Iim Ahmedabad Case Study
Iim Ahmedabad Case Study
Iim Ahmedabad Case Study
ASSIGNMENT-03
SUB-SITE PLANNING SUBMITTED BY-
MUKUL SHARMA
PINTOO YADAV
AMIT KUMAR
INTRODUCTION- APPROACH- SITE PLAN-
AHMEDABAD IS WELL CONNECTED
NAME OF THE PROJECT : INDIAN WITH ALL THE METROPOLISES IN
INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT INDIA VIA AIR, TRAINS AND ROADS ▪ IT IS CONSTRUCTED IN 67 ACRES OF LAND.
YEAR OF ESTABLISHED : 1961 ❖THE SITE IS LOCATED IN ▪ IT HAS TWO CAMPUSES, THE HERITAGE
ARCHITECT : LOUIS I KAHN, BIMAL RESIDENTIAL AREA VASTRAPUR, CAMPUS AND THE NEW CAMPUS JOINED BY AN
PATEL AHMEDABAD. UNDERGROUND GALLERY.
SITE AREA : 67 ACRE ❖ACCESS TO THE SITE IS DIRECTLY ▪ IT IS UNIQUE LOUISH KAHN PLAZA.
BUILT UP AREA : 85,8000 SQM FROM THE RING ROAD.
GROUND COVERAGE : 142,000 SQM ❖THE IIMA IS 15 KM FAR FROM THE
CONTEXT : URBAN SETTING AIRPORT.
WITHIN AN INSTITUTIONAL ZONE ❖DISTANCE BETWEEN RAILWAY
TOPOGRAPHY : MORE OR LESS FLAT STATION AND IIMA:9 KM
LAND
CONCEPT-
ACCORDING TO LOUIS I KAHN, IT’S PLAN COMES FROM HIS FEELING
OF A MONASTERY.
HE ALWAYS WANTED TO GIVE A SOLID AND FORMAL LOOK HIS
BUILDINGS. HE WANTED TO CRETE A FORTERESS IN URICK IN
ARCHITECT-
DESIGNED BY LOUIS KAHN, A
WELL KNOWN AMERICAN
ARCHITECT, THE 60 ACRE
CAMPUS OF THE INSTITUTE
HAS IT ALL, A BLEND OF
AUSTERITY AND MAJESTY,
SPACES FOR CASUAL
INTERACTION, FREQUENTLY
CHANGING PERSPECTIVES,
AND A BALANCE BETWEEN
MODERNITY AND TRADITION
THAT COMPUTERS THE SPIRIT
OF CONTEMPORARY IN INDIA
ORIENTATIION OF SITE- ABOUT SITE-
THE DIAGONAL LAYOUT HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF IT IS THE INSTITUTIONAL AREA OF THE CITY THE
THE BUILDING BEING ORIENTED TOWARDS THE SITE THE SITE IS ON VIKRAM SARABHAI ROAD.
SOUTHWESTERLY BREEZES. THE ORIENTATION ALSO
HELPS TO CUT OUT THE WEST SUN REDUCING THE SITE HAS FOLLOWING ADVANTAGES :
GLARE.
▪ SITE IS WEL LINKED WITH MOST PART OF THE
CITY.
▪ AWAY FROM MAIN TRAFFIC AREAS LIKE
GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE, ATRIA,
CEPT, ARE WITHIN ITS CLOSE VICINITY.
CIRCULATION IN IIM CAMPUS IS
THROUGH THREE MAJOR ROADS
CONTEXT 1. PERIPHERAL
URBAN SETTING WITHIN AN INSTITUTIONAL 2. INTERNAL
ZONE. 3. SMALLER INTERNAL ROADS
SEPARATE ACCESSES ARE PROVIDED
TOPOGRAPHY FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL COMPLEX
MORE OR LESS FLAT LAND AND THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
TOPOGRAPHY-
ALL BLOCKS ARE RECTANGULAR AND SIMPLE IN PLAN PARKING OF LEFT SIDE OF ENTRANCE
THE BUILD MASS OF CONSIDERAABLE PROPOTION HAS BEEN AND IS SHADED BY DENSE TREES AND
TWO WHEELER BY ASBESTOS CEMENT RAMP AND
SUBUDED BY THE USE OF LARGE CIRCULAR OPENINGS SHADE PLAZA
MOVEMENT- SITE ZONING-
LAYOUT-