KT Ravindran

Ref: http://thinkworks.in/speakers/kt-ravindran/

KT Ravindran

K.T. Ravindran is the head of Urban Design at School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. He is the founder President of the Institute of Urban Designers- India, a professional association of qualified urban designers.

Guiding Principles:

• Adaptive Reuse• Vernacular Architecture• Traditional building styles

• Completed his bachelors from AC college of Technology, Chennai• Did post-graduation in urban design• Took up an offer to work in Teheran where he worked in urban conservation and

design in the old cities of Dezful and Andimeshk.• Won a competition in 1994 to build a memorial for former Prime Minister Rajiv

Gandhi.• Did buildings like the Chinmaya Mission Centre(1997), National School of Drama,

Kitchen Museum, Swami Vivekananda Kendra , Restoration of the Jal Mahal, Jaipur.• At present, he is the Chairman of Delhi Urban Art Commission

Rajiv Gandhi Memorial

Architect KT Ravindran came to be known after he won a competition run by the Central Government to build a memorial for former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at Sri Perumbudur near Chennai.

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Rajiv Gandhi Memorial

• The memorial of Rajiv Gandhi consists of a square

platform.,made of yellow marble stone of

Jaisalmer. On the elevated platform there is a

picture of late Rajiv Gandhi made of stone block

of pink granite.

• There are seven monumental granite pillars,

which circle the blast site. The granite pillars have

bronze capital on its top. These pillars represent

the concepts of Satya, Dharma, Vigyan, Nyaya,

Shanti, Tyaga and Smiridhi.

• There are some modern day sculptures on a wall

depicting the dream of Rajiv Gandhi.

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The kitchen museum is another adaptive reuse work by KT Ravindran. It was opened to the public on June 20th, 2006.He explains that there are many ‘found spaces’ within the Rashtrapati Bhavan that have been subjected to adaptive reuse and one of them is the Kichen Museum.

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Kitchen Museum

LocationOf the kitchen Museum-Right below the dome inthe lowerbasement.

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There are fascinating implements like copper ladles, primitive slicers and utensils, that were used by the viceroy and were now being stored as dump

Kitchen Museum

GLASS CASE DISPLAY

KT Ravindran has used the same display cases as designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, a wooden base with a glass covering on top.

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Kitchen Museum

National School of Drama

Located in mandi houseJust beside the metroStation.

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National School of Drama

BHAGWAN DAS ROADMANDI HOUSECHOWK

Already existing BahawalpurHouse building built in 1937

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Plan of the Bahawalpur house building

Concrete addition in the 1970sWhich was being used as American Cultural Centre

Currently being converted intoA theatre platform.

National School of Drama

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National School of Drama

The main entrance to the NSD. The dome design has been taken from the RashtraptiBhavan

National School of Drama

Jalis in in front of the entranceused for shading

Double columns with base and capitals

Mouldings at corners

Chinmaya Mission Centre

The ChinmayaMission Centre is located at LodhiRoad, New Delhi

The building was inaugurated in 1997

• Right in front of the entrance is a long spanning semi open hall.

• Its is a column free space supported by coffered slab.

• The hall is mainly used for congregation, yoga sessions, satsangs etc.

Chinmaya Mission Centre

The building is cladded with a combination of grey and beige sandstoneThe plinth is cladded with black marble

Chinmaya Mission Centre

Chinmaya Mission Centre

A kind of an arched opening has been incorporated on all the 4 facades.

Bibliography

Think 2013<http://thinkworks.in/speakers/kt-ravindran/> (Cited: 30th March 2014)

Naha, Abdul Latheef. Opting the road not taken. [Online] June 22, 2002. [Cited: March 30, 2014.] <http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/06/23/stories/2002062302090200.htm.>

S., Priyadarshini. Sketch of Success. [Online] September 14, 2013. [Cited: March 29, 2014.] <http://www.thehindu.com/features/homes-and-gardens/design/sketch-of-success/article5124416.ece.>

Center for Heritage Conservation symposium keynote address by K.T. Ravindran.[Online] Uploaded May 25, 2011. [March 29, 2014.] <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZCbz78Z3Tw>