Case Study: Hafeez Contractor
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Tracing the Herculean Imprints of a
Novel Design Visionary
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Intro: Architect Hafeez Contractor has influenced the skyline of much of the built environment of modern India, with an unmistakable identifying stamp. He has successfully designed and executed works for a gamut of clients from large real estate developers, public sector undertakings, large corporations and institutions to bungalows, residential complexes and shopping malls. His substantial experience and his large and proficient team put his practice in a covetable position of being better equipped to successfully deliver designs for jobs of any scale, nature or complexity. Furthermore, a subject close to his heart …show more content…
Among the various esteemed participants, Architect Hafeez Contractor was selected to design this project and bring forth his unique vision.
Set in a historical background, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan built in the early 1900s is a centre for excellence and learning. The institute desired the modernisation of its infrastructure and desired to increase its student intake from 3500 to 5000 students while also modernising all its existing facilities. The first task was the construction of the New Academic Block envisioned and designed as a visual link between the grand old Clock Tower that sits atop the existing Academic Block on the North End of the campus and the Saraswati Mandir that adorns the South End forming an important visual axis. In between these two important landmarks lay a recreational ground admeasuring an area of almost 50,000 sq.m, this was the only large parcel of land available for any significant construction of academic …show more content…
This allows the firm to focus on their core competence of conception, creation and realisation of notable design projects.
Bio:
Mumbai-born Architect Hafeez completed his architectural studies at the Academy of Architecture, Mumbai and graduated from Columbia University, New York, in 1976-77. However, his career began far earlier, in 1968 when he worked as an apprentice with Ar. T. Khareghat, a firm he became an associate partner with, in 1977. He is the winner of over 75 National and International Awards for excellence in contributions to architecture, including CWAB Architect of the Year (2006 to 2013) and has twice had been included in India Today’s Most Powerful Indians List.
www.architecthafeezcontractor.com
Tracing the Herculean Imprints of a
Novel Design Visionary
Text & Photo: Hafeez Contractor
Intro: Architect Hafeez Contractor has influenced the skyline of much of the built environment of modern India, with an unmistakable identifying stamp. He has successfully designed and executed works for a gamut of clients from large real estate developers, public sector undertakings, large corporations and institutions to bungalows, residential complexes and shopping malls. His substantial experience and his large and proficient team put his practice in a covetable position of being better equipped to successfully deliver designs for jobs of any scale, nature or complexity. Furthermore, a subject close to his heart …show more content…
Among the various esteemed participants, Architect Hafeez Contractor was selected to design this project and bring forth his unique vision.
Set in a historical background, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan built in the early 1900s is a centre for excellence and learning. The institute desired the modernisation of its infrastructure and desired to increase its student intake from 3500 to 5000 students while also modernising all its existing facilities. The first task was the construction of the New Academic Block envisioned and designed as a visual link between the grand old Clock Tower that sits atop the existing Academic Block on the North End of the campus and the Saraswati Mandir that adorns the South End forming an important visual axis. In between these two important landmarks lay a recreational ground admeasuring an area of almost 50,000 sq.m, this was the only large parcel of land available for any significant construction of academic …show more content…
This allows the firm to focus on their core competence of conception, creation and realisation of notable design projects.
Bio:
Mumbai-born Architect Hafeez completed his architectural studies at the Academy of Architecture, Mumbai and graduated from Columbia University, New York, in 1976-77. However, his career began far earlier, in 1968 when he worked as an apprentice with Ar. T. Khareghat, a firm he became an associate partner with, in 1977. He is the winner of over 75 National and International Awards for excellence in contributions to architecture, including CWAB Architect of the Year (2006 to 2013) and has twice had been included in India Today’s Most Powerful Indians List.
www.architecthafeezcontractor.com