Gandhi Bhawan
Jeanneret, Pierre
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Gandhi Bhavan
Date
1966Description
Planned as a center for dissemination of Gandhian philosophy, Gandhi Bhawan was to contain a library, a seminary room and a lecture hall. The choice of the building form was symbolic and emerged as an introverted, centrifugal one, wherein each of the three major functions - though contained in separarately articulated wings - were linked together through interpenetrating volumes meeting at a central, sky-lit exhibtiion space. exterior, façade and reflecting pool
, ca. 1965
Type of Work
Lecture hall; College buildingSubject
Reflecting pools, Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948, Architecture --India, Architecture, Modern --20th century, Universities and colleges, Lecture halls, Panjab University, Reflecting pools
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