L2 & L3 Studio Units Catalog - Spring 2021

COVID - 19 L2 & L3 S T U D I O

UNITS CATALOG SPRING

2021

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Contents L2&L3 STUDIO UNITS CATALOG Introduction XII

FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AR2032 Construction Estimation Akul Modi

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AR2026 Dissolving Boundaries: Children’s Library at Loving Community Anand Sonecha

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AR2021 Space Kinematics Muntaha Rushnaiwala, Anuj Anjaria

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AR2018 Designing with People: Exploring Collaborative Design at Neighbourhood Level Harshil Parekh, Ramya Ramesh

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AR2024 Climate Responsive Architecture Hiten Chavda, Ravi Kashyap

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AR2028 Learning Spaces: Beyond Schooling Mitesh Panchal, Anagha Joshi

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AR2013 Making Living Places: Craftsmanship, Song and Imagination Puneet Mehrotra, Juzar Lanewala

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AR2004 Strange Details Mehul Bhatt, Rajan Bhatt

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AR2032 Masters’ Stroke: Matters of Architectural Language Sachin Soni

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AR2034 Detailing and Communicating Architecture Sankalpa

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AR2031 Body, Memory, Architecture Siddharth Singh, Sukhmani Brar

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AR2009 Humane Habitat: The Alchemy of Place, People and Palimpsest Yatin Pandya AR2033 Span and Space: Exploring Tectonics in Architecture V R Shah, Mangesh Belsare

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AR3032 Urban Housing as a Product of Types, Density and Systems Mohammed Ayazkhan AR3018 The City and Performance Spaces – Performance Space as Urban Catalysts Jayant Gunjaria, Viral Bhavsar

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AR3033 Workplace Neighborhoods Nimit Killawala, Prateek Banerjee

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AR3030 Between the Fracture and the Fold Percy Adil Pithawala

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AR3031 Humanizing Urban Space: Social Production and Speculative Design of Neighbourhood Place Rajiv Kadam AR3028 Architecture of Nuances Samira Rathod AR3029 Towards a Critical Project and a Project of Criticism Situation: Sangath, Ahmedabad Shubhra Raje, Kevin Low

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FACULTY OF DESIGN BD2006 Nature and Form Gaurang Shah, Amal Shah

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BD2005 Indetail- Making is Realizing Vishal Wadhwani, Niyati Patel

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BD2002 Expeditions in Non-Metal Sadasivan Iyer

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Remodelling Residences Hamid Raj

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Decoding Poetics of Spaces Jagrut Raval, Koral Adenwala

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Celebrating Crafts Jay Thakkar, Shreya Nanavati

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IR2030 Deployable Systems – Form, Space and Function Jinal Shah

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IR2039 Collaboration and Connection Re-Defining Office Space Post Pandemic Naandi Parikh

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IR2036 Inside Out Priya Narayanan, Ananya Parikh

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IR2029 Traveler’s Home Shikha Parmar, Shweta Jain

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Art of Detailing Vasav Bhatt

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Exploration of Design: Material in Focus Vishal Joshi, Ramesh Patel

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Inside Outside- Performative Envelopes Gouthama D M, Janani S

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Hybrid Work(place)-From Objects Through Mediums Subin Jameel

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Reuse & Revive: Hospitality Spaces Dexter Pereira

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Forgotten / Transformed Errol Reubens Jr., Ratna Shah

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XYZ of ABC Kireet Patel, Aparajita Basu

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Contextualizing Interior Space Making Prashant Pradhan, Bharath P

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Brand Building Through Spatial Design Ruchi Mehta

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Child Centric Healing Spaces Sujit Kothiwale, Neha Kothiwale

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FACULTY OF PLANNING UR2005 From Utopias to Heterotopias Migrant Housing: Values of Time, Density, Culture, and Energy Imran Mansuri, Suraj Kathe

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UR2019 Single Person Dwelling: Well-Being Through Productive Loneliness Katsushi Goto

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UR2014 Light Infrastructures Kruti D Shah, Sebastian Trujillo

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UR2008 Designing Water Infrastructure for Civic Expression Nishant Mittal, Dhara Mittal

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UR2017 CITY-LOG Manuel Marquez

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UR2020 In Transit: Making a Place Between Arrival and Departure Mihir Bedekar

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UR2016 Un-Gendering The Everyday City Sahiba Gulati, Bhagyasshree Ramakrishna

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UR3001 Urban Assemblies: The Vacancy Phenomenon Melissa Smith, Bulbul Vyas

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UR3003 Urban Planning and Regulations: Intent, Manifestation & Design 308 Prasanth Narayanan, Tulika Nabar Bhasin UR3006 Post-COVID Streets Vrushti Mawani, Mariana Paisana

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FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY CT2015 CONCRETE: Exploring its Versatility Bhargav Tewar, Nikunj Dave

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CT2014 Plumbing Design Studio Dipsha Shah, Dipen Mehta

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CT2012 Deployable Structures: Concepts and Explorations Japan Shah, Anand Viswanathan

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CT2019 Planning and Design of Road Infrastructure in Hilly Region Komal Parikh, Birva Joshi

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CT2018 Designing Spaces in Reinforced Concrete Rachit Sheth, Kruti D Shah

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CT2020 Structural Expressions in Masonry Mragendra Chaturvedi, Muntaha Rushnaiwala

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CT2021 Designing Spaces in Steel Sheel Shah, Pankti Pandya

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CT3007 Bridges: Materials, Expressions and Design Nisarg Shah, Rajiv Darji

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CT3006 Aesthetics, Geometry and Structures in Shell Urvi Sheth, Hrushikesh Patel

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Tutor Profiles

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Editorial Team

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Introduction We are happy to place before you, the 2021 edition of Studio Units Catalog, Spring Semester. This is the sixth in our catalog series. The objective is to compile, showcases and share the range of students’ projects from the studios of Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), Bachelor of Design (B.Des.), Bachelor of Interior Design (B.I.D), Bachelor of Urban Design (B.U.D.) and Bachelor of Construction Technology (B.C.T.) It is a matter of some satisfaction for us that we are able to place this catalog before you in these very challenging times. We offered one-fourth of the studios in the blended mode, while the rest were online. By the end of the semester we, like other institutions, were forced to move entirely online and work from home. Despite the fact that many students, tutors, and members of their families were affected by the virus, they have produced sterling work in the studios.

CEPT’s revised pedagogy lays emphasis on the new Studio Unit system.

Learning and teaching is centered on the studio units which comprises about 12 to 15 students. Each five-year undergraduate program is organized in three levels. A common one-year foundation is followed by Level 2 (L2) and Level 3 (L3) integrated studios. L2 studio comprises students from 2nd and 3rd year and L3 studio comprises 4th and 5th year students. The studio units have small groups of students led by one or two tutors, a greater curricular weightage in terms of credits and time, and a semester calendar which allows 4 weeks of uninterrupted studio work towards the end of the semester. The studios have a focused approach with specific learning outcomes.

L1 studios (not part of this catalog) are focused on building foundational skills and abilities required for an architect, urban designer, designer or an engineer.

L2 studios clearly focus on developing one of the skills: Visualizing and Communicating, Analyzing and Designing, Constructing and Specifying, Planning and Organizing. In addition, all Level 2 units develop the skill for building arguments and rationales.

In L3 studios, the students use multiple design abilities to solve complex design problems. Students develop the ability to exercise architectural/ design judgments. Design problems are defined based on a specific theme, approach (along with its rationale) or a theoretical position. The site, program and the area requirements may be defined by either the tutor or by the student.

This online catalog enables us to present consolidated outputs of our continued efforts. We hope to share them with the larger community that includes people interested in the built environment, and education, prospective students, alumni and professionals from the Industry.

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Due to the present constraints we will also be putting up an online semester end exhibition. This publication represents the work produced by around 661 of our students from 59 L2, L3 studio units taught by 100 faculty members and supported by 62 teaching associates and teaching assistants.

We wish to express our profound thanks to all the unit tutors, teaching associates and assistants, students and staff involved in this effort. We also extend our sincere thanks to all our reviewers, jurors and guest speakers who have positively influenced the education of our young promising practitioners.

Tridip Suhrud Chirayu Bhatt Anjali Kadam

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Mathangi M AR2018 Designing with People: Exploring Collborative Design at Neighborhood Level Harshil Parekh, Ramya Ramesh

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Construction Estimation

Focus Constructing and Specifying Unit Assistant Samruddhi Panchal Faculty of Architecture AR2032 Spring 2021

2 nd Year Aaditya Gadani Aashka Vala Devanshi Dhingra Jugal Patel Sri Nidhi Chilakamarri Yogan Shah

3 rd Year Divya Shah Helly Patel Jillkumar Patel Rathod Manav Samyak Jain Shashank Shankar

Akul Modi Construction estimation is the process of calculating the overall expense of the project.

Projects that start with accurate cost estimates have a much better chance of being successful.

However, there are times when construction cost goes over budget. Why do cost overruns arise? How to achieve a truthful cost estimate?

Who should estimate the project cost? It is a collaborative effort which should be implemented between architects, contractors, engineers, and clients.

This course concentrated on the fundamental principles, and organizational procedures involved during the designing, planning and scheduling stages of the pre-construction process. Moreover, it was specifically designed for architects who will eventually work with contractors and clients for their design budgeting purpose. The course specifically focused on reviewing construction drawings, design specifications, basic estimating principles, pre-profit and post-profit calculations, designbuild project budgeting and processes applied to various scales of construction projects.

Construction site procedures and site logistics as well as techniques for evaluating quantities and costs of materials, labor, and equipment with various computer software were introduced.

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Fig 1 All Students Firm Logo Fig 2 Aaditya Gadani Company Organizatinal chart Fig 3 Divya Shah Pedestal Design Alternates Fig 4 Shshank Shankar Alternate Sections Fig 5 SRI Nidhi Chilakamarri Design Alternate, facade Fig 6 Helly Patel Design Alternates Fig 7 Manav Rathod Design Alternates Fig 8 Samyak Jain Sectional details of alternates

Fig 9 Devanshi Dhingra Facade prototypes and details Fig 10 Aashka Vala facade design alternates Fig 11 Yogan Shah Facade design Alternate Fig 12 Jugal Patel Facade design details Fig 13 Jill Patel Construction quality and rate analysis sketches Fig 14 Aaditya Gadani Bluebeam quantity take-off Fig 15 Sri Nidhi Chilakamarri Material Baord Fig 16 Jugal Patel Estimate Summary Fig 17 Samyak Jain Detail Estimate Fig 18 Aaditya Gadani Site Logistic plans

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Dissolving Boundaries: Children’s Library at Loving Community Focus Vizualizing and Communicating Unit Assistant Aakash Dave

Faculty of Architecture AR2026 Spring 2021

2 nd Year Bhavyakumar Satwara Dhwani Prajapati Falguni Mevada Hetvi Prajapati Mansi Kothari Nishtha Contractor Parth Kerai Parth Panchal Yashasvi Brahmbhatt

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Anand Sonecha The studio focused on the Loving community in Vastral, formed in 1968 by people affected with leprosy, who have migrated from different parts of India. The neighborhood has 450 residents, from which a few still have reminiscences of the disease, even if cured. Most of the people living in this community work for factories nearby, drive rickshaws, and many beg on the streets.

Today, around a hundred children are living in the community, their homes having a single room with families of up to six members. The houses don’t have enough space for the residents and no proper space for children to study. The studio was centered on the design of a small children’s library—- a place where they can meet, study, or be by themselves and which can also act as a meeting point for children from different neighborhoods. The social stigma revolving around such communities pushes them towards isolation and they end up like islands in the social fabric of the city.

The studio triggered discussions on how these boundaries between the Loving community and the neighborhood can be dissolved. The studio explored how equitable and inclusive spaces can be created, and discussed ways in which architecture can be a means to improve lives.

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Fig 4 Dhwani Name Name Caption Prajapati The Temporary Library Fig 5 Name Name Caption Caption Caption CaptionBrahmbhatt Metanoia Fig 5 Yashasvi

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AR2021

Space Kinematics

Focus Constructing and Specifying Unit Assistant Monish Jhaveri

Faculty of Architecture AR2021 Spring 2021

2 nd Year Ansh Amin Nidhi Chauhan Dev Desai Dhyani Savsaviya Mehlam Makda Riona Shah

3 rd Year Aashee Ganjoo Harshal Gajjar Ananya Varambally Jatin N Khushi Babariya Nikhila Gudipati

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Muntaha Rushnaiwala

Anuj Anjaria

In the discipline of architecture, there are two kinds of spaces—one which is static and whose spatial quality shifts with the changes in the activities that take place in it: with the changing nature of light, with a change in its furniture layout, with the presence of various movement patterns and so on. Here the user, along with other natural external forces is in motion and the built form is stationary. The second kind of space is dynamic in nature and which transforms its spatial quality by moving/shifting/transforming itself through its envelope and/or the elements that make that very space. Here, the user is stationary while the built form is in motion.

This studio primarily focused on the designing of the latter kind of spaces. Space Kinematics is at the intersection of space composition, spacemaking elements, spatial experience, mechanical understanding, and movements in nature as well as objects. The primary intention of this design studio was to design and develop space-making elements that move—- slide, rotate, pivot, or a combination of them all—- to serve a specific purpose.

The studio focused on developing logic of assembly processes for the designed elements and thereby a sequential understanding of construction techniques by the students.

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Fig 1 Dhyani Savsaviya Breathing Jali Plan and Sections Fig 2 Nikhila Gudipati Legato, a moving roof - Cross Section, Isometric View and Details Fig 3 Ansh Amin Folding Walls - Wall Section and Details

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Fig 4 Mehlam Makda Music-scape interpretating grammar in music and translating it into space Fig 5 Nikhila Gudipati Act of Play Decoding mechanisms of toys Fig 6 Ananya Varambally Exploring Spacemaking through Kinetic Models Fig 7 Mehlam Makda Panchi - 3D Renders

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Designing with People: Exploring Collaborative Design at Neighbourhood Level Focus Planning and Organizing Unit Assistant Priya Bhadja

Faculty of Architecture AR2018 Spring 2021

2 nd Year Abhishek K Bhaumik Suthar Disha Patel Esha Detroja Karthika A V Malay Pandya Mani Chauhan Mathangi M Rikta Parikh Tanvi Prasad

3 rd Year Devanshi Engineer Riddhi Doshi Srushti Delhivala Suyashi Paliwal

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Harshil Parekh

Ramya Ramesh

Cities evolve through complex processes governed by negotiation, contestation and collaboration between individuals or groups with respective agendas and spatial skills. Collaborative design has now gained international recognition as an important element of architectural design processes. The scope of architecture is being extended to create opportunities for co-production of spaces.

This studio explored how architects can intervene spatially in the public domain, and by doing so, initiate social change. It was underpinned by the critical ethos of empathy, focusing on recognizing one’s biases and responding by keeping people at the centre. The task at hand was to identify potential directions of transformation in a given neighbourhood and respond through the design of a shared space.

Students built a collective understanding of the neighbourhood by observing photos & videos and virtually engaging with anganwadi teachers and residents. They consolidated their research in the form of a collective vision statement, which led to the formulation of individual programmes and design proposals. The research and design exercises were supported by rigorous reading, role-play workshops and discussions with development practitioners and educators.

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Fig 1 Bhaumik Suthar Introduction to Keshavnagar, the studio site Fig 2 Mani Chauhan System map for ’Nayi Khoj’, a learning centre Fig 3 Tanvi Prasad Process of placemaking for ‘Badhate Kadam’, a place to learn through play Fig 4 Tanvi Prasad System map for ’Badhate Kadam’ Fig 5 Srushti Delhivala Ground floor plan of ‘Udaan’, a skil-building centre

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Fig 6 Suyashi Paliwal Long Section for ’Samagra’, a place for holistic development Fig 7 Devanshi Engineer Short Section for ‘Pagathiyu’, a learning centre Fig 8 Mathangi M Long section for ‘YuvTarang’, a youth club Fig 9 Tanvi Prasad A depiction of activities in ‘Badhte Kadam’ Fig 10 Suyashi Paliwal Physical Model for ‘Samagra’

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Climate Responsive Architecture

Unit Assistant Faraaz Ahmed

Faculty of Architecture AR2024 Spring 2021

2nd Year Anshu Patel Anushka Poddar Nataraja Avaneesh Disha Kothari Isha Sachindra Kruti Makwana Santhan Kerlepalli Navya Pandey Ninad Shroff

3rd Year Abhishek Sondarva Drashti Agrawal khushbu Parekh Prachi Patel Radhika bhakkar

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This studio demanded a resolution of a building keeping in view a contextually strong climatic response. The primary concern was to achieve a thermally comfortable building at its site characterised by extreme climatic context, using passive techniques.

The studio worked by building an extensive understanding of climate through sun path diagrams, bioclimatic charts, psychrometric charts and climatic data analysis of different climate zones within individual and group assignments. The literature studies focused on the architecture and its response to the climate and included, both, Vernacular and International buildings. This was followed by simple interventions of unicellular spaces with simple strategies.

This semester students designed an Artist’s residence with his studio and home stay. The three sites selected were in Spiti, Cochin and Jodhpur, all in different climatic zones. The designs with reference to their forms, materials and details were validated through climatic analysis, thermal and wind simulation softwares so as to resolve an efficient building envelope.

Hence, the form of the building is a resultant of the climatic response, functional resolution and material knowledge manifested in details designed by the student.

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Fig 1 Navya Pandey Building exhibiting strong respoce to hot & dry climate of Jodhpur Fig 2 Kruti Makwana Pre Design Wind Analysis and the Resulting wind diverting wall in Jodhpur Fig 3 Santhan Pre & Post Design Analysis and the Resulting Form-Cochin Fig 4 Khushbu Wind catching walls.

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Fig 6 Avaneesh Detail and Transverse Section exploring evaporative cooling & vaults to reduce thermal gain-Jodhpur Fig 7 Disha Kothari Section highlighting roofing details to maximise radiation ingress in Spiti Fig 8 Ninad Shroff Section explaining Evaporative Cooling Designs Strategies Fig 9 Drashti AgrawalSection explaining Evaporative Cooling Designs Strategies Fig 10 Kruti Makwana Model Section explaining Cooling Stratigies

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Learning Spaces: Beyond Schooling

Focus Visualizing and Communicating, Unit Assistant Harsh Chauhan Faculty of Architecture AR2028 Spring 2021

2 nd Year Aditi Shah Bhavana Viswanathan Damini Agarwal Deep Ladumor Devika A Niba Aman K Reeva Dhabalia Rutvi Raychura Shreyanshi Daftary Sohamraj Ghelada Sreelekshmi L A

3 rd Year Namrita Celine Mathew Nisarg Patel

Mitesh Panchal

Anagha Joshi

Walking in the streets of our locality we often don’t realize what public spaces we have around us. Why don’t we usually know the different learning or activity spaces around us? Is it because we cannot relate to them physically? Or because they are inaccessible?

