Raj Rewal
Raj Rewal
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AR.SAPNA DHIMAN
SHIVANI VOHRA
AR.ANU ARORA
B.ARCH.
AR.VIKAS SHARMA
6 SEMESTER
Early life
Raj Rewal was born in 1934 in Hoshiarpur,
Punjab, India.
He created a revolution in geometric design
systems.
Creation of geometric systems and
responding visual
imageries are apparent in Raj Rewals
architectural works.
He even went to School of Art in Delhil for six
months before joining
the School of Architecture.
He chiseled his art in London's
Architectural Association School of Architecture
Awards
Gold Medal from Indian Institute of Architects
Robert Mathew Award from the Commonwealth
Associations of Architects
Career
He lived in Delhi and Shimla for a couple of years in his childhood that is from
19391951.
He attended Harcourt Butler higher secondary school
. In 1951-1954, he attended Delhi School of Architecture in New Delhi.
He was very imaginative and a creative person.
His imaginative perception helped him go a long way.
He believed in gaining knowledge and then applied his
knowledge mingled with creativity in his projects.
After completing the post graduation in Architecture; in 1955-1961,
he moved
to London and attended the architectural association of architecture for one
year.
He completed his formal professional training
at the Brixton school of building, London.
Raj Rewal took up his first job as an assistant stage manager for several
avante grade theatre
His philosophy
Structural expressions and cubic volumes
Honesty in expression
Concern for climatic sensitivity
Memory and geometry
HIS WORKS
-Hall of Nations, New Delhi
-State Trading Corporation, Delhi
-Scope Office Complex, New Delhi
-Asian Village Housing
-State trading corporation,New Delhi
Stuctural detail
Symbolically a house of
knowledge, the Parliament Library
has its site
next to the Parliament
House in Lutyens Delhi.
The ceiling of the entrance hall as seen from the ground floor.
Daylight enters through square glass panels set among shallow domes.