BVDOSHI

ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLESMYTHICAL SCIENCE

VASTHU-PURUSHA MANDALA

TRANSFORMATION OF ENERGY

HUMAN INSTITUTIONS

FLEXIBLE APPROACH

SYMBOLISM

AMORPHOUS FORMS

TIMELESSNESS

CONTENTSLIFE OF B.V. DOSHIARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLESPHILOSOPHIESIMPORTANT BUILDINGSSANGATHHUSSAIN DOSHI GUFAIIM,BANGLIORECEPTNIFTARANYA LOW CAST HOUSINGCONCLUSION

LIFE HISTORY Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi was born in

Pune, India in 1927. He did his bachelors from J. J. School of

Art, Bombay in 1950. He worked for four years with Le

Corbusier as senior designer (1951-54) in Paris.

In 1956 he established a private practice in Vastu-Shilpa, Ahmedabad and in 1962

he established the Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Environmental Design.

He also founded and designed the School of Architecture and Planning in Ahmedabad. Doshi has worked in partnership as Stein,

Doshi & Bhalla since 1977.Doshi worked closely with Louis khan andAnant raje, when Kahn

designed the campus of the Indian Institute of Management.In 1958 he was a fellow at the Graham Foundation for

Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.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 was presented in 1995,Aga Khan Award for Architecture, for

the Aranya Community Housing in Indore, India.

LIFE HISTORY

PHILOSOPHIESArchitecture 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

interrelationship of indoor and outdoor spaceAn appropriate and honest approach to materials proper climatic responseobservance of hierarchy and order that has always been present

in the best modern architecture.construction of scale models and of full scale mockups to make

decisions jointly with the client. effective constructi

on

contracting

logistic planning

co-ordination

Success of project

DOSI ARCHITECTURE

traditional architecture

Contemporary architecture

IMPORTANT BUILDINGS• 1979-80 Sangath, BV Doshi's office, Ahmedabad• 1972 Centre for Environment and Planning Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad• 1962-74 Indian Institute of Management Bangalore• 1989 National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi• 1990 Amdavad ni Gufa, Ahmedabad• Aranya Low Cost Housing, Indore• IFFCO township, Kalol• Sawai Gandharva, Pune• Premabhai Hall, Ahmedabad• Tagore Hall, Ahmedabad• Vidyadhar Nagar, Jaipur• IIM-Udaypur• Indian institute of Indology- Ahmedabad

SANGATH ---”moving together through Participation”

• Designer : Ar.B.V.Doshi • Location : Ahmedabad• Year : 1979-1981• Site area : 2346 m2• Built up Area : 585 m2• Building : architect office• Architectural style : modern

plan

• Reception• office• workshop• Library• Conference• Ancillary spaces

SECTIONSubterranean spaces

The building is largely buried under the ground to use earth masses for natural insulation.

Sangath has two entrances, one at level + 1.8 m and the other at 1.m. Both finally reach the same place, but through different paths.

DESIGN FEATURES Sandwiched construction of vault • The vaulted roof is of locally-made clay fuses over the concrete slab, which provides a non-conducting layer. The top finish of China mosaic glazed tiles further adds to the insulation. Being white and glossy it reflects sun while being made from clay it retards the heat transmission. • Vaulted roof form • The roof form creates an efficient surface/volume ratio optimizing material

quantities. The higher space volume thus created provides for hot air pockets due to convective currents that keep lower volumes relatively cool.

• The ventilating window at upper volume releases the accumulated hot air through pressure differences.

• Storage walls• External walls of the building are nearly a metre deep

but have been hollowed out as alcoves to provide storage that becomes an insulative wall with efficiency of space (for storage functions).

DESIGN FEATURES

Passive solar design • Indirect/diffused light • Sun light brings heat and haze with it. To maximize daylight

(intensity of illumination) and to diffuse heat and glare, the light is received in indirect manner by diffusing it. There are three ways by which natural light is drawn within.