In the time of pandemic, one would have realized the importance to optimize the resources and make them as multifunctional as possible.

The Learning spaces– schools, colleges and educational systems are suffering a lot currently. With time, the views on educational Systems “school” have been changing and now is the time to make them into informal learning spaces– which are beyond the basic learning needs.

The Studio focused on learning spaces which are beyond schooling “multifunctional”, and that have the potential to become the centre in the neighbourhood. Learning spaces were designed for the 5 to 15 years age group. The sites were located in urban and semi-urban areas of the immediate locality of Individual.

The Studio helped understand the scale and proportion of the functions as it prepared the students to design spaces with climatic concerns and appropriate construction technology, structural system & material order. It explored the multi-functional aspect of neighbourhood spaces which could be accessible to all.

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Fig 1 Bhavana,Aditi,Nisarg expressing the diversity and strength in the Context of Individual Site Fig 2 Shreyanshi Daftary Initial Concepts for Learning space Fig 3 Rutvi Raychura Diagrams exploring the functional possibility Fig 4 Namrita Mathewc Defining pedagogy for the Learning spaces Fig 5 Namrita Mathew Activity mapping of Tangible and Intangible elements of Site and surrounding.

Fig 6 Namrita Mathew Mass exploration Models.

Fig 7 Reeva Dhabalia Architectural Floor Plans.

Fig 8 Reeva Dhabalia Mass development in three dimentional showcasing process.

Fig 9 Shreyanshi Daftary Sectional Elevations with Context.

Fig 10 Bhavana,Nisarg,Aditi Celebrative Sectional Elevations showing usage of space at the time of function.

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Making Living Places: Craftsmanship, Song and Imagination Focus Planning and Organizing Unit Assistant Girisha Gajjar

Faculty of Architecture AR2013 Spring 2021

2 nd Year Adhrita Roy Arin Mayani Kaushil Madireddy Mahek Makani Muskan Sood Nainsi Chaudhari Naureen Sultana Prachi Aggarwal Samridhi Chauhan Sanjana Mehta Utsav Patel

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Juzar Lanewala

The making of our everyday life is not an isolated activity but involves living with other lives and things. Stones and tables are as much alive as are the trees and the birds. Our everyday life is an entanglement of things. And it is this entanglement that constitutes a place. So how do we make things well? Or how do we make places of well-being? Where things share an inner likeness with other things; a relation of sympathy. Like the one shared between a daylily and a hummingbird or the hand and a door handle. This ‘shaping each other’ leads us to the necessity of craft and imagination in the making of things and places. While craft is concerned with the structure of things, imagination is a spirited flight into the world of dreams. But when both these apparently opposing actions do intertwine, there emerges a song: a creative entanglement emerging out of a graceful correspondence between the material of engagement, the action of tools and the activity of dreaming. To be able to grasp this correspondence the learner was placed with the requisite tools, in a practical situation, and asked to pay attention to how ‘this’ feels, or how ‘that’ looks or sounds – to notice those subtleties of texture that are all-important to good judgement and the successful practice of a craft.

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Fig 1 Naureen Feroz, Adhrita Roy Place drawings of water pavilion - Monsoon and Summer visions.

Fig 2 Naureen, Arin, Utsav, Sanjana Line and color drawings of things in life Fig 3 Muskan Sood,Kaushil Madireddy Nesting and weaving- Line and color drawings of nest Fig 4 Muskan Sood Nesting and weavingmaking of basket Fig 5 Naureen Feroz Living structure Plan Place with most affection

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Fig 6 Arin Mayani Living structure plan Place with less affection Fig 7 Adhrita Roy Making of a water pavilion - Drawings Fig 8 Naureen Feroz Making of a water pavilion - Final model Fig 9 Naureen Feroz Making of a water pavilion - Processmodels Fig 10 Naureen Feroz, Adhrita Roy Making of a water pavilion - Process models material and elements

The randomness of the trees and their variety makes the foliage look like a mess in the backyard.

The smoke from burning waste fills the air in the evenings.

The soil, the exposed concrete of the wall, the dark leaves and the tiled courtyard gives a rough expression The dew of the grass and the wetness of the soil gives an overall humid atmosphere.

The honking of the cars coming to the hospital nearby along with the calls of the bird and rustles of the leaf.

The air smells crisp and cool due to the growing of many different types of plants.

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Strange Details

Focus Constructing and Specifying Unit Assistant Yash Mehta

Faculty of Architecture AR2004 Spring 2021

3rd Year Abhilasha Chauhan Jayannti Singh Krunal Sadhu Malavika Chedambath Moksha Mehta Parita Upadhyaya Pavneet Kalra Protyoy Sen Riya Kohli Satwika Reddy Tamanna Vakil Tithi Kholia Vagmi Shah Vishnu V. Vivek Chhatrola

Mehul Bhatt

Rajan Bhatt

Architecture is largely perceived as an expression of an idea or concept or intention; but its manifestation is rooted in the realities of construction and nature of materials.

The negotiations between these aspects result into some unique details that are then communicated through drawings. This studio focused on the processes of these negotiations and communications by taking students through a journey of evolving and communicating their own ‘strange’ details. The studio was strongly grounded in enabling the growth of students’ knowledge and understanding of technology to evolve a poetic quality of architectural expression.

The studio projects were designed such that the architectural grammar is derived from an informed, evaluated and considered use of structural elements and materials, environmental responses and the issues of resources. Through these exercises students were exposed to how structural necessities can be transformed into sculptural forms and fundamental elements of the contextual environment inform architectural tools; to come together to evolve ‘architectonic poetics’.

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Fig 1 Moksha Mehta De-constructing the making, Study of Human’s optional use Fig 2 Pavneet Kalra Reading the architectonics, Study of Chamanga cultural center Fig 3 Tithi Kholia De-constructing the making, Study of House on 12 legs Fig 4 Krunal Sadhu De-constructing the making, Study of Tree house C Fig 5 Malavika Chedambath Resolution of structural system Fig 6 Malavika Chedambath Resolution of section Fig 7 Tamanna Vakil Resolution of section Fig 8 Krunal Sadhu Resolution of plan

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Fig 9 Malavika Chedambath Rendered image Fig 10 Malavika Chedambath Rendered image Fig 11 Pavneet Kalra Resolution of wall section and details Fig 12 Vishnu V. Rendered image Fig 13 Protyoy Sen Rendered image Fig 14 Tithi Kholia Resolution of section Fig 15 Parita Upadhyaya Resolution of wall section and details Fig 16 Abhilasha Chauhan Rendered image Fig 17 Riya Kohli Rendered image Fig 18 Moksha Mehta Resolution of plan Fig 19 Moksha Mehta Resolution of wall section and details

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Masters’ Stroke: Matters of Architectural Language Focus Visualizing and Communicating Unit Assistant Nilosha Dave

Faculty of Architecture AR2032 Spring 2021

2 nd Year Aanchal Tejwani Kayvan Gogri Simran Mashruwala Yashodhan Mangukia

3 rd Year Akshat Pagaria Hetarth Mistry Lea Malayil Mannat Singh Nishtha Mehta Priyanka Salunkhe Ramsha Midhat Shannon Maria

Sachin Soni Experiencing a great work of architecture is like reading an excellent piece of literature. It engages the senses through ways in which spatial volumes and form, building scale and light, geometric alignment and organization, materials and textures, structure and details cohere into a meaningful, emotionally charged encounter.

It is not surprising that language and architecture have been used as analogies for each other in many ways. Often phrases like ‘language of architecture’ are employed for describing expressive and tectonic qualities in the oeuvre of great architects.

This studio explored works of selected architects and tried to decipher respectively, the unique architectural vocabulary and grammar that each of them have developed. Students learnt to derive distinct attitudes of selected architects towards various aspects of architecture through analysis of their work. These attitudes were verified intermediately through small design problems and later tested and modified when employed to design a project in a completely different context.

In order to develop skills and sensibilities to approach design through the lens of language of architecture, this studio worked with students to encounter and to engage with the great works of architects

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Detailing and Communicating Architecture

Focus Constructing and Specifying Unit Assistant Neel Jain

Faculty of Architecture AR2034 Spring 2021

3rd Year Aashvi Trivedi Aditi Shah Baidehi Rej Deepak Varma Dhrumin Patel Ishaan Mahajan Jay Patel Naomi Mehta Raj Kansara Repalle Sajanish Snehil Tripathi Yukta R A

Sankalpa This studio investigated the relationship between structure and material as a primary basis in the making of architecture. It prepared students to develop a design ability in which the search for systems of space becomes intrinsic to the search for systems of structure.

The studio assumed that structure is abstract and diagrammatic and therefore it constitutes immense possibility for diverse and numerous forms. In this light, material is merely temporal and one material can be replaced by another in the same structural system. The realization of form that is perceptible is eventually realized through the organization of material in space.

This organization of material in space creates two sets of spaces: one that is around the organized material and the other that the material itself occupies.

This semester students predominantly dealt with and detailed out the latter as an outcome of principles of form deriving. The students produced models and prototypes highlighting structural and constructional aspects of their design as well as a set of technical drawings for execution

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Body, Memory, Architecture

Focus Planning and Organizing Unit Assistant Milap Salot

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3 rd Year Ahmed Pudukode Omya Sharma Palak Hurkat Prasit Gandhi

2 nd Year Ayushi Gupta Juhi Desai Mitali Vadher Prakruti Parsiya Prathamesh Vernekar Saloni Soni Sanjana Chaturvedi Sejal Kundalia Shravya M Sivatmika J

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“During its emergence, creative work calls for two simultaneous foci- the world and the self; and as a consequence of this double focus every profound work is essentially a microcosmic representation of the world and an unconscious self-portrait at the same time.”

The Thinking Hand, Juhani Pallasma As architects we don’t start with a blank slate.

Consciously or subconsciously we bring our histories, memories and dimensions of our selves into the creative process. It is therefore important to acknowledge and access the various experiences, perceptions and presumptions that form us.

Starting with the design of small spaces of solitude, intimacy & congregation in a subterranean site, moving on to transform it into a home and culminating into the transformation of the home into a small institution, students investigated the relationship between the self and the world.

Some of the questions that the studio addressed are as follows: • How is the creative process informed by experiences and memories?

• What is the relationship between body, memory, emotions and space?

Students learnt to apply the method of accessing their experiences & memories through drawings, associational maps, collages & models and integrate them into the design process across different scales.

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Fig 1 Shravya Manjunath Autobiographica around childhood home Fig 2 Saloni Soni Developement (top to bottom) A Secret Place, Childhood Home and A Community Place Fig 3 Omya Sharma Visual & Spatial Representation: My Room, Portraits, Body Studies & Environmental Studies Fig 6 Shravya Manjunath From an unselfconscious house to self-aware public place of Art Center for Children

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Fig 7 Ahmed Shabeer From a curved wall to a drum to its termination in a shell Fig 8 Omya Sharma The pin-wall staircase rotates to grow into a house, which in-turn rotates to become a gallery Fig 9 Ahmed Shabeer The dining space in the drum forms the pivot of the house Fig 10 Prasit Gandhi Delicate balance within/ between the house & public realm

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Humane Habitat: The Alchemy of Place, People and Palimpsest Focus Planning and Organizing Unit Assistant Parshwa Palkhiwala Faculty of Architecture AR2009 Spring 2021

2 nd Year Aanchal Bansal Adiraju Vinuthna Anmol Patel Charmi Soni Deekshiit S Dhriti Mistri Mauli Borkhetariya Shaimin Maredia Yash Rabadiya

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Yatin Pandya Neighbourhood is the most intimate spatial construct that one inhabits. The emphasis of the design studio was to conceive and create human centric spaces as living environments.

The pandemic has aptly demonstrated the value of two fundamental tenets of existence, one, evolving a harmonious balance among humans and two, among humans and nature.

Neighbourhood design studio emphasised on the creation of spaces that induce ethos of interactivity between neighbours, a humane scale, plurality for coexistence of diverse values, imageability within the given milieu of place and people and sustainability within climate and constructional context. Thus, a wholesome living environment was aimed at. Tools used to evolve such understanding were: reading for exposure and interpretation, neighbourhood visits for experience and inference, verbal and visual narratives for visualization and conception,collage and spatial installation for abstracting the essence and physical models for three dimensional spatial comprehension and resolution.

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Fig 1 Vinuthna, Mauli, Heer Imagination of habitat Fig 2 Shaimin Maredia Exploration of massing distribution of neighbourhood Fig 3 Shaimin Maredia Evolution diagram of a housing cluster Fig 4 Mauli Borkhetariya Neighbourhood as a composition of built and unbuilt spaces Fig 5 Deekshit S Section through a cluster of units wrapped around an open space Fig 6 Yash, Mauli, Deekshit, Dhriti Axonometric representation of stacking systems that create shared semi open and open space

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Fig 7 Charmi Soni Affordable Container housing for ship breaking yard workers Fig 8 Charmi Soni Detailed cluster drawings for Container housing unit Fig 9 Shaimin Marediya Detailed cluster drawings for deep long houses Fig 10 Deekshit S Over looking semi open terraces to aid interaction Fig 11 Heer Upadhyay Expression of streets in the sky Fig 12 Yash Rabadiya Common gathering spaces between units

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Span and Space: Exploring Tectonics in Architecture Focus Vizualizing and Communicating Unit Assistant Pratik Bagul

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2 nd Year Aryan Choudhury Mathew Jayash Shreya Joseph

3 rd Year Diwan Heena Mistry Shiv Aangi Shah Adarsh Reddy Arushi Goyal Khyati Goswami Manali Kapadia Ritika Doijode Samyuktha N P Varshil Changani Ved Patel Yajurva Jagad

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“Tectonics” in architecture is achieving the expressive qualities through construction and maneuvering of forces in structure such that the entity created cannot be defined by only structure and construction. In achieving tectonics, selection, organization and manipulation of form plays an important role in the design process. Architects need to equip themselves to exploit the potential of various materials and methods, for which conceptual understanding of structural systems and form is very essential.

This studio equipped students to handle advances in material and technology to achieve meaningful forms in such a way that this process was seen to become a major design determinant. The studio aimed at imparting the basic knowledge of local and global forms with respect to structural actions. It dealt with the association of space and tectonics by developing the understanding of material, form and structure in such a way that students used this understanding in their design to integrate the structure and construction along with spatial qualities to achieve tectonic expression. At the end of the studio, students had evolved the ability to compose structure, construction and spatial expression to a level of “Tectonics”.

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Fig 1 Adarsh Reddy Drawings of 45m3 module Fig 2 Yajurva Jagad Sketch of part section showing activities Fig 3 Shreya Joseph Longitudinal section of design in process Fig 4 Shreya Joseph Organizational plan showing activities for caravan Fig 5 Ved Patel Site plan showing context Fig 6 Ved Patel 1:100 Organizational model Fig 7 Yajurva Jagad Sketch for study of natural object ’turtle shell’ Fig 8 Vritika Doijode Sketch for study of natural object ’Venus’ flower basket’ Fig 9 Adarsh Reddy Exploration of 45m3 module in steel and RCC Fig 10 Yajurva Jagad Exploration of 45m3 module in Brick and RCC Fig 11 Mathew Jayesh Exploration of 45m3 module in steel and RCC Fig 12 Adarsh Reddy Process plan of organization and activities with part plan and section Fig 13 Adarsh Reddy Exploration model of 45m3 module in steel and RCC

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Fig 14 Adarsh Reddy Exploration model of 45m3 module in brick and RCC Fig 15 Varshil Changani Exploration model of 45m3 module in brick and RCC Fig 16 Shreya Joseph Detail Wall section drawing at 1:20 Fig 17 Mathew Jayesh Exploded axonometric part section Fig 18 Yajurva Jagad Structural loading diagram for organization Fig 19 Varshil Changani Wall section model at 1:20 Fig 20 Arushi Goyal Wall section model at 1:20 Fig 21 Ved Patel Wall section model at 1:20 Fig 22 Yajurva Jagad Detail Wall section sketch at 1:20 Fig 23 Mathew Jayesh Organization of spaces in plan at 1:100 Fig 24 Yajurva Jagad Organization of spaces in plan at 1:100 Fig 25 Adarsh Reddy Organization of spaces in section at 1:100

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Urban Housing as a Product of Types, Density and Systems

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5 th Year Ajay Chovatia Driti Patel Prajit Gupte Shrey Gupta Malav Desai

Mohammed Ayazkhan House forms are a result of values that are rooted in three key aspects around which societies are organised: socio-cultural aspects, topographical aspects and the material-technological aspects.

The form emerges, first by responding to the intangible needs attached with the socio-cultural aspects; and the tangible aspects related to technology and topography give shape to the final product.

In this design studio, students addressed the issue of affordable urban housing by responding to the three criteria mentioned above. The socio-cultural aspects were addressed by careful examination of the user group and the existing settlements (slums).

This process helped students question the conventional BHK typology and arrive at units and clusters that could cater to the needs of families and communities as they grow.

The topographical aspects are best represented by the growing relevance of sustainable approach to built environments. Performance based design with aspects of thermal comfort were at the forefront in the design process.

Finally, the choice of materials, architectural elements and organising principles led to evolution of a ‘System’ that was tested by applying to other sites in the same city. The idea here was to look at housing as a system, much in the sense of vernacular architecture

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Fig 1 Ajay Chovatia Site-Surat: View from common plot.

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Fig 3 Ajay Chovatia Site-Surat: CrossSection through Site.

Fig 4 Ajay Chovatia Site-Surat: Typical Cluster elevation- Diagonal ‘Streets’ culminating on terraces.

Fig 5 Ajay Chovatia Site-Surat: SiteIsometric View Fig 6 Ajay Chovatia Site-Surat: Typical Cluster layout- Showing existing unit arrangment (Top) and Flexibility of Arrangment(Bottom) Fig 7 Driti Patel: Site-Ahmedabad: Performance based Design- Stimulation of Wind at Cluster level.

Fig 8 Driti Pate: Site- Ahmedabad: Performance based Design- Stimulation of Lux Level in Unit Layouts.

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Fig 10 Malav Desai Site-Ahmedabad: Sectional Perspective at Clusters LevelShowing Courtyard and community space at ground floor.

Fig 11 Siddhi Agarwal Site-Jodhpur: View of the Typical Cluster.

Fig 12 Aishwarya Gupta Site-Noida: Neighbourhood section.

Fig 13 Aishwarya Gupta Site-Noida: Site plan- Showing Vehicular-Pedestrian Network and Commercial Streets.

Fig 14 Aishwarya Gupta Site-Noida: Cross Section through Typical Cluster.

