Ar.

Uttam Chand Jain

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AR. NAVEEN KUMAR  NALINI MADAAN
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• Uttam Chand was born in 1934 in
Melwara, Rajasthan.

• He completed his schooling at jodhpur

Rajasthan.

• He graduated in architecture with I

class honors in 1958 at Indian institute
of technology, Kharagpur where he
was a merit scholar throughout.

• Soon after receiving advance study

scholarship from national university of
Tucumen , Argentina proceeded to
Latin America where for two years he
studied and gained experience .

• Established his own architecture

practice in 1961.
• Handled institutional buildings, commercial complexes, recreational facilities, tourists
projects, luxury hotels, theaters, housing, private residences, and university campus
layout.

• Taught at various architectural colleges and been examiner at university of Bombay,

Punjab university, Chandigarh, Baroda university; Ahmadabad school of architecture
and school of planning and architecture, New Delhi.

• He served on jury of national competitions in architecture on many occasions.

Education
• 1958 Graduated in Architecture (B.Arch.) with 1st Class Honors on a scholarship from
I.I.T Kharagpur, West Bengal
• 1958-59Advanced study scholarship from the National University of Tucuman,
Argentina

Professional Practice
1961 to date : In private practice
PHILOSOPHY
His buildings reflect the heritage of that particular place.

• He is not much bothered about the trends and always try to conceive the building in
his own style .

• The various projects he has undertaken since then reflect the consistent contextually
inherit in his design philosophy.

ACIEVEMENTS
• First achievement was in 1969 common wealth institute of architects, London
awarded
prize in India essay competitions.

• In 1973 he won first prize in all India architectural competition sponsored by

government of Goa for memorial design.

• He was listed as one of the three Indian architects among 200 contemporary worlds
architects by Japan architects , Tokyo in 1977.

• In 1978 Washington university USA invited him to speak at their Tuesday lecture
series on “a contemporary architecture of the past”.
Key projects

Capitol Complex, Naya Raipur Jodhpur University

Kota Engineering College

Key projects

Habib Ganj Railway Station,

Bhopal

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Universal Harmony Hall &

Reserve Bank of India, International Exhibition Centre,
Mumbai Mount Abu
Key projects

Landmark- Larren & Toubro Welfare Centre,

Bombay

Private House, Babulal Jain Vicks Vapour rub Plant, Goa

UNIVERSITY OF JODHPUR CAMPUS

• Lecture theater – 1971 (680 sqm

• Building is made with golden colored
sandstone with which the traditional
• buildings of jodhpur have been constructed.
• Steel and cement are used only minimally in this cost effective
design
• Walls are of dressed masonry laid in lime mortar, standard
3.5meter long stone slabs.
• The university buildings are widely dispersed all over the
campus ,three buildings – the
faculty of arts and social sciences, the
central lecture theater cluster and the
campus canteen – stand out among them .
• The building is constructed with a double
wall to counter the hot and desert climate of
the desert.
• The outer wall screens the sun and are
rhythmic in pattern .
•Lecture theatre –cluster is a small ziggurat like
structure mirroring the inclined seating in each of
its four identical halls.

•Each is a simple rectangle in plan supported by

two parallel walls along its longer axis .

•A stone pergola screens the central node at

which all the four theaters emerge.

•Approach is through a ramp framed between two

lecture theater..

•The canteen – comprises of shared kitchen and

service areas with separate dining facilities for
students and teachers .

•The staff area is a small mezzanine that

overlooks the larger student dining hall below .

•It is reached by an open staircase rising from the

entrance court .
Printing press

• Similar to the lecture theatre it has stepped profile .

• This allows the light to enter in the central space.
• It also has a steeped entrance which is clearly
visible.
• Like other buildings of the campus it also made of
locally available sandstone.
• The east west façade is made of dead wall to cut of
the heat of sun.
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
• This department has a very simple u-shaped plan with a central courtyard
planning.
• Made of locally available sand stone with thick walls of lime construction.
• On the ground floor there are all the faculty offices, and some of the lecture rooms.
• Mainly the lecture rooms are on the first floor.
• Enough space is left for future expansion.

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY

• Similar in plan, simple with colonnaded corridors

LIBRARY BUILDING
• Library building is a simple rectangular Greek cross.
• In this building U.C.Jain has achieved minimum distance between readers and the
books.
• As he has places the stacks in central area on the mezzanine floor ,along with
other circulation elements.
• And the reading areas are placed in all the four l-shaped halls , which receive
sufficient ambient light.
• Building made of golden sandstone matches the surrounding.
INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
• In this building the main concept which the
architect has achieved is “darkness to light”
there is a main entrance gate which leads to sun
deck. The corridors open up into the courtyards.

• On the entrance wall there is an inviting mural.

• The basic planning is the courtyard planning.

• The site on which building stands is sloping and

hence the building follows the topography of the
site .

