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RAJREWAL(contemporary architect)

Raj Rewal Born in 1934 inHoshiarpur, Punjab, India..

He lived in Delhi and Shimla in 1939-1951.

He attended Harcourt butler highersecondary school.In 1951-1954, he

attended Delhi school ofarchitecture New Delhi.

His imaginative leaps are based onhis foundational knowledge and

experienceIn 1955-1961 he moved to

London and attended the

architectural association school of

architecture for one year.

He Completed his formalprofessional training at the Brixton

school of building, London.

Raj Rewal worked as an assistantstage manager in London .

He became an associate of the royalinstitute of British architects,

London.

He was working in the offices ofMiche Ecohard, in Paris ,in 1961-

1962.

In 1962 he married with Helene.Hereturned to new Delhi in 1962 to set

up his own architectural practice.

1963-72 taught at the Delhi school ofarchitecture.

He opened a second office in Tehran,Iran, in 1974 .

In 1986 curator of the exhibitionTraditionalArchitecture in India forthe festival of India in Paris.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

He completed his professionaleducation in Europe.

First he relates to his interest instructures,which was cultivated by

his English education,

craft tradition, during the review ofhis diploma projects.Second he worked as an assistant

stage manager for several avante

grade theatre productions in London

.As a set designer he learnt that each

dramatic work had it particular

character which he intrepts as the

rasa of the building.

Third he was working in the offices ofMichel Eco hard, in Paris. In office he

absorbed the principles of urban

design and planning .

He also had an opportunity to workon the design of a space framestructure for a Museum in Kuwait.

Then he take the lead of structuresystem for the exhibition pavilions at

Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

He convinced his European structuralconsultants to develop the unusual

structural system for the Ismaili

centre and the central

public works dept. to undertake theconstructionof stone columns and

ferro cement domes for the

Parliament Library.

The only 2 other influences that headmits were important to his

development as an architect were on

his return to India.On seeing theworks of Le Corbusier.

Teaching history at the School ofplanning and Architecture ,New

Delhi. Corbusiers works convincedhim that it was possible to be


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rational and employ modern means

to build in India.Teaching historyexposed him to the classical and

vernacular traditions of bldg in India.

FEATUERS OF HIS DESIGN

URBAN FABRIC

CLUSTERS

STREETS

GATEWAYS


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INNER COURTYARDS

ROOFING

RAJ REWALS WORKS

Raj Rewals works can be divided in the

following

parts:

RESIDENCES Satish Gujral house, New Delhi Sham Lal house, New Delhi

Rewal house, New Delhi HOUSING French Embassy Staff Quarters, New

Delhi

Sheikh Sarai Housing Complex, NewDelhi

Zakir Hussain Co-operative Housing,New Delhi

Asian Games Village, New DelhiEXHIBITION AND LARGE SPAN

Nehru Memorial Pavilion, New Delhi Hall Of Nations and Hall Of

Industries, New Delhi

Karnataka Pavilion, New DelhiOFFICES

Bhikhaji Cama Bazaar, New Delhi Engineers India House, New Delhi State Trading Corporation, New Delhi SCOPE Office Complex, New DelhiRESEARCH &EDUCATION

National Institute Of Public Financesand Policy, New Delhi.

National Institute Of Immunology,New Delhi

French School and Cultural Centre,New Delhi

Central Institute Of EducationalTechnology, New Delhi

SATISH GUJRAL HOUSE, NEW DELHI,

1970


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Designed for an artist, the Gujralhouse provided approximately

800sqm of living space also

intended for the display of paintings

and works of art.

A central staircase connects variouslevels of the dwelling which have

the difference in height of one and a

half meters.

Certain interior spaces have directaccess to outdoor gardens at

differing levels; the basement, for

example, is one and a half meters for

ground level and contains a

workshop for ceramic joined to

sunken open court.

REWAL HOUSE ,NEW DELHI

In 1973, He designed 2 independenthouse units, one for the architect and

his family, the other for his parents.

He were designed in such a manneras 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 frontgardens are

provided across an extremely narrow

frontage of only 5 meters for each.

Living, dining, kitchen and studyareas are on the ground floor, yet the

introduction of a small cellar under

the dining room offered the

possibility of a split-level and hence

greater richness.

Part of the living room is ofdouble height, and is overlooked by

mezzanine.

A small interior courtyardwithin the two units

brings indirect light and good cross

ventilation to these spaces.

Large pivoting glass doorsprovide continuity

between the living room and the

garden outside.

The use of material is restricted toexposed brick externally and

internally (painted white outside).

The ceilings and cantilevered stairsare of exposed concrete, softened by

the texture left by wooden form

work.

The flooring of kotah stone in brownand bronze achieves a certain

continuity, carried through in the

teak-framed doors and windows.

NEHRU MEMORIAL


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PAVILION,NEW DELHI 1971

The pavilion is designed to houseexhibits on the

life and times of former prime

minister Jawaharlal

Nehru, portions of which wereassembled by the

celebrated American designer

Charles Fames. The building is embedded in a grassy

mound of earth.

The basic idea of the design comesfrom the earliest Buddhist stupas in

Nepal which are earth mound

containing relics of Buddha.

The upper level for example is forcirculation and based on the

traditional parkarma, or

circumblation around a central

shrine, often acircler or an octagon which evokes a

particular mood.

Concrete used for the structure hasbeen left

exposed both inside or outside , where

the

patterns from the wood shuttering

remain evident

and contribute a note of simplicity.

However kota stone for the flooringand teak forthe doors and windows add a sense of

elegance .

Parliament Library, New Delhi

The Parliament library designed byRaj Rewal is

a new addition to the majestic complex

of

imperial buildings in the former capita

of british India.representing the democratic aspiration

of an independent India.

The building represents a wonderfulinterplay of

open and enclosed space.

delightful the dense space of theadjoining

Parliament house.

The composition of library complex isbased on

squaring of triangles,a move set tobalance the

circular composition of the parliament

building.

Light is the defining theme of thisbuilding, symbolically representing the

spirit of

wisdom, enlightment & democracy.

A large part of the structure of libraryis made

of columns.

The site and the building is Locatedon a 10-

acre (4-hectare) site, the library is nearly

590,000 square feet (55,000 square

meters) in

area.

The plan of the building is inspired byprecolonial Indian architecture such as

the magnese of taj mahal.

AWARDS

Gold Medal 1989 by the IndianInstitute of Architects.

Mexican Association of Architectsaward in 1993 for regional values.

Lifetime achievement award 2001 bythe Institution of Engineers (India).

Golden Architect Award 2003 by A+Dand Spectrum Foundation.

REFERENCES

www.wikipedia.com,RAJ REWAL

book.
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