AR. B. V.DOSHI . Soumendra Roy PERSONAL INFORMATION Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi was born in Pune on 26th of August 1927. He belongs to that generation which came of age just after Independence, and which was confronted with the massive tasks of constructing a new nation. Doshi’s family had been in the furniture business for two generations. 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. Soumendra Roy for a place and people. Soumendra Roy . Doshi’s architecture is an eclectic mix of style and influences that make it unique . Doshi is equally known as educator and institution builder. known for pioneering work in low-cost housing and city planning. Dr.Doshi established the Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design in 1955. Apart from his international fame as an architect. He believed in Architecture. Hon. International Committee for preparing 1990 1991 1992 1992 1994 International Charter on the Education of Architects. Project Award for Excellence in Architecture by Journal of the Indian Institute of Architects Special Award for Excellence in Architecture by Journal of the Indian Institute of Architects Architect of the Year Award instituted by J K Cements Great Master’s Award instituted by J K Cements Member.A. Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania.sponsored by International Union of Architects in association with 1995 UNESCO Soumendra Roy .S. U. Aga Khan Award for Architecture 1995 Member of the 1998 Award Steering Committee. Aga Khan For Architecture 1998 Soumendra Roy . 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’. THE ORDER OF HETEROGENEOUS HOMOGENEITY. ARCHITECTURE OF THE UNBUILT(ENERGIZING VOIDS). Soumendra Roy . BUILT – IN FLEXIBILITY AND OPEN – ENDEDNESS OF DESIGN. RESOURCE CONSERVATION.MYTH – FORM IMAGERY – PERCEPTION. ENCOURAGING INTERACTION THROUGH BUILTFORM. Soumendra Roy . and steps . terraces. The building base will gradually widen towards the ground through platforms.BUILDING STYLE & FORMS THAT WOULD BEST EXPRESS HIS IDEAS: The building profile will have natural light + air + movement + access elements . Soumendra Roy . Soumendra Roy .with provision for a lower entry to express duality. natural landscapes. cascades.The building mass will integrate roof. rainwater. The external finish of the building will express one homogenous mass but will have adequate details/ textures/ surface modulations. foliage. gardens. The main arrival to the building will be at a higher or raised level. water bodies. will be the mode of expression. solids. rhythms in the structure .context 3-associations . voids . breaking of mass .local symbolism 2. Soumendra Roy . Casting of shadows.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. The Condoville Indore Ahmedabad India India 1968 1993 1963 20th century Ahmedabad Bangalore Ahmedabad New Delhi Ahmedabad Kolkata India India India India India 1994 1980s India 1997 Soumendra Roy .LIST OF PRESTIGIOUS PROJECTS Site location Country year 1989 Arayna community housing. Centre of environmental planning and technology. Indian institute of managment Institute of indology National Institute of Fashion Technology Sangath Udayan . Husain-doshi gufa art gallery. Soumendra Roy .Husain-doshi gufa art gallery. Indian institute of management National Institute of Fashion Technology Institute of indology Sangath Soumendra Roy . SANGATH Soumendra Roy . Date : 1980. Building Usage :office building/complex Site Area: 2346 m2 Total Built-up Area: 585 m2 Soumendra Roy .PROJECT DETAILS: SANGATH: Client: Balkrishna Doshi Location:Ahmedabad. Building type : commercial. India . Inspired by the earth-hugging forms of the Indian vernacular. it also draws upon the vault suggestions of Le Corbusier. Soumendra Roy . Conference 8. Pond 3. Architects office 10. Toilets 9. Library 14. Subterranean meeting room 11.Plan of studios 1. Engineers 12. Studio Soumendra Roy . Design studio 13. Entrance court 5. Forecourt 2. Amphitheatre 4. Reception 6. Workshops 7. Section-BB’ Construction of the barrel vault Soumendra Roy . NIFT Soumendra Roy . Building usage:university. Site Area :11650 m 2 . Building type :educational .PROJECT DETAILS National Institute of Fashion Technology location:New Delhi Architect/Planner :Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi Date:1994. Total Built-up Area : 13570 m2 Soumendra Roy . Soumendra Roy . Soumendra Roy . re creates an inwardly bazaar. administrative and residential activities. interactive corridors. and communicative facades. the campus reinterprets the traditional town square through i ts looking building. kund like steps. livened up by designed displays and movements of students as well as visitors through entire \ space.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. Soumendra Roy . The National Institute of Fashion Technology atNew Delhi. Consisting of academic. bridges and terraces. the space multiplies as entrance court. soft and hard landscaping. central gree n. display platform.Animated by a series of high and low platforms. a water channel and a mirror like wall ba ck drop. Brigde = high visual permeability Soumendra Roy . informal theatre and a visual focus. Date:1989. urban design and development. Building Types: residential. Building Usage: housing development community. Aga Khan Award for Architecture Winner. India. Soumendra Roy .Arnaya Housing Location: Indore. 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. Soumendra Roy . Soumendra Roy .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 . html http://unitec.nz/bitstream/handle/10652/ 1568/Kaza%20-%20Otla.blogspot.ac.akdn.com/2009/12/04/balkris hna-doshi-atira-low-cost-housing-ahmedabad-1957-1960/.REFERENCES: http://ankitdarda.wordpress.researchbank.pdf ?sequence=1 http://www.org/architecture/pdf/1242_Ind. Soumendra Roy .pzf http://identityhousing.com/2008/12/arc-balkrishnavdoshi.