FROM BALKRISHNA DOSHI:
“They are not houses but homes where a happy community lives. That is what finally matters.” Aranya Low Cost Housing accommodates over 80,000 individuals through a system of houses, courtyards and a labyrinth of internal pathways.
“It seems I should take an oath and remember it for my lifetime: to provide the lowest class with the proper dwelling.” The community is comprised of over 6,500 residences, amongst six sectors – each of which features a range of housing options, from modest one-room units to spacious houses, to accommodate a range of incomes.
One cannot just be an architect. The idea is to become a sthapati
as described in the canonical texts.... “to be a yogi, to feel the
vibrations of every element in the cosmos including the materials and
the user of that space.”1
—Balkrishna Doshi
source: https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/articles/issues/12/what-you-can-do-with-the-city/58317/balkrishna-doshis-aranya
