N I E L P A R E K H A R C H I T E C T U R E P O R T F O L I O
Curriculum Vitea Academic Background 2006 - 2011
Bachelors of Architecture, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Department of Architecture, SCET, Surat, India
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3610 Conference, Mumbai, India. Kurula Vurkey Forum, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India. Exchange Program with USM University, Penang, Malaysia. Attended lecture by Ar. Mario Botta conducted by CEPT University, Ahmedabad. Attended lecture by Ar. Fumihiko Maki, Ar. Rahul Mehrotra & Hani Rashid conducted in 3610 Conference, Mumbai, India. Attended lectures by Ar. Shirish Beri, Ar. Jimmy Lim, Ar. Akshay Kaul organised by Student body, Department of Architecture, SCET, Surat. Attended lectures by Ar. B.V. Doshi, Ar. Karan Grover as a part of organising committee of Student body, Department of Architecture, SCET, Surat. Lamp making, Face painting, Paper sculpture, Paper mesh, Clay, Wood carving, Rammed earth wall, Glass making & Scrap workshops conducted in Department of Architecture,SCET,Surat. Product design workshop Conducted by NID - Ahmedabad. Attended Bamboo & Cane furniture workshops to design prototypes of thesis project at a workshop of Organisation called CIBART www.cibart.com.
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Autocad 2D & 3D Microsoft Office Adobe Photoshop, Indesign & Illustrator Google Sketchup Physical model making Drawing, Hand rendering & Drafting Hindi, Gujarati & English
2009 2011-Present 2013-Present
Trainee at M/s. Prabhakar Bhagwat, Ahmedabad, India - www.landscapeindia.in Project Architect at Opolis Architects, Mumbai, India - www.opolis.in Partner at CAN Architects, Surat, India. It is a multi-disciplinary collaberative firm launched in partnership with Ar. Anil Kantrodia, Ar.Chirag Torawala & Ar. Pooja Shah in November, 2012
2009 2011-Present 2011-Present 2010-Present 2011-Present
Member of a core commity of a Association of students of Architecture Registered architect with council of Architecture, India Member of a Photography club from surat called ‘Drashtikon‘. Member of a group helping to save birds. Member of a South Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Gujarat, India
Sports Art
Cricket, Handball - team selected for Zonal level clusters, 4 X 400 metre relay race - winner at District level, Riffle shooting, Badminton & Table Tennis. Sketching, Photography, hand drawing, graphic design & documentation of historic and local Architecture & Urban issues.
Workshop & Seminar
Skills
Professional Record
Recognition
Contact Info Niel Parekh 201, Pushpam Row House, Piplod, Surat, Gujarat, India - 395007. E-Mail - nielparekh@gmail.com Skype - niel.parekh Tel. No. - +91 99256 11470.
Interest
Projects Academic Work
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Professional Work
2007(2nd semester) 2007(3rd semester) 2008(4th semester) 2008-09(5th semester) 2009(8th semester) 2010(9th semester) 2011(10th semester)
Summer House in 3m X 3m Cube Canteen for a SVNIT(Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology) Residence for an Artist Mass Housing - Lower & Mddle Income group Mixed use Building(20 Storey high) in Surat, Gujarat, India Town centre in Silvassa, Dadra Nagar Haveli, Gujarat, India Thesis
2007 2010
Documentation of fort in Mandavgadh, Madhya Pradesh, India Documentation of Holy City Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Joint Study Program
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Urban Design workshop with University sains Malaysia for proposal at World Heritage site of George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Competition
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Competition Project organized by National Association of Students
2009(7th semester) 2009(7th semester) 2009(7th semester)
Sameera Maya, A residential Lowrise Housing Project, Alibaug, Maharshtra, India Gala Residency, A residential Bunglow Scheme, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Torrent Pharmaseuticals, Bharuch, Gujarat, India
2011-Present 2011-Present 2012 2012 2012
Patel Villa - A Weekwnd House at a Valley, Amby Valley, Maharashtra, India Sujan House - A Weekwnd House on a Hill top, Khandala, Maharashtra, India A Low rise Residencial Appartment, Koparkhairne, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India A Residence at Hilltop, Ghoti, Nashik, Maharashtra, India Office Interior for HMA Travels, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2013-Present 2013-Present 2013-Present 2013-Present
Auditorium for Mandvi Education Society, Mandvi, Surat, Gujarat, India Rammed Earth Residence in Surat, Gujarat, India A Mixed use (Residencial & Commercial) building in Mandvi, Surat, Gujarat, India A Lowrise Residencial Appartment in Surat, Gujarat, India
Intern at M/s. Prabhakar Bhagwat, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Project Architect at _Opolis Architects, Mumbai,Maharashtra, India
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Partner at CAN Architects, Surat, Gujarat, India
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Please note selected projects are documented from the above list of project. Above projects with Page nos. are documented in the portfolio.
