ELECTRICAL LABORATORY(ANNA UNIVERSITY)

NAME:ELECTRICAL LABORATORY(ANNA UNIVERSITY)

LOCATION:

SARDAR PATEL ROAD
GUINDY
CHENNAI-600025
TAMILNADU

APPROACH: SARDAR PATEL ROAD

OWNERSHIP: ANNA UNIVERSITY
SARDAR PATEL ROAD
USAGE
PAST: EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION BUILDING
PRESENT: EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION BUILDING

SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BUILDING IS ADJACENT TO CEG BUILDING AND IN THE REAR OF TRAFFIC & URBAN SYSTEM ENGINEERING BUILDING THE MATERIAL USE IS THE SAME AS THAT OF CEG BUILDING BUT FOLLOWS A CONTEMPORARY STYLE.

IT IS A GROUND + 1 STRUCTURE.THE OPENINGS OF THIS BUILDING IS TREBEATED.THE OPENINGS ARE RECTILINEAR.THERE IS NO ENTRANCE PORCH AND THE SHAPE OF THE BUILDING EMPHASISES THE OPENINGS.

MATERIALS

FOUNDATION: BRICK FOUNDATION
WALLS: BRICK
FLOORS: CEMENT
ROOF: RCC
OPENINGS:WODDEN WINDOWS WITH R.C.LINTELS

DECORATIVE FEATURES: THERE ARE NOT MANY DECORATIVE ELEMENTS.THE SLIGHTLY PROJECTING SILL ACTS AS A RELIEF. THE THREE COLONADED OPENINGS WITH DECORATIVE LINTELS IN THE GROUND FLOOR & THE COPING OF THE PIERS WITH HORIZONTAL WHITE BAND OF THE ROOF SLAB. THE WALLS ADJACENT TO THE ENTRANCE ARE RECESSED.

STATE OF PRESERVATION: GOOD

DATE:EARLY 20th CENTURY