• By upper-level large openings towards north direction, which is cool, and consistent light is reflected off the clouds

• Skylights, which are projected masses from the roof, reflect 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

Landscaping • Microclimate through vegetation • Lawns and vegetative cover all around create a favourable microclimate by absorbing solar radiation and providing a cooler passage of air through humidity. • Water channels • Rainwater and overflow of pumped water from the roof tank are harnessed

through roof channels that run through a series of cascading tanks and water channels to finally culminate in a pond from where it is recycled back or used for irrigating vegetation.

• Water cascades also provide interesting visual experiences.

DESIGN FEATUREVAULT The vaulted roof is of locally-made

clay fuses over the concrete slab, which provides a non-conducting

layer

Materials and methods of construction

• Exposed natural finishes• The concrete of slabs and wall surfaces are kept bare unplastered as final

visual finishes, which provide a natural look and save on finishing material quantity.

• Use of secondary waste material • Paving material is a stone chip waste while the roof surface is glazed tiles

waste, both available as waste material from factories at no cost. These have been creatively hand-crafted and integrated into the design by fully using waste material.

• The application is also skill-oriented and involves as well as promotes craftsmen and our traditional heritage.

RCCWATER PROOFING MATERIALCHINA MOSAIC FINISHBROKEN CHINA MOSAICGLASSCERAMIC

PERFORMANCE • The above measures have ensured excellent climate control in terms of

keeping the inside cool and increasing the time-lag for heat transfer.

• There is a difference of about 8 oC between the interior and exterior roof skin temperatures. The time-lag for heat transfer is nearly six hours.

• The natural elements are harmoniously blended with the built environment, and water recycling and waste material reuse have ensured cost economy as well as environmental consciousness.

• Designer : Ar.B.V.Doshi • Location : Ahmedabad• Year : 1995• Site area : 1000sq.mt• Built up area : 280sq.mt• Building : public- Museum• Architectural style : Modern,Novelty,Blobitecture• Construction system : shell structure

HUSSAIN –DOSHI GUFA

The gallery represents a unique juxtaposition of architecture and art.

The entrance is approached down a flight of steps in to the cave like interior

HUSSAINDOSHI

STUPA The mosaic tiles on the roof are similar to found on the

roof of the Jain temples,Girnar.The domes are inspired by the shells of tortoises and by

soap bubbles.

INSPIRATION

The mosaic snake is from Hindu mythology. The Buddhist caves of Ajanta and Ellora inspired Doshi to

design the interior with circles and ellipses.

HUSSAINDOSHI

PLAN The references for the Gufa are elemental and primeval. The

circle, mountains, historical precedents as Caves (Karli, Ajanta), Stupas etc.

HUSSAINDOSHI

The interior is divided by tree trunks or columns similar to those found at Stonehenge.

The entire design is made up of circles and ellipses.

SECTIONHUSSAIN

DOSHI

The cave-like underground structure has a roof made of multiple interconnected domes, covered with a mosaic of

tiles.

On the inside, irregular tree-like columns support the domes

STRUCTUREHUSSAIN

DOSHI

The structure is specifically oriented to let in the maximum amount of heat & light to give the interior a

golden glow.

Light comes in as shafts through a few circular openings in the dome, the diffused light adding to the mystic

ambience

HUSSAINDOSHI

Some shell consists appeared snouts with apertures (hole), used to capture Fresh air and

light.

HUSSAINDOSHI

From the exterior, the Gufa looks more like a work of art, a sculpture of domed shells finished in dazzling china mosaic,

complete with a black serpentine imagery snaking across the surfaces.

HUSSAINDOSHI

The central hall is supported by 2 rows of columns which divide the interior in to a wider centre aisle & 2 side aisle.

The columns have octagonal shafts wider at base & tapered at capital.

