Laurie Baker: Presented By: Pratyaksha Saxena Shruti Gautam
Laurie Baker: Presented By: Pratyaksha Saxena Shruti Gautam
Laurie Baker: Presented By: Pratyaksha Saxena Shruti Gautam
LAURIE BAKER
PRESENTED BY:
PRATYAKSHA SAXENA
SHRUTI GAUTAM
LIFE HISTORY
• (March 2, 1917 – April 1, 2007) British-born
Indian architect
Advantages
Energy saving & Eco-
Friendly compressive Jack Arch
roofing.
Decorative & Highly
Economical
Maintenance free
LOW COST CONSTRUCTION
•Masonry Dome
Advantages
•Energy saving eco-friendly
compressive roof.
•Decorative & Highly Economical
for larges spans.
•Maintenance free
Funnicular shell
Advantages
•Energy saving eco-
friendly compressive roof.
•Decorative & Economical
•Maintenance free
Low cost constructions
•Masonry Arches
Advantages
•Traditional spanning sytem.
•Highly decorative & economical
•Less energy requirement.
Bird eye view-
The Hamlet
• This is Baker's home in
Trivandrum.
GROUND FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
STEPS LEADING UP
TO FRONT DOOR
Requirements:-
• Meeting place.
• working place (training).
• Open spaces.
• Classroom & dormitories.
External Views
Generous sprawling ground floor with three floor
staking of pentagon
• The main house is formed by a simple three-
floor stacking of the pentagon on nine-inch-
thick brick walls
Built
furniture of
bricks
1st floor bedroom entrance.