CASE STUDY 1 – C.E.P.T.

AHMEDABAD
GENERAL INFORMATION
•Was established in 1962 by the Ahmedabad Education Society.
•Located in the Kasturbhai Lalbhai campus of the AES.
• Various Departments were build in phases, with School of
Architecture in 1962, School of Planning in 1972, School of Building
Science and Technology in 1982 & School of Interior Design in 1991.
^ THE VIEW FROM THE MATERIAL WORKSHOP
Validity & Objective Of The Case Study TOWARDS THE MAIN BUILDING SHOWING THE
•The institute has very much a similar curriculum in terms of the no. DEEP PERMEABILITY OF VISION THROUTH THE
of programs that are conducted as that of S.P.A. Delhi With 3 three LOWER GROUND FLOOR
C.E.P.T. ^ ONE CAN SEE THROUGH THE
undergraduate courses and 14 post graduation courses. THE ONE CORNER OF THE SITE TO
•Inspiration can be taken from the scale of the institute and THE OTHER AND CAN CONNECT
interconnectivity and arrangement of spaces and correlation of HIMSELF TO VARIOUS SPACES OF
THE BUILT SPACE.
various departments.
•Also, the various interactive spaces provided in the institute which
is the major feature will be understood and which will help in •Present status of the campus
designing the campus for SPA Delhi. •At present, two more institutes, viz L.&P. Hutheesing visual art centre &
kanoria centre for arts share the campus with C.E.P.T., having a separate
entrances but are interconnected having no internal boundaries.
•CEPT University has acquired additional land from AES admeasuring
about 25 acres for future development.
AIRPORT
PLANNING, CIRCULATION & FUNCTION
ARCHITECT’S OBJECTIVE ^ VIEW FROM THE UPPER GROUND ^ VIEW FROM A CORRIDOR
GIVING A FEELING HUGE
• Should be low cost structure consisting local materials. FLOOR WHERE ONE CAN SEE THE PEOPLE
OPEN SPACE WITH A VIEW
USING THE STAIRCASE AS WELL AS
• Maximise the air flow & cut down the impact of sun. THOSE ON THE LOWER FLOOR . TOWARDS OPEN
COURTYARD.
C.E.P.T. ARCHITECTS IDEOLOGY OF DESIGN.
•Should be an open place with hardly any doors.
•There shoudnt be any feeling of restriction to the exchange of ideas
RAILWAY
STATION
•Free scope to teach and to learn anywhere.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IDEOLOGY OF DESIGN:-

The ideology was achieved in design by:-
• creating huge space with varying heights( single roof to double roof)
Surrounding land use and Character of urban form- with almost no walls where everyone can see through the various spaces
• The campus is located in the Ahmedabad institutional area surrounded aligned together, thus creating an open environment with no boundaries
RECESSED WINDOW BALCONIES BLOCKS
THE DIRECT SUN
by various other institutes of Ahmadabad educational society & Gujarat to the vision.
university.
•It is supported by various commercial places adjacent to the C.E.P.T. NORTH LIGHT WINDOW
PROVIDES SUFFICIENT
campus. It includes markets, commercial shops, residences, and other
LIGHT & BLOCKS THE SUN
public spaces like sports complex, hospitals, parks etc. AS WELL
• 120 ft. wide road approach road parallel to the ring road connects the
campus with rest of the city, with an upcoming metro rail and B.R.T.S.
corridor project to upkeep with the inflating population & traffic density.
• Has well maintained roads, footpaths & modern bus stops, signage
board and the lush green surroundings give a soothing urban experience
to the user.
•The vacant land adjacent to institutes for future expansion of the
campuses keeps the massing of the built spaces low.

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 SPACE ORGANISATION
The site planning is done keeping in view the primary wind direction
that blows from south west to the north- east direction. An axis that
passes through this direction divides the site into two halves with an
open ground in the centre. This is probably done to channelise and trap
the wind which blows from this side and is cooled by the river.
•As we talk about the functional distribution
at the site, the spaces such as the
A double height circulation space used as an
^ A view near the canteen with a administration block and the laboratories are
informal gathering space as well as an
very informal seating space exhibition & open jury space. planned at the lower ground level.
• The central circulation space is designed in
such a manner that it can be used as an open
jury space and exhibition space which is a
really busy space throughout the day.

