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1. Architect - Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi

2. Le Corbusier spoke to Doshi in broken English. But the Indian architect later recalled, “When you don’t know the language, the conversation becomes more visual and spatial. Le Corbusier & BV Doshi

3. 3 Been a member of the Jury for several international and national competitions including the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Pritzker Prize  jury chose Doshi as the 2018 Laureate He was presented in 1995,Aga Khan Award for Architecture, for the Aranya Community Housing in Indore, India. Born in Pune,  India in 1927 1956 he established a private practice in Vastu - Shilpa Founded and Designed the School of Architecture and Planning in Ahmedabad. Doshi has worked in partnership as Stein, Doshi & Bhalla since 1977. Life History 6

4. 4  It is this so called ‘filter’ between contemporary and traditional architecture which Doshi has masterfully brought in. The success of any project depends on effective construction, contracting, logistic planning and co-ordination. An essential part of the philosophy is the construction of scale models and of full scale mockups to make decisions jointly with the client about the building. According to him Architecture of a building is conceived not as a container of specific activities but as a place to be inhabited, as a place to facilitate the course of human environment Doshi's work has consistently revolved around the interrelationship of indoor and outdoor space , an appropriate and honest approach to materials , proper climatic response and observance of hierarchy and order that has always been present in the best modern architecture. Doshi’s Architectural Philosophy provides one of the most important models for modern Indian architecture

5. 5 BV Doshi A teacher, a speaker, an Architect, BV Doshi is a man who has won several hats. Pioneer in Low Cost Housing Evolution of Contemporary Indian Architecture Applies modernists concepts to Indian Context. As a result his work is a visual feast of diverse mediums, dimensions & textures. “Le Corbusier was Like a guru to me.” he says. He taught me to observe & react to climate, to tradition, to function, to structure, to economy, & to the landscape.

6. 6 Doshi once described design as " nothing but a humble understanding of materials, a natural instinct for solutions, and respect for nature ," the philosophy evident in his architecture which combines the natural environment with a focus on the human.

7. SANGATH : 1. Lounge 5. Ladies Toilet 9. Secretary 13. Photocopier 2. Reception 6. Gents Toilet 10. Studio 14. Model room 3. Conference room 7. Painter 11. Engineer 15. Accounts 4. Peon Room 8. Architect’s office 12. Model workshop 16. Library 17. Vastu ship foundation 18. Record room The site area of project is 2346 sqm and built up area is 585 sq.m.

8. SANGATH : Sangath as both a traditional subterranean network of vaulted spaces (the studios) and a village climbing up a hill (the garden). It was never intended to just be an office but also a public square, an amphitheatre, a garden and a work of art. TERRACED GARDEN WATERBODY LANDSCAPING

9. SANGATH : KIMBELL ART MUSEUM , LOUIS I KHAN INTERESTING PATH TO APPRECIATE

10. SANGATH : FEATURES OF SUSTAINBILITY USE OF WATER CERAMIC TILE NATURAL LIGHT

11. Amdavad Ni Gufa ,Ahmedabad: Entrance Entrance Concept : painting belong to Paleolithic art- Paleolithic art generates feeling of Paleolithic age inside when early man lives in cave Completion 1992-95

12. Amdavad Ni Gufa ,Ahmedabad: Street shrine to shiva with decorative ceramic mosaic covering dome The pair of stupas with inverted stepped finials. Ajanta caves

13. Amdavad Ni Gufa ,Ahmedabad: Features of sustainability Earth berm Indirect lighting Mosaic tile reflects the sunrays Dome shape

14. 22 Aranya Low Cost Housing PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT NAME Aranya Low Cost Housing LOCATION Indore  ,   India ARCHITECT Vastushilpa Consultants PROJECT TYPES Multifamily  , Affordable Housing YEAR COMPLETED 1989 TEAM Courtesy VSF; The Pritzker Architecture Prize PROJECT STATUS Built

15. 23 Indore, India in the early 1980’s was facing a shortage of Housing. It had been estimated that approximately 51,000 families were homeless or living in illegal settlements. The Indore Development Authority initiated an affordable housing project for 60,000 people that would tackle this issue and at the same time be affordable to the government and urban poor. Previous efforts by the government to provide low-cost urban housing in India were aimed at supplying ready-built units. However, it took too long to construct a complete house and it became expensive for the low income group and also ate up too many resources. Social & Cultural

16. 24 Key elements of Doshi’s design Hierarchy of open spaces that included small courtyards to be shared by three to four families, Larger green spaces for each of the settlement’s six sectors, and a central playing field to serve the entire development. Open spaces and pedestrian pathways intersect and connect the clusters to the central spine. Each user has an array of options available from one room shelters to more spacious houses, and emphasis is mad on a sense of family and neighborhood while striving to encourage adaptation and personalization according to individual’s needs and resources.

