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HISTORY
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Kanvinde was born in Achara,
n the Konkan region of
Maharashtra, in 11! in a "arge
fa#i"$% His #other died when he wastwo and his father was an arts
teacher in &o#ba$% He was raised
b$ his "arge e'tended fa#i"$ in the
sec"(sion of the vi""age, his father
being awa$ in &o#ba$ where he was
an art teacher in schoo"s%
)AR*Y *I+)
Kanvinde had the ca""ing of a ainter and did enro" in
an art schoo" b(t the fa#i"$ decided that architect(re
wo("d be a better rofession for hi#, a "iving co("d beearned #ore easi"$% so entered the Architect(re
-eart#ent at Sir .%.% Schoo" of Art in 1/0, the first of
the three e'isting architect(re rogra#s in the co(ntr$
then% It was then headed b$ "a(de &at"e$, who was a"so
the re#ier architect of the co(ntr$%
Kanvinde grad(ated with distinction in 11, b(t withthe t(#("ts of the 3or"d 3ar and the raid"$ sreading
nationa" str(gg"e for indeendence, didn4t get a stead$ 5ob
ti"" 1/ when he 5oined the new"$ for#ed CSIR as an
architect% Ach$(t Kanvinde attended Harvard 6rad(ate
schoo" of -esign in 10 beco#ing the first Indian
architect to have st(died in A#erica%
)-7ATIO8 Kanvinde
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EXPERIENCE UNDER CLAUDE BATLEY- TRADITIONAL INDIAN ARCHITECTURE
"a(de &at"e$ introd(ced Kanvinde to the wor"d of
architect(re% This was the eriod when Kanvinde "earned toareciate the va"(es of Indian architect(re% He was fa#i"iari9ed
with:it ori!in:Ar"hite"ture #$e% on thee&i!en"ie of 'o"$' "'i($te)#ui'%in! ($teri$' $n%
o"i$' "on%ition:'iter$te fuion of *etern"'$i"$' or%er +ith In%i$n#ui'%in! tr$%ition:"'i($to'o!i"$' ,rin"i,'e
&at"e$ in his teaching and his active ractice #aintained
this new idea" of Architect(re; it was a (niversa" craft tai"ored
rationa""$ to regiona" ara#eters% In 1/, he (b"ished a
vo"(#e of #eas(red drawings of traditiona"
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&at"e$ on Indian architect(re).it ori!in)%e/e'o,(ent $n% %e"$%en"e h$%fo''o+e% the ,erfe"t'y nor($' "oure of $''the other +or'% $r"hite"ture $n% +$
ine/it$#'y #$e% on the e&i!en"ie of 'o"$'"'i($te) #ui'%in! ($teri$' $n% o"i$'"on%ition0Kanvinde re#e#bers hi# as >$ /ery i(,ort$nt($n in h$,in! the out'oo1 of ($ny$r"hite"t of (y !ener$tion) $'o of thee$r'ier !ener$tion
Starting fro# 1/?s Indian ioneers anticiating the
inevitab"e indeendent Indian Re(b"ic, were "anning an
a#bitio(s series of Scientific and Technica" instit(tions% This
c("#inated in CSIR being for#ed in 12% @"ans were
#ade to have the trained ersons to trans"ate thesedrea#s to rea"it$ technica" ed(cation having been ket
(nder #(ch contro" in the co"onia" state in contrast with
scientific or h(#anistic ed(cation, there were no Indian
architects and engineers B(a"ified to take these ro"es%
Hence fro# CSIR , Kanvinde was chosen to do st(dies in
"anning and design of "aborator$ b(i"dings as the firstgro( of eo"e (nder the 6overn#ent of India fe""owshi%
Kanvinde 5oined Harvard Master4s rogra##e of
Architect(re rogra# in 10 which was then being #(ch
acc"ai#ed for its new fo(ntainhead of f(nctiona" and socia"
ro#ise of Modern Architect(re (nder its C#igrC director
3a"ter 6roi(s
