IIM BANGALORE- Excerpt from 'The Complete Architecture of Balkrishna Doshi - James Steele'
The IIMB is one of the 4 institurtes commisioned by the govt. shortly after independence to train the future leaders of a new indutrialized society. the rise of a new middle class in India in the 1990's is partially a result of that decision.
Louis Kahn's Institute in Ahmedabad (1962-74) was based on an orthogonal system characteristic of his rational approach to planning. the heavy brick envelope of each of the units in that framework, pierced with huge circular and square openings, is placed in front of a second inner envelope as a means of layering that Kahn called 'wrapping ruins around the building', to create shaded glare-free spaces. Those spaces are inside each individual unit and the outdoor 'rooms' between them are mostly devoid of shade. Kahn relied upon this geometrical arrangement of units to bring order to a large and varied progrmme that includes classrooms, offices, a library and dining hall, dormitories and faculty residences, workers' housing and a market, all the components of a small self sustaining village. Kahn employed the interlocking diagonals system of Ann Tyng in the design of the Bryn Maur Dormitory in 1963. Kahn's layer provided terraces betweent he inner wall and outer brick envelope, with arched openings widened by concrete relieving arches and this interstitial space becam a similar covered outdoor zone in blocks with other uses. the covered walkways between many of the blocks, while equally protective, failed to realize the vision Kahn had earlier descibed as "a realm of spaces which may be connected by ways of walking, and the walking is a protected kind of walking (which) you consider as high spaces together with low spaces and various spaces where people can sort-of find the place where they can do what they want to do."
The IIMB is one of the 4 institurtes commisioned by the govt. shortly after independence to train the future leaders of a new indutrialized society. the rise of a new middle class in India in the 1990's is partially a result of that decision.
Louis Kahn's Institute in Ahmedabad (1962-74) was based on an orthogonal system characteristic of his rational approach to planning. the heavy brick envelope of each of the units in that framework, pierced with huge circular and square openings, is placed in front of a second inner envelope as a means of layering that Kahn called 'wrapping ruins around the building', to create shaded glare-free spaces. Those spaces are inside each individual unit and the outdoor 'rooms' between them are mostly devoid of shade. Kahn relied upon this geometrical arrangement of units to bring order to a large and varied progrmme that includes classrooms, offices, a library and dining hall, dormitories and faculty residences, workers' housing and a market, all the components of a small self sustaining village. Kahn employed the interlocking diagonals system of Ann Tyng in the design of the Bryn Maur Dormitory in 1963. Kahn's layer provided terraces betweent he inner wall and outer brick envelope, with arched openings widened by concrete relieving arches and this interstitial space becam a similar covered outdoor zone in blocks with other uses. the covered walkways between many of the blocks, while equally protective, failed to realize the vision Kahn had earlier descibed as "a realm of spaces which may be connected by ways of walking, and the walking is a protected kind of walking (which) you consider as high spaces together with low spaces and various spaces where people can sort-of find the place where they can do what they want to do."
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| Citation: This map is from the IIMA official site, iimahd.ernet.in This information is part of the public domain and can easily be accessed by anyone. They have the gratitude of team INSIGMA, 3 sem RVSA. The full size of the same image is at the bottom of this article. |
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the old camus is Kahn's design. the new one is a more recent expansion
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