ng n.
limi limina na he orni orning ng an af erno ernoon on
filler filler walls. walls. (Pat (Patwa want nt Sing Singh, h, DESIGN
sides. sides. Future Future air-co air-condi nditio tionin nin need need have have been been prov provid id
In
po
in
Indi Indi
Buil Builde de
1962 1962
1961 1961 ssue ssue of Design. he desi design gn fo he r- ondi ondi ioni ioning ng
nd fina fina ly merg merg cons cons st of th admi admini nist stra rati tive ve bloc bloc with with
pent pentag agon on shap shap
xh bi io of
ompl ompl te th fu ur
admi admini nist stra rati tive ve bloc bloc ar load load be ring ring in br ck maso masonr nry, y,
ne de
.N
chajja chajjas, s, jalis jalis
nu ve ro
ov
Ife
island. 4dm nist nistra ra iv
an ilev ilev re
brac bracke ke
so ha
bloc bloc hous houses es an ARCHffECTIlRE
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LIBRARY SCHOLA SCHOLARS RS
POOL
13 HALL 14 STAGE
L IG IG H
W EL EL L
SHOWER
15 PROPER PROPERTY TY 16 WORKSHOP WORKSHOP
STORE
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GALLERY GALLERY F OY OY E
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DESIGN Mn,.A Mn,.Ap' p' 19%
Habi Habi
c k of Above T h h ow ow in in g h e o ug ug hh- he he w wa
Rahm Rahman an
t yp yp ic ic a enclosure,
typical s e ct ct io io n , s h ow ow i n tn a re re a o f p r v ac ac y o r the animals. B e o w B u ck ck mi mi ns ns te te r F u e r a n J os os ep ep h S te te i OIl iln a r m o n in in g v i t h z oo oo . Bo St m a m am am m cages e nc nc lo lo su su r e f o l ar ar ge ge r anim animal al ar al cons constr truc ucte te of ma Qi l n h av av e PUrIlnll s lo lo p in in g r oo oo ffss , w itit l s im im p l concrete pillars.
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Rahm Rahman an
fo
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De
lt
stor storey eyed ed dwel dwelli ling ng
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us
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rizo rizo al
hall hall lift lifts, s, stai stairc rcas ase, e,
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am
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gard garden ens. s. Also each
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eigh eigh -s re ed
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or
mult multii-st stor orey eyed ed
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it
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ar acce access ss
livi living ng-d -din inin ingg-ro room om
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is el
stai stairc rcas ase. e.
th
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of ouse ouse EVF 2 T E VI VI F SHOP SHOPPI PING NG CENT CENTRE RE RESTAURA RESTAURANT NT
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open open spac spaces es
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49
cilaj}as. Th ha
been been ca eful eful
join join loca locate te
ny
foul foulin in th
expa expa si
fiat fiats. s.
terr terrac ac
leve level. l.
floor
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of Ty
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la s. Howe Howe er
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be
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prov provid ides es
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th
lock lock to ground
stai stairr-
been been prov provid ided ed
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roug roug
seat seated ed de egat egates es
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another
begins ns half half-w -way ay it begi
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hown hown
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architecture
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weird er
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west west ar wind window owle less ss
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floor. ventilating these shaf shafts ts an
toil toilet et
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with with
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ge er us roof roof
proj projec ecti tion ons, s,
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an anks
machine al s, an
lift
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aest aesthe he ca ly
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and
ex
simp simpli lifi fied ed
prof profil il
with with an
temple shikhara, ca pe is amic amic after his
th
ed
ome. ome.
of
rizo rizont ntal al
slab projecting
cantilevered
er em 40 ft cant cantil ilev ever er wa to
ef
or he de artm artmen en al
philosophy
of th Mahatma,
engi engine neer er
bril brilli lian an ou
spite of vari variou ou dead deadli line ne stip stipul ulat ated ed 30,. 30,. 949, 949, Ca dhij dhij 's
iffi ifficu cu brid bridge ge escu escue. e.
foun founda dati tion on
wa Janu Januar ar firs firs
eath eath
well before the first anniversary
anniversary.
by Panditji on
en
my life
tion'. Si
my
year year
en
ce
late later, r,
rece receiv ived ed
ad Howe Howe er
an hi i'
resp respec ec ( In In te te rv rv ie ie w
Mina Singh, Inside
wi
Outsid Outside, e, 1987) 1987)
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r iv iv er er .
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t h o p n in in g
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Ma
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ow
ar
ha lat: and
with with
en
Nehr Nehru. u. Pand Pandit itji ji want want
reflec reflecti ting ng pools. pools. comp comple lete tely ly alte altere re
hist hist ri bu lt
site site
at ay etwe etween en th
icat icat on arou arou
ha
Ia an
nder ndergr grou ou
ic
de ve
by th 'bea 'beaut utiimosq mosq e. Th
baza bazaar ar
il an
huge huge wate wate pool pool cons constr truc ucte ted. d. esig esig
ro beco become me garb garbag ag
as
as fo
pits pits Rahm Rahman an
in shel shel ed
conc concre rete te cros crosss-ba barr rrel el-v -vau ault lt
arch arched ed
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un
at em hi
ma ble, ble,
with with whit whit plas plasti ti at
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as slig slig tl
poli polish shed ed by hand hand
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cons consci ciou ou
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were fina finall ll jalis were ef
ca
mockup.
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it. Rahm Rahman an cluc clucki king ng th mal·/lle jalis wtth the
pins pins
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din
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fo
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succ succes esfu fu
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copi copied ed acro across ss the country.
very easy easy to
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cane seat seat
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issu issue, e, 1965
a w As Th
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M.ar-Ap!
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lh
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Worlds Fair, 1964. T h i p r o je c t of
became th subjec
c on t o ve r
b et we e
I nd ir a G an dh i w hi c
R l h nu m
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w a p la ye d
P u pu ! I ay ak ar ,
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in tile p ag e o f
Design magazine.
Habib Joseph
Allen Stein an ar
in er
ab an
distinctio
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integrity.
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multitudes
will
generation
motivate
twenty-six
ears ago,
remembered. by he exampl
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