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    Hasmukh Patel was an Indian architect born in 1933 who made significant contributions to contemporary architecture in India over four decades. Some of his notable works include Newman Hall in Ahmedabad from 1965-1968, St. Xavier's Primary School in Ahmedabad from 1967, and Dena Bank in Ahmedabad from 1974-1976. He founded HCP Design Planning and Management and designed over 300 buildings using a contemporary style focused on the human experience.

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    Hasmukh Patel was an Indian architect born in 1933 who made significant contributions to contemporary architecture in India over four decades. Some of his notable works include Newman Hall in Ahmedabad from 1965-1968, St. Xavier's Primary School in Ahmedabad from 1967, and Dena Bank in Ahmedabad from 1974-1976. He founded HCP Design Planning and Management and designed over 300 buildings using a contemporary style focused on the human experience.

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    Hasmukh Patel was an Indian architect born in 1933 who made significant contributions to contemporary architecture in India over four decades. Some of his notable works include Newman Hall in Ahmedabad from 1965-1968, St. Xavier's Primary School in Ahmedabad from 1967, and Dena Bank in Ahmedabad from 1974-1976. He founded HCP Design Planning and Management and designed over 300 buildings using a contemporary style focused on the human experience.

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    Ar. Hasmukh C.

    Patel
    (1933 T0 2018)

    Presentation by –
     P. Madhuri
     Roll no. – 16271AA017
     Class – IIIrd year (Vth semester)
    About Hasmukh Patel -
    • NAME : Hasmukh C. Patel

    • BORN : 7th October , 1933

    • DIED : 20th January , 2018 (aged 84)


    Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
    • NATIONALITY : INDIAN
    • WORKED : Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
    Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
    • OCCUPATION : Architect and Educator
    • PRACTICE : HCP Design , Planning and Management PVT.LTD.
    Brief -
     Hasmukh Patel was an architect credited with making significant
    contributions to contemporary architecture in India in a career
    spanning over four decades in the latter half of 20th century.

     His works are held in high-regard alongside those of prominent Indian


    architects in the post-independence era like Achyut Kanvinde, Charles
    Correa, Anant Raje, B.V. Doshi and others.

     Patel was the founder of the Ahmedabad based architecture


    firm HCPDPM.

     He was also a part of the small group of architects who nurtured the
    School of Architecture, CEPT (now CEPT University
    Biography -

    • Hasmukh C. Patel was born in Bhadran, a small village of Gujarat.