A T7R8I86 @OI8T I8 KA8DI8-)4 S *I+)=
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E&,erien"e un%er *ALTER 2ROPIU3 4THE BAUHAU3 3TYLE
St(d$ing (nder wa"ter groi(s, kanvind deve"oed a
who"e new o(t"ook towards architect(re% He was great"$
nf"(enced b$ the &a(ha(s st$"e, which "ater on was adotedn his vario(s b(i"dings%
Kanvinde was initia""$
(nreared for the sace
concets ta(ght in 6roi(s4s
schoo"% Having st(died (nder&at"e$, he was not conversant
with the rogressive i#ager$
and techniB(es of the
Internationa" st$"e% &(t
rogressive"$ what he was
#(ch affected b$ was the socia"
order and the oti#is# i#"ied
b$ the Modernist aradig#%
6roi(s4s insistence for (sing
sace as a too" for e'ressing
(niversa" h(#an va"(es was
what "eft #ost "asting inf"(ence
on his #ind%
Thu) K$n/in%e $%o,te%the ,ro!rei/e i($!ery$n% te"hni5ue of theIntern$tion$' ty'e
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The first b(i"dings to co#e ( as the chief architect were
ATIRA at Ah#edabad, co#"eted in 102
CSIR HeadB(arters at 8ew -e"hi, co#"eted in 10/
PRL at Ah#edabad, co#"eted in 10/
CEERI at @i"ani, co#"eted in 100
ATIRA
SIR
PRL
CEERI
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The new otentia" of (rs(ing his own architect(ra"
vision #ade Kanvinde resign fro# his 5ob in 100 to fo(nd
his ractice with Rai% Sarabhai and others ens(red a
stead$ f"ow of works% The first b(i"dings fro# this
association were
Pri/$te ,r$"ti"e +ith $r"hite"t 3h$u1$t R$i
K$n/in%e $n% R$i)7899
:Darpana Dance School , at Ah#edabad, co#"eted in 1!2:Hariballabhdas House, at Ah#edabad, co#"eted in 1!F
3ith Ma""ika and -r% Sarabhai, Kanvinde
rad(a""$ deve"oed a co##on vision of
rchitect(ra" rofession in the $o(ng nation
ed with the other arts and h(#anities
7niversit$ of Agric("t(ra"
Sciences, &anga"ore
8ationa" science
centre, New -e"hi
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The re"ation with Sarabhai having so deeened
Kanvinde was now being cons("ted on vario(s #atters%
-r%Sarabhai had he"ed to fo(nd the IIM in Ah#edabad in
1!2, and worked as its honorar$ director% In thisideo"ogica""$ charged conte't, Kanvinde had an i#ortant
ro"e in *o(is Kahn4s se"ection as the architect%
-r% Sarabhai died in 1E1 and a B(arter of a cent(r$ of
a #e#orab"e association ca#e to an end% % &etween 1E
to 1E1, -r% Sarabhai was resonsib"e for creating #ore
than 20 instit(tions in vario(s fie"ds of science,
#anage#ent, ed(cation, research and erfor#ing arts and
Kanvinde was inti#ate"$ invo"ved with shaing #ost of
those% -r% Sarabhai was "arge"$ resonsib"e in #aking Indian
Sace rogra# as strong as it is toda$ % The fact that
Kanvinde earned the confidence and resect of s(ch #en
revea"s as #(ch abo(t the architect as abo(t the atrons%
KA8DI8-)4S 3ORKS 3ITH -R% SARA&HAI
IIM in Ah#edabad
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Derghese K(rien, another of the
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In addition to "eading NDDB in its B(est to
i#rove wor"d n(trition, -r% K(rien "a$ed a ke$ ro"e
in #an$ other organi9ations% He is the chair#an ofthe IRMA, which Kanvinde constr(cted fro# 1EF%
(rrent"$ a new hase in NDDB is being designed%
3ith K(rien4s atronage, Kanvinde had a "ifeti#e
invo"ve#ent with this ind(str$ de#onstrating how
