DOSHI - ARCHITECTURE WITHOUT ADJECTIVES

Hundredhands presents "DOSHI - ARCHITECTURE WITHOUT ADJECTIVES" - A film by Premjit Ramachandran.

Presented here a nutshell version of a film about legendary architect B.V. Doshi.

"While there has been earlier documentation on Doshi's work, it has largely been in the form of books and magazine articles. While this may capture the qualitative values of Doshi's work, it does not adequately capture Doshi's personality or his role and influence on the architectural profession in India. He was the person responsible for bringing Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn to India. In the early years after India gained independence from colonial rule, he is one of a handful of seminal figures who set the tone in exploring architecture's capacity to come to terms with the sense of modernity sought by this nascent nation. He set the benchmark for architectural education through his founding role in the Centre for Environmental Planning & Technology in Ahmedabad. He has not remained confined to the architectural idiom of his early career, and his work has continued to evolve substantively through his constant questioning of fundamentals in architecture. But what is striking about Doshi is the fact that his passion, enthusiasm and desire to learn have remained unabated even today." - Prem Chandavarkar, Chandavarkar & Thacker Architects

Hi-res version: http://doshi.100hands.net/

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Doshi
• architecture
• indian
• avant-garde
• revolutionary
• great
• le
• corbusier
• sangath
• iim
• creative
• sustainability

[lizraeloflizrael]

A great man, a story of a life "lived". So much to learn.

[insomniacgrace]

Thanks for sharing this video. I learned much!

[juanmora19910209]

I really liked when he spoke of the tree being grounded where it was and not trying to be something else, and also that if his "mentor", i suppose, was a guru that he should not try immitate him but follow his spirit.

[AtheiaKayla]

i'm a student of architecture currently doing a research on Doshi's National Institute Fr Fashion Technology (NIFT new delhi) if u hav links or helps to the floorplans of e building can pls msg me =) thx

[harry38150]

This man has some very open minded views that encourages an open soul or freedom from within, this is what architecture is all about.

[archisocial]

i had the same honour... and mr pandya too, is a great man!

[zizouelputoamo]

I had the big honour to stay 2 months working in Sangath with Doshi and was just amazing, great man living a designing

[entire123456]

awesome

[chinuti123]

Which Chhaya kaka?

[altrerose]

wow...

[lakshya5408]

great architect !