17. 25 The Project site had black cotton soil prone to shrinking and swelling with moisture. Small diameter shallow piles with poured concrete was used, which made for very inexpensive foundation. The Piles were cross connected at plinth level through concrete beams on which regular load bearing masonry walls rested. For Most Income Groups, only a house plot was sold. The lower-income Groups were given several options that included a site and plinth, a service core and one room, depending on how much they could afford. MATERIALS AND BUILDING TECHNIQUES Owners were free to use any material for the construction and decoration of house. Brick, stone and cement were locally available. Bright Colors in the facades, railings, grills and cornices commonly seen in the old houses of Indore were used in some of the houses. Internal streets and squares in the Economically Weaker Section were stone paved, reducing their cost and maintenance. Peripheral roads were asphalt paved for heavy traffi

18. 26 The Climate of Indore was effectively taken into account and a conducive living environment was achieved in Aranya . Most of the plots were small in and size and the houses were clustered in low rise blocks. The longer side facade is oriented in the north- south axis to reduct the solar radiations on building especially during summers. The two openings on north and south permit natural light and cross ventilation. Courtyards within houses, public squares and small activity areas are sufficiently shaded by the adjacent buildings. Landscaping and green areas include flowering and shade giving trees with thick green ground cover. EARTH AND CLIMATE

19. DISTRIBUTION OF PLOTS ACCORDING TO INCOME GROUPS Residential Commercial

20. Roads 28 Segregation of vehicular and pedestrian traffic • Offsets break visual monotony • Hierarchy is based on the volume of the traffic and activities

21. 30 • In this scheme services like water tap, toilets and street lights and a plinth are provided around which houses can have different configurations. • Longer side of a block of row house was oriented north south to reduce solar radiation • Provision of vertical expansions • Housing was seen more as a process than a product

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23. 32 Plan showing varied houses with backyards (private open spaces)

24. 33 Exterior finishes: Bright color in the façade, railing, grills and cornices seen in the old houses of Indore used in some houses in the township. Residents were free to use any material like brick or stone that were locally available

25. 34 Gandhi Labour Institute THIS IS ONE OF DOSHI’S FINAL WORKS, CREATING A RICH ENVIRONMENT FOR PEPOLE. RESEARCH INSTITUTE. MODERN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE THE INTERIOR ROUTE INVOLVES TWISTS, TURNS, AND UNEXPECTED VISTAS. HE DESIGNED BUILDING WITH ROUGH CONCRETE EXTERIORS. BUILT UP AREA IS 10 THOUSAND SQUARE MTRS.

26. 35 Gandhi Labour Institute CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES AIR CONDITIONED AUDITORIUM WITH A CAPICITY OF 200 SEATS. 3 AIR CONDITIONED SEMINAR ROOMS WITH CAPACITY OF 50,35, 25. 5 AIR CONDITIONED CLASS ROOMS. WELL FURNISHED HOSTEL WITH 30 GENERAL ROOMS. AIR CONDITIONED COMPUTER LABORATORY. CONCRETE VAULTED ROOF

27. Combination of Regularity in Irregularity

28. Natural Lighting & Ventilation Interior Spaces

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31. 41 THE INSTITUTE HAS A BUILT UP AREA OF 11500 SQ METRES. IT HAS AN ARCHITECTURAL GRANDEUR OF ITS OWN. THE APPROACH IS ALONG THE DIAGONAL WHICH IS ALONG THE FORECOURT PRIOR TO MOUNTING A SHALLOW FLIGHT OF STEPS FLANKED BY A POOL. THE INSTITUTE IS DE MONUMENTALISED TO MAKE IT FEEL ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. THE COMPOSITION IS DISTINGUISHED BY ITS STUDIED CONTRAST OF REGULARITY AND IRREGULARITY. AXIS ARE IMPLIED, DENIED AND THEN REDISCOVERED; THAT IS SHIFT IN THE AXIS AND BACK TO THE SAME. ONE ENTERS THE FIRST FLOOR THROUGH A TRANSVERSAL VAULT WHICH THEN FEEDS LATERALLY INTO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS BY MEANS OF A LOFTY INTERIOR GALLERY. THE INTERIOR ROUTE INVOLVES TWISTS, TURNS, VISTAS AND PERHAPS A METAPHOR OF MAHATMA’S

