STUDY ANALYSIS NID-AHMEDABAD NID-GANDHINAGAR CEPT-AHMEDABAD BAUHAUS-GERMANY

PROJECT DETAILS

Minsitry of Industry Ministry of commerce

CLIENT ,Government of India and Industry
Giraben Sarabhai & Charle Sen Kapadia &Banker
ARCHITECT Eames Architects B.V.Doshi Walter Gropius
Elimination of classroom
feeling
Architecture without barriers
Integration of open spaces
Ease of interaction between
ARCHITECT'S PHILOSPHY various departments

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT 1961 19th July 2004 1962 1925-1926

AREA DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AREA 20 Acres 16 Acres 12.5 Acres 8.16 Ha
BUILT UP AREA 27,488 Sq.m (approx) 16,137 sqm(approx)
F.S.I 0.4 1.5
LOCATION
Ahemdabad-
CITY Paldi, Ahmedabad ,Gujarat Gandhinagar Road AHMEDABAD,Gujarat Gropiusallee ,Dessau, Germany
CONNECTIVITY(PROXIMITY) Bus stand -3 km railway station- Bus stand -19 km Bus stand -6.9 km railway It is in close proximity to
4 km airport-33 km railway station-20 km station-6.7 km airport-11.8 Beckerbruch Park and Elbe river
airport-22 km km

AT SITE LEVEL
Ahmedabad- Main access on the northern
ACCESSIBILITY from main road Gandhinagar Road side
2 entry gates north gate and N- 2 entry gates south and
SITE ENTRANCE & EXITS W Gate west 2 entry gates south and west
ORIENTATION major axis N-S major axis E-W major axis N-S
TOPOGRAPHY flat land flat land It has levels Flat site
SITE SURROUNDINGS located along sabarmathi Located on the road The site is surrounded by The site is surrounded by
river.Surroundings tagore perpendicular to A wide arterial road on the educational institutes
hall,kite museum & opp to site Gandhinagar- western side ,schools,residentail apartments
Diwan Ballabhai High school Ahmedabad Road. The Smaller public approach road and hospitals around .
institute is in vicinity to on the northern side
various instutsues like Cricket field on the eastern
NIFT & Dhirubai side
Ambani Institute of Internal access road on the
technology &infocity. southern side

MOVEMENT NODES separate modes separate modes vehicles are restricted at the
( vechicular &pedestrian ) periperhy while the campus
is pedestrianized.

WIDTH OF INTERNAL Roads -8m Pathways-2m Roads -5&6m It is in close proximity to

ROADS Pathways-1.5&2m Beckerbruch Park and Elbe river .

SOIL CONDITION loamy aluuvial soil

site is zoned in 3 areas-
site is zoned in 3 areas- Educational,Recreation
Educational,Recreational & al & Residential
SITE USAGE Residential
PARKINGS one covered parking near 40 cars in academic
instutute entry -30% of total zone west gate and 13
built up cars in residential zone
south gate .Near the
entrance 25 cras and
75 two wheelers.

AT BUILDING LEVEL
Building entrances Emphasized Entrance Emphasized Entrance- The entry to the site is confined
large foyer by a street,
with another crossing
perpendicular to the
first and with twoof its wings
bordering a
nearby sports ground.

No.of blocks 1 Block 3 Blocks

No.of floors G+2 G+1 G+2
2 Staircase near the
courtyard

V-Triple height staircase marked

with platforms at different levels
gives a very impactful
experience.Spiral stairs have
Circulation( H & V) been provided as a means of
connecting workshop to the
studios.
H-The movement pattern
develops on the ground floor
through the court like spaces
that developed under the
structural grid
VOIDS The whole built block has been 2 Courtyards one with
planned around two main roof inclined, partially
courtyards. covered gives openess
and the other rich in
greenery .
FEATURES 1.structure :rcc frame structure 1. Structure rcc frame Emphasis on open flexible many features of modernist
2.exposed brick work structure . 2. Jail slab spaces with hardly any architecture, including steel-
3.courtyards instead of open doors. frame construction, a glass
4.waterbodies with jails. courtyard 3. Smooth Creation of a proper working curtain wall, and an
5.pocket vegetation. aggregate as well finish environment facilitating asymmetrical, pinwheel plan .The
6.open lawn. . 4. no plastering . 5. faculty and students to have parts of the Bauhaus building
7.three zones of the site O.A.T with waterbody free scope to learn and teach were designed according to their
according to the users. (under construction) anywhere. functions with separate wings .
8.institute has proper display There is no central viewpoint
zone in the institute block itself. and the observer must therefore
move around the whole building.
The entire complex is in
minimalistic look of light tones,
creating an attractive contrast to
the window frames, which are
dark.
CONCEPT The main emphasis was on the The campus seems to
courtyard pattern. evolve along an organic
river flow, the river
being the main access Bauhaus building is basesd on a
road, and its tributaries great manifestation of
- the involving architectural rationalism which
Pedestrian routes. brings together the
characteristics of the Modernism
movement with rationally
articulated pure spaces
,innovative usage of new
materials, horizontal windows,an
absence of ornamentation; a
global design for all elements;
and, above all, a spatial
conception presided over by the
interrelation between the
interior and exterior .