B.V.

DOSHI
Born : aug 26,1927 ,Pune
B.Arch. From J.J.School of Architecture in 1951
Took courses at North London Polytechnic
Became senior designer on Le Corbusiers projects
in Paris (till 1954) & in India
In 1956, set up his own practice in A' bad
In 1956, established the Vaastu Shilpa Foundation
for Environmental Design

PRINCIPLES OF
ARCHITECTURE
TRANSFORMATION between
building & people or
DIALOGUE
SYMBOLISM

Jami Masjid , Abad

PRINCIPLES OF
ARCHITECTURE
To follow a FLEXIBLE rather than
rigid approach to structure

Fatehpur sikri ,near Agra

PRINCIPLES OF
ARCHITECTURE
Use of AMORPHOUS,
rather than finite forms

Adalaj stepped well

PRINCIPLES OF
ARCHITECTURE
MYTHICAL sense of space
VAASTU PURUSH MANDALA
North
South
East
West
Centre

Lord of Wealth
Lord of Death
Lord of Light
Lord of Wind
Lord of Cosmos

Jain temple,
near Abad

PRINCIPLES OF
ARCHITECTURE
OPEN - ENDEDNESS
Validity & importance of HUMAN INSTITUTIONS

IIM Abad

SCHOOL OF
ARCHITECTURE , A' bad
an open space with hardly any doors
The school expresses the sense of freedom &
environmental responsiveness
Treatment both inside & outside as educational
space
Recesses created by the concrete frame give shade
to the sides & rooms within the building
Entire school is extremely accessible & user-friendly

SCHOOL OF
ARCHITECTURE , A' bad

SCHOOL OF
ARCHITECTURE , A' bad
To facilitate convection,
studio complex faces
toward a grassy knoll&
heavily planted part
Covered STREETS,shaded passages & outdoor
rooms allow free scope to teach & learn anywhere

SCHOOL OF
ARCHITECTURE , A' bad

North
Side
elevation

SCHOOL OF
ARCHITECTURE , A' bad
Angled windows let in more light into doubleheight
studios

SCHOOL OF
ARCHITECTURE , A' bad
Studios promote free
social interaction
Double-height gives a
feeling of airiness
& space

GANDHI LABOUR INSTITUTE

Ahmedabad (1980-84)
CONCEPT:Gandhi's great strength & dematerialistic
humility that came from simplicity & calm
Designed to relate an individuals center to the
physical & intellectual world
Building raised on a plinth in keeping with public
function

GANDHI LABOUR INSTITUTE

Ahmedabad (1980-84)
Entrance recessed with banks of stairs gradually
leading up
Diagonal axis from
gate to front door
generates a sense
of building in
perspective

GANDHI LABOUR INSTITUTE

Ahmedabad (1980-84)
Institute organized
around a central
square courtyard
Sequence of light
& shadow
controlled tightly

GANDHI LABOUR INSTITUTE

Ahmedabad (1980-84)
COURT- Heart of the institute
architecture in a hot & dry climate has evolved as a
dual system of structuring one main system to
support the activity areas & another to support the
envelope which protects the inside.

GANDHI LABOUR INSTITUTE

Ahmedabad (1980-84)
RESIDENTIAL WING
Units clustered
around garden
Staircases to all
levels of stacked
housing units,
painted white to
differentiate from
Grey stone

GANDHI LABOUR INSTITUTE

Ahmedabad (1980-84)
VAULT
Created with cone-shaped clay plugs manually
covered with a thin layer of concrete in which
pieces of broken china embedded

GANDHI LABOUR INSTITUTE

Ahmedabad (1980-84)
Environmentally intelligent
Mud contributing high
thermal mass
White ceramic surface
providing high reflectivity

VIDHYADHAR NAGAR,
JAIPUR (1984 86)
Maharaja Jai Singh decided to establish a new city
named after him & appointed Vidhyadhar as
architect.
Intended the plan to combine
a traditional way of living with
all present day facilities with
provision for all the changes
that may take place in the future.

VIDHYADHAR NAGAR,
JAIPUR (1984 86)

VIDHYADHAR NAGAR,
JAIPUR (1984 86)
A system in terms of hierarchies
of activities , houses &
open spaces
Precise location of institutions,
community spaces houses &
other details
Orientation of plan
Typology of buildings

VIDHYADHAR NAGAR,
JAIPUR (1984 86)

CONCLUSION
Doshis architecture relies on a sensitive adoption &
refinement of modern architecture within an Indian
context
His conformance to & reinvention of the following
basic modernist premises
INSTITUTIONS
SPACE
STRUCTURE
LIGHT
MATERIALITY