architects of vision need visionar$ c"ients to rea"ise
their ideas%
:i'1 ,ro"ein! ,'$nt) :eh$n$
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THE;RY
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The ARCHITECTURALINTERPRETER
India attained indeendence on
A(g(st10, 1E with the new
@ri#e Minister th(ndering fro# theconstit(ent asse#b"$ session the
new nationa" agenda >to create a
new nation(nfettered b$ the
traditions of the ast>Tho(gh
with the abso"(tist ro#ise of
8ehr(4s raid ind(stria"isation,
#echanisation, and growth of the
new co(ntr$, the #odernist
vocab("ar$ was often
s$non$#o(s, it had to contend
with 6andhi4s idea"ist vision of
re"iance on traditiona" techno"og$,
r(ra" econo#$, fr(ga"it$ and#oderation% Th(s Kanvinde
strateg$ beca#e a
CSIR beca#e the i#ortant vehic"e for rea"ising the @ri#
inister4s vision of a new India where science and techno"og
a$ed a centra" ro"e% Kanvinde, in t(rn, beca#e the architect(ra
terreter of the vision% The b(i"ding rogra##e was a#bitio(s
argets were even set for t(rnovers of ind(stries to be set (ased on research carried o(t in the "aboratories%
3tri"t (o%ernit /o"$#u'$ry
hi'e ,reer/in! $n% reinter,retin!In%i$n tr$%ition
ahat#a 6andhi
.awahar"a" 8ehr(
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the B$uh$u-intern$tion$'ty'e
?'=&a(ha(sT$e
The ai# of the &a(ha(s was a
>(nit$ of art and techno"og$> to give
artistic direction to ind(str$, which was
as "acking in 11 as in the #id=1thcent(r$, when the Arts and rafts
#ove#ent began% Kanvinde was
introd(ced to &a(ha(s b$ non other
than 3a"ter 6roi(s%
A#ong his #ost i#ortant
ideas was his be"ief that a""
design whether o a chair! a
buildin"! or a cit# $ should be
approached in essentiall# the
sa%e wa#& throu"h a
s#ste%atic stud# o the
particular needs and proble%sin'ol'ed! ta(in" into account
%odern construction %aterials
and techni)ues without
reerence to pre'ious or%s or
st#les
(nctiona"ists be"ieved thathe shae and for# of a b(i"ding sho("d e#erge o(t of the
gica" arrange#ent of saces inside and not fro# an$
redeter#ined idea "ike s$##etr$%
a b(i"ding sho("d on"$ have feat(res that were f(nctiona""$
ecessar$, and no non=f(nctiona" decoration%
7se of the "atest techno"ogies and ind(stria" rod(cts inonstr(ction s(ch as R and ind(stria" doors and windows%
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: $y((etry: e/ere: #'o"1y
: "u#i" h$,e: (ooth) =$t ,'$in) un%e"or$te%
urf$"e: "o(,'ete e'i(in$tion of $''
(ou'%in! $n% orn$(ent: >=$t? roof
: /ery free ,'$nnin!: $%o,tion of tee'-fr$(e% or
reinfor"e%-"on"rete ,ot-$n%-'$#
The vario(s &a(ha(s characteristics
visib"e in KanvindeGs works wo("d be
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2ANDHI KRI3HIVI2YAN
KENDRA)787@
'$tet te"hno'o!ie,ro%u"t in
"ontru"tion u"h $RCC
NATIONAL 3CIENCECENTRE) DELHI$y((etri"$') "u#oi%
for(
ATIRA $tAh(e%$#$%) 789
reetitive
arrange#ents of
windows
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IIT KANPUR
Thelightness oflogic
Rationa"ist that he was, Kanvinde "iked to revea" the
interna" f(nctions in a b(i"ding Jfor e'a#"e, office b"ock,
wa"kwa$, a(ditori(# as searate #asses% These were
then arranged in wa$s that were f(nctiona" fro# inside
and e"egant fro# o(tside%
This ana"$tica" aroach is evident in the b(i"dings