Steps are usually used by the students during As we walk into the campus, it appears
lunch hours and the seating in the back is little in the first glimpse that the built
private area with a bunch of trees creating structure is single storeyed and does
visual barrier. not appears to be massive dominting
the user.

VISUAL IMPACT
•As we walk into the campus, it appears in the first glimpse that the built
structure is single storeyed and does not appears to be massive dominating the
user.
•It welcomes us with a lush green well landscaped big courtyard with a large
grassy mound of earth.
•From outside the campus, the building isn’t even visible because of the large
plantation of trees and the large mound secluding it from the outer
environment. DEVELOPMENT Of PLAN AND FORM
•The exposed brickwork is well complimented by the nature, which gives the •The whole site was built in phases. In the first phase, School Of Architecture
user a feeling of being close to nature. was built, followed by School of Planning, School Of building Science &
•As we further move into the building, the spaces are inviting as well as Technology and School Of Interior Design.
confusing not giving user the hint of what next is about to come. •The development of site has happened in a circular manner with an open
•The texture on the walls and the pavements is same i.e. brickwork. (brutalist ground in the centre as a connecting space which also serve as an interactive
architecture) space where lectures also take place.
•The introvert site planning makes the central area more active.
•The form was decided to be kept as simple as possible for easy maintainance
•Exposed skin of structure i.e. brick walls and concrete beams.
•Form was developed from the thought of providing double heighted huge
studios and single storey heighted lecture halls.
The sketch showing the immediate open
space for the users used for circulation as
well as for spending leisure time
STUDIOS

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 •CLASSROOMS
•LIBRARY •ADMIN. DEPARTMENT
•LABORATORIES •DOUBLE HEIGHT STUDIO
WITH BALCONIES
•LIBRARY
•FACULTY ROOMS

LOWER GROUND FLOOR PLAN FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SERVICE DETAILS
•STUDIOS PARKING- The total parking area is 1666 sq .
•FACULTY ROOMS
M.
WATER SUPPLY- The underground water
tank is at the entrance and the water supply
comes from the
SEWERAGE SYSTEM – the main sewer line
runs along the university road. Whereas, the
waste water drains collect at the area behind
canteen and is not drained outside the site
to recharge the site groundwater level.
SECURITY – The four various entries to the
site is a defect in security as there are many
colleges in the c.e.p.t. campus. Sneaking
into the

UPPER GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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 AREA REQUIREMENTS
•THE AREA OF A STUDIO IS APPROX. 250 SQ. M. COMPARING IT TO THE INTAKE OF ONE BATCH
CASE STUDY 2 – CCA, CHANDIGARH I.E. 40 IT IS VERY MUCH SUFFICIENT.
•THE OPEN LAWN IS HAVING A SMALL STAGE WITH A TOTAL AREA OF 700 SQ. M. WHICH IS
•CHANDIGARH COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1961 VERY MUCH SUFFICIENT TO HOLD A CULTURAL EVENT HAVING A CAPACITY OF 200 PEOPLE
•WAS A PART OF THE GREAT CHANDIGARH EXPERIMENT EASILY.
•ARCHITECT- LE CORBUSIER •THERE IS AN OUTDOOR SEATING SPACE AT THE CANTEEN WHICH DOES NOT MAKES IT
• BUILT IN THREE PHASES, IS ONLY AN UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTE. APPEAR CROWDY EVEN WHEN LARGE MASS OF PEOPLE ATTEND THERE.

