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  • CAMPUS IIPH Gandhinagar
    CAMPUS IIPH Gandhinagar
  • CAMPUS IIPH Gandhinagar
    CAMPUS IIPH Gandhinagar
  • CAMPUS IIPH Gandhinagar
    CAMPUS IIPH Gandhinagar
  • CAMPUS IIPH Gandhinagar
    CAMPUS IIPH Gandhinagar
  • CAMPUS IIPH Gandhinagar
    CAMPUS IIPH Gandhinagar

The design for the campus of the Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar seeks to promote an institutional culture of sharing and exchange of knowledge and experience and of systematic research and enquiry. The Gandhinagar Master Plan envisages a recreational development along the river-edge connected to institutional and other developments on adjacent lands anticipating future integration with recreational development alongside the river. The plan takes advantage of the unique natural character of the site, its ravine topography, its relationship with the Sabarmati River, and its potential of a rich and diverse ecology of flora and fauna, and integrates the institutes facilities and activities with the landscape.  The buildings tread gently on the ground to minimize the impact on the frail ecology and topography, limiting construction to flat gently sloping land. The natural flora and fauna is sought to be regenerated by management of the gullies and nallahs, stopping erosion, encouraging water retention and integrating waste water treatment by reed-bed systems. All sewerage is treated to international standards before release into natural water courses.  In the design of the buildings special attention is paid toward minimizing electricity demand for lighting, thermal comfort and vertical transport. The buildings are proposed to be a maximum of three stories above the plateau level. This obviates the use of lifts and also reduces the cost of earthquake resistance.  The declaration by the Gujarat State to make Gandhinagar a model “solar city” is supported by provision of photovoltaic “trees”, architecturally integrated as great shade umbrellas at the Entrance Court, which supplement the electricity demand of the Campus. In the event of a demand for more intensive utilization of land in the future, multi storied buildings would be developed along the eastern edge of the campus.  Vehicular movement is kept to the periphery, leaving the centre as a pedestrian, and safe, quiet zone. A buffer earth structure is proposed to cut out the noise from the main approach road.   The Neem grove is retained for its value as a temperature modifier and a noise and pollution buffer from the highway.

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