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Residence for an Artist Type of project & Year An Academic project - 2008(Fourth Semester) Client A reputed Artist from Surat - Mr. Jagdeep Smart Location At a bank of river Tapi in Surat, Gujarat, India. Project Brief Client wanted a treditional Indian touch in terms of spaces and ambience. - 3 bedrooms (Master, Son’s and Daughter’s bedroom)with working space in each of them. - Studio with space where his sketching classes can be conducted & it should open up in Lawn. Area Statement Site area : 1595 SM Built - up area : 510 SM
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Design Approach - On the north side of the building there is a river so all the space are oriented accordingly and this side also experiences good breeze. - Keeping his Daughter and Son in mind - a house should portray the amalgamation of traditional as well as modern touch. This is achieved by a use of materials like exposed RCC in the front and rare facade, a Sloping roof with a Zinc sheeting and these modern materials are brought together by central courtyard which gives an Indian character to the whole house and holds it together and helps open the house in north direction(facing the river). VIII
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Site Plan which showns that its is completely surrounded by residencial zone which is indicated in Blue and very little institutional whch is indicated in Yellow & commercial in orange.
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Mass Housing - Lower & Mddle Income group Type of project & Year An Academic project - Fourth Semester (2008 - 09) Client Lower & Middle income group. Location Surat, Gujarat, India.
LIG Units This can be achieved by stagering rectangle of two sizes as shown above.
Project Brief The program was to design a Mass Housing for LIG and MIG people. Total Units-1000 (600 LIG & 400 MIG). Total number of storey should not go more than 5 livable floors.
MIG Units This can be achieved by stagering rectangles of same size in numerous different ways as shown above.
Area Statement Site area : 36100 SM
LIG & MIG Units These can be be achieved by stagering the above units. Many other options can also be worked out.
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Design Approach The idea was to create a feeling of typical Indian streets which are too lively. In present schenario all over the city these streets are losing their character due to the kind of urbanisation happening. There are some key features which are adopted from these typical indian old city streets : - Informality. - Creating interactive pockets. - Pedestranized streets helps making buildings more interective. - Linearity in streets. - Unit organization as per the hirarchy of Old city Dwellings. - Units are connected at different levels by bridges at random levels.
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Holy City-Pushkar Type of project Documentation - 9th year Urban Semester Year 2010 - 2011 Location Pushkar, Rajasthan Gujarat, India Introduction Pushkar is one of the oldest cities of India. It is one of the sacred pilgrimage sites for devout hindus. It lies on the shore of Pushkar lake and Legends associate Lord Bramha with its origin. Project Pushkar is a unique urban settlement,evolved from religion and mythology, age old and very pious in consideration as a divine physical manifestation. Religion dictates rituals which in turn dictates activities. Through the case study(at micro level) of various ghats,typical of this place, we have aimed to trace its evolution on its historic, religious back ground and establish the underlying system of its organic growth that is a formative factor for this urban understanding.
Demographics Tourism is the main economic driver of the town, hich promote other key sectors such as trade and commerce, transportation and household industries. Majority of the population is engaged in religion and tourism based economic activites. Day migration in Pushkar is is significant. Growth Pattern As in most of ancient religious towns, Pushkar has grown around the lake without any planned intervention. Ring radial pattern One of the basic elements of a physical form of a settlement is circulation pattern. In this settlement activities expand and densities increase at the centre and new growth develops along the periphery.