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The City and Performance Spaces – Performance Space as Urban Catalysts

Unit Assistant Mohik Acharya

Faculty of Architecture AR3018 Spring 2021

5 th Year Anokhi Brahmbhatt Kush Patel Maitri Thorat Milin Vadgama Neha Maturi Nishanth Krishna Prarthi Marfatiya Viraj Brahmbhatt Tanay Agrawal Rushika Shah

Jayant Gunjaria

Viral Bhavsar

All arts are essential expressions of human existence. Performance Arts in particular, have evolved as a primary manifestation of their respective cultures and subsequently have a profound impact on the functioning of these cultures. The collective nature of performing arts renders it public, making it vital to understand the role of performing arts in socio cultural development and its built environments that actively generates the specific image and vision of the place and the city.

A chronological examination of performance spaces reveals that they tend to occur progressively as technically advanced, closed isolated boxes through time, enabling one to create and conduct performances in the most imaginative manner. In that respect, performance spaces are as important a tool for a good performance as a well-tuned instrument or an artist.

While their typology requires performance spaces to be a closed box, they are also inherently public spaces. The challenge then is to be able to house this instrument along with public spaces in their respective contexts. This initiates inquiry into the nature of spaces, which generates and enables environments where performances can occur in a specific context and in turn how performances and the spaces that host them influence their contexts.

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Workplace Neighborhoods

Unit Assistant Elika Shingho

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4 th Year Anushka Reddi Daksh Goel Darshan Patel Divolka Sawlani Palak Choksi

5 th Year Archan Kiyada Karn Dev Singh Kanchi Ketan Modi Poonam Parikh Komal Nayak

Nimit Killawala

Prateek Banerjee

The flexible workspace phenomenon has spiked the demand for co-working spaces in metropolitan cities in India. However unlike mono-functional and generic office buildings located in CBD’s, these typologies work best in a civic environment, supported by community/ civic institutions offering an ecosystem, wherein individuals can tap into networks of collaborations offered within their immediate neighborhood. Freelancers are no more isolated, small businesses have the flexibility to expand and shrink as required. The focus is to achieve a rich urban environment that could attract a young workforce and keep them motivated.

The Precinct surrounding Sandhurst road rail yard along the eastern edge of Mumbai was selected as the site for intervention. Its connectivity to both Central and Harbor lines and proximity to the Eastern freeway allows for a strategic location. Further, the proposed Eastern Waterfront development, can potentially offer the much needed resource for certain industries to thrive in this area.

The studio was interested in the landward side repercussions of such large scale Urban Developments.

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Fig 5 Palak Choksi Modulation of the facade, defining a new public domain Fig 6 Archan Kiyada Built form as a sum of parts, linked by a street

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Between the Fracture and the Fold

Unit Assistant Sneha Lakhani

Faculty of Architecture AR3030 Spring 2021

3rd Year Yashi Tripathi

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2nd Year Harsh Panchal Hari Patel Karan Tanna Bharat Raj Thukral Ruhani Adlakha Siddharth P Cyriac Keerthan B V

The last couple of decades at the turn of the 20th century have been extremely critical to the theoretical discourse in architecture. At the beginning of the last decade of the 20th century, architectural theory was busily discussing DeConstructivism and its eminently angular avatars in building. American critical theory of the time was strongly influenced by Parisian thinkers who were exploring theories beyond the scope of architecture.

There was a selection of architects during the phase between 1980s and the 2000s who were rigorously exploring interconnections and translations from varied parallel discourses like art and philosophy to architecture, lending agency to their own theoretical grounding.

Our Design studio explored this very phase in the architectural discourse which raised questions of meaning embedded within architectural constructs through a rigorous framework of theoretical standings during the latter half of the 20th century. Lending foundation to this fetishization of form-making, this studio helped students to ground their individual visual explorations into a process-based learning, journeying from the theoretical to the radical, to the real

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Fig 1 Karan Tanna - Illustration depicting the cracks on earth’s surface exposing the wounds of the Pandemic.

Fig 2 Collage of all students works - Introductory excercise exploring individual experience by students during the pandemic represented thru sketches, diagrams, collages and renders.

Fig 3 Poveglia Island, Italy. Site orientation and existing structures.

Fig 4 Bharat Raj Thukral - Exploring the notion of host and parasite thru a protective canopy encompassing existing structures while inserting new floor plates.

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Fig 6 Ruhani Adlakha - Intertwining of two independent journeys thru site history and the history of Pandemics achieved thru deflection, juxtaposition and scaling.

Fig 7 Siddharth Cyriac - Establishing transitions thru five stages of grief during pandemic namely denial, anger, bargaining, depression and final acceptance.

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Humanizing Urban Space: Social Production and Speculative Design of Neighbourhood Place Unit Assistant Shreya Gambhir

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Are Cities today great places to live and enjoy everyday life? This is the critical question still haunting us since the time we defined “City” as a great urban form at the dawn of the Industrial revolution. The critical text against Modernism

by Jane Jacobs, ‘The Death and Life of Great American Cities’ (1992), reminds us of the great crisis within the quality of human values in our cities and their decay.

Bhavya Ratadia Dhruv Bhatia Jhanvi Oza Jui Dudhiya Jui Magiawala Vidhi Gajjar Prachi Patodia

There is an urgent need for a critical thought and approach to design and planning of urban form and architecture of cities. The social and cultural patterns of everyday urban life construct the important human values: sense of belonging, identity, safety and a strong and healthy community. The studio focused on developing a theoretical perspective on the problem of humanizing cities and explored urban design and architectural ideas to develop a design for public places in the urban context.

The students used the place making theories as a base to first decode the social and cultural patterns of urban life in the project area, then to evolve a theoretical frame for analysis and finally to demonstrate the exploration of a speculative design of the urban space and architectural character

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Fig 1 Prachi Patodia Abstraction Mapping in the existing neighbourhood of Dhanvantri,Ahmedabad Fig 2 Jui Magiawala Abstract mapping of ‘play’ in the Vijaynagar site, Ahmedabad Fig 3 Bhavya Ratadia Vertical explorations of observed Social and Behavioural Patterns Fig 4 Jui Dudhiya Social and Behavioural Patterns of different user groups on site :Dhanvantri Fig 5 Bhavya Ratadia Proposed plan of Urban Space for Vijaynagar Fig 6 Vidhi Gajjar Volumetric diagram of proposed Masterplan for Vijaynagar

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Architecture of Nuances

Unit Assistant Jay P Shah

Faculty of Architecture AR3028 Spring 2021

5 th Year Aishwarya Mahadevan Bansari Gandhi Drashti Nakrani Ipsa Pancholi Ripalbala Pargi Rutvij Saini Maulik Prajapati Ruchitkumar Patel Khushi Makwana

Samira Rathod Our entire journey that is life is made up of a zillion moments, instances, accrued. Every instance, a byte stored somewhere in the nuclei of our mind. When these instances and their experience are combined with an emotion, they become a memory. When we recall these memories of our experiences, we call it nostalgia.

Our lives are all interconnected one to another; animate to inanimate; into one large universe of everyone’s memories; making all of our histories into one, in a manner of speaking.We build subconsciously, on this palimpsest of historicity, architecture upon architecture, building upon a building, where instances are borne as we experience them in some environment; in a place, in a space. Moreover, to make these instances pleasurable, we must build beautiful places and spaces.

But our lives, whilst an accrual of instances are defined by nuances; unspoken words, body language, a closed fist , a flutter, a gesture, a breadth, a tone, a glint in the eye; an indication— a nuance. Architecture of nuances: Monumentality represents power. However, what of the power of fragility? The studio intended to look at the architecture of nuances, of the subtle tectonics that make the spatial experience beautiful, resilient, and powerful.

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Fig 6 Drashti Nakarani Design Drawings for a Dairy in Ambapur, Ahemdabad Fig 7 Bansari Gandhi Design Drawings for a textile museum on Calico Mill Lands on the Banks of Sabarmati River Front Fig 8 Khushi Makwana Design Drawings for a Community Centre and Museum in Kaligam, near Kaligam Fort on the outskirts of Ahmdabad

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Towards a Critical Project and a Project of Criticism Situation: Sangath, Ahmedabad Unit Assistant Manthan Mevada

Faculty of Architecture AR3029 Spring 2021

4 th Year Abhinav J Tushar Kanoi

5th Year Dwij Hirpara Heer Shah Kanxa Shah Shreya Sharma Nilanshi Agrawal Yashmita Rao Aakash Bala M Nikhil Makhijani

Shubhra Raje

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The prevalent discourse on architecture positions the architectural project as a singular act, made separate from the continuity and collective condition of the environment which we are (still) in obligation to share. The studio challenged this tendency to iconize the architectural project within our disciplinary discourse by a persistent curiosity to understand it as a part of the built environment, assessing its viability and limitations through a systematic inquiry into the conditions and consequences of its design.

This semester, through the discovery of relevant questions, the studio investigated Sangath, a project familiar to us through its reputation and the established narratives of its successes.

Students identified problems inherent in the existing design by way of vital relationships it failed to consider. Subtle, yet profound intervention/s that resolved the identified problems followed, shifting the emphasis from design solutions derived primarily from the expression of form to that of solving problems of relevance, thereby rekindling the potential of program: the meaning of use and continuity of the built environment as an understanding of what constitutes critical architecture in service of responsibility over mere reputation

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I. The choreography of the picturesque promenade: a pathway that reveals the setting, an idyllic garden with the building as a backdrop, merging with the ground.

II. The compositional compulsions of the picturesque: the partially subterranean built form, depressed to a mere 600mm, elongated in the N-S direction (Fig 2.4), has been consistently posited as a subterranean typology by way of its formal evocations, rather than the careful examination of the intricate relationships that make the act of going underground appropriate to specific inhabitations, in addition to climate.

III. The consequences of the picturesque: the building enclosure, burdened with the responsibility of bearing both the vaults and retaining earth on the garden side, creates for a restrictive enclosure that prevents a small footprint to swell and recede to accommodate the vagaries of program and the extremities of sub-tropical sun and rain The proclivity towards the architectural promenade inadvertently leads to the separation of the built from its garden, the very element it seeks to unite with.

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Nature and Form

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Faculty of Design BD2006 Spring 2021

2 nd year Abishai Choragudi Ananya Manojkumar Diya Mehta Hitesh Rao Beedu Pratika Chhajed

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The word nature is derived from the Latin word natura, or ‘essential qualities or innate disposition’. Nature in the broadest sense is equivalent to the natural world, the physical universe, material world or the material universe, ‘nature’ refers to the phenomena of the physical world and life in general according to Wikipedia.

Nature is all around us and deep within us.

Design is implicit in nature in even its most basic and simplest forms. Nature provides us with vast design information and inspirations. Almost all the human-made innovations have been based on the observations, study, and insights gained from nature’s functioning. Various nature forms revealed to us the very basis of the design. These included: purpose, structure, growth, geometry, transitions, relationships between parts, proportions, colour, texture. Even the surface plays a vital role in the survival of a biological entity by serving towards camouflage, disguise, warning, attracting, mimicry, dazzle, pure beauty.

Nature also profoundly illustrates the unique interdependence and interrelationships of various elements of the forms within a holistic development approach. Natural forms provide us with an invaluable reference to make decisions in developing human-made forms.

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Fig 1 All Students Poster displaying the process drawings- analysis of natural elements, extracting its essence, ideation of product design, user, context, material study, explorations, etc Fig 2 Aashman Amin Chemistry Lab Workstation inspired from the study of Bismuth Crystal Fig 3 Kathan Chauhan Matsya: A cart dedicated to Macchiwalis

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Fig 4 Ananya Manojkumar Anaar: Plant within a Cavity inspired through study of a pomegranate (Punica Granatum) Fig 5 Saumya Khimesara Cadeira: A Lounge Chair inspired through study of a pineapple Fig 6 Aryan Kapoor Braille-ing: A Handrail system for the visually impaired Fig 7 Abhishai Choragudi The Wing: A seating artefact inspired by the Mantaray

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Indetail- Making is Realizing

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Faculty of Design BD2005 Spring 2021

2 nd year Archi Shah Hardee Agrawal Heer Desai Kushani Mehta

3 rd year Heer Patel Isha Shah Kinshuk Adeshra Meher Shah Suhani S Nathan Tulsi Detroja

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Today as creators, we find ourselves amid a new paradigm shift of the 4th Industrial Revolution—where our physical and digital worlds are completely blended together. This revolutionary digitized transformation has changed how we design things, how we make things, who makes these things and the very nature of what we make. Design no longer exists passively on the drawing board as amalgamation of abstract ideas and functionalities but it actively addresses issues related to material optimization, making techniques, etc. at ideational level.

The background concern of this studio unit was to bridge the gap between abstract drawing board ideas and making techniques in two ways: how ideas can be embodied in materials and making processes and how thinking through materials and making processes can tease out ideas. Academically, to find some precision in such methods, instead of working on abstract concepts, an analogical method was introduced at the starting of semester as a kick off point & later each student was given specific material or production technique as a constraint to work his design upon.

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Fig 1 Kinshuk Adeshra Spike Hike Chair flat packing, self-assembly, light-weight, modular lounge chair Fig 2 Kinshuk Adeshra Geometric Puzzle–Hinge folding method – Octahedron to Rhombicuboctahedron Fig 3 Heer Patel Geometric Puzzle – Scissor Rotating Method – Icosahedron to Icosidodecahedron transformation Fig 4 Suhani Nathan Geometric Puzzle – Clipping Method – Cube to truncated Octahedron - assemble/disassemble Fig 5 Meher Shah Geometric Puzzle– Crease folding method –Octahedron to Cuboctahedron transformation

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Fig 6 Isha Shah Geometric Puzzle – Addition/Subtraction method Fig 7 Hardee Agarwal Geometric Puzzle – Crease folding method Fig 8 Archi Shah Geometric Puzzle – Clipping method Fig 9 Suhani Nathan Flat Packing system derivation process Fig 10 Meher Shah Camping tent with rigid skin for tougher climates Fig 11 Kushani Mehta Hoberdome – Collapsible Dome system for events Fig 12 Heer Patel Kinetic facade system - 3d Geometric transformable module scissor & pulley mechanism

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Faculty of Design BD2002 Spring 2021

2 nd year Benett Thomas Dev Prajapati Diya Chhaniyara Nanditha Francis Tejomay Kalai Uma Vaishnavi Borkar

3 rd year Apoorv Magdum Arundhati Jaiswal Jayashre B G Vishakha Bhatt

Sadasivan Iyer The Built spaces (domestic or work) of today pose challenges to meet the need of specific products to be designed and manufactured. The products whave to meet the demands of lifestyle and the challenges of change in technology.

This studio introduced a design thinking process to find solutions for the products made of Nonmetals in the built environment. The modules/tasks planned in the studio enhanced the learning of materials, manufacturing, human factors etc. The learning process enabled the students to apply learnt fundamental principles to multiple three-dimensional forms, structures, and products.

Students used various model making methods that were Digital. Students addressed the historical context of the design of products as they practiced critical thinking, research, problem solving, and aesthetic refinement. Projects required sketches, digital models, written reports and oral presentations of the explorations on the identified products and systems. Students developed their individual creative process through the exploration and manipulation of materials and methods to express a visual response to themes or contents.

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Fig 1 Apoorv Magdum Space context desfining the associated building products Fig 2 Jayashre B G A portable lamp mock up – desktop 01 Fig 3 Jayashre B G A portable lamp mock up – desktop 02 Fig 4 Vaishnavi Borkar Suspended lighting system for a pool side lounge in a villa Fig 5 Tejomay Uma Product Design Specication table Fig 6 Nanditha Francis Prototyping a Desk organizer

Fig 7 Dev Prajapati Making process of an Indoor wall clock prototype Fig 8 Vishakha Bhatt Space model to gauge the space context and scale Fig 9 Arundhati Jaiswal Prototype of a Home planter system Fig 10 Diya Chhaniyara Describing the CMF and product specifications of a Waste bin Fig 11 Benett Benny Thomas Railway display unit Technial drawing with FEA analysis using CAD software.

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Remodelling Residences

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2 nd Year Arpita Sharma Arthav Vagadiya Arya Dave Aryan Keswani Isha Patel Mitta Kasturi Mudit Mantri

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Hamid Raj ‘Remodelling residences’: the focus of this studio was space planning and organization.

The students were required to understand the users and stakeholders; to respond to an actual site and its context; to respond to climate; and to identify and choose an appropriate structural system. We studied prototypical ‘Pol houses’ to understand and appreciate the traditional vernacular house and utilize and incorporate its wisdom in the new design. The task was to design a residence for a family including five people.

The site is located in the pol of the old city of Ahmedabad and is a pol house in a completely dilapidated and broken state. Some elements such as windows, doors, wooden columns, beams, joists, staircase etc. have been salvaged.

These salvaged elements were supposed to be reused in the new design. The task was to design a residence for the family on the given site keeping in mind the individual needs of the family members while responding to the site context and the climatic conditions.

The students had to make an overall design which reused the salvaged elements from the old structure and proposed a structural system while planning the interior spaces along with furniture layouts.

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IR2032

Decoding Poetics of Spaces

Focus Visualizing and Communicating Unit Assistant Roma Patadia

Faculty of Design IR2032 Spring 2021

2nd year Aeshna Khandwala Anvi Vijh Dhrumil Suthar Dhwani Sanklecha Kavina Shah Konkona Das Miti Shah Rudram Patel Vaidehi Chikhalia Yanshie Shah Zalak Shah

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Designers, artists, creative individuals— we are poets at heart. How can we design without romanticizing about space? The fact is that poetry does not exist in the books in the library. Poetry is in the journey of reading the book. You change as a person in that journey.

Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book. For the monsoon semester of 2020 we took the book Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard as our dharmagranth, bible, or koran or more as the constitution of India. Ten exercises in the semester responded to the ten chapters of the book. Each chapter of the book was read-rereadanalyzed-torn apart-critiqued during each week.

Text provided visual genesis for the design exercises throughout the semester. Students and faculty conducted periodic readings together to interpret and understand various meanings of the text. Students were given specific exercises to broaden their repertoire of elements of space which helped them to build and construct spaces. All exercises were done keeping the text of the book in mind.

The Poetics of Space places special emphasis on the interior domestic space and its components: the various rooms and the different types of furniture inside.

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Fig 6 Kavina Shah Carving an ice cave Fig 7 Vaidehi Chakhalia Dwelling of crocheted roots Fig 8 Vaidehi Chakhalia Inter-twining of roots to create an enclosure Fig 9 Vaidehi Chakhalia Weaving leaves into a blanket Fig 10 Yanshie Shah A Mellow amidst the green Fig 11 Yanshie Shah An intertwined structure made of wines forming voids

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Fig 1 Anvi Vijh Sectional perspective of Diaphanous Nest Fig 2 Konkona Das The ice inside the dwelling melts to create beguiling sculpures Fig 3 Konkona Das The snow descends into my dwelling in winters Fig 4 Konkona Das Dwelling in the ice scapes of Arctic Fig 5 Kavina Shah Dwelling in a sequestered iceberg

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IR2035

Celebrating Crafts

Focus Visualizing and Communicating Unit Assistant Kamna Vyas

Faculty of Design IR2035 Spring 2021

2 nd year Gayatri Arkal Hamsa Gajjala Ojasva Raturi Sachi Prajapati Samridhi Jha Vishwa Savalia

3 rd year Pulkit Jain Riddhi Tiwari Saylee Jain Yati Aggarwal Zeel Thaker

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In India, within the rural and semi-urban context, crafts are a way of life and an integral part of the lifestyle. Craft Bazar or haat or craft mela are the common sightings in such a context. But within the urban context, the craft has to redefine itself.