32. Date of establishment -1971 Location-site is in hilly area in south Bangalore on Banerghatta. Context-urban setting , linked by a highway. Site area-102 acres Topography-undulating terrain with gentle slope Climate-temperature arid climate. Vegetation-lush green belt of tropical rain forest, beautifully landscaped and maintained. IIM BANGALORE 6

33. Schools Kitchen and dining block Faculty housing Staff housing Married student housing Community facilities Parking Dormitories Transit housing MDP Centre` FACILITIES 7

34. IIM BANGALORE The 54,000 sq mt IIM B. complex, built on a 100-acre campus, is based on the design of the town of Fatehpur Sikri, laid out by Akbar in the 16th century. The architect, B V Doshi, achieved this vision by linking a network of corridors, courtyards and external spaces allowing for future extensions.

35. DESIGN CONCEPT Fatehpur Sikri’s courtyards and the gardens of Bangalore merged in B V Doshi’s mind’s eye. He picked up the gardens and put them in the courtyards, and the vision for a ‘glocal’ campus was born. Instead of courtyards that are dry and rigid, he made green corridors, which allow for academic exchanges to be carried beyond the classroom.

36. IIM BANGALORE : The concept of this campus derived from the Mughal City Fathepur Sikri having series of squares, courtyards, passage and colonnades. Doshi reference this complex as “Bazaar of Education”. In the complex one experience of weaving of Indoor and outdoor spaces in transition.

37. IIM BANGALORE : Circulation , courtyard, Natural lighting , landscaping : Interactive space

38. SECTIONS

39. THE STRUCTURE The design of IIMB reflects the architect’s perfect sense of scale, proportion and light. From the logo that portrays the rays of the rising sun to the design of the IIMB complex, light plays a crucial role.

40. IIMB’s design therefore symbolizes a deep understanding of the past and a comfortable relationship with the present. The aim, said B V Doshi, was “to create an atmosphere where you don’t see divides and doors”. The ‘building’ includes external spaces, and the links between the buildings in the Bangalore climate permit academic exchange beyond the classrooms. The functional and physical attributes of its design are related to the local traditions of pavilion-like spaces, courtyards, and ample provision for plantations. A good integration of climatical factors ,the ‘Sun Path diagrams’, and proper implementation of ‘Vastu Shashtra’ was one of the best qualities of B.V.Dodhi’s architecture. A perfect blend of modern and traditional architectural style. THE STRUCTURE 13

41. THE STRUCTURE 14 The construction of the entire complex is made simple and standardized using exposed concrete, lattices, frames, and wall system using rough blocks of local gray granite. Local craftsmen worked on it with local material; it is low on maintenance; the building is cool and light is controlled.

42. Access to classrooms and administrative offices is provided through these corridors. The design offers students and faculty the ability to see and feel nature even when inside the classroom. The IIMB campus was envisaged as a place to be inhabited, as a place to facilitate the course of human interaction. The design therefore conserves energy – human or mechanical, optimizes technologies, adopts innovative ways of building and uses alternative materials. Three-storied hallways, open quadrangles with ample area for greenery, a rough texture finish are the unique features of this ‘glocal’ design. THE STRUCTURE

43. THE HALLWAYS THE STAIRS

44. SKYLIGHTS Natural illumination is achieved due to provision of ‘Sky Lights’ and also saves lots of electricity. Creates a dramatic effect by highlighting a certain area. Skylights, which are projected masses from the roof, reflects the light on the white inner wall surface, which further radiates light into the room. Innermost spaces are lit up through small cutouts in the roof slab, which are then filled with hollow glass blocks that take away the glare and transmit diffused light.