INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREST

MANAGEMENT
 ARCHITECT - ANANT RAJE
 PLACE - BHOPAL
 YEAR - 1989
 BUILDING - INSTITUTIONAL
 AREA - 6,50,000SQ.M ( 160 ACRES)
 ARCHITECTURAL STYLE - MODERN
 THE DESIGN OF IIFM WAS INSPIRED BY THE CONCEPT OF CONTINUITY.
 LOCATED IN NEHRU NAGAR, IN THE SOUTHERN WEST CORNER OF
THE CITY OF BHOPAL.
 SITUATED ON A HILL THAT OVERLOOKS THE BHADBHADA BARRAGE
THAT CONTROLS THE OVERFLOW OF THE UPPER LAKE OR BADA
TALAB OF BHOPAL.
 THE SPILLWAY FOR BHADBHADA TAILS AROUND THE IIFM HILL,
GIVING IT A SCENIC LOCATION SURROUNDED BY THE WATER ON
THREE SIDES DURING GOOD MONSOONS.
 THE INSPIRATION FOR THE PROJECT CAME FROM THE HISTORICAL
TOWN OF MANDU.
 THE NATURAL VEGETATION IS WILD GRASS, WHICH HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO GROW, AUGMENTED BY ROWS AND CLUMPS OF TREES.
 WALLS CLADDED WITH STONE IN SHADES OF GREEN AND YELLOW
GREY.
PLAN OF ACADEMIC COMPLEX:

 ACCOUNTS OFFICE,
 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE,
 FACULTY RESEARCH OFFICES,
 SEMINAR ROOMS,
 CLASS ROOMS,
 LIBRARY AND COMPUTER CENTRE,
 AUDITORIUM,
 OVERHEAD WATER TANK
 WATER STRIP
 WATER BASIN
ACADEMIC COMPLEX :

•COURT SURROUNDED BY CLASSROOMS , A LIBRARY ,

AN AUDITORIUM , A SEMINAR ROOM.

•LIBRARY BUILDING BEING FOUR STOREYED SERVES AS

THE FOCAL POINT OF ACADEMIC COMPLEX.

LIVING ZONE :

•CONSISTS OF STUDENT DORMITORIES , A KITCHEN ,

DINING AREAS AND A SPACE FOR MEETINGS.

•DORMITORIES FACE LAKE AND ARE LOCATED AT THE

SOUTHERN TIP OF THE COMPLEX.
LIBRARY BLOCK

•FOUR STOREYED

•MORE NO. OF OPENINGS WITH

LARGE SCALE ADMITS IN MORE
AMOUNT OF DAY LIGHT.
OPENINGS ARE RECESSED INTO SHADOW POCKETS
WHICH BECOME THE DOMINANT FEATURE
CONTROLLING AND DIRECTING SCALE AND
PROPORTION THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
 DINING HALL

DORMITORIES
THE AMPHITHEATRE, WITH A CAPACITY OF 750, IS PLANNED
FOR MULTIPURPOSE ACTIVITIES- SPEECH, MUSIC OR FILM. THE
SEATING IS PARTLY ON A FLAT AREA WITH REMOVABLE CHAIRS
ON PERMANENT TIERS.

COURTYARDS
 THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THE CLEAR SKY IS BRILLIANTLY FRAMED
THROUGH THE CIRCULAR RINGS SUPPORTED ON THE ARCHES,
CAREFULLY AND PRECISELY AS ONE WOULD STACK CARDS.
 INSTEAD OF CONCRETE BEING RENDERED INTO A MONOLITH,
FACADE DISPLAYS A VARIETY OF TEXTURES IN CONCRETE AND
STONE.
 THE BUILDINGS SEEMS TO BE TRULY AHEAD OF ITS TIME AND
COMPLETELY IN COMPLIANCE WITH ARCHITECTS PHILOSOPHY OF
ARCHITECTURE.
 INTERIORS

REINFORCED CONCRETE FLAT AND

ARCH LINTELS ARE STANDARDISED ON
THE BASIC OF HOW MUCH THEY SPAN
ACROSS WALLS AND ARE LEFT WITH
EXPOSED SURFACES.
STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS:
 The entire campus is constructed of brick masonry, load bearing walls as
external enclosures of spaces and reinforced concrete for internal frame
structure to support roofs over long and short spans, offering inner
flexibility for arrangement of desired layouts of furniture and equipment
and to relieve exterior walls of heavy loads.
 THE AREAS AROUND THE LIGHT OPENINGS ARE CLAD IN THIN, ROUGH
KOTA STONE AND THIN SLATE, IN BLUISH GREEN TO PURPLE HUES.
 THE REMAINING PART OF THE EXTERIOR MASONRY WALL SURFACES
ARE PLASTERED WITH STONE WASHED AGGREGATE GRIT.
 THE COURTS IN BETWEEN BUILDINGS WILL EITHER BE PAVED WITH
STONE OR LANDSCAPED TO OFFER AS MUCH SHADE AS POSSIBLE.
WATER BASIN
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