In the recent decade, crafts are bringing a new wave of creating a material culture and emerging as a collaborative and sustainable practice. It is time to celebrate this emergence of crafts, globally as well as within India, by bringing them to the public domain.

This studio was an attempt to know, understand, and represent the traditional and contemporary craft practice in the format of the public display.

It’s time to bring the essence of the festive spirits of crafts within urban life and its interiors. The interesting part of the studio was that students were able to evolve their own context. This multidisciplinary studio was an amalgamation of crafts, graphic design, environmental graphics and exhibition design.

In order to understand the various nuances of crafts, various experts as well as craftspeople were invited for interactions and presentations throughout the semester. The representation was in a narrative style drawing references from various traditional art and crafts forms.

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Fig 1 Yati Aggarwal Her Story of honour Fig 2 Saylee Jain A Commoner’s Affair Fig 3 Zeel Thaker Kahaniya Exhibition Fig 4 Gayatri Arkal A Journey through magical lands Fig 5 Hamsa Gajjala Thinking Parametrically Fig 6 Pulkit Jain A journey of emotions Fig 7 Zeel, Samridhi, Hamsa Crafting story book

Fig 8 Yati Aggarwal The Magical Sandbook Fig 9 Gayatri Arkal The Sacred Flower Fig 10 Ojasava Raturi Jungle-A-Far Fig 11a Zeel, Gayatri, Pulkit, Hamsa Object Cards Fig 11b Yati, Zeel, Gaytri, Pulkit Posters Fig 11c Hamasa Gajjala, Gaytri Akral Narrative Sraft Storyboard Fig 11d Hamasa, Saylee, Pulkit Recipe Book

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Deployable Systems – Form, Space and Function Focus Constructing and Specifying Unit Assistant Chirag Markana

Faculty of Design IR2030 Spring 2021

2 nd year Khushi Panchal Sakshi Shah Utsav Zala

3 rd year Ayushi Patel Harshika Choudhary Het Desai Kamakshi Jadav Mayank Jindal Neha Gandhi Swastika Singh

Jinal Shah The studio intended to explore the potential of deployable systems of Origami and scissor mechanism to design, user-defined multifunctional space/product/interior architecture element, which facilitates or enhances the existing activity or user experience, within a given context.

The student engaged in understanding, analyzing, mapping, exploring the interdependent relationship between form, space, and function. The studio was divided into 3 parts. The first part intended to explore the concept of multi-functional spaces by understanding and analyzing the needs, aspirations, movement patterns of existing and potential users within a specific site. The second part intended to explore the deployable systems of Origami and Scissor Mechanism.

The third part intended to engage the students in the process of design development. The students explored the application of the deployable system to design a structure/ product that responded to the spatial needs of the user. It also aimed at understanding the working details for the deployable structure. The final outcome of the semester was an in-depth presentation of the working principle and details of the deployable system designed for a usercentric multi-functional space/product/interior architecture element.

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Collaboration and Connection Re-Defining Office Space Post Pandemic Focus Constructing and Specifying Unit Assistant Ashini Shah

Faculty of Design IR2039 Spring 2021

2 nd year Archana Marwaha Ashesha Shah Fiza Elat Lakshita Grade Pranjal Patel Tejaswini Nettem

3 rd year Ananya Bhardwaj Pari Mistry Riya Choksi Sonu Vekaria

Naandi Parikh In the last decade, changes in work processes have brought about a gradual but dramatic shift in the way office spaces are designed.

Business objectives often require employees to work collaboratively, promoting interaction between co-workers. But with the #COVID19 outbreak, majority of the workforce are now working remotely and continuing to deliver results efficiently. Although researches done over the past few months, have affirmed a larger percentage of people wanting to return to the workplace. Being said that employee expectations and current scenario requires “Repurposing” of this spaces, designs must provide flexibility for possible new configurations to adapt to the new normal along with taking proper safety measures and keeping in mind human factors such as the need for natural light, privacy, and comfort recognized as essential to their productivity.

The particular space-planning studio dealt to address this shift in the design of office spaces and create a flexible interior environment with help of modular furniture, retaining the students’ individual design style, also incorporating existing on-site elements and factors.

Students were given 2 different sites to design office space(250 sq mt approx) for a selected profession followed by detailing one area of the space and developing a furniture piece.

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IR2036

Inside Out

Focus Planning and Organizing Unit Assistant Maitry R Shah

Faculty of Design IR2036 Spring 2021

2 nd year Akshat Shah Dhruvanshi Modhwadia Harshavi Patel Heer Sanghvi Nirja Gajjar Rutvi Patel Shraddha Mojidra Srushti Mehta

3 rd year Aniruddha Nilosey Jinal Patel Pavni Porwal Uttara Gupta

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In its website, the American Library Association affirms that a library of visual & performing arts is a valuable asset to have; yet, very few such libraries exist. Further, the word ‘library’ has always been associated with silent spaces populated by rows & rows of books. But do people even read anymore?

This studio had a two-fold objective: 1. To re-imagine libraries where books are replaced by powerful sensory tools such as painting, storytelling, dance, music, drama and movies as the primary mode of gaining information 2. To investigate the possibility of designing spaces from the inside out, with interior elements dictating the development of the exterior shell.

Consequently, students first studied libraries as they exist today, focusing on access systems such as sorting, cataloguing and organizing.

They then made an informed choice of the art form and the city in which to locate their library.

Finally, the concept and design intent were used as starting points to arrive at a shape grid that was manipulated to develop spaces from the inside out. Students applied their knowledge of spatial requirements and space-making elements to develop one space identified as the ‘heart’. Other spaces were subsequently designed and added to ‘grow’ the library, thus developing the exterior envelope.

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IR2029

Traveler’s Home

Focus Planning and Organizing Unit Assistant Silvi Panchal

Faculty of Design IR2029Spring 2021

2 nd Year Avani Gupta Harini Shah Helly Patel Kushagra Mittal Madhav Agrawal Riddhi Pandya Yashvee Sheth Yug Shah

3 rd Year Bhavya Parikh Pabari Devanshi Khushi Loonia Roshni Adarsh

Shikha Parmar

Shweta Jain

It is exhilarating for a traveler or a photographer to witness a pair of corkscrew horns with a dash of black in the milieu of rising sun amidst the golden grasslands. As more and more wildlife enthusiasts and photographers are seeking short expeditions, a traveler to Velavadar National park seeks a shelter nestled in the winding grasslands which lends possibilities to encounter wildlife and connect to nature.

This unit commenced with questioning the notion of a ‘shelter’ and to design an abode, which also acts as a ‘machan’ in accommodating stopovers to pause, encounter and capture the shy and endangered black buck roaming freely through the unbroken landscape. It was a must for the design to provide both a pragmatic and more importantly, a sensorial experience distilling the characteristics of the site for an appropriate spatial narrative. Contextual elements and needs of the user, informed the selection of spatial elements, materials and the spatial configuration. Relationships of the inside to the outside were explored through models.

As part of pedagogic method, a tool box was assembled wherein some constants were laid for the site and variables added sequentially based on the site strategy derived. The studio enabled conceptualization and organisation of spaces, eventually evolving a grammar of space responding to the site.

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Art of Detailing

Focus Constructing and Specifying Unit Assistant Mayuri Ramavat

Faculty of Design IR2018 Spring 2021

2 nd year Ansh Ajmera Anushka Shah Harsh Zala Nishi Jagad

3 rd year Abhishek Mistry Raj Panchal Sakina Tajani Vedanshi Sarda Esha Gupta Foram Panchal

Vasav Bhatt This studio aimed at bridging the gap between academics and the practical world where we explored ideas with different materials and transformed them into reality through drawings and 3D explorations. Design detailing relies on developing a thorough understanding and sensitivity to every characteristic of the designed object including: its purpose and function; mechanism of operation; the material; the method of assembly and fabrication; finishes and ornamentation. Detailing is the articulation of the structure and construction. The discussion included reviews of recent built works that extracted underlying principles that can be the basis for new patterns or the alteration and addition to existing patterns. In guiding a design from idea to reality, architects design a set of details that show how structure will be put together.

The aesthetics are only a small fraction of good design and that stability and functionality require a deep understanding of how elements come together. Art of Detailing helps bring the elements together with a well fleshed-out design that communicates accurately at all levels of the construction process in identifying the palette of materials to explore and recognize its strength/ weakness in the overall built-form, structure and details.

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IR2024

Exploration of Design: Material in Focus

Focus Constructing and Specifying Unit Assistant Vidhi Bhow

Faculty of Design IR2024 Spring 2021

2 nd year Maitreyi Popat Sakshi Maheshwari

3 rd year Aayush Doshi Aneri Surati Brinda Jasoliya Dhvani Kanuga Isha Hapani Ishita Patel Jeel Mody Khushi Amin Krishi Jhaveri Rajkumar Mehta Niyati Gupta

Vishal Joshi

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The studio required students to evolve a fresh design based on the programmatic requirements introduced at the onset of the semester and produce detailed construction drawings for the same, implementing their learning from sequentially crafted and regularly discussed exercises during the tenure of the complete semester. These exercises were introduced and conducted towards facilitating the student to experience site execution of the project, in real-time. Project budgetary constraints were intentionally ignored to facilitate design & material exploration.

The process adopted for the semester required the students to study properties, details, sizes, etc. of various construction materials and later to develop their own material palette. The criteria for selection of material were based on respective understanding of the concept of the project, activity designed and constructability.

The resultant design solution was more harmonious and integrated. The produced drawings bore the reflection of core design philosophy, conscious choice of materials and thus presented suitable details. The sequence of produced drawings also enabled us to understand the interdependency of one drawing on another. This strengthened the students’ logical reasoning to produce a specific drawing.

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Inside Outside- Performative Envelopes

Focus Planning and Organizing Unit Assistant Shivani Natu

Faculty of Design IR2037 Spring 2021

2 nd Year Dhruvi Thanawala Kshanika Patel Nandani Motiyani Saumya Trivedi Zeel Patel Zeeyan Modasiya

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Building facade skin is the medium that divides the interior and the exterior. The designers exploit the potential of the skin to address sitebased challenges with respect to the lighting and cooling needs of the built environment.

Students had to answer the question: How to integrate daylighting and effective sun shading through facade design? How to best exploit technology to solve the challenges posed?

Can we look at facade design through the lens of climate responsiveness? The objective of the studio was to expand student thinking and help them open up to the myriad possibilities in performative envelope design.

In the course of this studio, students learnt how to study the impact of sun movement with respect to their site and responded to its dynamic nature with a performative design concept. Technological intervention was used as a tool to improve the efficiency of the design.

Students worked specifically on the element, BUILDING SKIN, and explored the same through exercises in mechanics, kinematics, electronics and material properties. They were taught basics of microcontrollers, material-sensitive products and provided with a kit to work on miniature scaled models of a performative facade suitable to their chosen context.

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Fig 6 Saumya Trivedi 3D views of the proposed Nursery Fig 7 Zeeyan Modasiya Study of light dependent resistors to detect light levels.

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Hybrid Work(place)-From Objects Through Mediums Focus Visualizing and Communicating Unit Assistant Drishti Korat

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2nd Year Ishva Kalolia Karnavikumari Jadeja Margi Sutariya Ruchi Bhardwaj Silvi Shah

3rd Year Anushka Maheshwari Anjali Sharma Bansari Shah Helee Joshi Khadija Mansuri

Subin Jameel The studio introduced the student to speculative approaches towards a design problem. The first sequence focused on questions of “interiority” and its relationship to the setting in which it resides (an existing building), and to its cultural context (program & narrative). Cultivating transformative logics of representation, students were encouraged to develop the project from the inside-out. The studio aimed to disrupt conservative logics of part to whole relationships and spatial composition by examining and materializing unexpected correlations between familiar objects. The studio embarked on experimental design procedures that involved cycles of making (analog) then modeling (digital), at various scales. The studio simultaneously conducted research on the history of the office and its trajectory to the contemporary workplace, discussed relevant cultural topics, and engaged in discussions.

The project was an adaptive reuse of a warehouse in the city. Students researched and understood the history of the workplace, from the autonomous cubicle layout, to the hypertechnological open office environment, to the current emergence of the shared office space that offers a hotel-like interiority. The studio ultimately argued for an object’s role in an architectural interiority.

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Fig 7 Ruchi Bhardwaj Ornamentation and thresholds as modes of spatial organization Fig 8 Margi Sutariya Hybrid space Fig 9 Bansari Shah Palimpsest: Space as samples from historical timelines Fig 10 Khadija Mansuri Space as an expression of points, lines and surfaces

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Reuse & Revive: Hospitality Spaces

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Faculty of Design IR3010 Spring 2021

4 th Year Bansari Patel Hardi Patel Himisha Vyas Jasoda Bhansali Krishnaben Patel Ayushi Panchal

5 th Year Dhwani Arora Sardhara Dhaval

Dexter Pereira The focus of the studio was on the detailed design of interior spaces and elements framed by critical interrogation of key debates, positions and practices in conservation & reuse. It explored the notion of socio-cultural context while developing an appreciation for built fabric with heritage values.

The core of the studio stressed upon creating meaning of place, in being sensitive to its roots while superimposing a new function with respect to user experience. Initial weeks of the studio focused on introducing and sensitizing students about the meaning of adaptive reuse by undertaking case studies and specific research exercises (which included socio-cultural, contextual & regulatory aspects of adaptive reuse). Students then explored in-depth reasons & attitudes revolving around user experience, material use and tectonics using models explaining interventions & inferences. This combined knowledge was put to test via a series of time problems exploring spatial possibilities.

Post spatial explorations, students reflected upon their learning & cohesively designed with respect to a given hospitality program on a heritage site.

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Faculty of Design IR3006 Spring 2021

4 th Year Dhaneshree Ahir Naveli Jain Nishwala Gujjar Siddharth Sharma

5 th Year Divyangana Kanthed Jhanvi Patel Mashumi Dave Raksha Patel

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Cities change constantly in the open-ended spectacle of daily life, with new buildings being constructed and with the repair or demolition of old and redundant structures. However, within this urban flux, some elements endure: from the major urban spaces, the exemplary architectural works, the memorials to major historic events.

Over centuries, these urban-artefacts become symbols of civic identity, embedded in the memory of citizens. Also, there are structures that endure through adaptation, embracing change by bringing in suitable new uses to old spaces.

This studio explored the “creative” potential of building adaptation. It focused on suitable “retired” buildings in a city, blurring conventional boundaries between architecture and interiors.

We researched every aspect of the existing architectural space, including its history and setting, the essence of its emotional power, and its place in the collective urban memory. We then designed inspiring interior-architectural transformations that generated new spatial purposes, experiences, expressions, meaning, emotions and memories. Students discovered the potential of interior design to transform entire buildings. Working from the inside out, we created interior architecture that stimulates new civic memories.

Students discovered potential of interior design to transform entire buildings. Working from the inside out, we attempted to create interior architecture that stimulates new civic memories.

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The studio enabled the skill of designing a process of assembly to solve design problems.

It focused on the role of field related technology and construction methods and explored the relationship between making and expression.

Established design knowledge of the field needs systematic and structured explorations through assembly-based practices.

This studio also recognized technological changes influencing today’s interior design related problems such as generating a response to the nature and complexity of context. A.B.C: Assembly Based Construction • Module 01 focused on development of a design process for ABC. • Module 02 was immediate application and evaluation of developed ABC to modulate relationships between selected programs and typology of built spatial systems.

• Module 03 derived a spatial system that transformed the selected site into A PLACE FOR ABC. The studio was an experiment with making and organizing interior elements with modes of technologies and formulated, resolved and applied assembly based construction as an approach by testing the potentials of simple fabrication techniques in producing scaled outcomes of ‘Kit of parts’.

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Contextualizing Interior Space Making

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Faculty of Design IR3014 Spring 2021

4th Year Anjali Gohil Vrushti Parikh Kedar Patel Sakshi Agarwal Viraj Solanki Mitali Srivastava Mehal Jain

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Hospitality Design informed by the local context of Architecture, exterior or interior, can be considered to be a result of an appropriate response to a physical context which can be summarised as “Form Follows Context”. A deeper understanding would include “culture”. The studio explored the interface between interior architecture and its “context” in hospitality design.

If the design of a hotel could showcase the context, it would be an enriching experience for the visitor, while boosting the local economy and preserving the local culture.

The understanding of “critical regionalism” is necessary since it will define the manner in which local architecture, interior and culture will be studied and reinterpreted. Hospitality design that references the local context has always existed but a new genre was created when architects like Geoffrey Bawa and Kerry Hill designed hotels in Sri Lanka and South East Asia. The endeavour of this studio was to ask how architecture can help make a visit memorable?

For the final outcome, students were asked to design the interior of designated areas of a hotel and to present their design in the form of 3D rendered images.

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Brand Building Through Spatial Design

Unit Assistant Pragati Murathia

Faculty of Design IR3002 Spring 2021

4 th Year Aayushi Bhatt Abhinav K Iyengar Aishwarya Nair Nimisha Bohra

5 th Year Mahak Jain Drashti Patel Rakshita Mohnot Ratnam Shah

Ruchi Mehta With the rise of e-commerce and omnichannel retailing and ubiquity of “brands” in the last few decades, the relevance as well as design approaches for “retailing” and “brand building” have evolved significantly. These novel challenges are demanding new approaches to retail store design. These are the challenges that tomorrow’s interior designers will be facing in their professional careers. To address this evolving nature of retail store design, this studio focused on design of a variety of retail formats through the lens of brand building.

The students selected their own design problems/brand that is either expanding its product/service portfolio; is a new and growing brand; is a brand that needs a flagship store or an experience centre to deal with its omni-channel presence; or is an old brand that requires revamping of its image.

The students’ projects commenced with an interpretation of the brand’s overall strategy, selection of the site and development of the program for an appropriate retail format. They then produced spatial design solutions for creating brand-centric customer experiences and presented the design with a complete set of schematic drawings, models and views and graphics to communicate the strategies.