    • His father was an engineer who ran a small construction business and Patel would
    often visit the sites that he was working on.
    • After high school, he pursued a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture at Maharaja
    Sayajirao University of Baroda and graduated in 1956.
    • He left India to study further at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York and graduated
    with a Master’s Degree in Architecture in 1959. He traveled extensively in Europe
    and Africa before returning to India and joined the architectural firm of Atmaram
    Gajjar in Ahmedabad.
    Biography -
    • Shortly after that in 1961, Patel started his own practice under the name of M/s
    Hasmukh C. Patel, now known as HCP Design Planning and Management.
    • His first office was in the old city of Ahmedabad.
    • Through the 1970s and ’80s, Patel’s practice grew rapidly and moved to bigger
    offices, making it possible for him to have a setup with facilities and a layout that
    fully supported the working style that he believed in.
    • In 1988, the practice shifted to Paritosh in Usmanpura, Ahmedabad, a building
    built by him, which houses the practice till date.
    ARCHITECTURAL STYLE AND
    PHILOSOPHIES
    • HASMUKH PATEL WAS MORE INTO CONTEMPORARY STYLE
    • “…………………The human being is at the center of my creative
    efforts…………………This is the only thing I understand and the only thing I
    practice.” – Hasmukh Patel
    • Patel strongly believed that “when something no longer serves the purpose, it should
    be suitably modified.” 
    • “From conceptual to final execution stage there were hardly any revisions ever. This
    is because even his conceptual drawings were as good as good for construction drawings.
    ” As a leader he believed that “a good project is a combined effort of all the related
    agencies including the artisan and the client.”
    His works -
    • Patel’s practice gave Ahmedabad some iconic buildings that dot the city’s skyline.
    • His work covered a diverse range of projects — townships, industrial units, hotels,
    hospitals, housing, public buildings, commercial complexes, academic institutes,
    cinemas and sports facilities. In a career spanning four decades, he designed 300
    buildings, including landmarks such as the Patang Hotel, Reserve Bank of India,
    Refurbishment of Eden Gardens Stadium (Kolkata) and Centre Point Apartments.
    • He demonstrated that the speculative model could be used to make profitable buildings
    which would be an architectural asset to the city.
    • Patel was also a key figure in reviving interest and mobilizing support for
    the Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project in 1970s and for constituting RFDG
    (Riverfront Development Group) that consisted of local private architecture
    businesses
    His Works -
    • 1963: Newman Hall (Premal Jyoti), Ahmedabad 
    1964: State Bank of India, Ahmedabad 
    1966: Diwan Ballubhai School, Ahmedabad 
    1967: Medical and Social Welfare Centre, Mokasan 
    1967: St. Xavier’s Primary School, Ahmedabad 
    1968: St. Xavier's Technical Institute, Vadodara 
    1969: Church at Cambay (Khambhat) 
    1969: Usha Theatre, Rajkot 
    1971: Reserve Bank of India, Ahmedabad 
    1974: Bhaikaka Bhavan, Ahmedabad 
    1974: Dena Bank, Ahmedabad 
    1975: Reading Centre, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad 
    1976: Central Laboratory, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad 
    1976: HK House, Ahmedabad 
    1977: Carmel Convent Hostel, Gandhinagar 
    1977: Sardar Patel Institute Hostel, Ahmedabad 
    1978: Chinubhai Centre and Patang Hotel, Ahmedabad 
    1979: St. Xavier's High School, Gandhinagar 
    1979: Shyamal Row Houses, Ahmedabad 
    1981: Centre Point Apartments, Ahmedabad 
    1984: Gujarat Tourism Bhavan, Gandhinagar (Proposed) 
    1984: Maitry Row Houses, Surat 
    1985: Paritosh Building, Ahmedabad 
    1986: Refurbishment of Eden Gardens Stadium, 1987, Kolkata 
    1993: International Stadium, Cochin (Proposed) 
    • 1963: Newman Hall (Premal Jyoti), Ahmedabad

