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Bimal H. PatelDr. Bimal Patel, the son of Ar. Hasmukh Patel is one of thegreatest architects of India practicing in Ahmedabad,

Gujarat.


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EARLY LIFE & EDUCATION: Bimal Patel lives and practices architecture and cit planning in Ahmedabad,

India. Ahmedabad is also the cit that he gre" up in and its architectural histor

and planning culture have in#uenced and informed his "ork.

He studied at the $chool of Architecture, %enter for &nvironmental Planningand 'echnolog, %&P', from ()*+ to ()+.

In ()+(, he apprenticed "ith -rei tto at the Institute for /ight"eight$tructures, $tuttgart, German.

After receiving his 0rst professional degree in architecture from %&P' in ()+and a ear of "ork in Ahmedabad, Bimal Patel moved to Berkele to stud atthe %ollege of &nvironmental Design, %&D.

He graduated "ith 1.Arch. and 1.%.P. degrees in ()++ and a Ph.D. from theDepartment of %it and 2egional Planning in ())3.

CARRER: 4hile still "orking on his Ph.D. dissertation, Bimal Patel returned to India in ())5

and joined his father6s architectural practice. ne of his 0rst building design projects, a campus for 'he &ntrepreneurship

Development Institute, Ahmedabad, "on the Aga 7han A"ard for Architecture in())8.

In 8555 he "as selected to build the 9e" %ampus for the Indian Institute of1anagement, Ahmedabad.

ver the ears he has built up a signi0cant bod of architectural and urbandesign "ork ranging from single famil homes, to institutions, industrial buildingsand urban redevelopment projects. H%PDP1 the 0rm that he heads has "onnumerous a"ards for its projects.


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PHILOSOPHY:

Distinguished Alumnus A"ard, %ollege of &nvironmental Design, :niversit

of %alifornia, Berkele, 855+ Prime 1inister;s 9ational A"ard for &


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PROJECTS:

9e" %ampus for II1, Ahmedabad, 85(5 $abarmati 2iverfront Development Project, Ahmedabad

7ankaria /akefront 2edevelopment Project, Ahmedabad $tudent Housing, Institute for Plasma 2esearch, Gandhinagar Ahmedabad 1anagement Association , Ahmedabad %orporate HeadCuarters, %adila Pharmaceuticals /imited, Bhat 9e"man Hall , Ahmedabad &ntrepreneurship Development Institute, Bhat Gujarat High %ourt , Ahmedabad

Gujarat High %ourt ,&ntrepreneurship Development

$tudent Housing, Institute for Plasma 2esearch,

Gandhinagar

A1A, Ahmedabad


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'he &ntrepreneurship Development Institute of India &DIIE "as established in()+F. It is located close to Ahmedabad Airport at the village Bhat in

Gandhinagar District. 'he project "as a part of a design competition "hich "as"on b Ar. Bimal Pate. It is a 8F?acre )F,555 m8E lush green campus consistingof residential facilities, classrooms, oces and a librar, organised "ithin sevenbuildings and received the Aga 7han A"ard for Architecture in ())8.

Entrepreneurship Deve!p"ent Institute# $h%t:


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Plan

'he campus consistsof residentialfacilities, classrooms,oces and a librar,organised "ithinseven buildingslinked b t"o a


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As Ahmedabad "as founded in ((( b1uslims "ho endo"ed the cit "ith asplendid mi< of mosCues, mausoleums,courtard houses, labrinths of publicthoroughfares and alles, private cul?de?

sacs and gates, Bimal Patel;s design for thecampus "as strongl in#uenced b his "ishto establish a connection "ith this richaccumulation of India;s past.

'he jur commended Bimal Patel for hiscon0dent use of formal elements gro"ingout of the Indo?Islamic architectural

heritage. A series of geometricall structured

courtards and loggias are the primarorganising frame"ork. 'he variation ofopen, closed and transitional spacesprovides light and shade, and creates an

inviting environment for "ork, interactionand repose.


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'he &DI campus consists of aseCuence of spaces linked b courtsand corridors, "ith 0ve verandahtpe buildings ? three for academics,placed on higher ground and t"o fordormitories.

'he area of courts is large inproportion to building heights, "ithlandscaped paving and the campusgrounds are planted "ith evergreentrees.

Bimal Patel claims his design of thiscampus "as shaped b threefactors 0rst, his 1aster;s thesis at%alifornia, "here he studied formalpatterns in Indian Islamicarchitecture, "hile reading the "orkne" urbanist and ne" classical

architecture theorists. $econdl, ana"areness of the fact he "as headinga design 0rm that had for long beenpracticing a of ;1odem; architecturein "estern India, and 0nall, theclient;s insistence on making a

campus that "as in harmon "ith thelandscape ? one that "as not


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'he architect;s organisationalprinciples, as "ell as his use of

a ver limited palette ofbuilding materials ? e


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Ii"%h"e'%(%' ne) *%"pus

'he In'i%n Institute !+,%n%-e"ent

Ah"e'%(%'II1Ahmedabad, also kno"nas II1AE, "as the secondIndian Institute of1anagement to beestablished in India afterII1 %alcutta.

It "as built b Ar. /ouis I.7ahn in ()(

/ater in 855(, Ar. BimalPatel "on the nationalcompetition for thee


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Plan

/ocated on a F)?acre plot, thee


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Although the ne" campusfunctions independentl fromthe old "ithout an direct

visual link and even has itso"n approach road andentrance halls, it is connectedto the old campus b meansof an underpass, "hichhouses an e


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%omparing both, 7ahn6s and Bimal Patel6s campus, Bimal Patel has tried to keepthe /ouis 7ahn spirit alive.

'here is a continuum, in both spirit and bod. If one takes an aerial vie" anddra"s a straight line, the classrooms and dormitories in both the campusesseem to be placed along it. &ven the room numbers are continued.

Bimal Patel believed that to cop /ouis 7ahn is to insult him. 'o honour him, thene" building had to uphold the same values that he held dear.

Bimal Pateldensi0ed hisplan, bringinggreater intensitto those all?importantcourtards,corridors andpassage"as

According to him,

these openspacesaddressed one ofthe perceivedproblems of the7ahn site ? thatman of the

professors sa"its Mem t


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Bimal Patelfocused oncirculation b

using elevatedcorridors as theprincipalordering devicesame as 7ahndid.

comparisonldcampus

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ldcampus Bimal Patel has

used the bull6see arches

same as 7ahnin order tomaintain thearchitecturallanguage of theinstitute.


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$imilar to /ouis7han, BimalPatel also use

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