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Fig 1 Nimisha Bohra Flagship Store for DJI drones in India Fig 2 Aishwarya Nair Visual Merchandising strategy for Jodi apparels Fig 3 Drashti Patel Brand Repositioning Strategy for Bata Red Label collection Fig 4 Ratnam Shah Flagship store for Audemars Piguet, luxury watch brand

Fig 5 Rakshita Mohnot Form and strategy of a pop-up store by Nike x NBA Fig 6 Abhinav Iyengar 3D visualization for Citroen EV Experience Centre Fig 7 Aayushi Bhatt 3D visualization for Ubisoft Experience Centre

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Child Centric Healing Spaces

Unit Assistant Yash Dodwani

Faculty of Design IR3016 Spring 2021

4 th Year Khushi Jain Karnav Mistry Sakshi Sharma

5 th Year Amishi Talati Jahanvi Panchal Viraj Panchal Vedangi Raval Aditi Shah Tanmayi Deshmukh Isha Shah

Sujit Kothiwale

Neha Kothiwale

The 20th and the 21st century will be marked as the period in history when the world focused on creating child friendly environments. From education to healthcare, we have been striving to build a more empathetic and inclusive society for our children. In the last decade, pediatric healthcare has made giant strides in this direction.

This unit focused on sensitizing future designers to the needs of children when they are in a hospital. While maintaining the efficiency and functionality of the facility, solutions that address the mental well-being of the children need to be devised. Access to physical features and social situations that reduce their stress and develop a sense of control over privacy and self-efficacy are critical to healing. In recent years, our approach to pediatric healthcare design has evolved to designing engaging, participatory, social and more child centric environments.

This studio aimed to resolve complex issues through a well-defined design process. The students learnt tools and methods to enquire, assimilate, define, ideate and test the key components of a design-based thinking.

Healthcare design offers a unique opportunity to coalesce technology, functionality and above all empathy, to build humanitarian designs that touch lives in unique ways.

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A cosy quiet zone for parents or siblings Empathy map note- Patient’s siblings and parents need an breakout space as well away from the stress.

Wall with personalised things such as photographs ,plants, books Empathy map note-Patient gets very bored and dull.

Washroom placed adjacent to the patient bed Empathy map note- If the washroom is away, it becomes exhausting for the child to use.

The patient bed is placed in a an angle to the opening, to allow a controlled light.

Empathy map note-The view which patient sees must be engaging.

Sofa cum bed creating with a niche forming a cosy zone with an opening cutting down harsh sunlight.

Empathy map note-Parents need a space to relax and sleep while taking care of patients.

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From Utopias to Heterotopias Migrant Housing: Values of Time, Density, Culture, and Energy Focus Planning and Organizing Unit Assistant Zeel Patel

Faculty of Planning UR2005 Spring 2021

2 nd year Dhyan Patel Geetanjali Reddy Kanishka Wadehra Sahana Desai

3 rd year Siddhraj Desai Naveen Prasad Riddhi Gondaliya Sneha Ramachandran Swarnavalli N Teesta Singh Vasanth K S

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The course introduced concepts of `housingfor-mass’ across space and time. The evolution of housing settlements through linking and stacking; their processes, determinants/ generations, and resulting patterns were explored in their respective contexts exploring the balance between order and complexity.

The idea was to create an adaptive habitat for migrant communities associated with the very dynamic and socially interactive live-work environment. Here, “adaptability” has been visualized and represented as a real space, accommodative of people from diverse cultures and traditions over time. The spaces, thus created have their own characteristics; with occupants having opportunities to alter these spaces in certain extended patterns. Eventually, this fluctuating habitat, over time must be able to maintain a balance between generated orders and identified contextual complexities.

The students learned to analyze and identify issues with the linking and stacking of modular housing units. This helped them in planning and organizing various ensembles in response to the open spaces and adjacent urban context. The students were also able to explore housing clusters & ensembles by balancing the underlying orders and complexities.

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Single Person Dwelling: Well-Being Through Productive Loneliness Focus Visualizing and Communicating Unit Assistant Aditi Anand Kumar

Faculty of Planning UR2019 Spring 2021

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Katsushi Goto Demographic Research Journal’s issue, Living Alone: One-person household in Asia (2015), addresses one-person households as the fastest growing living situation in the world, especially in Asia. The current social welfare system and institutions not only fall short of supporting one-person households, but the distribution and utilization of resources are known to be limited to and facilitated for an ideal family household.

Within this studio, we rethought housing outside of the ideal family household and questioned spatiality and materiality associated with the state of well-being, especially single person dwelling as a primary situation.

During COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lock-down, we have experienced being alone in our own home/room while connected with friends and families online. With this recent experience as a starting point, participants documented her/his own space and objects to analyze and articulate relationships with her/him.

Further within the studio, we addressed how a single person dwelling confirms its normality and well-being. Sitting at the threshold of communal and private, or simultaneously confining and liberating, the single person dwelling is purposed as both: for isolation and for production, shifting between these two states of being.

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DWELLING TYPOLOGY I This unit meant for the elderly (50 years +) is a double-faced unit, opening towards the street as well as the internal courtyard; thereby making the unit a transition space in itself, a space between the chaos of the outside and the calm of the inside. Between every two units is a smaller unit for accommodation of a helper/nurse.

NOSTALGIA A view through a woman’s eyes sitting in the dining space and looking through the window at people that are busy in their daily lives and feeling nostalgic about the days when she used to go out more often, and work.

THE READING CORNER While a window may be a gateway for someone towards the chaos of the world outside, the same window could become a cosy nook for a person in the evening, having tea or reading a book. It may become a place for a person to cool off, relax, and unwind.

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Fig 5 Charan V Single Women Housing : unit design & illustrations of territoriality Fig 6 Khushi Patel Magnet Migrants : unit typology A and B Fig 7 Daksh Tak Rookie’s Den : unit catalogue | floor plans Fig 8 Dhriti V Jagasheth Rec Homes : building model | on site | floor plans Fig 9 Vikramaditya Karnawat The Tower : site | type 2 floor plans | elevation

Photogrammetry & tracing : camera > digital 3d model > drawings

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SCANNING OBJECTS Processes attempted : i. Qlone IOS Application ii. 3d Scanner Android Application iii.Clicking 100 pictures from various angles on camera > Autodesk ReCap > Extract .obj file > CloudCompare

SCANNING INTERIOR SPACES Processes attempted : i. Scan through Canvas IOS Application > extract .obj file > CloudCompare > Autodesk ReCap > Export to AutoCAD for positioning camera & tracing ii. Clicking 100 pictures from various points in a space > Autodesk ReCap > Extract .obj file > CloudCompare > Autodesk ReCap > Export to AutoCAD for positioning camera & tracing

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Personal space documentation The 3D models were traced and converted to conventional drawings i.e. plan, elevation, section with representation of surface materiality in domestic space.

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My personal space i.e. my bedroom is a reflection of my interests and is arranged to include everything I need. I have a penchant for everything floral and that is evident from the floral bedsheets, artificial flower hangings, origami flowers on the wall, uruli on the tagboard which is filled with fresh flowers grown in the box window and terrace. The box window and terrace provide me with an open space where I can enjoy watching birds -another thing that I am very fond of.

DOCUMENTING A DAY After the documenting of objects around one’s home, this exercise was done to bring awareness to how one lives and occupies their space, specifically in their individual room, and analyse the relationship between activity and object.

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Illustrating territoriality within the unit : Illustrating territoriality within unit : • The user is resting on the bed, keeping the balcony door open towards the common open spaces.

• The user is working at her study table and has closed all doors to block out distractions.

• The user likes to keep the entire space open and transparent while eating.

• The user has a visitor over and is using only the living space.

• User A occupies the balcony, making it an extension of her territory, while User B extends hers to the common living space.

• The users are cooking and using the kitchen and common living space together.

• The users have opened the partitions between their personal spaces and together occupy the whole room.

• User A has invited her roommate User B into her personal space.

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Unit A typology affords the inhabitant the most privacy in the neighbourhood. It is independent and consists of washroom and kitchen along with sleeping space and storage.

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Since the room area is quite small, the furniture objects needed to be extremely versatile and adaptable. The box bed plays multiple roles as a furniture -to sit, sleep and store belongings- and has inbuilt drawers, cupboards as well as a fold-in table. Just outside the front door is a small open area: a sort of verandah.

Fig 6 ROOKIE’S DEN As an update to the current hostel typology, this project explores the prioritising of inhabitant privacy over governance, not only within the individual unit but also in the corridors and common spaces.

Units are designed to allow inhabitants privacy and isolation and have more than one entrance/exit which opens onto a shared space/external corridor.

At the floor plate scale, units are organised so as to deter monitoring of the inhabitants, in contrast to traditional linear structures that enable governance.

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Unit B typology is shared by two inhabitants, with the split level organisation affording each some privacy. The toilet and kitchen spaces are shared, allowing more area for the sleeping area and storage. The area under the staircase provides space to even store a bicycle, besides other personal belongings.

REC HOMES Prahladnagar, Ahmedabad Site area : 3750 m² Total residential area : ~21,000 m2

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Fig 8 THE TOWER Total residential area : 49,684 m2 No. of units : 522 No. of floors : 46 Area of floor plate : 2784 m² No. of units per floor : 36 Unit size : ~30 m²

Site : NH 8, Goregaon, Mumbai Area : 13,000 m²

The tower form is the most land-intensive solution for housing in an already dense urban context. On each floor plate, individual units are arranged along the periphery to maximise use of the facade. The balconies act as a secondary connection to each unit.

A variety of common spaces are created at the corners as well as interior, with the core of the tower dedicated to services and vertical circulation.

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Light Infrastructures

Focus Constructing and Specifying Unit Assistant Aakash Jain

Faculty of Planning UR2014 Spring 2021

2nd Year Bhoomika Patel Charvi Sawai Moksha Shah Pooja Shah Samriddhi Dugar Simran Khatter Srushti Kottai

3rd Year Bhavya Trivedi Kanisha Patel Rajeev Bhagat Rishabh Jain

Kruti D Shah

Sebastian Trujillo

Departing from the increasing necessity to address issues of urban marginality, structural violence, community disfranchisement, and now the global pandemic, we invite students to explore the possibilities that urban designers— and researchers—possess to generate positive changes in contexts of scarcity.

The studio departed from the contemporary Indian context as a stage for experimentation, presenting the idea of infrastructure not necessarily as a more-than-human (one-time) solution, but a transitional set of strategies that would allow for the re-imagination of Indian urbanity. Frugal tactics of space, manifested through small-scaled urban devices that can plug into existing infrastructural systems: transportable and dismountable objects, capable of accommodating diverse productive activities were termed as: “Light Infrastructures”.

The structure of the studio fluctuated between lectures and discussions on the theories of infrastructure and design activism, to practical developments of infrastructures. A designresearch inquest, materialized in the form of implementation manuals (containing working drawings, operational models, on-ground strategies, market research, step-by-step construction processes, and its impact on the urban context).

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Fig 1 Samriddhi Dugar Axonometric view of proposed transit camp Fig 2 Bhoomika, Moksha, Samriddhi, Unnati Game Board Fig 3 Bhoomika, Moksha, Samriddhi, Unnati Game Board pamphlet Fig 4 Bhavya Trivedi Construction manual for EPA Fig 5 Rishabh Jain, Kanisha Patel FCME construction manual

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After the settlement is built and community shifts to this site, if they encourage such things then they would earn a profit card over a year.

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Designing Water Infrastructure for Civic Expression Focus Visualizing and Communicating Unit Assistant Vaishal Patel

Faculty of Planning UR2008 Spring 2021

2 nd year Anoushka Mukherjee Ayushi Goyal Elangkumaran S Naved Ahmed

3 rd year Arundhati Hakhu Ishita Singh Kashvi Soni Khushi Jain Shrayana Ray Srushti Rahigude Zankhna Palmist

Nishant Mittal

Dhara Mittal

“Designing Water Infrastructure for Civic Expression” investigated the many natures and scales of water, and developed an approach to documentation, representation and design techniques to render visible a new collective imagination around water in the city of Ahmedabad and its hinterlands (the built and natural watershed).

Through the studio the students investigated multiple typologies of built and natural infrastructures that enable/disable our engagement with water. Building progressively, they established the relationship of the urban center to its fringes and hinterlands.

Consequently, flipping the order from out back to the center, they critiqued and questioned the banality of muted infrastructures. Finally, strategically selecting a scale and typology to intervene with, the students demonstrated the idea of using infrastructure as a medium of civic expression and more importantly public life.

Through a series of seminars and workshops, class participants worked incrementally to establish multi-scalar relationships, from the scale of the building, to the city fringes and the territory.

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Fig 5 Srushti Rahigude The Second Childhood, a water lab at Asarva Talav Fig 6 Elangkumaran Monitor, portables deployed along the Banni Grasslands Fig 7 Arundhati Hakhu Buoyant Belonging, rehabilitating Nisarpur

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Fig 1 Shrayana Ray The Memory Lane, memories of water at Shantinath ni pol Fig 2 Kashvi Soni Re-(scale,join,play) reimagines household water Fig 3 Zankhna Palmist The Purifying Pillar, a sewershed treatment system Fig 4 Anoushka Mukherjee Charge-inwater, an alternate water community

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CITY-LOG

Focus Constructing and Specifying Unit Assistant Ronak Shah

Faculty of Planning UR2017 Spring 2021

2 nd Year Heena Agrawal Roham Patel Shreya Sonar

3 rd Year Archita Varyani Dhruv Piprottar Urja Chaudhary

Manuel Marquez

Sanskruti Panchal

CONTEXT & PREVIOUS SCENARIO / Focusing on the local context of Indian cities, there is a traditional existence of an informal sector and common social acceptance of this fact. It is a characteristic that can be enhanced and reinforced, improving the living conditions of these communities, stimulating their economy, and raising the ethics and aesthetics of the urban tissue. / FRICTIONS / The problem of the informal sector in urban agglomerations is becoming more critical at the global level and especially in rapidly developing Asian countries, where cities lack policy responses. Everyone consumes or interacts with the informal vendors, and everyone suffers their lack of organization, sanitation, functionality and aesthetics. / LINE OF ACTION / Focusing on the local context and specificities of Indian cities, there is a traditional existence of an informal sector and strong common social acceptance of this fact. Street vending is an ecosystem that can be enhanced and reinforced, improving the living conditions of these communities, stimulating their economy, and raising the ethics and aesthetics of the urban tissue. / RESPONSE / As architects and urbanists, we can’t give a solution to only one problem when the conflict is affecting several states of the population.

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THE SARKHEJ A Project to address the issues of the The Sarkhej Roza complex, Ahmedabad and develop a comprehensive proposal in response to the same.

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Fig 1 Roham Patel An aerial view of the Sarkhej Roza complex Fig 2 Roham Patel Mapping the Entire Sarkhej Complex Fig 3 Archita Varyani Mapping Conditions - Pedestrian movement throughout the site Fig 4 Archita Varyani Mapping Conditions - Vehicular movement along the site Fig 5 Archita Varyani Proposals Vegetation Mapping

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Fig 6 Archita Varyani Proposals Catalogue of types of native and aromatic species Fig 7 Urja Chaudhary Proposals Playground and recreational area detail zone (part 1) Fig 8 Urja Chaudhary Proposals Playground and recreational area detail zone (part 2)

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In Transit: Making a Place Between Arrival and Departure Focus Constructing and Specifying Unit Assistant Kruti V Shah

Faculty of Planning UR2020 Spring 2021

2 nd year Aswin Joshy Mehul Saily Namoshi Basu Prachi Thakkar Priya Thottappally Shaurya Singh Shruti Jog

3 rd year Kanishk Devlal Shloka Sanghavi

Mihir Bedekar Transit has become an integral part of our daily life, Transit places have become integral parts of our cities as they are Public spaces that facilitate the use of public Transport. Transit Places connect people in a region and a community to the outside world. Transit places allow people to Transit between different modes of Transport.

Transit places allow for a greater footfall and gathering of People which acts as a catalyst for the growth of the local economy. Transit places where multiple modes of transport are connected allow for efficient use of land and other resources in turn providing better connectivity and improved quality of service for the Passengers. Having understood the importance of Transit Places, the studio aimed to design an Intermodal transit Centre for the Temple town of Kayavarohan. The Intermodal Transit Centre shall connect the entire regional transit system of the western railway and State bus service to the surrounding community of the Town.

The studio aimed to design and develop userfriendly elements for the Transit system. The studio also focused on making the Transit Place well integrated with the adjacent land uses and developments. The design of the Transit center addressed the issues of accessibility, safety and convenience

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Fig 1 All Students work 3D views Fig 2 Aswin J Diagrams of organisation of spaces and circulation Fig 3 Kanishk D Site plan Fig 4 Mehul S Site plan Fig 5 Kanishk D Diagrams of organisation of spaces and circulation Fig 6 Aswin J Site plan and site section

Fig 7 Kanishk D Module exploration Fig 8 Shruti J 3D views of design development Fig 9 Shaurya S Section exploration Fig 10 Mehul S Model exploration Fig 11 Aswin J Modlue details Fig 12 All Students work Construction details

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Un-Gendering The Everyday City

Focus Planning and Organizing Unit Assistant Mallika Gupta

Faculty of Planning UR2016 Spring 2021

2 nd year Heer Thakkar Niharika O T Riva Shah Sonali Badapanda Vidhi Shah Vrinda K V

3 rd year Aadrita Borooah Krisha A Kritika Vidyashankar Prachy Banker Richa Mishra Shiva Parepally

Sahiba Gulati

Bhagyasshree Ramakrishna

In India, vehicle ownership usually lies with men, whether it is a car, a two-wheeler, or a bicycle, to say nothing of auto-rickshaws. Our cities, however, are imagined around the automobile.

How do we imagine a city that recognizes that half of its population does not own a vehicle?

How do we imagine a city where half of the population is a woman? Through research conducted by various authors, ranging from Phadke, Ranade and Khan to Ayona Datta, and through personal research, it is apparent that the street as a public space belongs more to a man than a woman.

According to Ayona Datta, women’s presence in the public street is legitimised by the production of her morality; according to Phadke, Khan and Ranade, women constantly exhibit their purpose to be in public space; they are never there without a reason. The city constantly legitimises domesticities for women, especially women from poor households. All of this limits their mobility, access to greater opportunities and their right to claim public spaces in the city. How then do you normalise the presence of a female in the city, and a growing female workforce? How then do we re-imagine the street? And by re-imagining the street, how then do we re-imagine the city itself?

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Fig 1 Vrinda V, ‘A Giant Home‘ Fig 2 Vrinda V, ‘Evenings at the bus stop‘ Fig 3 Kritika V. “Associations with a street’ Fig 4 Vrinda V, ‘Street Activity: Stories of Day and Night’ Fig 5 Vrinda V, ‘Utopian Visions‘ Fig 6 Vrinda V, Analysis Diagrams

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Fig 7 Kritika V. Analysis Diagrams Fig 8 Kritika V. “What allows women to commute?“ Fig 9 Kritika V. “What happens at night?“ Fig 10 Kritika V. Design drawings for a community gathering space.