• Another thing which is achieved in this building

is the restricted motion, major areas of
maximum movement are kept near to the
entrance and the research labs are kept at the
farthest point from the entrance thus minimizing
the movement.
• The campus comprises of two zones- the institutional and residential.
• The buildings are low-profiled masses, that are loosely connected to merge with
surroundings, interlinked by pneumatic connectors.
PLAN
• The institutional spaces consist
of an auditorium, a computer
room, a research wing, an
administration block, a
recreation hall and a service
core.

• The residential accommodation

caters to the needs of the staff,
researchers and visiting
scholars.
OBEYING THE NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY

To give a handicraft look to the complex, natural materials and the maximum
possible manual labor have been used.
To respond to hot and humid
climate, a series of paper-thin
sections have been designed
through the double skin principle.

The barrel vault evokes the elemental vaulted roofs

of the caves.
Aga Khan School , Mudra,
Gujarat

• Client : Aga Khan Foundation

• Project Management Consultant : Aga Khan Education
Services , India
• Year of completion : 2006
Map shows :
• Approach to site
• Context of site (Open ground and
vegetation)

• Relation between Built and Open

Ground on Site

•Plot Area :
15693 SQM
•Built-up area :
4459 SQM
•Project cost :
Rs. 4,31,00,000
Amphitheatre
Soakpit

Trans- sandpit
former
volleyball

badminton

School Proposed
building staff
housing
Septic
tank
Entry

Security room Earth mound

LABRATORIES
Academic LABORATORIE
S

SERVICES
Block S
VICE
Analysis of Zoning CLASSROOMS
SER CLASSROO
Adopted
MS

LUNCH STAFFROO
LUNCH STAFFROOM
M
LIBRARY
LIBRARY
AUDITORIUM ADMIN
ADMIN

CLASSROOMS
CLASSROO
MS SERVICES
SERVICES

ENTRY
ENTRY
1. Entrance
2. Security room
3. Corridors
4. Courtyards
5. Classroom
6. Pre-shift classroom
7. Arts & crafts room
8. Computer room
9. Laboratory
10. Library
11. Head coordinators room
12. Administration
13. Reprography room
14. Teacher’s resource center
15. Staff room
16. Meeting room
17. PA’s room
18. Principal’s room
19. Vice-principals room
20. Sick room
21. Counselor’s room
22. Store room
23. Kitchen
24. Utility room
25. Toilet
26. Handicap toilet
27. UPS & electrical room
28. Auditorium phase 2 (future)
29. Gymnasium phase 2 (future)
30. Server room
31. Multipurpose hall
32. Terrace
33. Overhead water tank
1. Entrance
2. Security room
3. Corridors
4. Courtyards
5. Classroom
6. Pre-shift classroom
7. Arts & crafts room
8. Computer room
9. Laboratory
10. Library
11. Head coordinators room
12. Administration
13. Reprography room
14. Teacher’s resource center
15. Staff room
16. Meeting room
17. PA’s room
18. Principal’s room
19. Vice-principals room
20. Sick room
21. Counselor’s room
22. Store room
23. Kitchen
24. Utility room
25. Toilet
26. Handicap toilet
27. UPS & electrical room
28. Auditorium phase 2 (future)
29. Gymnasium phase 2 (future)
30. Server room
31. Multipurpose hall
32. Terrace
33. Overhead water tank
Analysis
• Academic block is a
G+1 structure CLASSROOM CLASSROOM

CORRIDOR
• Single banked
classrooms arranged

CORRIDOR
CLASSROOM CLASSROOM
in a linear fashion. COURT

• A linear strip of
CLASSROOM CLASSROOM
classrooms opens out
to green courts .

• These courts serve as CLASSROOM CLASSROOM

assembly areas for
discussion and spaces
for informal activities.
Layout of Classrooms
Inner Corridors made
colorful (unlike front
façade of building)
Green courts
between classrooms
Analysis
Library is placed in the centre and acts as the pivot amongst all activities.

Administration is placed close to the entrance, away from classroom clusters to

give students a sense of belonging to their spaces.
Analysis Roof of building Driveway and entrance portico
of school

Facade of building is white

washed with the a contrasting
sloping tiled roof

The built form is ground

hugging where the
administration (which is visually
taller) and roof of entrance
portico are given a contrasting
nature.

Panoramic view of the curved built structure

Analysis
Compound wall made of sized stone
masonry
Designed with a curvilinear form
Security cabin adopts a circular form
Conclusion
Uttam C. Jain is one of the great contemporary architect of India .

His project shows lots of good architectural solutions and their implications in
Indian climate and behaviours.

The use of arches , vaults , domes , squinched , pillars , cutouts in facades ,

courtyards , pergolas etc are the major elements of his design.

His designs are mere a excellent response the site and surroundings.

His designs show how use of local materials with a good mixtures of modern
technology can make a building a climate responsive .

He believes that here are the 3 ‘P’s of architecture :

-The Personality of the architect, -The Product -The Place.

These have to be in synergy.

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