at IIT Kan(r that he designed in the 10?s%
: Here he c"ear"$ searates arts of b(i"dings according
to their #ateria", and a"so achieves a de"icac$ of effect%
The "ibrar$, for instance, is a Reinforced e#ent
oncrete JR fra#e with infi"" wa""s in e'osed brick%
:&$ inserting gas and shadows between the concrete
and brick co#onents, Kanvinde was ab"e to #ake ro(gh
and heav$ #ateria"s "ook "ight%
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The
lightness
of
logic
N$tion$' Inur$n"e A"$%e(y),une
That "ightness soke of the ri#ac$ of ideas over#atter, of "ogic over contingenc$% It was a the#e that
never rea""$ "eft his architect(re%
:It aears at the 8ationa" Ins(rance Acade#$ at @(ne
ate in his career% On the one hand, the e"evated wa"kwa$s
seak of a desire to f"oat above the irreg("arit$ of thegro(nd condition% On the other, the$ seak of efficient
#ove#ent a"#ost "ike on a conve$or be"t%
: )ither wa$, it is ossib"e to
detect a ersistent re"(ctance
to e#brace a site or a conte't
who"ehearted"$ in #(ch of
Kanvinde4s work%
:Yet, his work is often
resonsive to s(bt"e needs of
dwe""ers even if within the
ter#s of a given rob"e#%
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:i'1 ,ro"ein! ,'$nt) :eh$n$
Function
withfeeling-Rational
yethu($ne
He was a se"f=effacing erson, b(t his work he"ed
shae so#e of the things we a(to#atica""$ e'ect in
b(i"dings toda$
Kanvinde hi#se"f achieved this b$ seeking
sc("t(ra" ideas in the f(nctiona" needs of a b(i"ding% +ornstance, Mehsana near Ah#edabad, he arranged
venti"ation shafts into an e"egant arrange#ent of towers
that #ake this ind(stria" faci"it$ "ook e"egant%
:,$"e +ere >hu($ne?:you fe't +e'"o(e $n%"o(fort$#'e0:e"ient fun"tion )no+$t$!e of ,$"e) e'e!$nt
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IIT KA8@7R
b=iit=kan(r, httwww%ad#issiondiar$%co#
Rational
yethumaneie $n%
"$'eAt one "eve", the h(#aneness is abo(t si9e and
sca"e% )ven in #ore techno"ogica""$=oriented ro5ects,
Kanvinde a"wa$s tried to bring b(i"dings down to a h(#an
sca"e%
:At IIT Kan(r, it was the s"enderness of concrete#e#bers and the "ightness of brick for#s that he"ed
: The co#fort of the
eo"e in the working
environ#ent was of
(t#ost i#ortance toKanvinde% The b(i"ding
b"ock was broken down
into s#a"" office saces
oening into rivate
terraces which acted as
re"a'ation saces%
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Sense ofplace-
"onne"tionto the #ui't
herit$!e in$ 'o"$'ity
8ATIO8A* I8STIT7T) O+ &A8K MA8A6)M)8T
J8I&M @(ne, 1F0%
At another "eve", h(#aneness can be abo(t a
sense of "ace, and a connection to the b(i"t heritage in
a "oca"it$% &oth e#erge together at 8I&M, erhas
(niB(e"$ in Kanvinde4s bod$ of work%
:There, Kanvinde chose to b(i"d in the "oca" basa"t stone
J-eccan tra, co##on in o"der architect(re in
Maharashtra%
:He a"so sread the "ow rh$th#ic b(i"dings across a we""
"andscaed site in s(ch a wa$ that wa"king fro# one setof saces to another invo"ves assing b$ Jor thro(gh
gardens% +ro# inside and o(t, the ca#(s offers a
series of co#forting contin(ities across do#ains that
are (s(a""$ searated in (rban "ife% The b(i"ding th(s
redee#s so#e of the ro#ise of ear"$ #odernis# that
had fired the $o(ng Kanvinde%
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IIT KA8@7R2