HUSSAINDOSHI

Ferro cement was used to create the undulating walls and domes, which also helped in reducing the total load of the

structure.

Waste tiles were used on top of the external dome.

MATERIAL&CONSTRUCTION

CERAMIC

RCC

White mosaic tilesvermiculateCementSkeletal skin & wire mesh

HUSSAINDOSHI

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

• Designer : Ar.B.V.Doshi • Location : Banglore • Year : 1973• Site area : 100 Acre• Building : Institutional • Architectural style : Modern

IIM BANGALORE

• The campus is a destination and pilgrimage for students of architecture and practicing architects.

• The 54,000 sq m IIM Bangalore complex, built on a 100 acre compus.• The campus is designed based on the designed of the town of

fatehpur sikri.• The architect ,B.V.Doshi ,achieved his vision by linking a network of

corridors , courtyards and external spaces allowing for future extension.

• Use of local material.

Master plan Model showing campus block

• “My lighting is different from that of Corbusier and Louis khan. Contrast IIM Banglore with that of Kahn at Ahmedabed. IIM B is more like walking through a garden.”

IIM AHMEDABEDIIM BANGLORE

• The main grouping of the campus, which contains administrative offices,classrooms,laboratories and a library is arranged as a datum in a ladder-like plan along a longitudinal axis with student dormetries a short distance away, oraganised in interlocking squares at an angle to this axis.

ZONING

CONCEPT & INSPIRATION• In a large complex such as iim the main problem architect facing was

how to make each portion distinct and yet to provide overall unity to create institutional identity.

• The planning principles used in fatehpursikri provided an example of each unity,as well as stuble lessons about materials consistency of details and hierarchy of scale, all evident at Bangalore.

Corridors with sufficient Space for casual sitting Eating and a good Interaction space

• corridors are sometimes seem open, sometimes with only pergolas and sometimes partly covered with skylight.

• Varying direct and indirect sunlight coupled with solid-void combination.

windows shaded by concrete eaves

• staircase, showing doshi’s dramatic use of modern materials to create an effectThat is simultaneously monumental, airy and light.

CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT PLANNING & TECHNOLOGY

• Designer : Ar.B.V.Doshi • Location : Ahmedabad• Year : 1968• Building : Institutional• Architectural style : MODERN

All buildings are oriented in north-south direction

Open spaces on the north&south side respectively allow fresh air to ventilate the built structure.

The open spaces and the shaded ones merge with the undulating landscape.

The openspaces is linked to the office,library area, workshop and canteen.

Lively & dynamic atmosphere No restriction on exchange of ideas and

thoughts through informal environment Provision for flexible spaces which can be

used in a multifunctional manner. Strong connectivity between spaces making

the school as open space with no doors at aall

FEATURES

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY

• Designer : Ar.B.V.Doshi, Stein & Bhalla • Location : New Delhi• Year : 1986• Site area : 11,560sq.mt• Built up area : 13,570sq.mt• Building : Institutional• Architectural style : Modern

NIFT DELHIAr. Doshi believes that architecture ‘cannot be distinguished separately either as modulation

of light or surfaces or supporting system’

highly visible display and show areas Doshi’s concept of surrounding the inner court with each of the main blocks of complex b/w 3 & 4 stories high gives the feeling of traditional

chowk (courtyard).

CONCEPT

BASEMENT PLAN

BLDG.BLOCKGREEN AREASAMPHITHEATREPEDESTRAIN CIRCULATION

Administrative Block

Amphitheatre

Academic block

Sunken court or Kund

Hostel Block

Angled glazed surfaces of the administration block.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

CLASSROOMSLABS.

