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1. LOUIS I. KAHN

2. SUBMITTED BY :-
 PATEL KRINA
 BHAVSAR KRISHNA
 SHAH MANSHI
 PATEL JINAL
 PARMAR UPASNA

3. LOUIS I KAHN
TOPIC:-
IIM [ Indian Institute Of
Management ]

4.  INDEX :-
 INTRODUCTION OF LOUIS I KAHN :-
BIOGRAPHY , PROJECTS , AWARDS , QUOTES
 PROJECT [ IIM ] :-
CONCEPT
BUILDING LAYOUT
PLANS
SECTION DRAWING
WORD OF LOUIS I KAHN FOR HIS PLAN
MAP OF IIM..

5.  INTRODUCTION OF LOUIS I KAHN :-
- NAME:- Louis Isadora Kahn
- OCCUPATION:- Architect
- BIRTH DATE:- February 20, 1901
- DEATH DATE:- March 17, 1974
- EDUCATION:- University of Pennsylvani

6. BIOGRAPHY :-
 Louis I. Kahn grew up in Philadelphia, the son of
poor immigrant parents. As a young man, Kahn
struggled to build his career during the height of
America's Depression.
 Louis I. Kahn died of a heart attack in a men's
restroom in Pennsylvania Station in New York City.
 Louis I. Kahn's troubled life is explored in My
Architect, a 2003 documentary film by his son,
Nathaniel Kahn.

7.  About Louis I. Kahn :-
 During his training at the Pennsylvania School of
Fine Arts, Louis I. Kahn was grounded in the Q
Beaux Arts approach to architectural design. As a
young man, Kahn became fascinated with the
heavy, massive architecture of medieval Europe
and Great Britain. But, struggling to build his career
during the Depression, Kahn became known as a
champion of Functionalism.
 Louis Kahn built on ideas from the Bauhaus
Movement and the International Style to design
low-income public housing. Using simple materials
like brick and concrete, Kahn arranged building
elements to maximize daylight.

8.  The commissions that Kahn received from Yale
gave him the chance to explore ideas he'd admired
in ancient and medieval architecture. He used
simple forms to create monumental shapes. Kahn
was in his 50s before he designed the works that
made him famous. Many critics praise Kahn for
moving beyond the International Style to express
original ideas.
 Two decades ago, the scene along London's South
Bank was grim. Looming over the Thames River,
the oil-fired Bankside Power Plant was a
gargantuan expanse of ugly brown bricks and
abandoned space. Designed in 1947 by Sir Giles

9. Gilbert Scott, the plant shut down in 1981. That
space was transformed when Jacques Herzog and
Pierre de Meuron, winners of the 2001 Pritzker
Prize, created the new Gallery of Modern Art for the
Tate Museum.
 A number of architects submitted proposals for the
new museum, but they planned to demolish much
of the power house. Among the six finalists, Herzog
& de Meuron was the only firm that suggested
reusing a significant portion of the plant.
 Kahn's work, like that of Eero Saarinen, Frei Otto,
and others who broke with the International Style,
was controversial during his lifetime. However, his
work was reviewed more favourably by a new

10. generation of critics, who declared him one of the
most original and important architects of the 20th
century.
 The Louis I. Kahn Archive, 7 vol. (1987), contains
drawings, sketches, and blueprints. Collections of
published and previously unpublished writings and
lectures are What Will Be Has Always Been (1986),
edited by Richard Saul Wurman, and Louis I. Kahn
(1991), edited by Alessandra Latour....

11. WORK PHILOSOPHY :-

12. Development of an architectural philosophy
Rome and the power of ruins.. 1950-1951
A Roman wall.
Sketches in pastels, Louis kahn..
When asked what he
did in his travels Kahn
replied ‘ I watched the
light’

13. Development of an architectural philosophy 13
Teaching & practicing Architecture… 1947
• Kahn was invited to teach in Yale University’s visiting critic programme…
Joseph Albers
Drawing by louis kahn
Structural constellation,
Albers

14. Development of an architectural philosophy 14
Teaching & practicing Architecture… 1947
Exterior & interior of the Pincus
Occupational therapy building,
Philadelphia

15. Important Buildings By Louis I. Kahn :-

16. 1955 :
Trenton Bath
House , New
Jersey
[TBH ]

17.  1961 : The Margaret Esherick House [ TMEH ]
 1961 : Jonas Salk Institute For Biological Studies ,
LaJolla , CA
 1974 : Yale Center For British Art , New Heven ,
Connecticut

18.  1962 :
National
Assembly
Building ,
Dhaka ,
Bangladesh...

19.  Kimbell Art Museum, Texas

20.  MAJOR AWARDS :-
 1971 : AIA Gold Medal Elected A Member Of
The American Academy Of Arts And
Letters...
 1972 : RIBA Gold Medal...