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UR3001

Urban Assemblies: The Vacancy Phenomenon

Unit Assistant Sampurna Pattanaik

Faculty of Planning UR3001 Spring 2021

4 th Year Aman Shridharani Hetanshu Pandya Himalay Zaveri Lopamudra Baruah Nitya Patel Sakshi Sharma Shriya Dhir Jaimin Bali

5 th Year Heenal Chavda Drashti Thakkar

Melissa Smith

Bulbul Vyas

Indian cities are in a constant state of flux.

Rapid urbanization not only produces the built environment but also the condition of vacancy— lands that are undifferentiated, loosely regulated and waiting to be re-monetized. Arising from the same phenomenon that creates order in the city, these vacant lands, pending a definite plan, provide space for expression. They are often surreptitiously transformed into spaces of informal social and cultural expression, supplementing the dearth of publicly accessible commons in the city. (Cricket! Driving Practice!

Festivals!) Over time this condition repeats across varied terrains of the city; new vacant lands emerge from industry closures, environmental regulations, leapfrogging development & political will. When mapped across time, vacancy is a phenomenon; one which holds potential for re-imaginations of collective space in the city.

This studio took a long view of urban transformations, mapping the emergence, life & disappearance of vacant land systems in Ahmedabad over the course of the city’s history, and proposing design interventions that leverage these systems to transform its future. Through a design process organized on a timescale that moves from centuries to decades to years, the project’s permanence was imagined in reverse & the transformative potential of the vacant land system was tested.

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Preserving Polyculture Environmental Recharging

Socio-Cultural Expressions

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City in Spaces

Towards Transitional Learning

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Working Landscapes

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Productive Lands

Shock Absorbers

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Fig 1 Nitya P, Configuration of Wetlands Fig 2 Nitya P, Axonometric Edge Conditions Fig 3 Nitya P, Section-Seasonal Recharge Ponds Fig 4 Lopamudra B, Linear Connectivity Fig 5 Lopamudra B, Visual - Bicycle Path Fig 6 Lopamudra B, Buffer Along Railway Edge

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UR3003

Urban Planning and Regulations: Intent, Manifestation & Design

Unit Assistant Gokul Kalaimathi

Faculty of Planning UR3003 Spring 2021

4 th Year Aditi Singh Thakur Anushka Priyedarshi Bhaskar Misra Bhavika Makhija Saloni Nathan Nisarg Shah Akshat Chaturvedi Vishesh Mahnot Garima Sinha

5 th Year Dhwani Doshi Aditi Mishra

Prasanth Narayanan

Tulika Nabar Bhasin

Indian cities are plagued with, to mention a few, a lack of good quality public realm, insufficient green cover, lack of inclusive pedestrian infrastructure, unaffordable land market, and an over regulatory development framework. Many of these are resultant of an archaic idea of city planning and design but can also be attributed to the effect of multiple city stakeholders and their interactions. These stakeholders (politicians, citizen groups, slum dwellers, architects, engineers, administrators, urban planners/ designers, etc.) and their competing views towards city design and planning materialize in the form of national/state level policies, city-level development plans, city-level building regulations or outcomes of a judicial proceeding—ll of which culminate in tangible change.

The course: Urban Policy and Regulations: Intent, Manifestation, Design, aimed to understand the competing process of city-making with a specific focus on land markets, public realm, and built form. This was explored in 2 modules at the City and Area level. The studio was based in Mumbai, owing to a long history of planning and design interventions.

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Fig 7 Anushka Priyedarshi Stepwise Plot Evolution for Urban Condition Fig 8 Bhaskar Misra Regulation demonstration for Residential Buildings Fig 9 Bhaskar Misra Regulation demonstration for Mixed use Buildings Fig 10 Aditi Thakur Urban Condition: Volumetric & Plot developments Fig 11 Garima Sinha Comparative Matrix of all Urban conditions in Free & Constraint design

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Faculty of Planning UR3003 Spring 2021

Fig 1 Nisarg, Bhaskar, Saloni, Akshat Group work for Manifesto Fig 2 Saloni Nathan Urban Condition: Free Design with regulations Fig 3 Saloni Nathan Urban Condition: Constraint Design with regulations Fig 4 Saloni Nathan Relationship & physical change for Urban Condition Fig 5 Nisarg Shah Plot Growth: both designs - Residential & Commercial use Fig 6 Aditi Thakur Structure Plans

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UR3006

Post-COVID Streets

Unit Assistant Arun Biswanath

Faculty of Planning UR3006 Spring 2021

4 th Year Anjali Rathod Haiya Dalal Dibyashekhar Bhattamishra Jasveer Singh Kalsi Riya Singh Vidisha Sahay Vidushi Tola Vidhi Parmar Prachi Vyas Abhishek Mummithi

5 th Year Divya Rampal

Vrushti Mawani

Mariana Paisana

Post-COVID public space governance has suddenly, unforeseeably, and disproportionately impacted populations already vulnerable as a result of occupation, class, migration status, religion, gender, and other factors that make people rely on urban public spaces for their basic needs. In particular, mandates on social distancing have meant the exclusion of vulnerable groups from using streets for their basic needs. These instances are likely to influence perception of and meanings attached to streets and their use. They raise critical questions for urban scholars and new challenges for urban designers and planners. This studio developed propositions for inclusive streets in the post-COVID context by asking two questions: How might hard mandates on physical distancing and hygiene influence the design and use of public space in urban India? How might inclusive public spaces become possible in post-COVID Indian cities?

Our approach is premised in the belief that inclusive public spaces in a post-COVID context might be possible if: urban design takes into account the many ways in which vulnerable groups depend on public spaces for their basic needs; esign processes have a sufficiently grounded understanding of the myriad ways in which public space is used, governed, experienced, and desired.

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Fig 1 Vidhi Parmar Design propositions for Gurudwara Junction Fig 2,3 Vidhi Parmar Existing vs. Proposed site conditions at Gurudwara Junction Fig 4,5 Haiya Dalal Proposed vending zone along S G Highway

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Rutvik Vekaria CT3006 Aesthetics, Geometry and Structures in Shell Urvi Seth, Hrushikesh Patel

FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY

CT2015

CONCRETE: Exploring its Versatility

Focus Constructing and Specifying Unit Assistant Dhaaval Patel

Faculty of Technology CT2015 Spring 2021

2 nd year Aditi Bhatt Dhruvi Bhatt Priyam Bhatt Uddant Patel Ved Patwa

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This studio aimed at developing understanding of concrete as a versatile material. The main objective was to enable students to identify the right grade and type of concrete for different applications and products. It provided a comprehensive coverage of the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject and included the latest developments in the field of concrete construction. It had been designed to provide students with a detailed understanding of concrete as a material for construction and various ingredients of the same.

The studio dealt with behavior of all ingredients in relation to physical properties, concrete production, various concrete placement methods and quality assurance during and after concreting operations.

The properties of concrete and its constituent materials and the role of various admixtures in modifying various properties to suit specific requirements, such as RMC, FRC, Pervious concrete, lightweight concrete, translucent concrete, bendable concrete, Geopolymer concrete etc were treated comprehensively.

Students designed and developed concrete for many of the applications prevailing in the field with prototype development along with cost analysis.

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Fig 1 All Students work Defining Suitability Of Basic Raw Materials For Use In Concrete Fig 2 All Students work Exploring Concreting Operations Through Volume Batch Mixing Fig 3 Pilot Project: Studio Logo Design With Material Dispaly Module Fig 4 Pilot Project: Execution Fig 5 Nikshat Translucent Concrete; Nidhi - Dampproof Concrete; Ved - Sustainable Concrete; Stuti - Nano Concrete

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Fig 6 Aditi - Slurry Infiltrated Concrete (SIFCON); Gaurav - Precast Lightweight Concrete; Dhruvi - High Density Concrete Fig 7 Aayush - Pervious Concrete; Yashashvi - Floating Concrete Fig 8 Anuj - 3D Printed Concrete; Uddant - Dyscrete; Priyam - Cement-less Concrete Fig 9 Vikas - Self Healing Concrete; Vinit & Yogi - UHPC

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Plumbing Design Studio

Focus Analyzing and Designing Unit Assistants Ayaz Jiwa

Faculty of Technology CT2014 Spring 2021

2 nd year Chintan Shah Nihal Patel Poojan Kamdar Rushikesh Patel Smit Borad Ushi Patel Vedant Patel Vrihit Jethva

3 rd year Aanchal Sanjay Arora Jay Maniar Mitava Patel Rushikumar Patel Shlok Patel Yash Khorasiya

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Water is the most precious natural resource shared by every branch of life on earth. The good management of the entire water cycle is key to create environmental resilience for humankind and ecological systems. The design of water supply and sanitation systems is central to the development of healthy environments for all.

The main aim of the plumbing design studio is to plan and design economical and sustainable plumbing services.

The studio was offered in the following teaching pedagogy: i. Students studied the plumbing services of their own residence and prepared a report. ii. A variety of projects such as commercial, residential, club, hospital, school, factory, township, sports complex were assigned to the students for the designing of the plumbing services. iii. The students designed sustainable and economical plumbing services of an assigned project with major design constraints: Minimum 40% reduction in freshwater consumption, installation of the water meter, centralized hot water and RO system, rainwater harvesting, recycling and reuse of wastewater. iv. Students prepared the digital models representing plumbing services of assigned projects and also working models related to the plumbing system and design principles. v. Students visited the Jaquar Orientation centre, a residential site to study the plumbing system and market.

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Fig 1 Vrihit Jethva Working Model: Hydroponic system designed to use waste water to grow plants Fig 2 Yash Khorasiya Digital model of plumbing system designed for toilet at Bindu Sarovar Fig 3 Chintan Shah Working Model: Automatic solar panel cleaning system Fig 4 Rushi Patel Digital 3D model of plumbing system of a toilet at a club house at Diu Fig 5 Smit Borad, Poojan Kamdar Working Model: Water Efficient Urinal Fig 6 Aanchal Arora Digital architecture model of a sports complex Fig 7 Rushikesh Patel Digital architecture model of a Factory Fig 8 Chintan Shah Digital model of plumbing system designed for a residential bungalow scheme Fig 9 Nihal Patel Plumbing layout of a hospital building at terrace level

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Fig 10 Nihal Patel Digital model of plumbing system designed for toilet at a hospital Fig 11 Poojan Kamdar Digital architecture model of a private bungalow at Ahmedabad Fig 12 Vedant Patel Digital 3D model showing plumbing system of a Hostel building at Rajkot Fig 13 Mitava Patel Working Model: Soil based Reed bed system Fig 14 Aanchal Arora Working Model: Foot-operated faucet Fig 15 Yash Khorasiya Working Model: Sanitizing tunnel Fig 16 Jay Maniar Working Model: Water Quality Tester(Salinity, pH, Temperature monitor) Fig 17 Rushikesh Patel Working Model: Smart Irrigation System (Controlled with a Mobile App)

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Deployable Structures: Concepts and Explorations Focus Constructing and Specifying Unit Assistants Umang Lapsiwala Ishani Tanwar Faculty of Technology CT2012 Spring 2021

2nd year Ayush Patel Harshit Kavadia Heril Jain Joy Patel Pruthvirajsinh Vaghela Manav Ramani Tanya Shah

3rd year Abhishek Bhatt Bhavadip Bodar Debidatta Das Devarsh Shah Khush Tiwari Mahir Patel Tapan Patel

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Deployable structures can expand and contract due to their geometrical arrangement and mechanical joinery in such a way that they can adapt to different usages. They can fold, reduce in size and fit into a limited space when not in use; when required, these structures can be deployed to serve the intended purpose.

This studio emphasized on learning the concept of deployable structures through origami techniques and kinematics of linkages. Students first developed forms using origami techniques and later developed a structural concept out of it based on a specific problem given to each one. Once the concept was formulated, students performed manual as well as softwarebased calculations and did structural analysis to determine member forces, joint forces and sectional sizes. In the final phase of the studio, students made scaled models of structure and the joinery along with basic drawings.

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Fig 10 Devarsh Shah Deploying the structure ‘Sharnam’.

Fig 11 Heril Jain The scale of deployment in ‘Tentolator’.

Fig 12 Abhishek Bhatt 3D view of Dhanvantri COVID care center.

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Fig 1 Debidatta Das Sequential stages of deployment of the project- The Trillium Bridge.

Fig 2 Joy Patel 3D views of the sustainable shading system ‘Penumbra’.

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Fig 4 Manav Ramani Deployment stages for the staircase in project ‘Urdhvaga’.

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CT2019

Planning and Design of Road Infrastructure in Hilly Region Focus Analyzing and Designing Unit Assistant Ishita Bhatt

Faculty of Technology CT2019 Spring 2021

2 nd year Madhuvanthi S Rajvi Shah Renny Somani Yashraj Patel

3 rd year Ahan Pujari Bhagvat Sardhara Moksha Trivedi Neer Patel Nilay Bhuva Rudra Dhaduk Rushil Modh Tanishq Jain Tavishi Raval Varun Doulatani

Komal Parikh

Birva Joshi

Population growth, economic expansion and dispersed business and social structures generate a seemingly inexorable demand for new and improved roads, not least in India.

Road design requires an understanding of the frequently conflicting needs of diverse users from slow-moving, vulnerable pedestrians, cyclists, and animals, to fast-moving vehicles of many kinds. The civil engineering science of road construction and complex regulatory codes also need to be understood. Engineers are required to master all this understanding for the task of road planning and design.

This Studio equipped students for these complex tasks through the exploration of the design of a road in a hilly region. Every aspect of the road design problem was examined during the course including understanding the user’s requirements; testing and selection of route alignments based on civil and highway engineering principles; techniques, codes, technical specification; design of its elements; quantity calculations; parametric studies and road safety analysis using advanced design tools like Open-Road, Bentley reality modelling, AutoCAD, Google Earth, Q-GIS. Students developed skills in analysis and visualization of collected data through advanced mapping techniques including 3D Model, DSM, AR-VR with walk-through vedio.

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Fig 1 Nilay Bhuva Idar site Fig 2 Neer Patel Processed 3D model from drone images Fig 3 Ahan Pujari Total Station and DGPS survey Fig 4 Yashraj Patel Land Use Land Cover Map Fig 5 Rushil Modh Base Map Fig 6 Bhagvat Sardhara Contour maps with strahler order Fig 7 Madhuvanthi S. Reconnaissance Survey

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Fig 8 Varun Doultani General Alignment Drawing Fig 9 Tanishq Jain Typical Cross section of Roadway Fig 10 Renny Somani Road Safety Plan Fig 11 Tavishi Rawal Proposed alignment by 14 students Fig 12 Moksha Trivedi, Rajvi Shah Parametric Analysis and SWOT Fig 13 Rudra Dhaduk Walk Through

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CT2018

Designing Spaces in Reinforced Concrete

Focus Analyzing and Designing Unit Assistants Nayan Chandariya Vivek Mavani Faculty of Technology CT2018 Spring 2021

2 nd year Aditya Agrawal Ansh Gupta Het Shah Preyas Shah Shah Sagar Siddharth Kabra Vatsal Patel

3rd year Darshan Soni Devarsh Patel Hitarth Kathan Patel Manan Soni Samved Patel Mistry Yash

Rachit Sheth

Kruti D Shah

Building construction is not only about erecting a concrete mass in a space, but is also about developing a space by effective utilization of it’s area. In today’s times, where every RCC building is different in terms of its shape, form and structural system, an engineer requires to not only analyse and design the building but also understand the process that leads to it’s architectural and structural form. One needs to cultivate the conceptual understanding of it’s architectural design and coherently develop the structural system.

The studio is designed precisely to cultivate this understanding in students— to design a space such that architectural form, space is satisfied without compromising on structural integrity. It aimed at designing a space where architecture and structure are coherent and blend into each other instead of competing and contradicting.

Our goal was to make an engineering student sensitive towards intangible but crucial architectural principles; doing so by appropriate use of engineering concepts & theories of Analysis & RCC design. The students produced a proper execution drawing detail for the site at the end of the semester

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Fig 1 Yash Mistry, Manan Soni Exploded isometric drawing of proposed pavilion in concrete truss system Fig 2 Siddharth kabra, Vatsal Patel Design iteration sketches for concrete vault system pavilion Fig 3 Yash Mistry, Manan Soni Protoype model for concrete truss system Fig 4 Siddharth kabra, Vatsal Patel Protoype model for concrete vault system Fig 5 Devarsh, Ansh, Preyas, Het Internal views for the pavilion in flat slab system and concrete truss system Fig 6 Aditya Agarwal, Sagar Shah Conceptual diagrams of design development of proposed pavilion in folded plate system

Fig 7 Siddharth kabra, Vatsal Patel Plan for proposed pavilion in concrete vault system Fig 8 Siddharth kabra, Vatsal Patel Section for proposed pavilion in concrete vault system Fig 9 Manan Soni Conceptual calculations Fig 10 Devarsh, Kathan, Yash STAAD Pro 3D Model Fig 11 Het Shah, Preyas Shah Truss analysis Fig 12 Darshan Soni, Hitarth Flat slab with column drop structural detailing Fig 13 Manan Soni Concrete truss structural detailing Fig 14 Aditya, Sagar, Samved Folded plate structural detailing

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Structural Expressions in Masonry

Focus Analyzing and Designing Unit Assistant Asjad Shaikh

Faculty of Technology CT2020 Spring 2021

2 nd year Aman Patel Hitarth Goswami Kinchit Khandelwal Rohit Hundlani Rushi Patel Shaivi Padsala Shaunak Harsora

3 rd year Aaradhya Parakh Anushka Chaudhary Brijesh Pandya Chinansukh Chandra Chintesh Patel Harshil Chauhan Shree Patel

Mragendra Chaturvedi

Muntaha Rushnaiwala

With the new normal, it has never been more important to face our shared problems with new ways of interdisciplinary thinking and understanding. Structural Design and Space making cannot exist without the other but always been like two lines of a railway track; parallel yet never intersecting.

The growing gap between the two in today’s structural as well as architectural practices is what we addressed in this course with the help of masonry systems. Drawing inspiration from master buildings which have successfully woven together the matrix between space and structures in masonry, we understood what one means by the “LANGUAGE OF STRUCTURE” and its significance in not only structural design but also in space making.

Masonry construction is synonymous with the low to medium-rise buildings because of its low-cost material, provides good environmental insulation and rigid vertical and lateral load resistance in India. Changing the perception of load bearing structures from being bulky to being lighter and flexible in nature was one of the key inferences of the studio. The change in idea of infill being just the non-structural material to that which plays an important role in providing overall structural stability to the system was another learning outcome from this studio.

