ARCHITECT RANJIT SABIKHI
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RANJIT SABHIKI
RANJIT SABHIKI (INDIAN (SOUTH ASIAN),BORN 1935
EDUCATION
o Ranjit Sabikhi received his B . Arch degree in 1957, and
Masters in Civic Design in 1959, both from Liverpool
University.
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ABOUT AR.RANJIT SABHIKI
o RANJIT SABIKHI RECEIVED HIS B . ARCH DEGREE IN 1957, AND MASTERS IN CIVIC DESIGN IN 1959, BOTH FROM LIVERPOOL
UNIVERSITY.
o ST. LOUIS. MEMBER OF A PANEL OF TECHNICAL EXPERTS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT 10 PREPARE A NEW CONCEPTUAL
MASTER PLAN FOR DELHI.
o PROFESSIONAL ADVISOR TO' THE IGNCA INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION.
o AND RECENTLY, JURY MEMBER TO EVALUATE A LIMITED DESIGN COMPETITION FOR THE NEW WORLD BANK HEADQUARTERS
AT WASHINGTON DC.
o HE TAUGHT FOR 16 YEARS AT THE SPA, NEW DELHI, BEFORE HE LEFT IN 1975 AS HEAD OF THE DEPT OF URBAN DESIGN .
o IN LONDON HE WORKED ON THE GOLDEN LANE HOUSING PROJECT AND EARLY CONCEPT DESIGNS FOR THE BARBICAN.
o AS A PRINCIPAL IN HIS OWN PRACTICE FROM 1961 ONWARDS HE HAS WORKED ON SUBSTANTIAL PROJECTS IN INDIA AS
WELL AS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND IN SOUTH EAST ASIA.
HIS MAJOR WORKS INCLUDE
COMMERCIAL, EDUCATIONAL HOUSING HOTELS EMBASSIES URBAN DESIGN
INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS INSTITUTES
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He also has been included as a part of international exhibitions on Indian architecture
He also served as a member of the jury for major
Mr. Sabikhi is western trained, was at Liverpool School of Architecture, when it was regarded as one of the best
architectural schools in the country.
It also pioneered Civic Design, now called anything from Urban Design to Town Planning.
Sabikhi’s grounding, is thus 'dated’ in the chronological sense, and flexible in the ideological sense
The 1950s in England, where Nehru's administration model and strategies needed more time to be set up to
achieve professional authenticity and validity. Faced with the institutional challenge, the task before the new
professionals was both gigantic and astonishing.
Many groups were formed; many architects set up to negotiate the imperfect administration and political
structuring of the building programme. Some remained, some fractured. From a detached position, the
dialogue in one such group, the Design Group, is recognizable almost immediately
M r . Sabikhi saw Chamberlain, Powell and Bon wrestle with muscular concrete, pillars and columns in their
institutional buildings in England, an alteration of a Mediterranean modernism with an English engineering
precision
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RANJIT SABIKHI: FATHER OF URBAN DESIGN IN INDIA
PROFESSOR RANJIT SABIKHI HAS BEEN IN PRACTICE AS AN ARCHITECT IN NEW DELHI SINCE 1961 AND HAS HAD A
WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCES IN ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN DESIGN PRACTICE.
HE TAUGHT AT THE SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE IN NEW DELHI FROM 1959 TO 1975 AND HAS ALSO
BEEN A VISITING CRITIC TO THE URBAN DESIGN PROGRAM AT THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN AT HARVARD
UNIVERSITY.
AND THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ST.LOUIS. HE FOUND THE COURSE IN URBAN
DESIGN AT SPA NEW DELHI IN THE EARLY 1970'S. THE FIRST IN INDIA!
AS A PRINCIPAL IN HIS OWN PRACTICE, RANJIT SABIKHI WHO WAS A FOUNDER PARTNER OF THE DESIGN GROUP
WHICH WAS STARTED IN 1961, AND ALSO OF ARCOP DESIGN GROUP FORMED IN 1974, HE WAS PERSONALLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN OF A WIDE RANGE OF PROJECTS IN INDIA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH EAST ASIA.
HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND HAS ALSO SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE JURY
FOR MAJOR PROJECTS INCLUDING THE DESIGN OF THE NEW WORLD BANK HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN
WASHINGTON D.C.
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SINCE 1990, RANJIT SABIKHI HAS BEEN PRACTISING INDEPENDENTLY UNDER THE NAME OF RANJIT SABIKHI
ASSOCIATES AND HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF MAJOR PROJECTS INCLUDING THE RECENTLY COMPLETED
o TRIDENT HOTEL AT COCHIN,
o THE OBEROI WILDFLOWER HALL HOTEL PROJECT AT SHIMLA.
HE IS HIGHLY REGARDED BY HIS FELLOW PROFESSIONALS AND PAST STUDENTS OF URBAN DESIGN!
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STAFF HOUSING FOR THE
NATIONAL DAIRY DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL COUNCIL OF
BOARD, STAFF HOUSING NOIDA. YMCA,NEW DELHI,1963
UTTAR PRADESH
NATIONAL DAIRY
HIS WORKS DEVELOPMENT BOARD
REGIONAL TRAINING
CENTRE , JALANDHAR
YAMUNA
APPARTMENT, NEW
DELHI
YMCA INSTITUTE OF
ENGINEERING
FARIDABAD,INDIA NEW
DELHI,1969
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STAFF HOUSING FOR THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YMCA,
NEW DELHI,1963
The early sixties' period of architecture in India came
under the immediate influence of the monumental
aesthetics of the post Chandigarh era.
Its a complex of four secretaries apartments and four
junior staff quarters.
The clients brief insisted on a physical separation of
the two categories of apartments and this was
developed in the form of a separating street.
The same basic system of planning on a square grid
with a system of alienating terraces on each floor
ensured an overall unity of concept
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YMCA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING FARIDABAD,
INDIA NEW DELHI,1969
• The complex is dominated by the central group of academic
buildings, flanked on one side by the group of student
hostels, and on the other by the staff residences.
• A central pedestrian spine connects all the residential
buildings to the academic complex cutting across pleasant
landscaped gardens without crossing any of the vehicular
roads.
• The central complex which houses a variety of activities was
conceived as a kind of pin-wheel structure allowing the
expansion of different wings in due course depending on
future needs
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BOARDNATIONAL DAIRY DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL
TRAINING CENTRE , JALANDHAR.
The 1950s in England pre-empted the 1960s in India - a logical
delay, an inevitable hiatus in India, where Nehru's
administration model and strategies needed more time to be
set up to achieve professional authenticity and validity. Faced
with the Institutional challenge, the task before the new
professionals was both gigantic and astonishing.
The programmed called for a small training center comprising
two classrooms and an auditorium, a library and a residential
unit with eight monitories for local trainees and a set of four
guest rooms.
It was decided to consolidate the different requirements into a
single complex whilst retaining the distinct identity of the
training center as well as the residential unit.
The two areas are organized around separate courtyards
connected by a short corridor.
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NATIONAL DAIRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD, STAFF HOUSING,
NOIDA. UTTAR PRADESH
This project envisages the development of a hundred
dwelling units on a two-acre site for the National Dairy
Development Board (NDDB) staff at NOIDA.
The site , which is almost triangular, faces a storm water
nullah and bund on the west towards the River Yamuna with
residential units distributed along the boundaries within
required set-back lines.
All parking has been restricted to the north-eastern edge of
the site and partially extends to serve the B type units along
the south-eastern boundary. The remaining land is
landscaped.
The residential units have been classified into five different
types and converge onto the central green, facing a club.
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YAMUNA APPARTMENT, NEW DELHI.
Yamuna Apartments was one of the first co-operative group housing schemes to be completed,
and although they have been built within the same constraints as applicable to other housing
development in the city including D D A's own housing they present a refreshing contrast in
concept and design.
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