[追思 R.I.P.] 普獎建築師Balkrishna Doshi日前離世享壽95歲-建築人設計人的店-進口建築室內景觀藝術設計書籍專賣店

Written by Christele Harrouk
Published on January 24, 2023

Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, master architect, urban planner, educator, 2018 Pritzker Prize Winner, and 2022 Riba’s Gold Medal has passed away at 95, in Ahmedabad, India on Tuesday the 24th of January 2023, as reported by several Indian outlets and Architectural Digest India on their Instagram page. One of the most renowned Indian architects that shaped the architecture of India and its adjacent regions, Doshi, who was inspired greatly by the works of Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, has “combined pioneering modernism with vernacular”. Known especially for his urban planning and social housing projects, as well as his academic work as a visiting professor at various universities worldwide, Balkrishna Doshi has designed, over his 70-year career, some of the most iconic buildings in India.

Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi，建築大師、城市規劃師、教育家、2018 年普利茲克獎獲得者和 2022 年 Riba 金獎得主於 2023 年 1 月 24 日星期二在印度艾哈邁達巴德逝世，享年 95 歲，據多家印度媒體和《印度建築文摘》報導在他們的 Instagram 頁面上。 Doshi 是塑造印度及其鄰近地區建築的最著名的印度建築師之一，他深受 Le Corbusier 和 Louis Kahn 作品的啟發，“將先鋒現代主義與白話相結合”。 Balkrishna Doshi 以他的城市規劃和社會住房項目以及他作為全球多所大學的客座教授的學術工作而聞名，在他 70 年的職業生涯中，他設計了印度一些最具標誌性的建築。

Considered by many as India’s greatest architect, Doshi has forged a distinct architectural philosophy and expression, informed both by modernist values and local traditions. The first Indian architect to receive the Pritzker Prize, in 2018, Doshi’s work showed a deep appreciation of the traditions of India’s architecture, climate, local culture, and craft, as explained by the 2022 RIBA Honours Committee. His work spans a variety of programs and scales, including administrative and cultural buildings, educational facilities, housing developments, and residential buildings. Some of these projects include Shreyas Comprehensive School Campus, Ahmedabad School of Architecture, Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore, Aranya Low-Cost Housing, which was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, the National Institute of Fashion Technology in Delhi, the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology, the Tagore Memorial Hall, Institute of Indology and Premabhai Hall, and the private residence Kamala House.

許多人認為 Doshi 是印度最偉大的建築師，他在現代主義價值觀和當地傳統的基礎上形成了獨特的建築哲學和表達方式。 2018 年，Doshi 是第一位獲得普利茲克獎的印度建築師，正如 2022 年 RIBA 榮譽委員會所解釋的那樣，Doshi 的作品表現出對印度建築、氣候、當地文化和工藝傳統的深刻理解。他的工作涉及各種項目和規模，包括行政和文化建築、教育設施、住房開發和住宅建築。其中一些項目包括 Shreyas 綜合學校校園、艾哈邁達巴德建築學院、班加羅爾印度管理學院、阿那亞低成本住宅（獲得阿迦汗建築獎）、德里國家時裝技術學院、環境規劃與技術、泰戈爾紀念館、印度學研究所和 Premabhai 大廳，以及私人住宅 Kamala House。

Born in 1927 in Pune, India, Doshi studied architecture at the J J School of Architecture, in Bombay. Between 1951 and 1954, he went on to work with Le Corbusier in Paris as Senior Designer and then for four more years in India, supervising projects in Ahmedabad. He established a decade-long collaboration with Louis Kahn, which began with the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. In 1956, Doshi founded his practice, Vastushilpa, together with two other architects.

Doshi 1927 年出生於印度浦那，曾在孟買的 JJ 建築學院學習建築。 1951 年至 1954 年間，他繼續在巴黎與勒·柯布西耶 (Le Corbusier) 一起工作，擔任高級設計師，然後在印度又工作了四年，監督艾哈邁達巴德的項目。他與 Louis Kahn 建立了長達十年的合作關係，合作始於位於艾哈邁達巴德的印度管理學院。 1956 年，Doshi 與另外兩位建築師一起創立了他的事務所 Vastushilpa。

Discover below a selection of Doshi’s extensive portfolio.