RAJ REWAL

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RAJ REWAL
RAJ REWAL WAS BORN IN HOSHIARPUR, PUNJAB IN 1934 AND WAS AMONG THOSE
WHO FIRST ENCOUNTERED THE APPLICATION OF ADVANCED WESTERN THEORIES OF
URBAN AND BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES IN THEIR COUNTRY.

HE WAS AN ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS, LONDON.

HE WORKED IN THE OFFICES OF MICHEL ECOCHARD, ARCHITECT, PARIS. IN 1962 HE
RETURNED TO NEW DELHI TO SET UP HIS OWN ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE.
HIS HUMANIST APPROACH TO ARCHITECTURE RESPONDS TO THE COMPLEXITIES OF
RAPID URBANIZATION, THE DEMAND OF CLIMATE, CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND
BUILDING CRAFTS AND TECHNOLOGIES.

HIS WORKS COMPRISES A WIDE RANGE OF BUILDING TYPE : NEHRU PAVILION, THE
SCOPE OFFICE COMPLEX, THE CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOG,
THE WORLD BANK BUILDING, ECT...


RAJ REWAL
ACCORDING TO HIM A FUNCTIONAL DESIGN SHOULD BE INVOLVED WITH A
SPECIFIC EMOTIONAL FLAVOUR OR POETIC MOOD. THIS HE REFERRED TO AS THE
RASA OF THE BUILDING.

HE WAS AWARDED GOLD MEDAL BY INDIAN INSTITUTE OF
ARCHITECTS.

ALSO ROBERT MATHEW AWARD BY COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATION
OF ARCHITECTS.

IN 1993, HE WAS HONORED BY MEXICAN ASSOCIATION OF
ARCHITECTS.

ASIAD VILLAGE HOUSING



ASIAD VILLAGE HOUSING
HOUSING COMMISSIONED AND BUILT FOR THE GUESTS OF ASIAN OLYMPIC
GAMES HELD IN INDIAN IN 1982 BUT LATER ON SOLD TO PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS.

THERE ARE 510 HOUSING UNITS, COMPRISING 200 INDIVIDUAL TOWN HOUSES AND
300 APARTMENTS IN TWO STOREY TO FOUR STOREY WALK UPS WITH OVERALL
DENSITY OF 50 UNITS PER HECTARE.

THE CONCEPT IS BASED UPON A SEQUENCE OF OPEN SPACES LINKED BY
NARROW, SHADED PEDESTRIAN STREETS CONTAINING RECREATIONAL AND
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES.

THE PASSAGEWAYS AND LANES ARE INTERRUPTED BY UNITS WHICH SPAN THEM
OVERHEAD TO PRODUCE GATEWAY LIKE ENTRANCE.

ASIAD VILLAGE HOUSING


INSPIRATION FROM TRADITIONAL STREET SCALE CAN BE SEEN IN NARROW STREETS
LINKING THE HOUSING UNITS.

PERIPHERAL ROADS ARE CONNECTED TO CUL-DE-SAC PARKING AREAS WHICH IN
TURN GIVES ACCESS TO INDIVIDUAL GARAGES OR CAR PORCHES ATTACHED TO
HOUSES OR APARTMENT BLOCKS.

VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT IS SEGREGATED .

DINING COMPLEX FOR THOSE PARTICIPATING IN GAMES WAS CENTRALLY LOCATED
AND NOW SERVES AS A RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL CENTRE .



SITE PLAN
SITE VIEW
INTERIOR
VIEW
VIEW OF THE
COMMON
COURT YARD
AND GATEWAY
FIRST COURT ADJOINS THE MPS READING ROOM AND BPST COMMITTEE ROOM
SYMBOLISING THE LIBERTY OF THOUGHT, EXPRESSION, BELIEF, FAITH AND WORSHIP.
SECOND COURT IS ENCLOSED BY THE M.P.S DINING HALL CLUB ROOM AND THE
AUDITORIUM. THE COURTYARD HAS A BIG TREE SYMBOLIZING JUSTICE-SOCIAL,
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL.
THIRD COURT SURROUNDED BY THE MUSEUM AND AUDITORIUM AND ITS SPACE CAN
BE UTILIZED FOR OUTDOOR EXHIBITIONS AROUND THE WATER WHICH REPRESENTS
EQUALITY STATUS AND OPPORTUNITY.
THE COMPLEX IS DEMARCATED IN THREE ZONES ENSURING PRIVACY AND SECURITY
FOR THE VIPS AND SEGREGATION OF THE SCHOLARS AREA OF BPST FROM PUBLIC
ACTIVITY AREAS OF THE MUSEUM AND THE AUDITORIUM.

PLANS
THE FOUR STORY COMPONENT OF THE BUILDING HAS TWO BASEMENTS FOR
LIBRARY STACKS ABOVE THE GROUND TO BE USED FOR RESEARCH AND AS
WORK SPACES. THE UPPER FLOORS HAVE PUBLIC ROOMS AND ATRIUM SPACES.
STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENT FOR LOWER FLOORS IS BASED ON A DIAGRID OF
PREFABRICATED CONCRETE, ENCASED IN SANDSTONE.
THE MAJOR PUBLIC AREAS HAVE LARGER SPANS AND ARE COVERED WITH
SHALLOW DOMES OF LIGHT-WEIGHT CONCRETE SUPPORTED BY A PRIMARY
STRUCTURE OF A VARIETY OF STEEL LATTICES