OBJECTIVE & VALIDITY OF THE CASE

STUDY
•TO UNDERSTAND THE PHILOSOPHY OF LE CORBUSIER TOWARDS
CREATING A DESIGN ENVIRONMENT AND AN ARCHITECTURE
COLLEGE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS HOSTEL FOR YOUTH.
^^ THE CLASSROOM 250 SQ.
•TO UNDERSTAND THE BUILDING FORM IN THE SAME TYPE OF
M. WITH A SEPARATE
CLIMATE.
LECTURE AREA AS WELL AS
•VALIDITY OF THE CASE STUDY- THE CASE STUDY WOULD BE
STUDIO AREA WITH CURVED
USEFUL IF ON A LATER STAGE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ARE
BEAMS RUNNING ACROSS
PLANNED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT BUILDING.
THE HALL. HAVING A NORTH
T^^ HE ENTRANCE FOYER IS A LONG PASSAGE
LIGHT TRUSS.
LOCATION DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY WHICH CAN BE
IT IS LOCATED IN PUNJAB UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, LOCATED IN THE USED FOR EXHIBITIONS. THE ELEVATION
SECTOR 12 INSTITUTIONAL AREA OF CHANDIGARH U.T. TREATMENT ENSURES PUNCTURED
SUNLIGHT INTO THE HALL.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & URBAN FORM- THE SURROUNDING
AREAS OF THE UNIVERSITY IS INSTITUTIONAL AS WELL AS ^^ THE CORRIDORS HAD
RESIDENTIAL. PROPER SETBACKS OF THE HOUSES FROM THE BEEN LIGHTED BY THE ARCH
ROADS WITH A GREEN COVER IN BETWEEN AND WELL PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OFPLAN LIKE ROOF WITH PUNCTURES
WIDE GRID- IRON ROADS GIVES A FEELING OF AN URBAN THE THOUGHT BEHIND PLANNING MUST HAVE BEEN TO CREATE SEPARATE ZONES IN IT.
HAVING DIFFERENT PURPOSE .THE ENTRANCE FOYER HAS BEEN DESIGNED IN
SUCH A WAY AS TO SERVE AS A MULTIPURPOSE AREA.THE OPEN LAWN AT THE
CENTRE DOES NOT OPEN AT THE SIDES BUT AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE CORRIDOR
AND THE REAR CORRIDOR STUDIO. IT SERVES AS A GATHERING SPACEAND A ZONE
FOR ALL THE USERS TO RELAX. THE ADMINISTRATION ZONE IS ON THE LEFT SIDE ^^ THE OPEN LAWN AMIDST THE
COMPLIMENTING ADJACENT SPACES VERY WELL. A SEPARATE ACADEMIC ZONE IS BUILDING. THE WEST SIDE WALL OF THE
^^ THE OPEN SEATING AREA IN
AT THE REAR SIDE OF THE CAMPUS COMPRISING OF THE STUDIOS, LIBRARY, COLLEGE BUILDING HAS BEEN
THE CANTEEN AREA CREATES A
COMPUTER ROOM, WORKSHOPS, LABS. ETC. DESIGNED WITH LEAST WINDOWS TO
RELAXED ENVIRONMENT WITH
AVOID THE DEEP PENETRATING
TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS.
EVENING SUN. THE ELEVATION OF THE
BUILDING IS MADE UP OF
COMPUTER
ROOM
RECTANGULAR BLOCK
CLOSELY PACKED THAT
BLOCKS THE SUN PARTIALLY
LIBRARY ASAWELL AS HAS AN UNIQUE
STUDIOS
AESTHETIC QUALITY OF
ALLOWING FILTERED LIGHT
ARCHITECTS OBJECTIVE LABS & RAYS.
HIS CONVICTION WAS THAT THE CREATION OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT, ACCOUNTS WORKSHOP
SECTION FACULTY
HOWEVER BRILLIANT AND CONSEQUENTIAL, CANNOT BE FULLY ROOMS
<< THE CORRIDOR IS QUITE
GRASPED- MUCH LESS PERPETUATED – IF THE PRINCIPLES REGULATING
^^ ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE LONG AND REQUIRES
ITS CONCEPT ARE NOT PROPERLY UNDERSTOOD THROUGH STUDY OF
BUILDING IS A BASKET BALL ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING EVEN
VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE CITY IN USE. ADMIN.
FACULTY COURT DESIGNED NORTH- IN THE DAYTIME.
OFFICE
PRINCIPAL ROOMS SOUTH ORIENTATION.
CONCEPT – CONCEPT CAN BE UNDERSTOOD FROM THE DESIGN OF TOILETS
MAIN BUILDING. THE USE OF NORTH LIGHT CONCRETE ROOF WITH AN
OPEN LAWN AS A CENTRAL COURTYARD AND MINIMAL OPENINGS ON >> SEEING THE ELEVATION, ONE
THE WEST WALL INDICATES THE CLIMATE AS A REASON BEHIND THE GETS THE FEELING OF ENTERING
DESIGN. LONG CORRIDORS WITH SQUARISH BUILT FORM GIVES RECEPTION
INTO AN ART COLLEGE WITH A
RESEMBLANCE TO THE CHARACTER OF CHANDIGARH CITY . LECTURE &
WELL PORTRAYED ENTRANCE
ASSEMBLY
HALL PORCHE WITH AN ABSTRACT
ENTRANCE
ART.

