Uttam Jain

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UTTAM CHAND JAIN

Profile :
Full Name : Uttam Chand Jain
Born : 1934
Business Name : Uttam C. Jain Architects & Planners
Services : Architecture, Urban Planning
Qualification :
1958-59Advanced study scholarship from the National University of Tucuman,
Argentina
1958 Graduated in Architecture (B.Arch.) with 1st Class Honors on a
scholarship from I.I.T Kharagpur, West Bengal
Uttam Chand was born in 1934 in Melwara, Rajasthan.
• He completed his schooling at jodhpur Rajasthan.
• He graduated in architecture with I class honors in 1958 at Indian institute of
technology, Kharagpur where he was a merit scholar throughout.
• Soon after receiving advance study scholarship from national university of Tucumen ,
Argentina proceeded to Latin America where for two years he studied and gained
experience .
Handled institutional buildings, commercial complexes, recreational facilities,
tourists projects, luxury hotels, theaters, housing, private residences, and
university campus layout.
Taught at various architectural colleges and been examiner at university of Bombay,
Punjab university, Chandigarh, Baroda university; Ahmadabad school of
architecture and school of planning and architecture, New Delhi.
Professional Practice 1961 to date : In private practice

PHILOSPHY :
His buildings reflect the heritage of that particular place. • He is not much bothered about the
trends and always try to conceive the building in his own style . • The various projects he has
undertaken since then reflect the consistent contextually inherit in his design philosophy.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
• First achievement was in 1969 common wealth institute of architects, London awarded prize in
India essay competitions.
• In 1973 he won first prize in all India architectural competition sponsored by government of
Goa for memorial design.
• He was listed as one of the three Indian architects among 200 contemporary worlds architects
by Japan architects , Tokyo in 1977.
• In 1978 Washington university USA invited him to speak at their Tuesday lecture series on
“a contemporary architecture of the past”.
AESTHETICS :
It is the aesthetics of openness contrasted with enclosures that highlights the different
features from the rest of the façade.
AWARDS :
• 2007, A+D & Spectrum Foundation Architecture Awards 2006, New Delhi,
India
• 2005, Golden Architect Award 2004, A+D & Spectrum Paints Ltd., New
Delhi, India
• 2002, Chairman's Award - Architect of the Year 2001, J.K. Cement Ltd.,
India
• 1992, President's Award – Babu rao Mhatre Gold Medal, Indian Institute of
Architects, India
• 1991, JIIA Awards, Indian Institute of Architects, Bombay, India
• 1969, Commonwealth Institute of Architects, London, UK
Key projects :
Capitol Complex,
Naya Raipur Jodhpur University
Kota Engineering College
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
Reserve Bank of India
Mumbai Habib Ganj Railway Station
Bhopal Universal Harmony Hall & International Exhibition Centre,
Mount Abu
Private House
Babulal Jain Landmark- Larren & Toubro Welfare Centre
Bombay Vicks Vapour rub Plant, Goa
UMAID HERITAGE :
INTRODUCTION • Location: Jodhpur,

Rajasthan, India
Area: 120 Acres
Client: Ess Gee Reality Pvt Ltd
Architects: Ucj Architecture & Environment, M/S
Karan Grover .
Completion: 2013
The Umaid Heritage is spread over 110 acre of area with 410 plotted
houses. The layout of the township is designed with number of green cores/
garden dividing and making different sectors.
• A RWH system to collect rainwater falling on entire site has been
developed. The rainwater is collected in an open storage designed similar to
Bawari and integrated with housing complex as recreational area.
• The RWH system collects around 30 per cent of the potential of rainwater
on the site to maintain green area by meeting its horticulture water
requirements.
• The RWH storage structure is inspired from traditional RWH structures in
the region and named as Birkha Bawari.
• While the traditional baolis and kunds were used to extract ground water,
the Birkha Bawari is being used to catch rainwater from the site catchment
area.
Chittar stone :
It is also known as Jodhpur Stone, is commonly
found in the Mewar region of Rajasthan, and is
prevalent in many buildings.
It’s a stunning cream colored stone, delicately
tinged with shades of rose set in by the desert
landscape.
In Umaid Heritage, the stone is the showcase
feature of the project.
Use of contextual design elements that define the
beauty and character of the project is included.
UNIVERSITY OF JODHPUR
The university buildings are widely dispersed

Three buildings – 1) the faculty of arts and social sciences
2)The central lecture theater cluster and
3) campus canteen stand out among them .
The building is constructed with a double wall to counter the hot and desert climate
of the desert.
The outer wall screens the sun and are rhythmic in pattern .
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SOCIAL
SCIENCES:
This department has a very simple u-shaped plan with a central
courtyard planning.
Made of locally available sand stone with thick walls of lime
construction.
On the ground floor there are all the faculty offices, and some of
the lecture rooms.
Mainly the lecture rooms are on the first floor.
Enough space is left for future expansion.
DEPARTMENTOF BOTANYAND ZOOLOGY :

Similar in plan, simple with colonnaded corridors
Lecture theater – 1971 (680 sqm)
Building is made with golden colored sandstone with which the traditional
buildings of jodhpur have been constructed.
Steel and cement are used only minimally in this cost effective design
Walls are of dressed masonry laid in lime
mortar, standard 3.5meter long stone slabs.
Lecture theatre –cluster is a small ziggurat like
structure mirroring the inclined seating in each of its four identical halls.
Each is a simple rectangle in plan supported by two parallel walls along its longer axis .
A stone pergola screens the central node at which all the four theaters emerge.
Approach is through a ramp framed between two lecture theater.
PRINTING PRESS :
Similar to the lecture theatre it has stepped profile .
This allows the light to enter in the central space.
It also has a steeped entrance which is clearly visible.
Like other buildings of the campus it also made of locally available
sandstone.
The east west façade is made of dead wall to cut of the heat of sun.
INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
In this building the main concept which the architect has achieved is “darkness to
light” there is a main entrance gate which leads to sun deck. The corridors open
up into the courtyards.
On the entrance wall there is an inviting mural. • The basic planning is the
courtyard planning.
The site on which building stands is sloping and hence the building follows the
topography of the site .
Another thing which is achieved in this building is the restricted motion,
major areas of maximum movement are kept near to the entrance and the
research labs are kept at the farthest point from the entrance thus minimizing
the movement.
The campus comprises of two zones- the institutional and residential. • The
buildings are low-profiled masses, that are loosely connected to merge with
surroundings, interlinked by pneumatic connectors.
PLAN • The institutional spaces consist of an auditorium, a computer room,

a research wing, an administration block, a recreation hall and a service core.
• The residential accommodation caters to the needs of the staff, researchers
and visiting scholars.
OBEYING THE NATURAL
TOPOGRAPHY
To give a handicraft look to the complex, natural materials and the maximum possible
manual labor have been used
To respond to hot and humid climate, a series of paper-thin sections have been
designed through the double skin principle.
The barrel vault evokes the elemental vaulted roofs of the caves.

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AR .

UTTAM CHAND JAIN

Professional Practice 1961 to date : In private practice

INTRODUCTION • Location: Jodhpur,

The university buildings are widely dispersed

DEPARTMENTOF BOTANYAND ZOOLOGY :

PLAN • The institutional spaces consist of an auditorium, a computer room,

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