Sangath Commentary
"Sangath is a fragment of Doshi's private dream: a microcosm of his intentions and obsessions. Inspired by the earth-hugging forms of the Indian vernacular, it also draws upon the vault suggestions of Le Corbusier. A warren of interiors derived from the traditional Indian city, it is also influenced by sources as diverse as [Louis I. Kahn], [Alvar Aalto] and [Antonio Gaudi]. A work of art stands on its own merits and Sangath possesses that indefinable quality of authenticity. Even local labourers and passing peasants like to come and sit next to it, enjoying the low mounds of the vaults or the water-jars overgrown with creepers."
— William J.R. Curtis. Balkrishna Doshi, An Architecture for India. New York: Rizzoli, 1988. p118.
"Sangath is a fragment of Doshi's private dream: a microcosm of his intentions and obsessions. Inspired by the earth-hugging forms of the Indian vernacular, it also draws upon the vault suggestions of Le Corbusier. A warren of interiors derived from the traditional Indian city, it is also influenced by sources as diverse as [Louis I. Kahn], [Alvar Aalto] and [Antonio Gaudi]. A work of art stands on its own merits and Sangath possesses that indefinable quality of authenticity. Even local labourers and passing peasants like to come and sit next to it, enjoying the low mounds of the vaults or the water-jars overgrown with creepers."
— William J.R. Curtis. Balkrishna Doshi, An Architecture for India. New York: Rizzoli, 1988. p118.
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