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Designing with values In conversation with IA&B, Premanand Chandavarkar talks about architecture, its changing pedagogy and altering trends in practice.

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Collective Living Linked Hybrid by architect Steven Holl presents advanced typologies for dense urban living.

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This issue of IA&B highlights the importance of Façades and the exteriors in architecture that define a building’s character.

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A design for human and environmental wellbeing The façade of the South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre, New Delhi by Anagram Architects rethinks and redefines architecture in terms of aesthetics and social progression.

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Exemplary Façades IJDock Housing, Amsterdam by Zeinstra van Gelderen architects is a housing project by the water which uses unique elemental façades towards creating enhanced benefits in architecture.

INSTALLATION

Illuminating the astute exteriors The firm Ganti-Associates design the lighting for the tower Kohinoor Square in Mumbai giving the exteriors an added value to stand apart in the skyline of the city.

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Putting on a good face Façade of the city often reflects and affects the image and life of the city. It reveals deeper aspects of economic, social and climatic conditions within the urban fabric.

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Local character of Kamakura, Japan The photographer graphically expresses the indigenous appeal of the town of Kamakura in Japan by capturing the gateways and façades of the setting.

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DESIGNING WITH VALUES

In conversation with IA&B, Premanand Chandavarkar talks about architecture, its changing pedagogy and altering trends in practice.

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Premanand received his training at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi 1978 and at the University of Oregon, USA 1982. He is the Managing Partner of CnT Architects, Bangalore, with a historical legacy across generations that dates back to being the city’s first architectural firm. He is a former Executive Director of Srishti School of Art Design and Technology in Bangalore and an academic advisor at some of the top architecture colleges in India. He also writes and lectures on architecture, urbanism, art, cultural studies and education. IA&B: CnT Architects dates back to being one of Bangalore’s first architectural firms. Can you talk about the founding principles of the practice and its growth through the years? PC: It dates back to a practice started by my late father, Narayan Chandavarkar, in 1950. He was trained as a structural engineer, but always practiced as an architect. He died very young, at the age of 39, in 1963. My mother, Tara Chandavarkar, felt that all the hard work in introducing contemporary architecture to Bangalore, and the goodwill earned, should not be wasted. Although she had no training in architecture, she decided to continue the firm as the administrative partner, and the late Mr. Pesi Thacker joined as the lead architect partner. The firm was named “Chandavarkar & Thacker”, and in 1963 was called “the new firm”. We recently celebrated the 50 th anniversary of this firm in 2013. Throughout its history, the practice was based on a value system that has endured from the initial days to current times. The preoccupation has neither been with creating public symbols of a new architecture for India, nor with earning a reputation as a star architect. Instead

the dominant focus has been toward earning the respect of the community within which one is practicing. This has created a quest for a palpability of place, one which is appreciated over time rather than first impression. More importantly, it has bred a working culture of ethical behaviour, courtesy and compassion. Many senior members of the practice have left to establish their own practices, hence extending this value system to the broader architectural community in Bangalore. In the last few years we have sought to extend this legacy further by seeking to position the firm as a collaborative space, where we co-create value with internal and external collaborators. We seek to build a firm that is not personality-centric, as we believe this is a richer mode of practice. As people found it difficult to pronounce the long name “Chandavarkar & Thacker”, over the years we had come to be known as “C&T”, and in 2010 we officially renamed the firm as “CnT Architects”. This acknowledges the legacy of our name, while taking the name of any individual out of the name of the firm, thereby reflecting the ethos of a collaborative practice.

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COLLECTIVE LIVING LINKED HYBRID | BEIJING, CHINA Architect Steven Holl’s Linked Hybrid stands exemplary to the architecture of the future; the one that upholds the social, environmental and technological standards and that which leads to a progressive development of the world. As a project rich in thought, both programmatically and architecturally, Linked Hybrid presents advanced typologies for dense urban living. This project paves way for the intensified multi-use, multi-level connected cities of the future. Text: Saylee Soundalgekar Drawings: courtesy Steven Holl Architects Images: courtesy Iwan Baan, Shu He ‘Few cities in the world have served for so long as the political headquarters and cultural centre of an area as immense as Beijing.’

ith an exhaustive population of over 21 million, Beijing stands as the capital city of the People’s Republic of China. It boasts of a mélange of historic towns and buildings with over 3,000 years of history and a progressive cityscape that is changing with each passing day. Well known as the nation’s political, cultural and educational centre, Beijing is a home to modern day architecture marvels such as the National Stadium, the Water Cube and the Bird’s Nest. It shows a vitality and maturity through a sharp distinct in the traditional and contemporary architecture. Architect Steven Holl has designed a large architectural complex located in Dongzhimen to stand as a landmark in this philanthropic city and to satiate the needs of a ‘community village’ for the people – The Linked Hybrid.

