INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT,BANGALORE
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INTRODUCTION HO L TY
The IIM campus was designed by Staff Zonig is influence of IIM,Ahamedabad C U ING
architect [Link] 54000 sq.m IIM complex, housing [Link] is divided into two divisions, FA OUS
built on the 100 acer campus is located on hilly area north for staff housing and south for G H
in the south bangalore,on Banerghatta.
Education educational [Link] housing is
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block further into two sectors,teaching and AR IES
DHOSHI'S IDEA ABOUT non teaching [Link] block P SPORTS T R
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classrooms and [Link] RM
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THE PROCESS OF EDUCATION zone is wrapped with the blanket D
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HAS NO DOORS,NO [Link] is about of greenery, it cutoff unnecessary ACADAMIC
contemplating,prodding and [Link] is no sound from road,and break the
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timings or [Link] can be indoor or [Link] visual link between the
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it has to be prepared for
PRINCIPLE OF ORGANIZATION ACADAMIC DI
changes and expansion,
and yet has to network. Pattern of indoor and outdoor plan echos the
Thee issue is how to have interlinking of Fatekpur sikri and reconstruct into
it all flexibility,growth and interaction. modern system and [Link] blocks
conceived as a collection of court and terrace
DESIGN INSPIRATION ,interlocked and connected by corridors and verandas
Lal Bagh of various [Link] form of dormentries are
Fetekpur sikri wrapped around courts and connected by walkways.
Cascaded terrace,pillared hall
Madurai meenakshi temple
Traditional indian streets,squqres,
steps and balconies.
CONCEPT EVOLUTION
Fatekpur sikri courtyard and the gardens of
bangalore merged in Doshi's mind. He picked up the garden
and put in the courtyad,and the vision of the global campus
was [Link] of courtyards that are dry and rigid,he
made green corridors,which allow the academic exchange
to be carried out beyond classroom.
Entire campus is a fabric of interacting planes,pergolas,and
trallis creating texural effect by regulating sunlight and
casting [Link] layer vocabulary of architectural
element of wall,enclosures and opens is the under lying
theme of the design.
FATEKPUR SIKRI IIM,BANGALORE
ADMINISTRATION
CLASSROOM
Provision of separate staircase for effective vertical circulation.
Classrooms are arranged in a cluster of two Vertical slits on the walls and roofs brings daylight.
to three classes around the open court and semi open spaces Centrally located toilets on the each floor,for easy access.
interlinking them. Directors secretariant is placed uniquely with its back to central
Gains an informal character encourages pergola which is reached through a ramp.
students to use as an interactive space to hold on information and Administration takes an area of 635 sq.m in each floor.
socialize.
Never accessed directly from the circulation
[Link] there is a common space between the classrooms
act as a check point before enter into the classroom activity.
These in between spaces are having inbuilt
seating and notice boards which causes a students to linger a
while
Design of the classroom is based on seminar type interaction
between the staff and the students.
Classrooms were designed as a mini amphitheater with semi
circular steps,increasing eye contact and eye vision.
Windows are high to get glare free light. MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT
Classrooms are mainly of two types;
One 156 sq.m area for the capacity of 70 students. BLOCK
Second is 80 sqm area accomodate 40 students.
It is a place for dwelling of students of excecutive
development [Link] term course for IAS officials.
Five star facility with dining capacity of 60.
There are 60 double occupency room .
There is big internal courtyard ,which brings the ambiant
daylighting and natural [Link] court is used as a yoga and
meditation space.
DORMITORIES
Hostels are located away from classrooms in a few
minuties of walk.
The blocks responds to two types of courts one
internal court shared by the inmates of particular block other
external court shared by the other blocks.
Courtyards are best interactive space for internal and
external activities.
Dining is busy by the virtue position of the it infont of
the mess.
Each floor is a community of 12 persons.
'SURPRISE' AS A KEY ELEMENT PERGOLA
At IIMB ,the central pergola is a beautiful
The sprawling nature connected campus is one of his space-spatially as well as in the way light enters the
best [Link] master architect said "surprise was the key element" while [Link] were covered with [Link] allows the natural
designing IIMB. The design offers students and faculty the ability to see and [Link] creates the pattern of light [Link] allows the indirect
feel nature even when inside the classroom; it helps beat the claustrophobic lighting and eliminate [Link] allows the free movement of air and
feeling that most of modern universities with air conditioned classrooms allows the hot air escape.
have.
COURTYARDS AND OPEN SPACES
HALLWAYS
Dr. Doshi draws attention to Courtyard design was inspired from meenakshi amman temple.
the hallways built way back in 1982, the Courtyards were covered with landscape is used as a passive
quadrangles that open up to greenery, cooling [Link] promotes the fresh air circulation through out
sunlight streaming in through pergolas, the [Link] keeps the building mixed
the geometrical roofs and the rough with [Link] and
texture finish of the walls. “These are courtyards covered with plants and
the unique features of ‘glocal’ design. trellis is the unique feature of the
These elements don’t look dated IIM,[Link] spaces
because they were designed with with seating act as a informal
natural resources and with utmost gathering space,and the knowledge
respect for nature. transfer occur beyond the
In hallways we can have a classroom.
various expirence of light and
shadow,greenery and varing hight of the
corridors.
CONCLUTION
MATERIAL USED IIM Bangalore can be understood as an analogue of the traditional Indian city complete with streets,
squares, steps, ledges, balconies, galleries and overhangs. Doshi referred to the complex as a “bazaar
The construction of the entire of education”.
complex is made of simple and
standardized using exposed This building is a tribute to stone; a perfect blend of concrete, stone and grey stone that creates the feel of
concrete,lattices,frames and wall a semi-transparent screen that allows light and breeze to penetrate.
system using rough blocks of local
The play of light and shadows here are amazing. This building can absorb and evolve with time. The pergolas
gray granite.
and corridors bear references to ancient temples. If you walk these corridors, you feel no compulsion to reach
Local craftsmen worked on it
anywhere –the essentials are revealed, conflicts get resolved and we know who we are. Students get glimpses
with local [Link] is low on
of nature which helps them relax at times of duress when an assignment is not working out
maintenance,the building is cool and
light is controlled. This building has scale and density but also porosity. He try to create a sense of unexpected wonder like a
sudden breeze that you come upon.
The delicte trallis vocabulary
was combined with a wall
system using rough blocks of
local gray granite.
Greenery was the
third material introducing a
vital vegetal ornament.
