HISTORY

OF
ARCHITECTURE

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 VAASTU PURUSHA MANDALA
FLEXIBLE APPROACH
TO STRUCTURE
unpaid job
Paris

Nice Handwriting
LE CORBUSIER
Environmental Design V
A
MYTHICAL SENSE OF SPACE

SYMBOLISM Ahmedabad S
Ni Gufa 1956 T
CONSULTANTS
1947 60 Employes SHILPA U
India’s independence
Sir J. J. School of Architecture VILLA SHODHAN
Kamal House

Bseven
V DOSHI
decades
August 26, 1927
Pritzker Prize

100+ PROJECTS
1961

LOUIS KAHN
IIM ,AHMEDABAD
1963 AMORPHOUS FORMS
CE
PT 1980
SANGATH
20’18 Padma Bhushan 20
Shri 19 20
76

TIMELESSNESS

TRANSFORMATION OF ENERGY
BETWEEN BUILDING & USERS
 Balkrishna
Vithaldas Doshi
Indian Architect
The founder of Sangath Architecture
– Vastu Shilpa Consultants.

B.V.Doshi noted for his contributions to the evolution

of architectural discourse in India. Balkrishna
Vithaldas Doshi also considered an important figure
of Indian architecture.

In 2018, Balkrishna Doshi became the first Indian architect to receive the most
prestigious prizes in architecture, “Pritzker Architecture Prize Award”. B V Doshi also
awarded the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.

B.V.Doshi completed more than 100 buildings and housing projects, many of which
were public institutions based in India: art centres, schools, libraries, and low-cost
housing.

Early life & Childhood

Balkrishna Doshi (B.V. Doshi) was born on August 26, 1927 in Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Doshi injured at the age of 11 in a fire accident and has walked with a slight limp ever
since.
His grandfather owned a furniture workshop. He became interested in architecture. He
initially believed he would take up that profession.

Education and Career

In 1947,He studied at the Sir J. J. School of Architecture in Mumbai. In 1950, he went to
London. In Europe, he met Le Corbusier, one of the pioneers of modern architecture.

Le Corbusier was a Swiss-French architect, designer, and urban planner. He worked

closely in the famed architect’s studio in Paris with Le Corbusier on the latter’s projects in
Paris between 1950 and 1954.

In 1954, he returned to India to oversee some of Le Corbusier’s projects in Ahmedabad,

which included the Shodhan Villa,Sarabhai Villa, and Mill Owners’ Association Building.
 Sangath Architecture – Vastu Shilpa
In 1980, Balkrishna Doshi designed his studio, Sangath – Vāstu Shilpā (environmental
design); and some of his most important housing projects.

Later, Vāstu Shilpā renamed Vastu Shilpa Consultants. The architecture consultancy firm
worked on more than 100 buildings and housing projects throughout India.

Principles Of Design
● Mythical Sense of Space
● Vaastu-Purusha Mandala
● Transformation Of Energy Between Buildings and Users.
● Flexible Approach To Structure
● Symbolism
● Amorphous Forms
● Timelessness
Design Philosophies
Doshi describes architecture as an extension of the body, and his ability to
attentively address function while regarding climate, landscape, and urbanization is
demonstrated through his choice of materials, overlapping spaces, and utilization of
natural and harmonizing elements.

According to Doshi 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

Advice By Doshi
-BASED ON HIS SPEECH AT THE PRITZKER
AWARD CEREMONY
● Inspiration can be found anywhere.(Husain-Doshi Gufa)
● Housing projects should be more like contemporary villages.(Aranya
Township , Indore)
● Every Building should be Purposeful, Multi functional,societal (water tower
G.S.F.C Vadodara, Gujarat)
● Try to start design with a Section.(Institute of indology, ahmedabad)
● Carry your Childhood Memories with you.
● There should be many Teachers in your life
(Grand father , Le Corbusier , Louis kahn , Rabindranath tagore)
 Awards
● Padma Shri, 1976
● 6th Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 1993
● Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, 2007
● France’s highest honour for arts, 2011
● Pritzker Architecture Prize, 2018
● Padma Bhushan, 2020

Books Authored by Doshi

Doshi has written quite a number of books and featured in a couple of movies, one being his own
documentary. Recommend the following books written by Doshi

● Sangath: Indian Architecture Between Tradition and Modernity, 2011

● Doshi, 2012
● The Masters in India, 2014
● Writings on Architecture & Identity, 2019
● Architecture for the People by B.V Doshi, 2019

Famous constructions by Doshi

1950

At Le Corbusier's office Doshi first

works on the designs for the High
Court and Governor's Palace in
Chandigarh and, later, the Mill
Owners' Association building and
Shodhan House in Ahmedabad,
Gujarat, among other projects.

1956

Doshi opened his own practice in

Ahmedabad and called it
Vastu-Shilpa (in Sanskrit, “Vastu”
describes the total environment
around us; “Shilpa” means to design).
1962

Centre for Environment and Planning Technology

(CEPT), Ahmedabad

1963

B V Doshi designed “Kamala House”, his own

residence named after his wife.

1972

ECIL Township, Hyderabad

1976

Premabhai Hall, Ahmedabad

1979

Sangath, B. V. Doshi's office, Ahmedabad

1982

Aranya Low Cost Housing, Indore

 1990

Ahmedabad Ni Gufa
AND SO ON…..

Centre for Environment and

Planning Technology (CEPT),
Ahmedabad

SHEET WORK

Aranya Low Cost Housing, Indore

STORYBOARD

Sangath, B. V. Doshi's
office, Ahmedabad

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