WORKS & PHILOSOPHY OF B.V.DOSHI

1. B
V
D
O
S
H
I

2. ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES
MYTHICAL SCIENCE
VASTHU-PURUSHA MANDALA
TRANSFORMATION OF ENERGY
HUMAN INSTITUTIONS
FLEXIBLE APPROACH
SYMBOLISM
AMORPHOUS FORMS
TIMELESSNESS

3. CONTENTS
LIFE OF B.V. DOSHI
ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES
PHILOSOPHIES
IMPORTANT BUILDINGS
SANGATH
HUSSAIN DOSHI GUFA
IIM,BANGLIORE
CEPT
NIFT
ARANYA LOW CAST HOUSING
CONCLUSION

4. 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

5. 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

6. PHILOSOPHIES
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
interrelationship of indoor and outdoor space
An appropriate and honest approach to materials
 proper climatic response
observance 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
construction
contracting
logistic
planning
co-ordination
Success of
project
DOSI
ARCHITECTURE
traditional
architecture
Contemporary
architecture

7. 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

8. 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

9. plan
• Reception
• office
• workshop
• Library
• Conference
• Ancillary spaces

10. SECTION
Subterranean 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 differ
ent paths.

11. 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.

12. • 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

13. 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

14. 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.

15. DESIGN FEATURE
VAULT The vaulted roof is of locally-made
clay fuses over the concrete slab,
which provides a non-conducting
layer

16. 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.
RCC
WATER PROOFING MATERIAL
CHINA MOSAIC FINISH
BROKEN CHINA MOSAIC
GLASS
CERAMIC

17. 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.

18. • 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

19.  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
HUSSAIN
DOSHI

20. 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.
HUSSAIN
DOSHI

21. PLAN
 The references for the Gufa are elemental and primeval. The
circle, mountains, historical precedents as Caves (Karli, Ajanta),
Stupas etc.
HUSSAIN
DOSHI

22. 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.
SECTION
HUSSAIN
DOSHI

23.  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
STRUCTURE
HUSSAIN
DOSHI

24.  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
HUSSAIN
DOSHI

25.  Some shell consists appeared
snouts with apertures (hole),
used to capture Fresh air and
light.
HUSSAIN
DOSHI

26.  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.
HUSSAIN
DOSHI

27.  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.
HUSSAIN
DOSHI

28.  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 tiles
vermiculate
Cement
Skeletal skin
& wire mesh
HUSSAIN
DOSHI

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

30. 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.

31. Master plan
Model showing campus block

32. • “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

33. • 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

34. 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.

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

36. • 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.

37. windows shaded by concrete eaves
• staircase, showing doshi’s dramatic use of
modern materials to create an effect
That is simultaneously monumental, airy and light.

38. CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT PLANNING & TECHNOLOGY
• Designer : Ar.B.V.Doshi
• Location : Ahmedabad
• Year : 1968
• Building : Institutional
• Architectural style : MODERN

39.  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

43. 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

44. NIFT DELHI
Ar. 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

45. BASEMENT PLAN
BLDG.BLOCK
GREEN AREAS
AMPHITHEATRE
PEDESTRAIN CIRCULATION
Administrative Block
Amphitheatre
Academic block
Sunken court or Kund
Hostel Block
Angled glazed surfaces of the
administration block.

46. GROUND FLOOR PLAN
CLASSROOMS
LABS.
GREEN
AMPH.+COURT
VERT.CIRC.
HORZ.CIRC.
RECEPTION
KITCHEN
CAFETERIA
TOILETS
ADM.BLOCK
• The building blocks are concentrated
around the sunken court thus
generating activity and creating lively
environment

47. FIRST FLOOR PLAN
LANGUAGE AND
MODELLING ROOM
LABS.
TOILETS
ART ROOM
EXHIBITION 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.

48. 2nd&3rdFLOOR PLANS
ART ROOM
EXB. HALL – UPPER LEVEL
CLASSROOMS
LABS
TOILETS
LIBRARY
RESOURCE CENTRE

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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.

52. 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.

53. 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.

54. 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

55. 65%
11%
14%
9%
poor
LIG
MIG
HIG
58%24%
8%
7% 3%
RESIDENTIAL USE PEDESTRIAN& VEHICULAR
OPENSPACES SHARED COMMUNITY
TOTLOT
LAND USE DISTRIBUTION

56. MASTER PLAN

57. 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.

58. 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.

59. Freehand sketches by the architect.

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

63. 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

65. Varied faced treatments with material control

66. • “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

67. So with thanks to Teachers and Friends
We take your leave
LAVANYA.GRANDHI,Y13AP0122
MALLESWARAO.B,Y13AP0124
Thank You