    • 1967: St. Xavier’s Primary School, Ahmedabad

    • 1974: Dena Bank, Ahmedabad 

    • 1979: Shyamal Row Houses, Ahmedabad

    • 1978: Chinubhai Centre and Patang Hotel, Ahmedabad 


    Newman Hall, Ahmedabad 1965 -1968
    • The Newman Hall is a commune designed by HCP for the Society of Jesus. The
    straight forward and simple form of this hostel reflects the austere and disciplined life
    of the Jesuit seminarians.
    • The requirement was for a series of individual rooms, a dining hall, a chapel and a
    small office block.
    • The chapel, a simple circular brick structure, is placed on the central axis of the
    encircled courtyard. Generous corridor areas serve the dual purpose of providing access
    and ritual ambulatory spaces. Two and three storied structures flanking the courtyard
    house the seminary rooms.
    • What distinguishes the building is the simple and restrained use of exposed brick and
    concrete work and the ingenuity with which the problems of climate have been resolved.
    • A series of brick piers flanking external
    windows and internal corridors, with
    supporting concrete slabs at lintel level
    dominate the external structures.
    • These provide the necessary protection
    from the sun and rain, while their clear
    separation from the main facade and
    vertical extension above roof level add
    drama to the elevation.
    • Built-up Area: 3,795 Sq. M
    • Client: Society Of Jesus
    • Status: Built
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    St. Xavier's Primary School, Ahmedabad 1967
    • While designing the St. Xavier’s Primary School, the attempt was to blur the
    boundaries between work and play. The use of R.C.C. columns on a square grid
    allowed for a play of open, semi-open and closed spaces to accommodate the various
    programmatic elements of the school – classrooms, offices, library, corridors etc. –
    without resorting to rigid hierarchies and definitions of space.
    • The result is an environment that truly belongs to the children, where they can lay
    claim to any space as their own – corridors double as classrooms, courtyards become
    corridors and a fountain becomes a swimming pool.
    • Paintings, murals and sculptures are an
    integral part of the simple brick and R.C.
    C structure, forming a setting for the
    self-learning process which is crucial for
    children in their early years.
    • Corridors are the same size as the
    classrooms, rendering them as alternative
    classrooms. Landscaped, open to sky
    courts create an informal school
    environment.
    • Built-up Area: 5,300 Sq.m.
    • Client: Society Of Jesus
    • Status: Built
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    Dena Bank, Ahmedabad 1974 -1976
    • Dena Bank represents an end point; it is amongst the last of the noteworthy public
    sector institutional commissions of its era in Ahmedabad.
    • Like Newman Hall, the Dena Bank uses narrowly spaced, repetitive structural
    elements from which the building derives much of its impact. Inside, these are fine
    and beautifully finished. Externally, they are robustly proportioned.
    • The side facade was perhaps the most iconic element of the building. Standing beside
    this side elevation the building appears to soar above its actual height.
    • Dena Bank shares the use of raw
    concrete and certain formal
    characteristics with many brutalist
    buildings. However, it is articulated,
    detailed and constructed with a care
    and delicacy which is alien to the ideals
    of the movement.
    • Built-up Area: 6,800 Sq.m.
    • Client: Dena Bank
    • Status: Built
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    Chinubhai Centre and Patang Hotel, Ahmedabad
    1980 -1984
    • It is designed to maximize the economic potential of the site and to capitalize on the
    views of the Sabarmati.
    • The Centre houses large showrooms, shops, offices with terrace gardens and, the
    most innovative feature, the Revolving Restaurant named ‘Patang Hotel’. The east
    facçade is stepped back to create shady terraces overlooking the river.
    • Patang restaurant, the first revolving restaurant of its kind in India, is the anchor of
    the development. The form of the structure celebrates the traditional “chabutara”, –
    where the birds are fed and given water.
    • The project is a result of a close collaborative effort of of the architect and the
    structural engineers.
    • The structure is a free-standing umbrella with an
    independent entry and the restaurant is accessed
    by view elevators facing the river and the Walled
    City. It has an RCC, umbrella- shaped structure
    of 68’ outer diameter.
    • All of the RCC construction was done by slip form
    method. The revolving platform, with an internal
    width of 18’ and 62’ outer diameter is designed
    for a total load of 25 kgs/ sq. ft. and can seat
    up to 136 persons.
    • The platform takes 90 minutes to finish one
    revolution and offers a full the view of the River
    Sabarmati River and of the cityscape in
    surrounding. • Built-up Area: 8,220 Sq.m.
    • The interior has been designed to blend tradition • Client: M/s Hasmukh Shah Developers 
    and modernity, using traditional colours and
    textures but contemporary furniture and forms • Status: Built
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    Shyamal Row Houses, Ahmedabad 1981 -1985
    • This real estate development project of HCP comprises of 400 three-bedroom row
    houses, designed in five phases.
    • Taking the concept of row houses as a viable alternative to apartment living in urban
    areas, this project seeks to resolve the classic conflict between the demands of the
    developers as client and the needs of the user, the faceless client.
    • To enable optimal daylighting and ventilation of the living dining area, extensive
    glazed surfaces were provided to overlook the rear yard. Spacious front and read yards
    encourage outdoor living in the development.
    • The challenge lay in working within a very narrow 19 ft. house width.
    • The single units offer three bedrooms with
    attached bathrooms, living rooms, dining–
    kitchen areas, a basement store, front and
    back yard.
    • The double-height living room which opens out
    into the back garden gives a feeling of
    spaciousness to an otherwise compact unit.
    • The project includes ancillary recreation and
    service facilities for each of the phases, namely
    a common club house, gardens, a swimming
    pool and shared services.
    • Built-up Area: 140 Sq. M. (Type I),
    280 Sq. M. (Type II) 
    • Client: M/s Hasmukh Shah Developers 
    • Status: Built
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    Awards -
    • 1998: Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal for Life Time
    Achievement, Indian Institute of Architects

    • 2000: Great Master's Award by J. K. Cement for his


    contribution to architectural profession

    • 2011: Lifetime Achievement Award, Architects and


    Interiors India Awards
    THANK YOU

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