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Fig 6 Aaradhya Parakh Construction drawings & details Fig 7 Kinchit Khandelwal Interior views of Pavilion Fig 8 Chintesh patel Final exterior view of the Pavilion Fig 9 Rohit Hundlani patel Final exterior view of the Pavilion

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Designing Spaces in Steel

Focus Analyzing and Designing Unit Assistants Nayan Chandaria Vivek Mavani Faculty of Technology CT2021 Spring 2021

2 nd year Akshata Patel Dhruvi Shah Divyesh Mehta Hrithik Lutharia Jehan Tripathi

3 rd year Aatrey Patel Abhishek Chowatia Atharva Dave Jayraj Boghani Jignesh Solanki Mahek Vadgama Nikhar Desai Shivbhadrasinh Parmar Vishesh Joshi

Sheel Shah

Pankti Pandya

Throughout history, humankind has fabricated all manner of artefacts and structures from available materials found in their local habitats. Vernacular craft skills developed through long traditions of working with familiar materials frequently resulted in the making of beautiful structures that were unique to each location and culture.

The architecture and engineering today is no longer limited by these vernacular constraints.

Science and industry has made available materials with new physical properties that enable the conception of novel architectural forms.

This studio was focused on exploring the potential of steel, perhaps the most remarkable of these industrial materials invented in the late 19th century. Students studied the work of modern masters of architecture and engineering in steel to gain an understanding of how their work depended on a profound understanding of the physical, chemical properties and structural potential of steel. They then progressed to designing their own steel structures through the development of scaled models, sketches, prototype models, structural drawings and 3D models backed up by engineering proof of concept and calculation. The studio challenged student engineers to explore their role in architectural design by creatively applying science.

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Fig 1 Jayraj Boghani Art center, Gandhinagar Fig 2 Dhruvi Shah Reinterpretation of modern day cork screw in stone and wood Fig 3 Jayraj Boghani Book stand from bamboo sticks using pyramids and square base pyramids

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Bridges: Materials, Expressions and Design

Unit Assistant Suneel Balani Dhruval Patel

Faculty of Technology CT3007 Spring 2021

4 th year Abhi Shah Akshat Sharma Dipen H Prajapati Jugal Shah Kavit Patel Param Janani Prakhar Pratik Karamchandani Vishesh Mistry Yash Patel

Nisarg Shah

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In its simplest definition, a bridge is a structure that carries a road or railway across a river, valley, road or railway. However, the best of the architects and engineers have always looked at it as an opportunity for evolving an understanding of complexities of structural systems as well as the sensitivity of material expression. It is only when architects and engineers understand this duality; novelty is created which can be utilitarian as well expressive. On one hand, we have seen the boldness in the steel and concrete bridges designed by masters like Santiago Calatrava and Norman Foster and on the other hand we have the more sublime and subtle expressions of bamboo in bridges designed by Indonesia based designers ASFID. In the past, we have seen the genius of Romans when they made arcuated bridges and aqueducts and we have also seen vernacular ones such as the livingroot bridges in the Khasi hills of India.

This studio operated with the ethos of looking for the expressive qualities of a material as a medium of expression for construction, specifying, analyzing and designing bridges.

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Fig 1 Abhi Shah Final Bridge Design Model (Describe the Core Element of Sub Structure & Super Structure ) Fig 2 Vishvesh Mistry Model Of Truss Arch Bridge (with use of japanese square lashing knot technique) Fig 3 Pratik Karamchandani Model Cabel Stayed Bridge (Exploring Tension & Compression members) Fig 4 Jugal Shah Tied Arch Bridge various developed model Fig 5 Dipen Prajapati Connvetional PSC I Grider Bridge Model Fig 6 Param Janani Bamboo Bridge Model having Truss type Super Structure Fig 7 Kavit Patel Truss Bridge (Hypothetical Form) Fig 8 Yash Patel Form Explortation in Truss type Bridge (Inspired From Surrounding Context)

Fig 9 Param Janani Modeling in Staad Pro process Shown of Truss Type Super Structure Bridge Fig 10 Abhi Shah Midas Civil Analysis Results shown of Arch truss Bridge Fig 11 Jugal Shah Analysis result shown of Tied Arch Bridge in Staad Pro Fig 12 Dipen Prajapati GAD Of Conventional PSC I girder Bridge with concept of utilizing the area below bridge for multifunction facillity with part detail.

Showing Substructure Type And Load Transfer Mechanism Fig 13 Vishvesh Mistry Rendered Extruded views of Truss Bridge Fig 14 Jugal Shah GAD of 3D Bending Tied Arch Bridge Fig 15 Yash Patel Renderd Views of truss Bridge (Inspired From Surrounding)

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Aesthetics, Geometry and Structures in Shell Unit Assistant Astha Shah Kina Shah

Faculty of Technology CT3006 Spring 2021

4 th year Aayush Agrawal Aayushi Patel Akash Patel Jash Kansara Rohit Harwani Rutvik Vekariya Srujan Mehta Vrushti Bhavsar Yashvi Bhatt

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The contemporary field of construction is more integrated than ever. All the while, the subgroup of designing is taking on new challenges of much complex geometries, much seamless aesthetics. As a result, professionals in the field now need progressive sense and skills in modern designing. The studio takes students through the lifecycle of making a shell structured building, focusing on its design, structural analysis, and prototyping.

A shell is a structure defined by a curved surface. It is thin in the direction perpendicular to the surface, but there is no absolute rule as to how thin it has to be. It might be curved in two directions, like a dome or a cooling tower, or it may be cylindrical and curve only in one direction. However, this definition also includes tension structures such as sails, inflatables, and car tires. It is a vast subject where aesthetics and performance are woven together.

Students were introduced to the theoretical framework of shells, highlighting the aesthetics, geometry, and structural integration in shells. They chose an application-based shell design. Digital and physical form-finding methods were adopted for quick sketches. A systematic approach to generate, analyze and optimize shells was taught through computation and not calculation

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Fig 1 Aayush Agrawal Structural analysis of shell in staad pro (iterative process) Fig 2 Aayush Agrawal Concrete plate mesh model for analysis Fig 3 Aayush Agrawal Calculation for steel in one petal of final design Fig 4 Aayush Agrawal Final design rendered view Fig 5 Rutvik Vekaria Case study model: Bosjes Chapal; scale 1:50; material: cement slurry Fig 6 Yashvi Bhatt Manual calculations for RCC dome and conical shell Fig 7 Yashvi Bhatt Conceptual design generation and development Fig 8 Yashvi Bhatt Exploded architectural drawing for final shell

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Tutor Profiles Akul Modi He has received a master’s degree in Construction Management from Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. He constantly compliments his Construction management course work with internships with well practicing construction firms, going above and beyond what was the mandatory curriculum. He has completed his Bachelor’s in Architecture from Institute of environmental design.

Amal Shah A graduate of the School of Interior Design, CEPT University, Amal Shah has worked as an interior architect on projects related to residences, hospitality, retail, work environments, and healthcare.

He has taught several subjects related to technology, history, research, and studios at UG and PG level. He has also guided several award-winning undergraduate research theses at CEPT University on subjects related to work environments. He is passionate about the technologies of the built environment Anagha Joshi An architect and urban designer, Anagha is a principal architect at LAB AU Studio. She has also taught as an Assistant Professor at Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara. She holds a Master’s degree in Urban Design, SPA Delhi and has worked as coordinator of Documentation of Heritage Precincts, INTACH Vadodara. She is interested in contextual design, urban and heritage regeneration and construction through participatory planning and capacity building Anand Sonecha He is an architect and founder of SEALAB. He has designed and built projects such as Jai Jagat Theatre at Sabarmati Ashram, Housing for Loving community and School for Visually impaired students. Prior to establishing his own practice, he worked in India with Prof. Balkrishna Doshi and Rajeev Kathpalia and in Portugal with Alvaro Siza and Carlos Castanheira. He studied architecture at IPSA, Rajkot.

Anand Viswanathan He is an architect from New Delhi with interests in signage design & visual communication.

Through his firm Beyond Space he has worked for many projects across India including Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Culture, NBCC Ltd., RITES Ltd., National Council for Science Museums, ASI, IHCNF-UNESCO etc. He has been a visiting faculty at CEPT and NID, Ahmedabad Ananya Parikh She is an alumna of Faculty of Design, graduated with an International master’s in Interior Architecture after completing a thesis titled ‘Thinking about Systems Thinking in Interior Architecture’. She has been working as a freelance designer since 2013. Currently she is working on her independent research project focusing on systems thinking for a holistic approach in design.

Anuj Anjaria He completed his Bachelor’s in Interior Design from CEPT. He runs his own firm named 7662 Design Workshop, which specializes in installations and sculptures involving kinetic movements.

He has been a visiting faculty at FD CEPT, teaching courses such as Furniture Design, Material Workshop, Construction and Technology. He is also a professional Hindustani classical musician and plays the Santoor.

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Aparajita Basu She has been the principal architect and founder of ‘[trans] architecture’ since 2002. The firm aims to work with a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach to architectural design. Currently, she is an adjunct faculty member at Faculty of Design, CEPT University. She is a graduate of APIED, Vallabh Vidyanagar and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Michigan.

Bhagyasshree Ramakrishna She holds a Master’s degree in Urban Design from CEPT University. She pursued her final semester with Politecnico di Milano University, Italy, researching the changing notions of the public realm within industrial design districts. She has worked on architectural and conservation projects with a keen interest in conscious urban design practices and management..

Bharath P He has worked closely with Ar. Prashant Pradhan for the past 5 years, understanding all aspects of a design from the minute details to the large masterplan. A strong grasp of design development from a conceptual level to an execution level was developed during this experience period, along with a sound approach to Interior design through the guidance of an experienced architect.

Bhargav Tewar He graduated with B.E. (Civil) and holds a postgraduate degree in Geotechnical Engineering from M. S. University, Baroda. He has taught subjects related to geotechnical engineering, concrete technology, and quantity surveying at CEPT for a decade. His major research areas are industrial waste utilization in building materials and ground improvement techniques.

Birva Joshi With a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering she has thirteen years of work experience in the transportation engineering field divided between Engineering firms and Academic institutes.

Major areas of interest for her in teaching as well as in research are highway design and safety, public transportation, accessibility, traffic engineering and different aspects of transportation engineering.

Bulbul Vyas She is an architect, urban designer and anthropologist addressing development issues and sociospatial transformations, with a keen interest in developing methods to understand the scope of informal processes of urbanization and its capacity to inform the formal processes. She has worked at BandukSmith Studio, CEPT University, and with Pierre Cadot.

Dexter Pereira He is a self-employed architect and interior designer with over 30 years of experience in residential, commercial, retail projects, technical spaces and data center projects. He has over 27 years of teaching experience as a visiting faculty in various institutes like NID Ahmedabad, APIED Vallabh Vidyanagar and Anant National University, Ahmedabad. He is a graduate of APIED, Vallabh Vidyanagar.

Dhara Mittal: She is a landscape architect, architect and research collaborator. She is interested in the study of water systems in urban areas. Dhara works at STUDIO 23N72E, Ahmedabad. She is a part of an interdisciplinary collaboration of stakeholders working for water systems in the city of Vadodara.

She continues to collaborate with MAde studio Ann Arbor and LEAF on some of their research undertakings.

Dipen Mehta He established Aqua Utility Designs and Management Pvt. Ltd. formerly known as Aqua Designs, in 2002. Dipen’s wealth of experience encompasses AUDMPL’s complete range and the different size of projects including residential, commercial, retail fit-out, institutional, industrial, etc. As a leader, Dipen advises the board of directors, motivates associates, and drives changes within an organization.

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Dipsha Shah She is by qualification, an environmental engineer and manager. Her areas of interest are plumbing design, water and wastewater treatment, air pollution management, infrastructure design related to public health engineering. She delivers expert lectures in various colleges on plumbing, water, and wastewater treatment, urban waters, smart cities with a focus on water and sanitation.

Vrushti Mawani She has a Ph.D in Planning from the University of British Columbia. Her research examines how infrastructure politics influences the spatialization of difference and seeks to make visible everyday experiences of uneven access to resources. Vrushti has taught at graduate and undergraduate levels in India, Canada, and Australia.

Errol Reubens, Jr. He is an architect and interior designer. He founded ERA, a firm that benefits from collaborating with different disciplines primarily in experimental and sustainable architecture. His other interests include history and theory, place and identity, sustainability, form etc. Errol is a graduate from the School of Architecture, CEPT, and has an M.Arch. from the University of Lincoln, UK. Gaurang Shah He graduated from the NID in 1983, in product design, and has over a decade of work experience in the research and development department of some leading industries. He has worked with NID as head of the Product Design Department. He has also completed an advanced level course in Product Planning and Design from Germany and worked for Proform Design in Winnenden, Germany. He has set up courses in Automobile and Transportation Design at NID, Ahmedabad and at MIT ID, Pune.

Goutham DM He is the founder and principal architect at Mud Hands, earth architecture. He specializes in alternative design and construction, technological interventions in building systems. He has mentored many students through teaching, internships, and knowledge-sharing workshops across the country. He has conducted extensive research in the field of improvised and alternative building technology Hamid Raj He is an alumnus of SID, CEPT 1992 batch and has attended the co-op program in Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis (99-00). He has worked with Snehal Nagarsheth , OWH architects (St. Louis), Bijoy Jain & Associates (Alibaug-Mumbai) and Modfurn (Chennai). Hamid has worked on architectural, interior design and furniture design projects. He has been teaching at CEPT since 2012.

Harshil Parekh He is a socially engaged architect with a B.Arch from CEPT University, currently working with renowned NGOs like Vikas and Manav Sadhna. His passion lies in working with underprivileged communities in urban and rural areas. He has worked with private firms, government organizations and other NGOs , and with his professional experience has contributed to teaching studios focused on co-production.

Hiten Chavda: He is an architect and sustainability professional who is passionate about creating passive design solutions for buildings & products that promote sustainable lifestyle. His areas of interest are biomimicry in design, phase-change materials in construction, flexible spaces, and innovations in housing & Problem Based Learning methods.

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Hrushikesh Patel He is a structural engineer and has been a visiting faculty at CEPT University. He is a working professional with over 10 years of experience and 200 built projects. Associations: Chartered Engineer, Institute of Engineers India (IEI) Member, Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE) Grade-I Structural Engineer with AMC, AUDA, GUDA Imran Mansuri He has over 14 years of multidisciplinary academic and professional work experience in India and the USA in fields of architecture, landscape architecture and historic preservation. He has graduated from the Faculty of Architecture CEPT University and holds a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture, with specialization in historic preservation from the University of New Mexico, USA. Jagrut Raval He is an artist, designer and an educator with an interdisciplinary art practice that spans diverse mediums in various scales and is presented as installations, drawings, videos, photographic printing techniques and appropriation of mass-produced items and text. His interest lies in homogeneity of mediums and spatial relationships and his works are inquiries about time as experience.

Janani S She is an architect and co-founder at Mud Hands. She is passionate about sustainable architectural systems; learnt Sustainable architecture from NPTEL- IIT-Roorkee. She has a professional experience of 6 years in the industry of architecture and interior design and is enthusiastic to share insights from her research projects on sustainable design practices in urban architecture.

Japan Shah He is a structural designer from Ahmedabad with interests in designing high-rise structures and industries. Through his firm Japan Shah Consulting Engineers, he has worked on many projects pan- India like Godrej, Mahindra, Havmor and so on. He has been a visiting faculty at CEPT University, Indus and SAL, Ahmedabad. He has also guided some theses in structural design, in the Master of Technology program, CEPT. Jay Thakkar He is an Associate Professor and Executive Director at the Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre (DICRC) and Head of Exhibitions at CEPT University. He has worked on various design, craft & research projects in India, Europe and Australia. Notable books co-authored by him are Sahaj, Prathaa, Matra and Naqsh. He is a recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trust (CWIT) research fellowship.

Jayant Gunjaria He is an architect and academician; a graduate of MSU, Baroda. He has worked and led design and technical teams at HCPDPM for over 5 decades. He has also been contributing to academia as a visiting professor and juror at various institutes. His eye for detail and meticulous crafting of building plans has helped shape the culture of design and exceptional drawings at HCPDPM. Jinal Shah She has a Master’s in Interior Architecture specializing in Computational Design. She completed her undergraduate studies from KRVIA and post-graduation from CEPT University, along with a semester in Germany. She has worked on various interior and architecture projects, and currently is involved in understanding the application of generative design within the domain of interior architecture.

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Juzar Lanewala He studied architecture at CEPT, and has been practicing for over a decade. Juzar has occasionally conducted experimental studios and theatre electives at CEPT and IPSA Rajkot.

He has also been studying philosophy, history and literature. As an architect, he believes in experimentation and innovation, and design problems inspire him to seek appropriate solutions.

Katsushi Goto He is a practicing architect/urbanist based in Mumbai and Tokyo, the director of design and research firm, Suqaureworks, Mumbai. He studied at Housing and Urbanism, AA London. His current research focuses on the domesticity associated with the materiality of ideal-family home and the intersection of politics of public domain and interior urbanism. He is also a founding member of SqW:Lab. Kevin Low He has taught and worked in the monsoon tropics since graduating from the United States with graduate and postgraduate degrees in architecture, and a minor in art history. His work and writing have been published widely, directed through an understanding that the big idea is less about the search for radical solutions, than about the discovery of radical questions relevant to specific context.

Kireet Patel He is an architect and designer having extensively studied tensile structures and light-weight structures. He received a scholarship from Asian Cultural Council, New York and delivered talks on Frei Otto’s work, lightweight architecture, and the importance of crafts in design. He has a keen interest in developing experiments towards nature, process, and design. He also worked as Chief Designer for the National Cultural Festival, New Delhi: Apna Utsav, 1986.

Komal Parikh With a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, she is involved in soil testing and investigations for road-related and other types of projects. She has taught surveying-related courses for more than 12 years at CEPT University. She is an expert in 3-D mapping for building and infrastructure projects using advanced instrumentation techniques.

Koral Adenwala She is a visual designer, artist, design strategist and recently, an entrepreneur. She has designed games to research women’s reproductive health habits in Indian villages and interventions to increase financial inclusion in rural India. Her visual design work is informed by learnings and experience in spatial design, strategy, art, and dance.

Kruti Shah A graduate of the Academy of Architecture, she has completed the Masters of Architecture program at CEPT University, within the Architectural Design specialization. Currently, she is a Studio tutor at CEPT University. Along with teaching, she is the co-founder of Chaal.Chaal.Agency, a design-research collaborative that works on transformative infrastructure.

Mangesh Belsare He holds an M. Arch. in sustainable architecture from CEPT University. He is a practicing architect and teaches as visiting faculty at CEPT University and other schools of architecture. He offers workshops and training programs related to structures, construction, climate, day lighting design and designing with bamboo at various schools of architecture across India.

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Manuel Marquez He is an architect with an M.Arch. from ETSAM, Madrid; involved in academics since 2015. He has been a visiting faculty at CEPT SWS Programs with urban intervention as focus, for Varanasi in 2015, and Madrid-Madhya Pradesh in 2016. He has been involved as Assistant Professor at Vadodara Design Academy and Indus University in 2017, along with being a teaching associate for M. Arch. CEPT in 2018. He has won international design awards and been published in several magazines.