21.  QUOTES BY LOUIS I. KAHN :-
 “ Architecture Is The Reaching Out For The
Truth....“
 “ Consider The Momentous Event In Architecture
When The Wall Parted & The Column Became... “
 “ Design Is Not Making Beauty , Beauty Emerges
From Selection , Affinities , Integration , Love... ”
 “ A Great Building Must Begin With The
Unmeasurable , Must Go Through Measurable
Means When It Is Being Designed & In The End
Must Be Unmeasurable.... “

22.  EARLY TRAINING OF LOUIS I. KAHN :-
 University Of Peennsylvania , Bachelor Of
Architecture , 1924
Worked As A Senior Draftsman In The Office
Of Philadephia City Architect John Molitor..
Traveled Through Europe Visiting Castles &
Medieral Strongholds , 1928

23.  IIM [ INDIAN INSTITUTE OF
MANAGEMENT ]

24.  IIM [ INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ,
AHMEDABAD, INDIA ] :-
 Architects: Louis I. Kahn , Balkrisha V. Doshi , National
Institute of Design..
 Commision: November 1962
 Design: 1963-70
 Completion: 1970
 Client: IIM (Joint Venture : Government of India, State of
Gujarat, Indian Business Community, and the Ford
Foundation

25.  ABOUT IIM :-
 Established :- 1961
Type :- Public Business School
 Director:- Samir Barua (2007– Present)
 Location:- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Campus:- Urban, 100 acres (0.40 km2)

26.  ABOUT IIM:-
 Construction system :- brick masonry and concrect

27.  ABOUT IIM:-
Climate :-Hot and dry
Context :- urban
Style :- modern

28.  Notes :- “ Indian institute of management Ahmadabad ..“
heavy layered walls modulate sun and capture
ventilation..

29. The building is designed by Louis Kahn, who was an
exponent of exposed-brick architecture. The most
distinctive features of the plan are the numerous
arches and square brick structures with circles
carved out in the facade. The arches were first
constructed by Kahn and later on taught to the
workers on site.
The student dormitories are connected to the main
complex by a series of arched corridors and
landscaped courts. An extension to the old campus
built across the 132 feet ring road was
commissioned in 2003 with student dorms and
classrooms built in a contemporary concrete
design which strives to retain some elements of
the old campus' architecture such as the arches
and exposed brick facades. The two campuses are
connected with an underpass (tunnel-walkway).
While the new campus does offer somewhat of a
stark contrast to the old campus, the design seems
to retain some elements such as the aches/circles
and some exposed brick facades.
Kahn's architecture is notable for its simple,
platonic forms and compositions. Kahn
design of buildings, characterized by
powerful, massive forms, made him one of
the most discussed architects to emerge
after World War II. Through the use of brick
and poured-in place concrete masonry, he
developed a contemporary and
monumental architecture that maintained
sympathy for the site. While rooted in the
International Style, Kahn's architecture was
a blend of his Beaux Arts education and a
personal aesthetic impulse to develop his
own architectural forms"
IIM, Ahemdabad, India

30.  ABOUT IIM :-
 The IIM is spread over lush greenery in Vastrapur and was
designed by the American architect Louis Kahn.
 It has two campuses, the "Heritage Campus" and the "New
Campus", joined by an underground galle..The IIM is spread
over 67 acres of lush greenery in Vastrapur..
 He conceived the design as a blend of austerity and
majesty.

31.  ABOUT IIM :-
 He included spaces for casual interaction while achieving a
balance between modernity and tradition that captured the
spirit of timeless India.
 The broad airy corridors, the amphitheatre like classrooms
and transition spaces in the complex enhance interaction
among the faculty, students and visitors.
 His design was given shape by a team of architects from
the National Institute of Design.
 This modern residential institute is built entirely in
traditional brick construction.

32.  Its contemporary design is responsive to local
climate and is now a much admired campus.
 It has inspired generations of students to achieve
excellence while retaining humility.

33.  ABOUT IIM :-
 The highlight of the campus is the Louis Kahn Plaza, the
sheer magnificence of which has played host to major
interactions and celebrations.
 It is surrounded by the faculty wing, library and
classrooms from three sides.
 This close knit feeling supports each individual's
personal and professional growth, fosters a sense of
community within the school and encourages them to
form close working relationships with professors and
other students.
 The result is a highly personalised environment that
drives students not just to learn, but to think.

34.  PLAN DRAWING OF IIM :-
IIM, Ahemdabad, India

35.  SECTION THROUGH MAIN PLAZA :-

36. DIAGRAM OF DORMITORY WING :-

37. Dormitories

38.  WORD OF LOUIS I KAHN FOR HIS PLAN :-
 “I Use The Square To Begin My
Solutions Because The Square Is A
Non-choice, Really. In The Course
Of Development, I Search For The
Forces That Would Disprove The
Square...”
-Louis Kahn

40. 40
 Library building :-

41.  MAP OF IIM [ INDIAN
INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT :-