INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE

(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
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WORKS

JNANA-PRAVAH CENTRE FOR SANGATH, BV DOSHI’S

RANYA LOW COST HOUSING, INDORE
CULTURAL STUDIES, VARANASIOFFICE, AHMEDABAD

CEPT UNIVERSIT, AHEMDABAD IFFCO TOWNSHIP, KALOL IIM BANGALORE

IIM BANGALORE
INTRODUCTION
• Date of establishment -1971
• Site area -102 acres
• Architect - BV Doshi
• The IIM campus in Bangalore reflects the
sense of scale, proportion and light that’s
trademark Doshi
• The Architect, B V Doshi, achieved this vision
by linking a network of corridors, courtyards
and external spaces allowing for future
extensions
• It contains elements that shift
and break strict axiality and
draws many principles from the
Mughal city of Fathepur Sikri,
built by Emperor Akbar in the
Sixteenth century
• Apart from the organizational
principles such as interlocking
courts, pavilions, terraced
gardens and connections of
details from Fathepur Sikri
 DESIGN INSPIRATION
• BV Doshi has drawn inspiarations
from:-
• Lal bagh
• Fathepur sikri
• Cascaded terraces, pillared halls,
courts of various sizes
• A traditional city complete with
streets
SITE PLAN
PLAN
FACILITIES
 Schools
 Dormitories
 Kitchen and dining block  Faculty housing
 Staff housing
 Married students housing  Community facility
 Parking
 Transit housing
 MDP housing

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 construction of the entire complex is made

simple and standardized using exposed concrete,
lattices, frames, and wall system using rough
blocks of local gray granite
• Local craftsmen worked on it with local
material; it is low on maintenance; the building is
cool and light is controlled

• Three-storied hallways, open quadrangles with ample

area for greenery, a rough texture finish are the unique
features of this ‘local’ design
 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

• Natural illumination is achieved due to provision of ‘Sky

Lights’ and also saves lots of electricity
• Creates a dramatic effect by highlighting a certain area
 GRACIA.  DANE SEHR
THANK YOU
GRAZIE MERCI
 DO JEH, DAW-DYEH