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His bldg design include pure structural expressions, cubic volumes. He also provide for honesty in expression. They reflect a concern for climatic sensitivity. Structure , material. Tectonic variation. Memory and geometry. His architectural pursuit is centered on attempts to evolve a contemporary architecture rooted in traditional wisdom. He has been influenced by the architecture of Le corbusier and louis khan. Also influenced by the typologies of traditional bldg. and cities like Jaisalmer .
The passageways an lanes are consciously interrupted by units which span them overhead to produce gateways to identifiable groupings within the complex. Vistas are constantly changing, although a continuity of movement is maintained throughout each series of enclosures.
An obvious source of inspiration for such narrow streets linking the housing units is the traditional street scale and pattern found in many Indian cities, where narrow paths become spaces for encounters between people, and the open squares offer a sense of neighborhood. Peripheral roads are connected to cul-de-sac parking areas which in turn give access to individual garages or car porches attached to houses or apartment block.
Octahedra measuring 5m from joint to joint were employed as the basic 3D unit of the space frame , which rests on 8 points around the essentially square planned and allows 11m wide openings between the supports. An effective system of environmental control inside the building was another outcome of the 3D structure , as solid triangular panels at regular intervals provided sun screens a modern equivalent , according to some authors of the traditional jali in Indian architecture .
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Light is the defining theme of this building, symbolically representing the spirit of wisdom, enlighten & democracy. A large part of the structure of library is made of columns. The site and the building is Located on a 10- acre (4hectare) site, the library is nearly 590,000 square feet (55,000 square meters) in area. The plan of the building is inspired by pre-colonial Indian architecture such as the magnifice Taj Mahal. The main entrance of the library is directly linked to one of the parliament, it leads to an atrium covered with a circular roof, lightly placed above a steel ring, which allows muted light.