Architects  Presentation  Seminar
Praveen Kumar                                Rahul Sharma 
Department of Architecture & Planning 
Indian Institute of Technology , Roorkee 
Architects Profile :  
Full  Name :  Uttam Chand  jain 
Born :  1934 
Business Name  :  Uttam C. Jain Architects & Planners 
Services   :  Architecture, Urban Planning 
Design Team :  15 members , mumbai  
Qualification : 
Advanced study scholarship from the National University of Tucuman, Argentina, 1959 
First Class Honours degree in Architecture - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1958  
Key projects  
Capitol Complex, Naya Raipur, India, 2006-Ongoing, Institutional  
Shri Tirupati Balaji General Hospital, Panthawada, India, 2004-2007, Hospital  
Aga Khan School, Mundra, India, 2002-2006, Institutional 
Umaid Heritage, Jodhpur, India, 2003-2005, Master Plan 
Prerna Sthala, Yavatmal, India, 2002-2003, Memorial  
Landmark, Bombay, India, 1993-2002, Workspace 
University of Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India, 1969-1999, Institutional 
Universal Harmony Hall, Mount Abu, India, 1993-1995, Convention Centre 
Habibganj Railway Station, Bhopal, India, 1989-1995, Transport 
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Bombay, India, 1985-1987, Institutional  
Shona Jain          Chirag Jain  
Pojects pics 
Key awards  
2007, A+D & Spectrum Foundation Architecture Awards 2006, New Delhi, India 
2005, Golden Architect Award 2004, A+D & Spectrum Paints Ltd., New Delhi, India 
2002, Chairman's Award - Architect of the Year 2001, J.K. Cement Ltd., India 
1992, President's Award - Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal, Indian Institute of Architects, India 
1991, JIIA Awards, Indian Institute of Architects, Bombay, India 
1969, Commonwealth Institute of Architects, London, UK  
Philosophy  
In the operational realities, if an attempt is made to highlight the 
ideological postures leading to the directions of value as accepted in all 
design-decisions resulting into tangible architectural ambient, the efforts 
are also directed towards creating a preference in the public mind for 
consumption of good design in their day to day living.    
The immediate surroundings is  source of construction materials; snow, 
stone, straw, reed, wood or mud is the indigenous materials for 
constructing an enclosure.  
The relationship between human being and the building being 
established, what develops and grows around becomes a measure for 
man and his society.        
There is a place for everything and everything has its place.  
Spatial configuration in his design is an attempt to invoke a spirit that will 
establish a symbiotic bond between the present and the past.    
AESTHETICS  
It is the aesthetics of openness 
contrasted with enclosures that 
highlights the different features 
from the rest of the faade. 
FORM  
Realization of shelter form and its 
content are in response to a given 
place, climate, and time. 
Case Study :   
1.    Jodhpur University , Jodhpur  
2.   Aga Khan School , Gujarat 
3.   NRI Housing , Jaipur 
Jodhpur University  
Aga Khan School , Gujarat 
Client :   Aga Khan Foundation 
Project Architect :   Shona Jain 
Project Management Consultant :  Aga Khan Education Services , India 
Plot Area :   15693 sq.m. 
Built-up area :   4459 sq.m 
Project cost :   Rs. 43100000 
Year of completion :   2006  
Soakpit 
sandpit 
Septic  
tank 
transformer 
bandminton 
vollyball 
Earth mound 
School  
building 
amphitheatre 
Proposed  
staff 
housing 
Security room 
entry 
1. Entrance 
2. Security room 
3. Corridors 
4. Courtyards 
5. Classroom 
6. Pre-shift classroom 
7. Arts & crafts room 
8. Computer room 
9. Laboratory 
10. Library 
11. Head coordinators room 
12. Administration 
13. Reprography room 
14. Teachers resource center 
15. Staff room 
16. Meeting room 
17. PAs room 
18. Principals room 
19. Vice-principals room 
20. Sick room 
21. Counselors room 
22. Store room 
23. Kitchen 
24. Utilty room 
25. Toilet 
26. Handicap toilet 
27. UPS  & electrical room 
28.  Auditorium phase 2 (future) 
29. Gymnasium phase 2 (future) 
30. Server room 
31. Multipurpose hall 
32. Terrace 
33. Overhead water tank  
1. Entrance 
2. Security room 
3. Corridors 
4. Courtyards 
5. Classroom 
6. Pre-shift classroom 
7. Arts & crafts room 
8. Computer room 
9. Laboratory 
10. Library 
11. Head coordinators room 
12. Administration 
13. Reprography room 
14. Teachers resource center 
15. Staff room 
16. Meeting room 
17. PAs room 
18. Principals room 
19. Vice-principals room 
20. Sick room 
21. Counselors room 
22. Store room 
23. Kitchen 
24. Utilty room 
25. Toilet 
26. Handicap toilet 
27. UPS  & electrical room 
28.  Auditorium phase 2 (future) 
29. Gymnasium phase 2 (future) 
30. Server room 
31. Multipurpose hall 
32. Terrace 
33. Overhead water tank  
NRI Housing , Jaipur 
Uttam C. Jain is one of the great contemporary architect of India . After studying his 
projects we understand his philosophy that  The relationship between human being and 
the building being established, what develops and grows around becomes a measure 
for man and his society . His project shows lots of good architectural solutions and their 
implications in Indian climate and behaviors. The use of arches , vaults , domes , 
squinched , pillars , cutouts in facades , courtyards , pergolas etc are the major 
elements of his design. His designs are mere a excellent response the site and 
surroundings. The Jodhpur university is one of his great works indeed . He has come up 
with a excellent solutions of the climate and space behavior. The stepped roofs , the 
sitting patterns , the use of stones , the use of cutouts for ventilation are his major 
features in it . Use of local materials with a good mixtures of modern technology make 
his building a completely excellent response . 
In the operational realities, if an attempt is made to highlight the ideological postures 
leading to the directions of value as accepted in all design-decisions resulting into 
tangible architectural ambient, the efforts are also directed towards creating a 
preference in the public mind for consumption of good design in their day to day living.  
A doctor buries his mistake and an architect builds his mistake. There are individuals who 
fail to understand what good architecture is all about. But U.C.Jain feels that, 
architecture begins after you put up four walls and a roof and that is what he call the 
non-manifest part. Architecture is like music. You can feel it but not see it. You have to 
comprehend and appreciate architecture. Architecture provides us with our basic 
biological needs but actually its realms go much further than that. His sense of creativity 
stems from what he add from his mind. There are the 3 'P's of architecture, namely, the 
personality of the architect, the product and the place. These have to be in synergy  
Conclusion :  
Model  Concept 
Bibliography :  
1 .  www.ucjain.com 
2.   Manyness of Mumbai , Author : U.C.Jain 
3 .  www.archnet.org 
4.   www. Architecture-page.com 
5.   A+D magzines , 2000 , 2008 
6.   Aga Khan Trust