1. INDIAN CONTEMPORARY GREAT
Ar. B.V. Doshi
INDIAN CONTEMPORARY GREAT
By:
Ar. Anoop Kumar Sharma
Assistant Professor- DoALD
SMVDU

2. Dr. Balkrishna Doshi, a Fellow of the Indian Institute of  Architects  was born in Pune in 1927.
After initial study at the J J School of Architecture, Bombay, he worked for four years in India to supervise his projects in Ahmedabad.
His office Vastu-Shilpa (environmental design) was established in The institute has done pioneering work in low cost housing and city planning.
Dr. Doshi has 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.
 He has been the first Director of School of Architecture, Ahmedabad ( ).

3. Building style & forms that would best express his ideas
The building profile will have natural light + air +movement + access elements against the sky to express the cosmic relationship.
The building base will gradually widen towards the ground through platforms, terraces, and steps.
The building mass will integrate roof, rainwater, cascades, water bodies, natural landscapes, gardens, foliage.
 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 local symbolism, context, and associations.
Casting of shadows, breaking of mass, rhythms in the structure, solids, voids, will be the mode of expression.

4. 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(ENERGIZINGVOIDS)
THE ORDER OF HETEROGENEOUS HOMOGENEITY
MYTH +FORM IMAGERY +PERCEPTION
BUILT IN FLEXIBILITY AND OPEN ENDEDNESS OF DESIGN
ENCOURAGING INTERACTION THROUGH BUILTFORM
RESOURCE CONSERVATION

5. Aranya Low Cost Housing, Indore
PROJECT DETAILS   Aranya Low Cost Housing  Indore, Madhya Pradesh                                                     
Client :  Indore Development Authority  Principal Architect :  Balkrishna Doshi   Project Associate : Mr. Himanshu Parikh  Project Supervision :  Departmental Engineers  Structural Engineer:  M/s Stein Doshi & Bhalla, New Delhi  Project Engineers : Environmental Engineering Consultants, Bombay    Total Built-up Area: 100,000  m2  Project Cost :   Rs.  100 Million                                               

6. Aranya Community Housing, Indore, India
Aranya, 6 kilometers from Indore, eventually house a total population of 60,000 in 6500 dwellings, on a net planning area of 85 hectares.
The master plan, prepared by the Vastu-Shilpa Foundation in 1983, is designed around a central spine comprising the business district.
Six sectors, each with populations of ,000, lie to the east and west of the spine and are diagonally bisected by linear parks.

7. drawing, axonometric showing possible configurations on a standard plot

8. Ten houses, each with a courtyard at the back, form a cluster that opens onto a street.
Internal streets and squares are paved.
Septic tanks are provided for each group of twenty houses, and electricity and water are available throughout.
The site plan accommodates and integrates a variety of income groups.
The poorest are located in the middle of each of the six sectors, while the better off obtain plots along the peripheries of each sector and the central spine.

9. Exterior of two similar houses with slightly different detailing

10. Elevations

11. Payment schemes, and a series of site and service options, reflect the financial resources of this mixed community.
Eighty demonstration houses, designed by architect Balkrishna V. Doshi, display a wide variety of possibilities, ranging from one room shelters to relatively spacious houses.
The down payment is based on the average income of the family, the loan balance being paid in monthly installments.

12. Brick, stone, and concrete are available locally, but owners are free to use any material they choose for house construction and decoration.
The jury found Aranya to be an innovative sites-and-services project that is particularly noteworthy for its effort to integrate families within a range of poor-to-modest incomes.

13. A total of 6,500 plots was to be provided
  A  total  of  6,500  plots  was  to  be  provided.  The  idea  was  to  mix  some  middle  income  plots  of  about  475  m2  with  those  of  the  “Economically  Weaker  Section”  (EWS),  then  to  use  profits  to  raise  capital  towards  the  development  of  local  trades.  It  was  obvious  that  a  livelihood  must  be  guaranteed  within  the  settlement  itself  for  the majority,  otherwise  the  project  could  not  hope  to  work.
Squatter  settlements  repeat  some  of  the  spatial  layouts  of  villages  but  without  the  beauty  and  lyricism  of  rural  forms.  In  the  Indore  project  a  hierarchy  of  streets  was  suggested  which  gradually  diminished  in  size  as  they  penetrated  the  different  sectors

15. The  sole  "architecture”  provided  by  designers  would  be  “sanitary  cores”  each  comprising  plumbing, washroom,  kitchen  plus  a  single  room.  These  could  then be  extended  as  the  inhabitants  established  themselves.  It  is  hoped  that  the  new  community  would  eventually  generate  building  trades  and  then  an  upgraded  version  of  the  informal  urban  vernacular  would  result.  So  far  it  is  still  too  early  to  judge  how  the  Indore  project  will  turn  out.