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P'$"e ofInter$"tion
TH) AA-)MI &*OK
Kanvinde be"ieved in
hea"th$ interaction betweenthe st(dents and the
teachers and within
st(dents% He rovided
vario(s co(rt$ards and
nfor#a" saces which
enco(raged interaction%
The Indian Institute
of Technology was set (in ind(stria" cit$ of Kan(r
in 10% IIT Kan(r has a
sraw"ing ca#(s sread
over an area of aro'% %/
sB(are k#, 5(st north=west
of the cit$% A#ong a"" IITs,
IIT Kan(r has the second
"argest ca#(s J1,?00
acres%
The ca#(s is a se"f=
contained co##(nit$, with
residences for st(dents,
fac("t$, and reg("ar staff%
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IIT KA8@7R= SIT) @*A8
:ACADE:IC BLOCK
*A3 "entr$''y'o"$te% #y K$n/in%e
:He ,ro/i%e%3e!re!$te%Pedestrian $n%Vehicular tr$"0 The
ye''o+ ($r1e%,$th+$y %e,i"t the/ehi"u'$r tr$"+here$ the #'ue($r1e% ,$th+$y $re,e%etri$n0
: The ,e%etri$n,$th+$y for( $net+or1 throu!h theentire $"$%e(i""o(,'e&: The /ehi"u'$r tr$"
i e!re!$te% fro(the $"$%e(i" #'o"1 to$/oi% noie0:3in!'e entity-e'e/$te% ,e%etri$n+$'1+$y
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E'e/$te% ,e%etri$n +$'1+$y: 3he'tere% $n% yet o,enne
: Prote"tion fro( hot un yet $''o+in! #reee
Pe%etri$n(o/e(ent yte(
)*)DAT)- @ATH3AYS are the t$ica" feat(resrovided in the ca#(s of IIT Kan(r% The$ connect vario(s
b(i"ding b"ocks in the ca#(s% The$ e#erge and end in the
b(i"ding itse"f% The athwa$s have been designed keeing in
#ind the hot c"i#ate of kan(r so as to rovide she"ter and
rotection
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+A7*TY &7I*-I86
*I&RARY
*)T7R) HA** OM@*)L
The "o((onh$r$"teriti" in the
ui'%in! for e&$(,'e-
E&,oe% re% $n% #ri"1urt$in +$''E&,oe% "on"rete fr$(e
ro/i%e unifor(ity to the
ui'%in!
The &a(ha(s
inf"(ence in Kanvinde4s
st$"e is c"ear"$ visib"e inthe b(i"dings of IIT
Kan(r%
: "u#i" h$,e: (ooth) =$t ,'$in)un%e"or$te% urf$"e
"o(,'ete e'i(in$tion of $''
(ou'%in! $n% orn$(ent: >=$t? roof
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&7I*-I86
STR7T7R)S=
she"tered saces
Kanvinde a"wa$s resected the "oca" c"i#ate of
the site in consideration% He created vario(s she"tered
saces aro(nd and within the b(i"dings to rovide shadeagainst the harsh s(##er s(n
Resecting the c"i#ato"ogica"
conditions
A view of the "ibrar$
in IIT Kan(r showingthe she"tered athwa$s
and the saces which
co("d a"so be (sed as
interaction saces
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o#(t
er
Ke$
(nch
onf
erenc
e
Research
Researc
h
terrace
o#(te
r
o#(ter
Research
resear
chterrace
:revea"ed the interna" f(nctions in a b(i"ding as
searate #asses%:arranged in wa$s that were f(nctiona" fro# inside
and e"egant fro# o(tside%
o#(ter centre, IIT Kan(r
+irst f"oor @*A8 6ro(nd f"oor @*A8
)"evationKanvinde strong"$
e"ieved that theevation of a str(ct(re
ho("d be defined b$ the
nctions inside%
nnecessar$
rna#entation were
voided%
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/iron(ent 3"ien"e %e,t of IIT K$n,ur-e t$r r$te% #ui'%in! #y 2RIHA
3ut$in$#i'ity-
Lo"$' C'i($te
TheEn/iron(ent3"ien"e %e,t of IITK$n,ur) $ 6/e t$rr$te% #ui'%in! i the"ro+n of K$n/in%e+or1 in the 6e'% ofut$in$#i'ity0:3un ,$th $n$'yi:A,,ro,ri$te %ei!n ofe&tern$' h$%e:E"ient !'$in!