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EXEMPLARY FAร ADES

TOWARDS CREATING ENHANCED ARCHITECTURE IJDock Housing, Amsterdam Zeinstra van Gelderen architects designed the housing project by the water by creating unique elemental faรงades towards creating enhanced benefits in architecture. Text: Meghna Mehta Images: courtesy J Kennepohl Hebrok, J Musch and J Zeinstra Drawings: courtesy Zeinstra van Gelderen architects

he exterior of a building is the first visual experience of the structure that breathes to provide ventilation, light and aesthetical appearance. Apart from being the skin of the building, it is the medium of interaction the viewer has with the building from the exterior and a device one effortlessly uses from the inside to interact with the outside. A modular and ever mouldable faรงade

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offers an array of experiences which can be modified during different times of the day as per need. The IJdock complex explores such a possibility of creating dynamism on the exterior surface of the structure through the use of elements to create varying shadow patterns, innovative balcony spaces and

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Creating dynamism on the exterior surface of the structure through use of diverse elements. To read more: http://www.magzter.com/IN/Jasubhai-Media-Pvt.-Ltd./Indian-Architect-&-Builder/Art/ Indian Architect & Builder - December 2015

ILLUMINATING THE ASTUTE EXTERIORS THE KOHINOOR SQUARE, MUMBAI The firm Ganti-Associates design the lighting for the tower Kohinoor Square in Mumbai giving the exteriors an added value to stand apart in the skyline of the city. Text: Meghna Mehta Images and Drawings: courtesy GA Design Consultants LLP

ohinoor Square, Mumbai aims to serve multiple markets in a suburban environment on a compact but highly visible site. Standing 236 meters tall, it has become the tallest mixed use building in India as well in South Asia as of 2013. Gkk works (USA) and SSA Architects (India) envisaged the design for this mixed-use commercial high rise tower.

phase was not simply a rectilinear form in plan extruded to 55 floors; rather the concept of a diamond was adopted, with each of its angular faceted surfaces absorbing and reflecting light at different angles depending on the movement of the sun. The floor plans at each level differ with regards to the corners being chamfered to create the facetted edges, similar to a diamond.

The source of inspiration for the design was Kohinoor (mountain of light), which is also the name of the largest diamond in the world. The diamond that once belonged to India, has a long history in India. The tower’s design aims to challenge the typical glass office building by the abstract pattern created by diamond geometry and triangulation. The triangular shapes are layered onto the building’s mass and façades through clearly defined planes, voids and solids, opacity and transparency.

Keeping in mind environmental issues, the project has been designed to achieve LEED Gold rating. The entire façade is clad with high performance glazing thereby minimising the heat gain, thus contributing to energy-efficiency and savings. Such high consciousness of efficient and eco-friendly design called for an equally sensitive lighting response. The challenge was to deliver a lighting solution which is functional and energy efficient.

Although this promising mixed-used development has several components, a low rise West Tower, mid-rise East Tower and a Parking Building, the prime focus of the design is its 55 storey tall high rise with a five star hotel on the top 5 floors.. Kohinoor’s iconic Central Tower. The conceptualisation of this tower during the design Indian Architect & Builder - December 2015

LIGHTING DESIGN: GA Design’s goal as the lighting consultants for the project was to turn the building into a sculpture in its volume and composition using light as a medium. Taking cues from the diamond the intent was for the main façade to reflect the geometry of faceted triangulation. The proposed glass façade with its articulated composition lent itself to a

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GA Design’s goal as the lighting consultants for the project was to turn the building into a sculpture in its volume and composition using light as a medium. Taking cues from the diamond the intent was for the main façade to reflect the geometry of faceted triangulation.

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Local character of Kamakura, Japan The photographer graphically expresses the indigenous appeal of the town of Kamakura in Japan by capturing the gateways and faรงades of the setting. Text and photographs: courtesy Deepak John Mathew

amakura is a small town which is not far from Tokyo, Japan. It is a historical city and a former capital of Japan during the Kamakura period. This city is surrounded by mountains, which makes a natural fort and in earlier times the only access to the city was through small passes in the mountain. This city popularly known as a zen city is silent and peaceful and attracts anyone who comes here. The Shinto Shrine and the garden around it is one of the main attractions and it is one of the best examples of the fusion of Japanese and Chinese architecture. The faรงade and gateways are wooden structures and are a classic example of Kamakura period architecture. What you see today in the city is a reconstructed version of the city after it was completely destroyed in the 16th century. During the Edo period the capital was shifted to Edo, which is the modern day Tokyo. After this shift of capital, the city went back to its old shape and became a fishing village. Though the shrines were rebuilt the city has never gone back to its old glory.

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Now, because of tourism the road leading towards the shrine is fully covered with small shops that sells Japanese souvenirs and other tourist materials. This has changed the appearance of the city to a great extent. The exterior of the shop is now comprised of traditional facades. The gate to the shrine is red in colour and it juxtaposes with the green background of the trees. Tsurugaoia hachimangu is one of the most important shinto shrines in Kamakura. Tsurugaoia Hachimanga was not only a hachiman shrine but also a Tendai Buddhist temple. Structurally, a shinto shrine has the presence of a honed or sanitary where Kami is enshrined. This is a very good example of Japanese influence on chinese architecture or how the local adaptations on an architecture that was meant for another country has changed the look and feel of the space can be seen in these building faรงades. This is a local variant of an architectural style born in china.

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