Mariana Paisana She has an undergraduate degree in architecture from the University of Lisbon, and a master’s in Urban Design from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Mariana worked in India, USA and Portugal focused on projects of urban rehabilitation and public space requalification. In continuation with these topics, her Master’s thesis looked at markets in public space and their temporal dimension.

Mehul Bhatt A practicing architect since 1996, he has extensively worked on projects of varied scales, sizes & complexities. He believes design is a function of place & its people and strives towards achieving a qualitative sense of belonging for the users, a sense of Place, in his architecture. A graduate of School of Architecture, CEPT, Ahmedabad, he is Director & Principal Architect at JMA Design Co., Ahmedabad.

Melissa Smith She is an architect and urban planner, and co-founder of BandukSmith Studio, an architecture, urban design, and research practice that she founded with Sachin Bandukwala. Their work engages processes of making through research on unique construction methods, both institutionalized and inventive, and on built projects that explore the boundaries of contemporary Indian construction. She also chairs the Bachelor of Urban Design Program at CEPT University.

Mihir Bedekar He is a young practicing architect based out of Vadodara, and a graduate with B.Arch from CEPT University, Ahmedabad. He began with working on projects in France and Africa under the mentorship of Architect Pierre Cadot. He has taught design studios in architecture schools across Vadodara and Ahmedabad. He has been involved in a variety of projects in the field of design and architecture.

Mitesh Panchal He is a graduate of CEPT University, Ahmedabad and holds a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from MSU Vadodara. He is a co-founder and partner at ANaHAT, a design studio based in Vadodara. He believes that each project is a unique opportunity with a different context and set of circumstances and therefore should have its own unique identity.

Mohammed Ayazkhan He is an architect from Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University, Ahmedabad. After graduating in the year 2002, he has been actively involved in the fields of architectural practice, as well as academics. Since January, 2018 he has been teaching as Assistant Professor at CEPT University with interests in areas such as architectural detailing, tectonics, housing and urban design.

Mragendra Chaturvedi He is a CEPT University alumnus with 6 years of work experience in the field and in academia.

His notable professional projects include recreational programs like zoo, safari, commercial and residential projects, along with Salvador Football stadium (Goa), redevelopment of Sayajibaug Zoo, CEPT Workshop building and more. Presently, he is involved as an associate at Squareworks LLP, Mumbai.

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Muntaha Rushnaiwala He completed his Bachelor’s in Architecture from CEPT University. He spent 6 months under the guidance of Renzo Piano at RPBW, Italy and worked as a design associate at the National Institute of Design for 4 years, majorly dealing with space planning, extensions and renovations. Currently, he is a visiting faculty at NID and also runs a design practice named Rushnaiwala Architects.

Naandi Parikh She has experience of working in retail store design for over 14 years, along with heading store design teams for various brands overseas. She completed her bachelor’s degree in interior design from APIED, followed by a graduate diploma from University of Technology, Sydney and Master’s of Interior Design from the University of Hertfordshire UK. Neha Kothiwale She is an interior designer with a work experience of 13 years in projects spanning schools, sffices, healthcare, residential Interiors. She was a part of the team for hospital and medical college at Baramati and King Faisal Pediatric Tertiary Care Hospital at Riyadh. Has a keen interest in developing child centric spaces and introducing design to children. She has taught at undergraduate level.

Nikunj Dave He is a graduate from NC state University & accomplished founder of Aarya Precast India and Swaneer Innovations Pvt. Ltd. His research on fiber reinforced concrete has led him to widen the scope of product development and deliver the same to the market. He is associated with CEPT University through summer schools on precast concrete products and also with other institutions like Nirma University.

Nimit Killawala He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from KRVIA and an MA in Housing + Urbanism from Architecture Association, London. He has worked at HCP Design, Planning and Project management, Ahmedabad. He currently serves as the Director at Group Seven Architects and Planners Pvt Ltd. He has also taught at KRVIA Mumbai.

Nisarg Shah He is a Structural Engineer with over 7 years of experience in detailed designing of multiple infrastructure projects across various parts of India. Mr. Nisarg Shah also has a long association of more than 6 years with academics. He is responsible for delivering lectures on concerned subjects in Bridge design courses, as a Visiting Faculty at CEPT University.

Nishant Mittal He is an urban designer, architect and research collaborator. His research interests are focused on geospatial representation, narrative and critical cartography and the generation of socio-spatial taxonomies. He works at STUDIO 23N72E. He is also part of the team working on a planting design based research for the LEAF Fellowship. He collaborates with MAde studio, Ann Arbor.

Niyati Patel She is an Interior Architect and founding member of Niyati Design Studio. Apart from residential, industrial and hospital interiors, her firm also has experience in conceptualizing and designing large scale exposition projects like Vibrant Gujarat, Engimac, Chalo Gujarat and so on. With an area of interest in aerodynamics & mechanics, she passionately designs 3D kites & kinetic mobiles endowed with artistic value.

Pankti Pandya She is an architect and co-founder of Studio Inkling, a design and research initiative based in Ahmedabad. Ten years into the field of architecture she has varied experiences working with architectural firms on projects dealing with different scales and realms. Currently she is a visiting faculty at CEPT University and has also taught at Nirma University.

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Percy Pithawala He is an Architect, Academic and Artist with over 25 years of experience. He graduated from M.S.U, Baroda and pursued Masters in Urban Design from Pratt Institute, New York. He has a keen interest in Art and has held several exhibitions at galleries in India and abroad. He has founded The Red Studio at Baroda to further the discourse between Art, Architecture and Design.

Prasanth Narayanan He is an urban planner and was previously employed with CRDF as a research associate. As part of the project he has co-authored the MOHUA (Central Ministry) handbook Local Area Plan for Transit. Apart from this, he was also research and design associate for the book HRIDAY Reflections, collaboration between CEPT and ICOMOS. His interest lies at the intersection of urban planning and law.

Prashant Pradhan He is a graduate of CEPT University and has done his post-graduation from the Berlage Institute, Netherlands. He has gained experience by working in offices in Amsterdam and New York and has also taught at the City Tech College in Brooklyn NYC. After returning to India, he established his office in Gangtok in 2007 and has been working in Sikkim, Darjeeling and Ahmedabad.

Prateek Banerjee He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from KRVIA, Mumbai. He has worked with Ranjit Sinh and Associates, Mumbai and Raj Rewal & Associates, New Delhi. He is a partner at Architects’ Combine, Mumbai and has been a visiting Faculty at Rachana Sansad as well as IES College of Architecture.

Priya Narayanan She is a Faculty of Design alumna, running her interior design practice under the banner Tatva Design Studio where she handles projects of varying typologies. She is also a Partner at Soma Systems Furniture & UMU Fun Furniture. While she has been teaching at CEPT since 2016, actively contributing to developing the CFP pedagogy, she is also a published poet and children’s author.

Puneet Mehrotra He studied at CEPT, and has been practicing since 2006. He is the founding partner of XPDS architects, with a focus on innovative designs rooted in the climate and context of a place. Along with practice, he also has more than 10 years of academic experience. He is deeply interested in the architectural and artistic traditions, and the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent.

Rachit Sheth He is an alumni of Nirma University and BITS, Pilani with B.Tech in Civil Engineering & ME in Structural Engineering respectively. He has professional experience of more than 8 years. He has exposure to designing various types of structures such as bridges & flyovers, institutional & residential buildings, enabling & entry-exit structures for metro, VT & CCW pump houses, steel pipe rack & etc.

Rajan Bhatt He graduated from IPSA Rajkot in 2005. After graduation he worked at Inscape & at JMA Design Co. before setting up his own practice in partnership in 2010/11. He has worked extensively on projects of varied nature & has also been involved in academics since 2016. He has a keen interest in understanding & exploring the processes involved in the evolution of a definitive design language/expression Rajiv Darji He is an architect with 18 years’ experience in implementation of architectural and interior projects in various parts of India as a principal architect at Rajiv Darji & Associates. Mr. Darji started his own Architectural consultancy in 2006 and alongside has had a long association of 10 years with academics . He has successfully conducted design studios for the last 8 years.

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Rajiv Kadam He is an associate professor at Faculty of Planning in CEPT. He completed his post-graduation in 1991 from FA, CEPT and has been engaged in teaching studios, the Humanizing Cities course, Urban Design Theory and guiding theses in architecture and urban design. His major emphasis and interests are in developing an in-depth understanding of nature, human aspects and urban ecology as the basis to design a built environment.

Ramesh Patel: He is an architect and urban planner keen at exploring material and detailing. He worked with Matharoo Associates for 5 years; heads own practice RPA, since 2009. He worked on various residential, institutional, industrial, and interior projects and has 10 years of academic experience.

He is a graduate of APIED, Vallabh Vidyanagar & holds MTech in Urban and Regional Planning from the CEPT University.

Ramya Ramesh She is an architect and urban designer passionate about collaborative design methods. Her interests lie in the domains of design research and community engagement. She has professional experience in architectural design, urban research and curatorial projects. Ramya has an MSc. in Building and Urban Design in Development from the Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College, London.

Ratna Shah: She is an architect, interior designer, urban designer and academician working in Ahmedabad.

Her interests are combining and constructing for a nuanced spatial experience, thematically developing a design using various collaborative mediums with attention to behavior of detail, themes, narratives, art and space. Ratna is a graduate from the School of Architecture, CEPT. Ravi Kashyap His intuitive response towards climate and thermal efficiency in buildings has always been a primary concern, both, in practicing architecture and teaching. For over 28 years now, he has been closely working on sites with craftspeople trying to integrate material, technology and skills to experiment and inculcate a scientific and rational understanding of construction details Ruchi Mehta She is a practicing interior designer with cumulative professional experience of 20+ years, both in India and USA. She has an undergraduate degree from CEPT University and Master’s degree from University of Cincinnati, USA. She has a diverse design practice which includes brand research and strategy making, designing and building of a variety of interior design projects and heritage conservation works.

Sachin Soni He is an associate professor at CEPT and has been teaching Architecture and Urban Design studios, History and Theory of Architecture and Visual studies. He is interested in architectural/ design language and alternative paradigms for inclusive urban spaces. He is a graduate from Faculty of Architecture, CEPT and holds a Master’s degree in City Design and Social Science, from LSE, United Kingdom.

Sadasivan Iyer He specializes in mentoring design education with a focus on product design and related domains such as technical education, vocational training and management, design education and management. He has over 40 years of Industrial experience in R&D, tool rooms, design and manufacturing of electronics products and packaging, and teaching experiences at NID, IGTR, NIFT and NTTF, while also managing and counselling the training of trainers in technical and vocational education.

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Sahiba Gulati She is an architect and academician. She has been teaching studios and courses at CEPT that address methods of participatory design and issues of gender in public space, which is also the focus area of her research. Her most recent research project analyses women’s access to public transport systems. She holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from CEPT University.

Samira Rathod Working from the maximum city Mumbai in India, Samira is an architect, teacher, writer, and editor. SRDA has built an enviable portfolio of more than 25 architectural and over 50 interior projects. The firm’s outreach work is equally vigorous and she is the founder and editor of Spade, a platform and design magazine that reinforces the need for esoteric investigations and thinking.

Sankalpa He has been teaching construction and design studios for the past 11 years at the Faculty of Architecture, CEPT. He has been keen on developing a pedagogy that is bodily involved, modelling techniques that can be experienced and verified. His studio involves inquiry into structural principles and their articulation as a strategy for architectural design.

Sanskruti Panchal She is the Founder and director of Drysatya CSR Consultancy/MAS TEAM, Indo-Spanish based firm. She holds a Master’s degree of Technology in Urban Planning, CEPT/ Diploma Civil Engineer, MSU. She has over ten years of Professional experiences across key domains covering Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment, Ecology, Water & Sanitation, Climate Change, Socio-Economic studies, and Urban & Regional Planning.

Sebastian Trujillo A Colombian architect born in Bogota and graduated from the National University of Colombia, he completed the Masters of Architecture program at CEPT University within the history, theory, and criticism specialization. Along with teaching, he is the co-founder of Chaal.Chaal.Agency, a design-research collaborative that works on transformative infrastructure.

Sheel Shah He is a structural engineer and founder of EDEN Design Consultants, a design consultancy which provides S-MEP services located in Ahmedabad. In 5 years of professional experience, he has worked on various kinds of projects including residential, commercial, water-retaining as well as industrial structures. He also provides PMC Consultancy in some projects.

Shikha Parmar She is an architect, who holds a B. Arch. from CEPT. Her studio ‘Achyutam designs’ has executed various architectural and interior projects. Being inclined towards research, she is co-authoring a travel book based on Uttarakhand and has been instrumental as an academician since 2014. She believes that the collaboration of poetic and pragmatic is essential to celebrate the process of designing healthy built environments.

Shubhra Raje Her practice involves designing buildings and teaching architecture. With graduate and postgraduate degrees in architecture and a minor in theory and criticism from CEPT and Cornell Universities, she founded shubhra raje_built environments, an architecture and design studio that concerns itself with relevant design, architectural economy, and spatial ecology.

Shweta Jain She is an interior designer and aesthete with an experience of 13 years; she graduated in the year 2006 from Rachana Sansad School of Design, Mumbai. She specializes in both residential and commercial projects and completed a few projects for AIRBNB in the year 2018, in Mumbai.

Currently, she is working on an experience centre for travellers in Karjat.

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Siddharth Singh A graduate of School of Architecture, CEPT, he is a cultural practitioner & educator emphasizing low-tech hands-on multimedia engagements. Besides his nearly two decade long design industry experience across scales & disciplines, he has been involved in creative pedagogy since 2011, exploring the dependence of creativity on emotions and the need to be equipped with diverse mediums of exploration & expression.

Subin Jameel He is an architect and a graphic designer with interests in practice, digital pedagogies, speculative research, and theory. He worked as an Architect at Architecture Paradigm, Bangalore for 3 years and as an assistant teacher at SCI-Arc, Los Angeles. Degrees: B.Arch.,RVSA, Bangalore; M.A., Architecture, Staedelschule, Germany; M.Sc., Design Theory and Pedagogy,SCI-Arc, Los Angeles.

Sujit Kothiwale He is an architect from CEPT, Ahmedabad with a work experience of 18 years in university master plans, infrastructure, schools, healthcare, industrial buildings and residential projects. He has designed hospitals at Baramati and Riyadh and was a core group member of the Healthcare division at Stantec Consulting. He has taught for more than 8 years at both graduate and postgraduate levels.

Sukhmani Brar She is the Co-founder & Principal Architect of Design Pendulum, a New Delhi based spatial design firm. She considers architecture as a frame of possibilities and not just a shell of certainty. Over a decade & half she has worked across diverse scales of housing, architecture & interior design projects. She completed Bachelors in Architecture at CEPT University in 2004.

Suraj Kathe: He is the principal architect at ‘Aurora Borealis – Architectural Design Studio’. He has worked with Ar. Dolf Schnebli, Ar. Christopher Benninger and Ar. Sen Kapadia. His work has contributed to the completion of a LEED Platinum rated Green building in India. He is a graduate of Faculty of Architecture, CEPT. He has won a national award for work in stone.

Tulika Nabar Bhasin She is an architect & urban designer. Through her work experience in Mumbai, she explored different scales of projects. She has worked closely on The Light Box project which sparked her interest in urban design. Being an avid traveler, she believes that the cities today are becoming more generic, and urban design is the tool to redefine a city’s character, and that place-making defines the way people react & function.

Urvi Sheth She has been the Workshop Head with CEPT University since 2014. Along with the academic position, she is also the principal architect of architectural practice Craft Quest since its inception in 2010. She was elected as the Secretary of CAADRIA (The association of Computer-Aided Design Research in Asia) in 2020.

V.R.Shah He is an academician and practicing structural designer. He is founder and principal structural designer at Vinod Shah Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd, firm engaged in design of structures.

He has taught at CEPT University for almost 30 years. He is engaged in teaching structures to architects, engineers, and designers. He also heads the P.G.Course in structural design.

Vasav Bhatt He is an architect with 20 years of work experience in architecture as well as interior design. He believes in perfection with timely delivery of work and has worked with architects A. D. Raje and B. V. Doshi. His interior projects include residences, offices, hospitals, radio stations and cricket stadiums. He has been teaching for 5 years at various architecture colleges.

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Viral Bhavsar He is a graduate of MSU, Baroda; an architect, planner and academician who has been practicing and teaching for about 10 Years. He has worked and led design teams at MEGPL for 4 years.

Currently he is a principal architect at Forme’45 design studio and a visiting faculty at IAPNU, Ahmedabad. His keen interests are the future of urban living, architectural history and design detailing.

Vishal Joshi He is an architect and project manager with over 18 years of cumulative professional and academic experience, across India and Gulf countries. His expertise lies in design and master planning of large-scale projects. He brings in knowledge of extensive onsite experience gained during his association with multiple design practices in Bangalore and Pune. He is a graduate of APIED and holds a PGPIDM degree from NICMAR, Pune.

Vishal Wadhwani He is an ‘Archineer’,with a Master’s Degree in Membrane Structures from Anhalt University, Germany. His firm, Idea Factor specializes in Light Weight Membrane Structures as well as in designing and executing complex geometric forms, PreFab building systems & Geodesic domes.

He also conducts hands-on Making workshops on geometric forms and tensegrity.

Yatin Pandya He is an architect, author and researcher who has been practicing and teaching for over 3 decades. A graduate of CEPT, he holds an M.Arch. from McGill University, Canada. He has been involved with city planning, urban design, mass housing, conservation projects and interior design. His books Concepts of Space, and Elements of Space Making have emerged as textbook resources for teaching and learning the fundamentals of space design.

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Editorial Team Tridip Suhrud He is the Provost of CEPT University. He has been the Director of CEPT Archives for the past 2 years. Prior to this, he served as the Director of Sabarmati Ashram for 5 years. As an academic he has worked with DAIICT (Gandhinagar), NID, CSDS (New Delhi), and, St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad. He is a scholar of Life and Thought of Mahatma Gandhi and has published many books. He is a member of the Gandhi Heritage Sites Mission of the Government of India. He is also a member of the governing board of MICA since 2015. He holds a doctorate in political science along with master’s degrees in economics and political science.

Chirayu Bhatt He is the Deputy Provost–Academics, CEPT University. He has been leading the academic initiatives across all programs of the university and played a pivotal role in steering academic activities during the COVID-19. As an architect-urban planner, he has been working at the confluence of urban planning, urban design, public policy and more recently, education, for over 15 years. He holds a master’s in urban planning from Georgia Tech and a bachelor’s in architecture from CEPT. Anjali Kadam Anjali Kadam is an architect and urban conservationist and Head, Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) at CEPT University. TLC was set up to inspire, support and strengthen new directions in pedagogy and learning at CEPT. Her work in historic cities, feeds into her research and academic experience of over 20 years. She holds bachelor’s in architecture from M.I.T.S Gwalior and master’s in architectural conservation from SPA, Delhi and is currently, pursuing her PhD in Architecture from CEPT University.

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