Indian Institute of Management Raipur

Abstract

Business schoolsare higher level education institutions which impart education at various levels. The major areas include accounting, finance, economics, administration, marketing, etc. Today the managers from such institutes are spread all around the world, responsible for a major change in the nation’s economy. This can be seen here (India) where the economy was suffering after the independence and need of such managers was indeed. For this purpose the Indian Planning Commission in 1959 took the initiative and setup two business school in the beginning namely ‘Indian Institute of Management’. The first institute was made at Calcutta in 1961 and then Ahmedabad in the following month. Presently we have 19 IIMs and there are more to come in the coming years. Here the report deals with the latest IIM at Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. The institute was setup by ministry in 2010 which provides education in many areas. The land area allocated about200 acres and lies in the fringes of Naya Raipur.The institute design has been taken as an opportunity and designed with the present needs. For this purpose the scope of work in the entire thesis has been defined in the beginning so that the selected area could be designed and justified properly. The study focuses on three areas namely site planning, main building and management development center design. The main concern was retaining, exhibiting and utilizing the exiting. The site had contours which form a very gentle slope about 0.5-1.5% which proved beneficial for fast development and landscape. The site has two water bodies, one small school, few dwellings of villagers, some trees and the most important is foundation stone of Naya Raipur. All of them kept intact and utilized in way that they become the part of IIM. The foundation stone lies between main building and management development center. The area called as Naya Raipur plaza which acts as the main area for interaction and activity. The main building designed on the concept of ‘Hinduism’ and ‘Tribal’ culture of Chhattisgarh whereas the management development center is designed as ‘street’ system and ‘space hierarchy’.Both the buildings are designed as integrated blocks which are provided with a number of landscape courtyards. The overall design focuses on the inside and outside life of these building and promotes education at various scales.