CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION
(CEE)
CEE IS NATION WIDE ORGANISTAION WHICH WORKS TO
SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AMONG THE
MASSES OF THIS COUNTRY.
IT DOES THIS BY CREATING VARIOUS MEDIA LIKE PRINTED
MATERIALS,BOARDS,MODELS ETC. WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED
AMONG SCHOOLS, NATIONAL PARKS AND OTHER PLACES.
THE PROPAGATION OF THESE MEDIA TAKE PLACE IN THE
CEE CAMPUS ALONG WITH OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO
THE FUNCTIONING OF CEE
CEE RECEIVES FUNDING FROM THE GOVT OF INDIA.
THE ARCHITECTS
ARCHITECTS OF THE CEE
CAMPUS AND IT’S
STRUCTURES ARE AR.
NEELKANTH CHHAYA
ANDAR. KALLOL JOSHI
WHO WON A
COMPETITON HELD FOR
THE DESIGN OF CEE
HELD IN 1984.
CONSTRUCTION BEGAN
IN 1986.
AHMEDABAD
THE STRUCTURE IS
LOCATED IN
AHMEDABAD.
AHMEDABAD HAS
EXTREME
TEMPERATURES.
IT IS HOTAND DRY IN
SUMMER AND COOL AND
DRY IN WINTER.
SITE
SITECONDITIONS
CONITIONS
THE SITE WAS PART OF A
STABILISED SAND DUNE
WITH 3 RIDGES SLOPING
FROM NE-SW
THERE WERE A LOT OF
EXISTING TREES ON THE
SITE.
MAIN DESIGN INTENTIONS
THE STRUCTURE SHOULD
BLEND IN WITH THE
ENVIRONMENT AND NOT
STAND OUT
CHINA MOSAIC
TILES USED ON
THE ROOF TO
REFLECT HEAT
EXISTING TREES HAVE BEEN RETAINED
THEY SHADE THE BUILDINGS AND THE UNBUILT SPACE
AROUND THEM
MAIN DESIGN INTENTIONS
USE ORIENTATION TO GENERATE
A CLIMATIC RESPONSE AND
USE ORIENTATION
THEREFORE USE AS L TO GENERATE
A CLIMATIC RESPONSE AND
THEREFORE USE AS LITTLE
MECHANICAL COOLING DEVICES AS
POSSIBLE
grnd flr oriented
in NE-SW direction
12 12
Double height oriented
in N-S direction to receive
light.
MAIN DESIGN INTENTIONS
REFLECT THE FLEXIBLE NATURE
OF THE ORGANISATION’S WORKING
IN THE PLAN
04
01
06
02
05
08
03
03
09
THIS RESULTED IN A NETWORKED
PLAN WHERE EACH SPACE IS
INTERCONNECTED WITH THE
10 NEIGHBOURING SPACES.
04
PARKING
07
01
06
02
05
08
03
03
09
10
PARKING
11
12 12
14
13
12
CIRCULATION OUTSIDE THE BUILT SPACES
FOLLOWS A LINEAR SPINAL PATTERN.
AUDITORIUM
01
RECEPTION 04
07
SEMINAR
ROOM
01 06
03
SEMINAR
08 01 05
ROOM 05
03
09
ALL THE SPACES
FORMING THE PUBLIC
THE PUBLIC
10
10
INTERFACE ARE
INTERFACE IS
GROUPED TOGETHER
PLACED
11
14
13
12
WITHIN THE ENCLOSED SPACE THERE IS NO FORMAL
CIRCULATION PATTERN-ALL SPACES ARE INTERCONNECTED
WITH THE NEIGHBOURING SPACES.
THE ENTRANCE STEPS CHANGE IN
DIRECTION MID-FLIGHT WHICH
CREATE AN INTERESTING
ARCHITETCURAL FEATURE.
THERE IS AN ENTRANCE RAMP PROVIDED ALONG SIDE
THE ENTRANCE STEPS FOR THE TRANSPORT OF HEAVY
GOODS AND ALSO FOR THE BENEFIT OF HANDICAPPED
PEOPLE.
AFTER THE
ENTRANCE STEPS,THE
USER COMES TO A
RAMP WHICH CREATES
A SENSE OF
TRANSITION AS THE
USER MOVES DOWN
THE STEPS OVER
WHICH THE PERGOLA
IS BUILT.
