AR. B. V. DOSHI
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PERSONAL INFORMATION Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi was born in Pune on 26th of Au Augus gustt 1927. He belongs to that generation which came of age just after Independence , and which was confronted with the massiv ma ssivee tasks of constructing a new nation . Doshi’s family had been in the furniture business for two generations. Bombay. In 1947, he enrolled himself in JJ college of architecture, Bombay. After initial study in Bombay, he worked with Le Corbusier in Paris (1951-1954) as senior designer. In 1955 he returned to India to supervise Le Corbusier’s projects in Ahmadabad and Chandigarh.
Doshi established the Vastu-Shilpa Foundation fo Studies and Research in Environmental Design in 1955, known for pioneering work in low-cost housing and city planning. He believed in Architecture, for a place and people. Apart from his international fame as an architect, Dr. Doshi is equally known as educator and institution builder. Doshi’s architecture is an eclectic mix of style and influences that make it unique .
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Hon. Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
1990
Project Award for Excellence in Architecture by Journal of the Indian Institute of Architects
1991
Special Award for Excellence in Architecture by Journal of the Indian Institute of Architects
1992
Architect of the Year Award instituted by J K Cements
1992
Great Master’s Award instituted by J K Cements
1994
Member, International Committee for
preparing
International Charter on the Education of Architects- sponsored by International Union of Architects in association with
1995
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Aga Khan Award for Architecture
1995
Member of the 1998 Award Steering Committee, Aga Khan For Architecture
1998
Doshi’s Architecture revolves around
six key principles
of design which find wide ranging resolutions appropriate to the project in context to ‘the place’ and ‘the people’. ARCHITECTURE OF THE UNBUILT(ENERGIZING VOIDS). THE ORDER OF HETEROGENEOUS HOMOGENEITY.
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MYTH – FORM IMAGERY – PERCEPTION. BUILT – IN FLEXIBILITY AND OPEN – ENDEDNESS OF DESIGN.
ENCOURAGING INTERACTION THROUGH BUILTFORM.
RESOURCE CONSERVATION.
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BUILDING STYLE & FORMS THAT WOULD BEST EXPRESS HIS IDEAS:
natural light + air + movement + access elements .
The building profile will have
gradually widen towards the ground through platforms, terraces, and steps .
The building base will
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The building mass will integrate roof, rainwater, cascades, water bodies, natural landscapes, gardens, foliage.
The external finish of the building will express one homogenous mass but will have adequate details/ textures/ surface
modulations.
The main arrival to the building will be at a higher or raised level- with provision for a lower entry to express duality.
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Not all movements within the building will be symmetrical but will shift axis to give unexpected experiences and provide ambiguous / dual impressions…”
And finally Aesthetic considerations will take into account
1- local symbolism 2- context 3-associations. Casting of shadows, breaking of mass, rhythms in the structure , solids, voids , will be the mode of expression.
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LIST OF PRESTIGIOUS PROJECTS Site
location
Country
year
Arayna community housing.
Indore
India
1989
Centre of environmental planning and technology.
Ahmedabad
India
1968
Husain-doshi gufa art gallery.
Ahmedabad
India
1993
Indian institute of managment
Bangalore
India
1963
Institute of indology
Ahmedabad
India
20th century
National Institute of Fashion Technology
New Delhi
India
1994
Sangath
Ahmedabad
India
1980s
Udayan - The Condoville
Kolkata
India
1997
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Husain-doshi gufa art gallery.
Indian institute of management
Institute of indology
National Institute of Fashion Technology
Sangath
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SANGATH
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PROJECT DETAILS: SANGATH: Client: Balkrishna Doshi Location:Ahmedabad, India . Date : 1980. Building type : commercial. Building Usage :office building/complex Site Area: 2346 m2 Total Built-up Area: 585 m2
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Inspired by the earth-hugging forms of the Indian vernacular, it also draws upon the vault suggestions of Le Corbusier.
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Plan of studios 1. Forecourt 2. Pond 3. Amphitheatre 4. Entrance court 5. Reception 6. Workshops 7. Conference 8. Toilets 9. Architects office 10. Subterranean meeting room 11. Engineers 12. Design studio 13. Library 14. Studio
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Section-BB’
Construction of the barrel vault
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NIFT
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PROJECT DETAILS National Institute of Fashion Technology location:New Delhi Architect/Planner :Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi Date:1994. Building type :educational . Building usage:university. Site Area :11650 m 2 . Total Built-up Area : 13570 m2
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In architectural terms a spatial modulation of continues movement in time and space much as the ambiance of an Indian bazaar where the drama of day today life unfolds. The National Institute of Fashion Technology atNew Delhi, re creates an inwardly bazaar, livened up by designed displays and movements of students as well as visitors through entire \ space. Consisting of academic, administrative and residential activities, the campus reinterprets the traditional town square through i ts looking building ; interactive corridors, bridges
and
terraces; kund like steps ; and communicative facades.
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Animated by a series of high and low platforms, soft and hard landscaping, a water channel and a mirror like wall ba ck drop, the space multiplies as entrance court, central gree n, display platform, informal theatre and a visual focus.
Brigde = high visual permeability
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Arnaya Housing Location: Indore, India. Date:1989. Building Types : residential,
urban design and development. Building Usage: housing development
community.
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DESIGN FEATURE Aranya township is an organic growth of systematically interrelated parts in a well defined hierarchy of built form & open space within the network of infrastructural service. Informal planned growth and house form were responsive to the needs of and aspiration of the people.
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Before designing Doshi make detailed study of selected settlement of Indora city undertaken to understand how urban poor live & what their housing priorities & needs.
Unsolved problem was the utility services, and inadequate infrastructure which otherwise affect healthy environment .
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REFERENCES:
http://ankitdarda.blogspot.com/2008/12/arc-balkrishna vdoshi.html http://unitec.researchbank.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10652/ 1568/Kaza%20-%20Otla.pdf?sequence=1 http://www.akdn.org/architecture/pdf/1242_Ind.pzf http://identityhousing.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/balkris hna-doshi-atira-low-cost-housing-ahmedabad-1957-1960/.
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