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 << THE LECTURE HALL HAVE NO
NATURAL LIGHT REACHIN INSIDE
AS THE WINDOW SIZE HAS BEEN
KEPT MINIMAL.

<< THE TOILET WITH A PASSAGE

OF LESS THAN 2 FEET.

THE PORCH WAS DESIGNED ON A LATER THE PROXIMITY OF BASIC AMENITIES MAKES IT A
STAGE AND HAS A HEIGHT OF 6.5 FEET. VERY COMFORTABLE PLACE TO LIVE.

SERVICES

THE VIEW SHOWING THE WELL DESIGNED

THE TUBE WELL ADJACENT O.T.S. PORTION WHICH GIVESTHE DIRECT
TO THE TERRACE OF THE LIGHT UPTO THE FIRST FLOOR
CANTEEN.

THE NO. OF ENTRIES TO THE CAMPUS SITE IS RESTRICTED TO TWO WHICH

IS VERY WELL JUSTIFIED FOR SECURITY CONSTRAINTS.
THERE ARE FOUR WATER HYDRANTS IN THE CRICKET FIELD TO KEEP UP
WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF WATER TO KEEP THE GROUND LUSH
GREEN.

THE ELEVATION SHOWING THE O.T.S.BALCONIES FOR

BOTH THE FLOORS AS WELL AS THE THREE COLUMNS PER
MODULE TO SUPPOPRT THOSE BALCONIES MAKING THE
STRUCTURE EXPENSIVE.

THE STAIRCASE IS A ^^ THE VIEW OF ADJACENT

STRAIGHT FLIGHT BALCONIES FROM THE SECOND
STAIRCASE WITH ALL 17 FLOOR
THE FRONT CORRIDOR ON STEPS AT ONE GO.
THE VIEW SHOWING THE BALCONY ON THE GROUND FLOOR,
FIRST FLOOR OF A MODULE WITH THE DESIGNED AMIDST THE
DIFFUSE DLIGHT NOT REACHING THE COLUMN SUPPORTING THE
THE ENTRANCE OF BALCONIES.
CORRIDORS.
THE TOILET.

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•THE ALIGNMENT OF DIFFERENT SPACES INTHE BUILDING
IS MORE OF VERTCAL, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN DUE TO STUDIOS
SPACE CONSTRAINT.

•TWO SEPARATE OPEN SPACES ARE DESIGNED IN ORDER STUDIOS

TO CARRY OUT DIFFERENT TYPE OF ACTIVITIES AT SAME
THE VIEW FROM THE PARKING
POINT OF TIME SO AS TO ENTERTAIN MASS NO. OF TOWARDS THE MAIN ENTRY
STUDENTS. LIBRARY & THE VIEW OF
•THE PARTITION IS BEING CREATED BY PLACING COMP LAB.
AUDITORIUM
MLTIPURPOSE HALL AND EXHIBITION HALL IN BETWEEN
THE FRONT LAWN AND THE AMPHITHEATRE AT THE REAR
SIDE. ADMIN. OFFICE, FACULTY
ROOMS, HOD OFFICE, AND
LABS ETC.
•THE BUILDING DOESN’T SEAMS TO BE MASSIVE AS THERE
IS DENSE PLANTATION THAT ALMOST HIDES THE BUILDING. INFORMAL SEATING SPACE FIRST FLOOR PLAN
NEAR CANTEEN
CANTEEN, B.E.M. DEPARTMENT, VIEW OF THE MAIN BUILDING
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
WORKSHOPS,O.A.T., EXHIBITION
FROM THE PARKING AREA.
HALL MULTIPURPOSE HALL., .

VOLLEYBALL COURT NEAR

THE CANTEEN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

THE VIEW OF AMPHITHEATRE

FROM THE TERRACE WITH THE
AUDITORIUM EXHIBITION HALL BEHIND.

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

G+4

OPEN LAWN

G.F.

DOUBLE HEIGHT ROOF

G+1
FOURTH FLOOR PLAN

SITE PLAN
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