Architecture Reading Aid Ahmedabad, authored by four young German architects. Niklas Fanelsa, Marius Helten, Björn Martenson and Leonard Wertgen created this pocket-sized guide in an attempt to introduce newcomers to the cityscape and the development of the city and the idiosyncrasies that come along with it.
A result of six years of research, the idea of the book surfaced when the authors visited Ahmedabad as a part of the International Habitat Design Workshop, a programme by Padma Shri-winning architect Professor Balkrishna Doshi. The trio also held an exhibition on the urban space of Ahmedabad at Studio X in Mumbai last month. “The two-month workshop by professor Doshi sees a new generation of students come to Ahmedabad every year. With this book, they can start engaging with the city quickly. The book is a way of trying to give them a good reading of Ahmedabad,” says Helten.
