Mansi Bharat Kothari

HH-2 Tectonics

Completed in 1974, the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, better known as IIM Ahmedabad or simply IIMA, is a management institute located in Ahmedabad, India. The old campus was designed by Louis Kahn, who was an exponent of exposed-brick architecture, with the help of B.V. Doshi & Anant Raje. The plan’s most distinctive features are the numerous arches and square brick structures with circles carved out in the façade. The extensive complex includes a library, teaching facilities, and residential buildings. The large facade omissions are abstracted patterns found within the Indian culture that were positioned to act as light wells and a natural cooling system protecting the interior from India’s harsh desert climate. Even though the porous, geometric façade acts as a filter for sunlight and ventilation, the porosity creates new gathering spaces for the students and faculty to come together.