:F7 G $re$ i %$y'i!ht
The vario(s
b(i"ding b"ocks are
arranged in a 9ig9ag
attern keeing in#ind the osition of
the s(n d(ring
different ti#es in a da$
so that ever$ b"ock
receives #a'i#(#
s(n"ight
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AHY7T KA8DI8-)=
The Architect
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when we aroach the reva"ent
terretations and descritions of Kanvinde4s works,
sense of #arve" can4t be avoided at the co#"e'
ssociations and narratives behind their si#"istic
efinitions% Kanvinde has been often referred as a#odern Indian> architect%
KA8DI8-)= TH) “MODERN INDIAN" ARCHITECT%
In their book written to
atte#t an i#artia" araisa"
'tending to the historica"
onte't fro# which, the
rchitect(ra" e'ression ofdia is evo"ving>, &hatt and
criver assert that
hi e$r'y #ui'%in! +ere
o(,etent tr$i!htfor+$r% ren%ition of the$uh$u $etheti" #y $ youn! "on/ert toro,iu? notion of $r"hite"tur$' ,$"ee6ne% #y fun"tion)
eanwhi"e introd(cing one of Kanvinde4s works in an Indian
(rna", Ka"a#dani c"ai#s that
he i one of the fe+ $r"hite"t
+ho h$ "on"iou'y $tte(,te% $n,,'i"$tion of the /$'ue of e$r'y
(o%erni(.Re($inin! re'$ti/e'yn,ertur#e% #y ,$in! f$n"ie) +in! of theen%u'u() or the o-"$''e% /$!$rie of ti(e0
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&$ the end of 1!?s Kanvinde4s e'ressive
architect(ra" a"ate of satia" and str(ct(ra" s$ste# as
observed in his IIT , Kan(r and "ater in NDDB, Anandco##issions were vario(s"$ interreted as
>$n $r"hite"tur$' e&,reion th$tre=e"te% the "u'ture $n%
$,ir$tion
"'e$r'y re=e"te% the rie of theBrut$'it ,o'e(i" of $r"hite"ture0
)'ressed oncrete str(ct(re in co#bination with
brick beca#e the d$na#ic deter#inant of for# and order%
Here the arado' is that what J&r(ta"is# in the 3est was
o("ar for the d$na#is# and the aesthetic of vigo(r, inneo=6andhian India of 1E?s is regarded a rea"istic and
e'ressive rod(ct of India% In retrosect, that st$"e shows
a re#arkab"e si#i"arit$ with the br(te #orho"og$ of
vernac("ar architect(re of vario(s arts of India%
IIT Kan(r
anvinde neo 6andhian &r(ta"is#
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A8DI8-) DI)3S HIS O38 3ORK AS A HA86I86
RO)SS
The "ru& of the ($tter i th$t +e
#er/e $n% $i(i'$te $n% in the ,ro"ei"o/er oure'/e0 *h$t +e try to $"hie/er ,urue in ter( of $etheti" i $h$n!in! ,ro"e0 The $etheti" ienti$''y $ "on%u"tJ $etheti" $n% ethi"re the ,ro%u"t of the $(e thin!In this rocess there are two asects of his for#ativeears that are #anifested in his work
On the one hand, he was raised in a r(ra" environ#ent
here the tradition and #ora" cond(ct was n(rt(red%
He was cata("ted into the wor"d of techno"og$, avant=
ardis# at Harvard% In r(ra" India, the ersona" and theoncrete were high"$ va"(ed J+ig%22 whi"e in 6roi(s4s schoo"
e co""ective and the abstract were e#hasised
The interactions of
these two asects ofhis e'erience and
training constit(te the
essence of his
evo"(tion%
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Seaking at the first
rchitect Ach$(t Kanvinde
e#oria" *ect(re, &a"krishna
oshi hai"ed hi# as theoneer of #odern architect(re
India
A*KRISH8A -OSHI O8 KA8DI8-)
A'thou!h he "$(e fro( $n $rt %e"or"hite"ture #$"1!roun%) there +$ $n,ir$tion in hi() $n $,ir$tion to %oo(ethin! %ierent in $ "ountry +here thin!