GREENAMPH.+COURTVERT.CIRC.HORZ.CIRC.RECEPTIONKITCHENCAFETERIATOILETSADM.BLOCK

• The building blocks are concentrated around the sunken court thus generating activity and creating lively environment

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

LANGUAGE AND MODELLING ROOM

LABS.TOILETSART ROOMEXHIBITION HALL

First courtyard- Modified kund or saucer-shaped rainwater store.Second courtyard- Informal Amphitheatre.Both courtyards form the central space of institute & have glazed corridors around them that allow a clear view of the galleries, the classroom cluster, the adm. block, library & dormitory block.

2nd&3rdFLOOR PLANS

ART ROOMEXB. HALL – UPPER LEVEL

CLASSROOMSLABSTOILETS

LIBRARYRESOURCE CENTRE

A series of high and low platforms, a variety of galleries and areas for formal and casual activities and direct & indirect display of the designs implies a series of internal courtyards and terraces at various heights.

A glazed walkway of reflective glass looks down in to inner courtyard.An Auditorium in basement occupies the space directly beneath the Amphitheatre on ground floor. The rest of basement is used for car parking spaces and mechanical facilities.

FEATURES

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INDOLOGY

• Designer : Ar.B.V.Doshi • Location : Ahmedabad• Year : 1992-62• Site area : 3.7 hectare• Building : Institutional &public• Architectural style : Modern• Construction system : precast concrete

FEATURES• The Institute is built in Reinforced concrete which was a new tehnology

that time, but marked a step towards progress,technology and modernity.• Concrete for both structure & cladding.• First example of precast concrete members thus minimising the amount

of labour needed.• An addition to this building was added later facing the outdoor patio to hold additional office and exhibit space which is today famously known as L.D.Museum of Indology.• This new building houses a no.of scriptures,sculptures and manuscripts from times immemorial.

SITE PLANNING• The institute is set on a large site with more breathing room than a

majority of urban sites in India.• The entry of the building is through a vast green lawn and garden.• A bridge leads visitors above the moat which surrounds the building.

SECTION• The cross section of the building shows the dynamic form evolving

from climatic needs of the building.• The bottom floor cantilevers over the moats of either side of the

building ,making it appear as if is floating.• This moat allows the building to utilise water as a cooling mechanism

as well as adding humidity to the lower portions of the building where manuscripts are stored.

ARANYA LOW COST HOUSING

• Designer : Ar.B.V.Doshi • Location : Indore• Year : 1989• Site area : 220acre• Built up area : 100,000sq.mts• Project : community Housing• Award : Aga Khan award for Architecture in 1996

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RESIDENTIAL USE PEDESTRIAN& VEHICULAROPENSPACES SHARED COMMUNITYTOTLOT

LAND USE DISTRIBUTION

MASTER PLAN

STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT

STAGE ONE:

Plan initially prepared by Indore Development Authority

STAGE TWO:

Initial stage of proposed plan with distributed open spaces and street hierarchies.

STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT

Later stage of development with rectified orientation to minimize heat gain and increase natural shading.

Proposed master plan with

interlinked open spaces, built form variations, distributed amenities, road network hierarchies and climate friendly orientation.

Freehand sketches by the architect.

House form variations; users have the flexibility to choose how they wish to design their spaces.

Doshi divided the site with a north-south spine where the main amenities are clustered, feeding 3 zones of housing on each side.The choice of orientation, as well as the use of offsets, also maximizes shade.Houses are clustered in groups of 10.A Septic tank has been provided for every cluster or 20 houses.Water is drawn from 3 local reservoirs to serve the entire project.The outer periphery consist units for H.I.G and most weaker section is inside.Each house provided with an OTTA- an outdoor platform.For economic resources use of shared foundations and party walls been carved out.Brick, stone, and concrete are available locally, but owners are free to use any material they choose for house construction and decoration.

DESIGN FEATURES

Varied faced treatments with material control

• “Hindu philosophy talks of Navarasa— the entire diverse expressions and experiences of life come out. Hidden in them are the many functions… that’s why I believe there is no distinction between art,architecture and life,”-B.V.DOSHI

So with thanks to Teachers and Friends We take your leave

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