Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (B V Doshi)
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (B V Doshi)
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (B V Doshi)
(B V DOSHI)
BV DOSHI
• Balakrishna 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(in 1951-1954) 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 was the founder and designer of School of Architecture and Planning in Ahmedebad
• Doshi worked closely with Louis Khan and Anant Raje, when Khan designed the campus
of the Indian institute of Management
• In 1958 he was fellow at the Graham foundation of advanced studies in the Fine arts
BV DOSHI OTHER FAMOUS
WORKS
CLASS ROOMS
Classrooms are organised in cluster of two or three around
open courts and semi open spaces , interlinking them
Gains an informal character encouraging students to use an
interactive space to hold discussion and socialise
ADMINISTRATION
• Provision of separate stairs for effective vertical circulation
• Vertical slits on walls and roofs brings in daylight
• Centrally located toilets in each floor
FACULTY WING
Designed like finger like projecting structure, from main axis
Three storied in height connected by open stairs
Located close to seminar halls and class rooms
Courtyards are major elements of visual quality
•LIBRARY
• It is a focal point of campus being most active space
• Centrally spaced, easily accessible
• Feeling of openness
DORMITORIES:
Hostels are located away from the classroom within few
minutes of walk
The blocks respond to two types of court
internal court shared by inmates of particular
blocks
External court shared by other blocks
Courtyards are very much interactive space
THE STRUCTURE
• The voids in the structure lets in the fresh air from the
green surroundings
• The pergolas and geometrical roofs let in the controlled
‘Sun Light’ creating a dramatic effect and eventually
avoiding the excess heat from entering in
SKY LIGHTS