Institute of Indology by B.V.Doshi

The Lalbhai Institute of Indology is an institutional as well as cultural project located in Ahmedabad, India. The project was completed in the year 1962 by the 2018 Pritzker laureate, Balkrishna Doshi, an Indian architect, educator, and academician. The project was designed to house, preserve, restore and collect ancient Indian manuscripts and artefacts.

The building can be seen as a part of India’s self-discovery post Independence. Ahmedabad Education Society donated a plot close to Gujarat University for this project.

The Institute of Indology was one of B.V Doshi’s first public projects as a solo architect outside of Le Corbusier’s office. B.V Doshi, an Indian architect, a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and Indian Institute of Architects, was born in Poona, India in 1927. B.V Doshi was a part of Le Corbusier’s intimate circle and has worked with him for about 7 years. He has worked on projects with him in Paris, Chandigarh, and Ahmedabad. It was this association that gets reflected in his works, that is based on a sensitive adoption of modern architecture keeping with the Indian context. This relevance of environmental and urban architectural thoughts in his works makes him exceptional as an architect, thinker, and teacher.

“I learned from Le Corbusier to observe and react to climate, to tradition, to function, to structure, to the economy, and to the landscape. To an extent, I also understand how to build buildings and create spaces and forms.” (Doshi, 1987)

One of the major challenges of this project, the Institute of Indology, was that the manuscripts were meant to be stored in a cool atmosphere for preservation, and installation of air conditioners at that time was not very common in India. How easy could this have been considering that the project is located in Ahmedabad?

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