+ere "h$n!in! $t $ f$t ,$"e) e/ery%$y)MI #e'ie/e $ $n $r"hite"t) you "$nnot
re$te +h$t you $re not) $n% !oin! #y thii1t$t) K$n/in%e "$(e $"ro $ $ hu($ne)eniti/e in%i/i%u$'0 Hi #ui'%in! ,o1eo'u(e $#out hi hu($nity $n% $'o in%i"$te%h$t he +$ e$r"hin! for hi o+n e'f) throu!h
i +or1)M It +$ $ ti(e +hen e/ery%$yo(ethin! ne+ +$ #ein! "re$te% $n% In%i$
+$ jut "o(in! to ter( +ith it ne+'y-"5uire% in%e,en%ent t$tu0 K$n/in%e !$/eu'' rein to hi inn$te "re$ti/ity in u"h $h$r!e% en/iron(ent)M
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In e$"h of hi #ui'%in!) +hetherei%enti$') "o((er"i$' or !o/ern(ento(,'e&e) one "$n ee $n $tte(,t to #re$1+$y fro( tr$%ition$' $r"hite"tur$' %ei!n $n%
et) %ei!n the( 1ee,in! in (in% $'' the $,e"ton%u"i/e to $ !re$t #ui'%in! u"h $ "'i($te)e of ,$"e) orient$tion $n% $etheti")M
Hi u'ti($te "on"ern +$ for hirofeion $n% for o"iety $n% th$t "$(ehrou!h 5uite eort'e'y in $'' hi +or10
$n/in%e tr$/e'e% e&teni/e'y $"ro theountry $n% $'+$y ($%e it $ ,oint to "$rryoo1 $n% ($!$ine $'on!0 He ue% to $y the
on! tr$/e' !$/e hi( ti(e to re$%) re=e"t $n%ntro,e"t0 K$n/in%e? te''$r "ontri#ution "$ne u((e% u, u""in"t'y $ th$t %e,i"tin!'$ti"ity) hu(i'ity $n% hu($nity)M
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There are infinite n(#ber of concerns,
f"(ences and traditions that have shaed Kanvinde4s
orks and his assi#i"ation and se"f=discover$ is
rawing hi# c"oser to his se"f, an e"(sive
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It was Kanvinde and not as
is wide"$ be"ieved *e orb(sier in
his work in handigarh, who first
introd(ced Modernis# and the
aesthetics of +(nction into the
dor#ant Indian Architect(ra"
scene% 3hat Kanvinde introd(ced
was the Modern "egac$ of rationa"
and
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*an'inde and Rai ,
was one of the #ost
inf"(entia" and rod(ctive
architect(ra" ractices of
India% His works have been
#(ch disc(ssed in India and
often e#("ated and he has
hi#se"f received #(ch
ersona" recognition androfessiona" acco"ade%
However neither in the internationa" architect(ra"
disco(rse nor in the standard 2?th
cent(r$ architect(ra"historiograhic "iterat(re have the$ been even
#entioned% It is even #ore intrig(ing to find that the$
have rare"$ been disc(ssed in the (b"ications of "ast few
decades when there was a s(rt in the interest in non=
3estern, re"ional architect(re and b(i"t work fro# the
Indian s(bcontinent were noticed for the first ti#e
o(tside India% Moreover in the act(a" cases that the$
were disc(ssed the$ have been interreted as er the
redi"ectionJs of the a(thorJs and categorised to
confor# to one or the other of the reva"ent architect(ra"
#ove#ents% The$ have not received the critica" attention
that the$ deserve%
Kanvinde= critica" acc"ai#s
The forgotten architect
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Intitute of Ar"hite"t0
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