THE PERGOLA LEADS
DOWN TO THE CANTEEN
AND THE AUDITORIUM.
ALONGSIDE THE PERGOLA IS A RAMP LEADING DOWN TO
THE RECEPTION AREA.
BELOW THE RAMP LANDING,
THERE HAS BEEN A SPACE
CREATED FOR THE CHILDREN OF
THE EMPLOYEES TO PLAY.
THE RAMP HAS AN INTERMEDIATE
LANDING WHERE ONE CAN STOP AND
APPRECIATE THE VIEW OF THE
STRUCTURES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
THE RAMP ALLOWS THE USER TO VISUALLY
APPRECIATE THE SURROUNDINGS AS HE
DESCENDS,WITHOUT CONCENTRATING ON
WHERE TO PUT HIS FOOT DOWN (AS IN THE
CASE OF A FLIGHT OF STEPS.)
2500
THE SPACE UNDER THE DOUBLE HEIGHT IS USED FOR GROUP WORKING
THE REST OF THE SPACE IS USED FOR INDIVIDUAL WORK.
1040
04
INDIVIDUAL
WORKSPACE
THE MODULE
OF1230MM IS THE SIZE
IN WHICH MOST
PARTITON
SCREENS,TABLES AND
TUBELIGHTS ARE
AVAILABLE IN.
DOUBLE HEIGHT
SPACE
THE DOUBLE HEIGHT
IS ORIENTED NORTH-
SOUTH TO LET IN
LIGHT FROM THOSE
DIRECTIONS.
THIS SPACE ALSO
SERVES AS A SPACE
WHERE THE
EMPLOYEES CAN
CARRY OUT GROUP
WORK BECAUSE THE
INCREASED HEIGHT
PROVIDES A LARGER
VOLUME.
PLAN-
PLAN-MULTIPLE
MULTIPLE OF MODULES
5100
1230
1230
7570
04
1230
1230
ALL DIMENSIONS IN
DIMENSIONS
PLAN ARE BASED ON
THE
OF MODULE OF
SPACES IN
1230MM.
PLAN ARE
MULTIPLES OF
THE MODULE
MODULAR SYSTEM
ALL HEIGHTS ARE
MULTIPLES OF THE
MODULE OF 4 BRICKS.
THE USE OF THIS
MODULE
THROUGHLOUT THE
STRUCTURES GIVES
THEM A SENSE OF
PROPORTION AND
VISUAL HARMONY
WITH EACH OTHER.
THE STRUCTURE IS SUNK INTO THE SLOPE TO CREATE AN
‘EARTH SHELTERED CONSTRUCTION’ WHERE THE EARTH
SHIELDS THE WEST WALL FROM THE HARSH SOLAR
RAIATION COMING FROM THE WEST.
THE TEMPERATURES AT DEEPER DEPTHS IN THE EARTH
ARE ALWAYS AT THE AVERAGE OF THE EXTREME
SURFACE TEMPERATURES.
04
07
01
06
02
05
08
03
03
09
WINDOWS
10
HAVEWINDO
BEEN
WS
PROVIDED ON
11
14
12 12
THE SOUTH
SIDE BUT
13
12
THEY ARE
SHADED.
AN INFORMAL SITTING OUTSIDE THE
AUDITORIUM ACTS AS A SPILL-OVER OR
TRANSITION SPACE FOR THE CROWD THAT
WILL USE THE AUDITORIUM AT A TIME.
A TERRACE JUST
OUTSIDE THE
SEMINAR ROOM
ACTS AS A
TRANSITION SPACE
FOR USERS
BEFORE,DURING A
BREAK AND AFTER
ATTENDING A
SEMINAR
THE PATH LEADS FROM OPEN-
TO-SKY COURTYARDS TO SEMI-
OPEN VERANDAHS TO ENCLOSED
SPACES.
THE PATH LEADS FROM
OPEN-TO-SKY COURTYARDS TO
SEMI-OPEN VERANDAHS TO
ENCLOSED SPACES.
THE PATH LEADS FROM OPEN-
TO-SKY COURTYARDS TO SEMI-
OPEN VERANDAHS TO ENCLOSED
SPACES.
COURTS HAVE BEEN CREATED AT
DIFFERENT LEVELS, INSIDE AS WELL
AS OUTSIDE THE BUILDING.
