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    Raj Rewal was an Indian architect born in 1934 who created a revolution in geometric design systems. He attended schools in Delhi and London for his education. After graduating, he worked in London and Paris before starting his own practice in Delhi in 1962. Some of Rewal's notable designs include the Asiad Village, Parliament Library, and residences for Satish Gujral and Sham Lal that featured open plans and blending of indoor and outdoor spaces. He emphasized the use of local materials like stone and explored structural innovations with materials.

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    Raj Rewal was an Indian architect born in 1934 who created a revolution in geometric design systems. He attended schools in Delhi and London for his education. After graduating, he worked in London and Paris before starting his own practice in Delhi in 1962. Some of Rewal's notable designs include the Asiad Village, Parliament Library, and residences for Satish Gujral and Sham Lal that featured open plans and blending of indoor and outdoor spaces. He emphasized the use of local materials like stone and explored structural innovations with materials.

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    Raj Rewal was an Indian architect born in 1934 who created a revolution in geometric design systems. He attended schools in Delhi and London for his education. After graduating, he worked in London and Paris before starting his own practice in Delhi in 1962. Some of Rewal's notable designs include the Asiad Village, Parliament Library, and residences for Satish Gujral and Sham Lal that featured open plans and blending of indoor and outdoor spaces. He emphasized the use of local materials like stone and explored structural innovations with materials.

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    Raj Rewal

    Rishaad Amlani

    Raj Rewal was born in 1934 in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India.


    He created a revolution in geometric design systems. Creation
    of geometric systems and responding visual imageries are
    apparent in Raj Rewals architectural works.
    He lived in Delhi and Shimla for a couple of years in his
    childhood that is from 1939 1951. He attended Harcourt
    Butler higher secondary school. In 1951-1954, he attended
    Delhi School of Architecture in New Delhi.
    After completing the post-graduation in Architecture; in
    1955-1961, he moved to London and attended the architectural
    association of architecture for one year. He completed his
    formal professional training at the Brixton School of building,
    London.
    Raj Rewal took up his first job as an assistant stage
    manager for several avante grade theatre production in London.
    He became an associate of the Royal Institute of British
    Architects, London.
    Raj Rewal worked with Michel Ecochardss office in Paris
    before starting his practice in New Delhi. He designed the Asiad
    Village and the Parliament Library in New Delhi. He got married
    to a Lady named Helene from France in 1962.
    He set up his own architectural practice in 1962 when he
    returned back to Delhi. In 1963-72, he taught at the Delhi
    School of Architecture.

    According to him a functional design should be involved with a


    specific emotional flavour or poetic mood. This he referred to
    as the rasa of the building.

    His buildings gives the perception of traditional morphology


    into a contemporary equivalent.

    He emphasised on structural masses and natural material. He


    brings structural, functional and conceptual aspect into focus
    through the manner in which he links his work to past
    architectural forms and in his perception of their present
    functions.

    His extensive use of stone and stone grit for structure


    ornamentation for expressive purpose of any structural
    system.

    He first experimented use of stone as a cladding material, then


    as an independent architectural element. He then developed
    the use of stone as an integral part of brick masonry. In Lisbon,
    he has bonded steel and stone to act in unison as a structural
    support system.

    Satish Gujrals Residence


    Designed for an artist, the Gujral house provided
    approximately 800 square metres of living space
    also intended for the display of paintings and
    works of art. The split-level configuration of living
    room, mezzanine and basement spaces was based
    upon two previous houses in Delhi which explored
    an open plan arrangement.

    The Sham Lal Residence


    Built at the same time as Raj Rewal's own house, the Sham
    Lal design placed an emphasis on blending the entrance hall,
    dining and living room spaces with the front garden as much as
    possible. The large pivoting doors of glass and teak define the
    living room garden boundary, and can be opened for social
    occasions. The climate of Delhi lends itself to this kind of outdoor
    activity.

    Raj Rewals House


    Two independent house units, one for the architect and his
    family, the other for his parents, were designed in such a manner
    as to give both privacy and inter-relatedness to each other.
    Communication between the two houses is through the kitchen
    yard, at the back, while separate entrances and front gardens are
    provided across an extremely narrow frontage of only five metres
    for each.

    Staff Quarters for the French Embassy


    Rewal designed a group of apartments for French Embassy staff
    following the norms of low-cost housing in New Delhi at the time. The
    total area of each unit varies from 60 to 70 square metres, and
    comprises two reception rooms, a bathroom, WC, kitchen, veranda and
    private courtyard or roof terrace. Since the area is limited, the spaces
    were arranged in order to enhance the relationships between kitchen,
    veranda and the bedrooms for maximum utility.

    Thank You!

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