works of mm rana and kt ravindran

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Works and of M.M. Rana and K.T. Ravindran

Group Members: Nalin Bhatia, Ishita Bhartia

Mansinh M. Rana belonged to the frst generation o modern architects o India.He is also known as the architect o Nehru. He did his bachelors in architecture

rom J.J. School o Architecture Mumbai and later trained under Frank lo!d

"right. He came back to India and #oined the $entral %ublic "orks de&artment as

their $hie architect. Among his better known buildings are 'al 'hawan( Nehru

Memorial ibrar! and Nehru %lanetarium. He has also designed )ardens such as

Shanti *ana the Samadhi o Jawaharlal Nehru and 'uddha Ja!anti

$ommemoration %ark. In his buildings the in+uence o Frank lo!d "right,s

%rinci&les are clearl! -isible. Frank lo!d "right belie-ed in harmon! with nature

and organic architecture. M.M Rana,s buildings seem to be at one with their

landsca&e. He also uses a lot o natural materials like stone and wood which is-isible in "right,s buildings as well. M.M Rana -er! ins&ired b! Nehru,s sense o

rationalit! that comes across in his design or the Nehru Memorial ibrar! and

&lanetarium. es&ite being sim&le geometrical sha&es &ut together the! &ro-ide

earth!( well lit s&aces to &erorm the re/uisite unctions.

M.M Rana like the man! others o his generation sought to fnd a modernit!

uni/ue to India. His buildings though in e-er! as&ect modern !et ha-e a

sensiti-it! to Indian Sensibilit! and not onl! that but their surroundings.

0hus e-en though the! were constructed more than 12 !ears ago the! are still

-er! much unctional and interesting to use.

3.0. Ra-indran is the head o 4rban esign at School o %lanning and

Architecture( New elhi. He is the ounder %resident o the Institute o 4rban

esigners5 India( a &roessional association o /ualifed urban designers. He is

member o the academic boards o number o uni-ersities in India. He has been

a regular contributor to books( &roessional maga6ines and news&a&ers on

sub#ects relating to urban design( &lanning( architecture and urban conser-ation.

. His &ractice includes design o greenfeld cities( cultural buildings and

memorials( as well as 4rban $onser-ation.

He com&leted his bachelors rom A$ $ollege o 0echnolog! in $hennai and &ost5

graduation in 4rban esign. He then took u& an o7er to work in 0eheran where

he worked in urban conser-ation and design in the old cities o e6ul and

Andimeshk.

He got the o&&ortunit! to showcase his talent when he won a com&etition run b!

the $entral )o-ernment to build a memorial or ormer %rime Minister Ra#i-

)andhi at Sri %erumbudur near $hennai.

He also designed the kitchen museum located in the basement o the

Rashtra&ati 'ha-an( which was being used as a dum& s&ace. His other notable&ro#ects include the $hinma!a Mission $entre at odhi Road( New elhi8 the

National School o drama8 Swami *i-ekananda 3endra8 restoration o the Jal

Mahal( Jai&ur.


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He strongl! belie-es in ada&ti-e reuse o materials and his research interests

include contem&orar! urban histor!( indigenous urbanism( -ernacular building

traditions and sustainabilit! and urban orm.

%ro. Ra-indran is at &resent 0he $hairman o elhi 4rban Art $ommission( a

statutor! bod! mediating aesthetics( en-ironment and heritage in building and

de-elo&ment &ro#ects in elhi.


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