Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Perspective drawing of dormitories
Louis I. Kahn
American, born Estonia. 1901–1974
1964
An ink-and-graphite perspective on tracing paper in which Louis Kahn arranges a sequence of dormitory blocks beside a reflecting pool to explore the buildings’ massing, rhythm, and atmosphere for the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
What strikes the eye is the spare, precise penwork on warm, translucent paper—subtle brown washes and delicate graphite imply water, smoke, and the repeating, boxy volumes reflected below, giving a sense of calm monumentality and measured rhythm.
The sheet shows Kahn’s method of combining poetic hand drawing with strict geometric order, a defining move in postwar modernism that helped adapt monumental, material-focused architecture to the Indian context and influenced later architects and architectural representation.
Medium
Ink and graphite on tracing paper
Dimensions
12 x 18" (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the architect
Accession
426.1967
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