![]() ![]() BV Doshi undoubtedly mastered this and the project won the AGA Khan award for Architecture and other numerous accolades. BV Doshi was appointed as the chief architect who designed the township which is sensitized to the needs of the urban poor through climatic design principles, hierarchy in open spaces and flexible unit modules. ![]() In 1989 when Aranya’s construction was completed, Aranya Low Cost Housing was a resettlement program to relocate the slum dwellers of Indore. While Aranya is much studied and appreciated by scholars and architects around the world owing to its sensitive design for the community, why has it failed to inspire the Public/ Social Housing Bodies of the Government of India to tackle the housing crisis? ![]() Aranya Low-Cost Housing, one of his most celebrated works continues to inspire young architects and designers. BV Doshi, renowned for his contribution to the architecture for the underprivileged was honoured with Pritzker Prize in 2018. ![]()
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