Sonali Rastogi, Founding Partner, Morphogenesis speaks about The Mill Owners’ Association
Building in Ahmedabad.
The building’s unique architecture that sensitively responds to the city’s climate and context is a result of Le Corbusier’s study of Ahmedabad’s warm and humid climate. Hence, for example, the perforated façade with fins, or brises-soleil, is a particularly intriguing architectural device catalogued by Corbusier, and many modernist architects in India have since followed suit.
The Ahmedabad Textile Mill Owners’ building and IIM Ahmedabad are two structures that came into existence after independence and have inspired generations. However the noteworthy works of Indian architects that became part of this revolution of sorts. ATIRA (1952) and Physical Research Laboratory – PRL (1954) were designed by Achyut Kanvinde. These institutional buildings are the specimens of modern architecture. Meanwhile Corbusier developed the vocabulary of brise-soleil through the Sanskar Kendra (1954).
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