Planned Productions of Vernacularized Dwellings and Settings in India: A Settlement in Baroda Designed by Balkrishna Doshititle

Abstract

After India's independence in 1947, the new policy framework imposed by the government would encourage the industrialization of independent India. The creation of these industries was associated with the construction of housing for their workers. This article examines the work of Balkrishna V Doshi in the settlement for the Gujarat State Fertilizers Corporation, carried out during the first stage of his architectural discourse. It is an architecture committed to the country both from a perspective of adaptation to the climate and attention to the social needs of the time.It employs a case study method that involves the analysis of existing writings, plans and photographs of the project and an interview with the architect. Documentation has been obtained after a trip to the site of work, consulting the library of the Faculty of Architecture of CEPT University, the documentary archive of the architect in Sangath. Drawings have been developed by the authors while having a conversation about the project with Balkrishna Doshi in his office.It concludes that the built project achieves an urban space capable of maintaining the identity and cultural values of its country. In addition to being exemplary in terms of in terms of climate sensitivity and social meaningfulness, it reaches, in 1968, most of the parameters that define a smart and sustainable city today.