Sunday, May 14 | 2:30 p.m. | Warszawa screening room
City Projections: A Meeting Following the Screening of the Film THE PROMISE. ARCHITECT BV DOSHI, dir. Jan Schmidt-Garre
In Polish only
Partner: City Culture Institute in Gdańsk
Balkrishna Doshi (1927–2023) is one of India's most influential 20th-century architects and recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. From the 1960s onwards, he built sustainably, using energy-efficient, local materials and natural air-conditioning. Since the 1980s, he created low-cost housing estates that were further developed by slum dwellers of large Indian cities, enabling them to advance socially. His focus was always on the individual who – as a student, employee, visitor or resident – made use of his buildings in a utilitarian manner. His sharpness of mind, humour and wisdom create a picture of a man from whom we can not only learn how to build “humanely” but above all, how to be a true humanist. Doshi invented what young architects are discussing today, and we will join this discussion together with the guests of our meeting.
Host:
Małgorzata Muraszko
Guests:
Experts, architects, and lovers of urban planning and well-designed spaces coming together in this special edition of the year-round series City Projections (Miastoprojekcje), which presents portraits of cities, cinematic apologies and urban epitaphs.