16. GANDHI LABOUR INSTITUTE
Doshi seems to have followed in the footsteps of Japanese architect, Kunio Maekawa, who was also a disciple of Le Corbusier.
At first he designed buildings with rough concrete exteriors and later in the second phase of his career, he paid more attention to interiors, using traditional materials.
An intimate space unfolds by enclosing the courtyard; this is reminiscent of Rajput palaces. This is one of Doshi’s finest works, creating a rich environment for people.

17. GANDHI LABOUR INSTITUTE
Architect: Balkrishna Doshi
Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat State
Building Type: Research institute
 Construction System: concrete
Climate: desert
Context: urban
Style: Modern
Notes: Concrete vaults

18. GANDHI LABOUR INSTITUTE
Doshi's architecture provides one of the most important models for modern Indian architecture. Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute was established on 15th September, 1979 by the Government of Gujarat to provide for education, training, study and research in labour and related subjects.

19. GROUND FLOOR PLAN
The institution is 'demonumentalised' to make it feel accessible to the public.
The institute's activities flow freely into one another in a way that is deliberately ambiguous. The composition is distinguished by its studied contrast of regularity and irregularity.

20. UPPER FLOOR PLAN
One enters at the first floor under a transversal vault which then feeds laterally into the various departments by means of a lofty interior gallery.
The approach is along a diagonal which traverses the forecourt prior to mounting a shallow flight of steps flanked by a pool

21. SECTION

22. AXONOMETRIC VIEW

23. The interior route involves twists, turns and unexpected vistas, and is perhaps a metaphor of the Mahatma's past."
Courtyard.
The Corridor below the vaulted roof.

24. HUSSAIN DOSHI GUFA,AHMEDABAD
Hussain Doshi Gufa is an underground art gallery located in Ahmedabad that depicts the works of the famous Indian painter named M.F.Hussain.
It has been designed by the famous architect B. V. Doshi. Thus, the art gallery has been named after the two eminent personalities, Hussain and Doshi.
The gallery is more popularly known as Amdavad ni Gufa. It has been given the name Gufa, as its structural design resembles a cave
The Hussain Doshi Gufa art gallery in Ahmedabad lies in the surrounding areas of the Center for Environmental Planning and Technology.
This structure has been constructed using simple hand tools and that too by unskilled workers. The art gallery has been built on the basis of computer aided designs.

25. HUSSAIN DOSHI GUFA,AHMEDABAD
Set adjacent to the CEPT University, this museum is one of a kind – the spaces are all underground with only the domed roof shells protruding above the ground level.
The museum spaces, set below the ground contain no straight wall, a surprise when you consider that the function was to house Husain’s paintings...one enters the space through a staircase which is partly hidden, through a circular door and reaches the surreal cavern like space.

26. National Institute of Fashion Technology
PROJECT DETAILS     NIFT Campus         Nr. Gulmohar Park    Hauz Khas   New Delhi    Client, National Institute of Fashion Technology  Principal Architect , Balkrishna Doshi , M/s Stein Doshi & Bhalla  Project Associate , Laxman Patel, S.L.Shah  Structural Consultant , Himanshu Parikh, Ahmedabad  Electrical Consultant, Sheth Consultants, Ahmedabad  Site Area, m2  Total Built-up Area,  13570   m2  Project Cost ,   Rs.  8.5  million (1994) 

28. National Institute of Fashion Technology,DELHI
The  National  Institute  of  Fashion  Technology  at  New  Delhi,  recreates  an  inwardly  bazar,  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  its  inward  looking  building;  interactive  corridors,  bridges  and  terraces;  k u n d   like  steps;  and  communicative  facades.
The  front  court,  surrounded  by  the  terraced  academic  block  and  glazed  administrative  wing  becomes  culturally  appropriate  and  climatically  comfortable  outdoor  space. 

29. INDIAN HABITAT CENTRE

30. LOCATION MAP
The India Habitat Centre, located in New Delhi, India

31. SITE PLAN

32. It was conceived to be a catalyst relationship between individuals and institutions working in  related areas to increase their effectiveness.

33. The creation of a green and healthy environment forms the backbone of the complex.
This contributes to the urban level functions and also creates a healthy and pleasant environment for the working employees.

34. The height of the building is around 30m high.
The entire facade is cladded with red bricks which give a majestic look to the structure.

35. The atrium of the structure is beautifully designed with various landscape features such as sculptures and green areas.

36. The reflectors are installed above the building to provide shade and prevent sun from entering into the building.

37. Massive Steel girders have been used for the construction purpose
Massive Steel girders have been used for the construction purpose. The entire office block rests on the steel girders without any support of the columns in between the longitudinal plan.
Most of the horizontal ribbon windows have slots for plantation purpose which add to the beauty of the entire complex.

38. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND REFERENCES

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