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LAURIE BAKER

PRESENTED BY :

JANDEEP SINGH (10)

MAYANK SAINI (04)

3RD YEAR SEC- A

(March 2 , 1917 April 1 , 2007)

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LIFE HISTORY

(March 2, 1917 April 1, 2007) British-bornIndian architect

He went to India in 1945 in part as amissionary and since then lived and worked inIndia for over 50 years

He obtained Indian citizenship in 1989 andresided in Thiruvana thapuram (Trivandrum),Kerala.

In 1990, the Government of India awardedhim with the Padma Shri in recognition of his

meritorious service in the field ofarchitecture.

Baker studied architecture inBirmingham and graduated in 1937,aged 20, in a period of political unrest

for Europe.

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ARCHITECTURAL STYLE

Designing and building low cost, high quality, beautiful homes

Suited to or built for lower-middle to lower class clients.

Irregular, pyramid-like structures on roofs, with one side leftopen and tilting into the wind.

Baker's designs invariably have traditional Indian sloping roofs andterracotta Mangalore tile shingling with gables and vents allowingrising hot air to escape.

Curved walls to enclose more volume at lower material cost thanstraight walls,

Brick jali walls, a perforated brick screen which utilises natural airmovement to cool the home's interior and create intricate patterns oflight and shadow

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HONOURS

1981: D.Litt conferred by the Royal University ofNetherlands for outstanding work in the Third World 1983: Order of the British Empire, MBE 1987: Received the first Indian National Habitat Award

1988: Received Indian Citizenship 1989: Indian Institute of Architects OutstandingArchitect of the Year

1990: Received the Padma Sri 1990: Great Master Architect of the Year 1992: UNO Habitat Award & UN Roll of Honour 1993: International Union of Architects (IUA) Award

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1993: Sir Robert Matthew Prize for Improvement of

Human Settlements

1994: People of the Year Award 1995: Awarded Doctorate from the University of

Central England

1998: Awarded Doctorate from Sri Venkateshwara

University

2001: Coinpar MR Kurup Endowment Award

2003: Basheer Puraskaram

2003: D.Litt from the Kerala University

2005: Kerala Government Certificate of Appreciation

2006: L-Ramp Award of Excellence

2006: Nominated from the Pritzker Prize

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THE HAMLET , LAURIE BAKERS RESIDENCE

The Hamlet: This is Baker's home inTrivandrum. This remarkable and unique

house built on five levels on a plot of landalong the slope of a rocky hill, with limitedaccess to water: conditions most peoplewould never dream of building anythingmuch less their homes under! However

Baker's genius has created a wonderfulhome for his familySTEPS LEADING UPTO FRONT FLOOR

T HE WALL IS DECORATED FROM BROKEN POTTERY, GLASSUSE OF NATURAL LIGHT AT HAMLET

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NEVER CUT TREES INSTEAD ADAPTED HIS DESIGN ACCORDINGLY ARCHES LED INTO A BEAUTIFUL OPEN ROOM

GABLES FOR PROPER AIR CIRCULATION AND VENTILATION CONICAL STRUCTURE USED

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India coffee house a small building for anexpensive restaurant outside d main busstop in thiruvananthapuram, shows howfree he was from pre-conceived ideas, aswell as any fear from apparentstrangeness of his own solutions. Here thedining area is a curving ramp that risesabout two floors and winds tightly about afunctional service core housing the pantryand stores. Built in seats and tables hug

the curving outer jali wall, whoseperforations throw a playful pattern oflight on the spiraling floor while lending atapestry like feel to the wall when viewedfrom outside.

INDIAN COFFEE HOUSE

(EXTERIOR VIEW ICH)

(INTERIOR VIEW ICH)

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LOYOLA CHAPEL AND AUDITORIUM

Loyola Chapel and Auditorium built in

1971 and located inSreekaryam,Kerala,India has a high schooland post graduate school campus,bothsharing a common chapel andauditorium.It was here that Baker's skillsof cost reduction met their greateschallenge as it required a seating capacityof one thousand. Inorder to increase thelateral strength of the high brick wall,without the introduction of steel orconcrete, Baker devised a wide cavitydouble-wall with cross-bracing brick. TheHamlet's Inner Courtyard has thesignificant Baker feature which is irregular,pyramid-like structures on roofs, with oneside left open and tilting into the wind.Baker's designs invariably have traditionalIndian sloping roofs and terracottaMangalore tile shingling with gables andvents allowing rising hot air to escape.

INSIDE VIEW OF CHAPEL

BRICK WORK ON WALLS

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CENTER OF DEVOLOPMENT STUDIES

The Centre for Development Studies (CDS) in

Thiruvananthapuram , the project that secured Bakersreputation in the 1970s, is built using his innovativesystem of cavity walls in un-plastered brick, reinforcedconcrete filler slabs (where recycled clay tiles replaced afair bit of the concrete), and brick jalis (patterns ofperforation) instead of expensive windows. The buildingsare sited carefully and laid out at different levels on asloping site to minimize excavation and earth filling. Aselsewhere, Baker keeps out the rain, lets in the breezeand modulates daylight by controlling openings,introducing jalis, providing roof overhangs, andwrapping internal spaces around intimate courtyards.These same functional devices also form the uniquevisual identity of his buildings. In this early project,Bakers capacity to combine social consciousness andexpressive freedom in a witty and vivid manner is alreadyclearly evident.

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THANK YOU

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