Access system: Street Heirarchy the built fabric are bounded on two sides of the arterial roads. Nodes - The nature of activities are different than the usual circulation pattern at the junctions where two streets meet or at a dead end node.
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The marked street is the market street of Pushkar which connects at least sixteen of the major ghats on the same axis. Street Character One of the basic elements of a physical form of a settlement is circulation pattern. In this settlement activities expand and densities increase at the centre and new growth develops along the periphery. At some places the street is narrow, the buildings three storeyed but small in scale. The overhangings on the upper floor heighten the sense of enclousure on the street.
Street Facade Characteristics The facade of the streets here provides an insight to the organic growth witnessed by this place through ages. Porosity of the edges evolve constantly, at some places a blank facade is encountered and at others stalls give you a sense of being part
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Windows - elements forming the unique character of the facade.
Layering The temple becomes the focal point of the then generated landscape. The streets run adjacent to these temples providing a medium for dialogue and constant communication between the kiosks, houses and other similar avenues
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The kund are an interface which connects the devotees to the lake. They act as a buffer space between the lake and the ghats. The linear movement along the ghat is intercepted by many plinth at varying levels, overlapping the steps of the ghats, at a perpendicularaxis and they influence the journey by altering the straight course of movement, compelling one to pause, pass through around them.
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Type of project & Role Joint Study Program - Leader of the group worked for a proposal at ferry terminals,World Heritage site of George Town,Penang,Malaysia Year 2010 - 4th year of Bachelors degree
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Project Brief In this joint study program there were six groups consisting of indian as well as malaysian students. Each group was supposed to study perticular area of the state Pinang. Our group was supposed to study urban fabric of the area around historic ferry terminal of George town, Penang and identify the problems and issues and analysis them. We were supposed to come up with a proposal to over come the issues.
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I. Picture from the site showing the existing skywalk. II. Pictures of immediate surrounding. III. Picture of the rare end of the proposed site. IV. Diagram showing orientation of site. V. Diagram showing traffic flow - Red arrow indicates existing traffic flow while Blue shows proposed traffic flow. VI. Diagram shows Vegetation and Landmarks. VII.Diagram showing zoning around the site. 10
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Diagram above shows how ground in front of school is a void of relief in the dense urban fabric.
Two diagrams above shows the present condition where shool and its ground is devided by vehicular road and how can the whole fabric be tranformed into a bigger void in if the vehicular movement is diverted and school and its ground become a complex.
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Sir J.J. School School Ground Hospital Red Light Area Meat & Vegetable Market Legend 1. Play Ground 2. Entry 3. Administration 4. Toilets 5. Classes 6. Cafeteria 7. Kitchen for Hostel VII 8. Mesh and 1 Dormetries above 9. Store Room 10. Court 1 11. Court 2 12. Court 3 Vehicular Movement
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Location Sir J.J. orphanage, Surat, Gujarat, India Project Brief Competition brief was to take any of the old heritage building which has lost its architectural as well as functional character and revive it by making design changes and adding a relevent functionality respecting its architectural language.
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Year & Outcome 2009 - It was sortlisted among the top 8 proposal from participants from all over india at national convention .
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I. Land use - Throughout the fabric the school with its open grounds, courtyards acts as an essential void in the setting.The streets leading to the school are used either by pedestrians or by food vendors.The immediate context of the school is inhabitated by majorly the Muslim and partly by the Parsi And Hindu community. Other than Masjids, Temples and Ag iaries of Parsis there Is a Vegetable and Meat Market situated at the back of the complex. The Street which leads to the complex is also home to a Brothel, situated at the edges, operated both through temporary and permanent means housing 50-75 prostitutes. II. Existind Plan III. Diagram showing circulation of the existing building. IV. Picture of the Court 2. V/VI. Picture of the existing building facade. VII. View of existing school ground along with school in the back drop.
Area Statement Site area : 34700 SM Built - up area : 890 SM Design Approach We selected Sir J.J. School which is in the heart of the city. This is a school for orphanage which is in a very bad stage functionally as well architecturally. The school which has been subjected to deterioration and partial abandonment by people of a couple of communities due to various reasons like the coming up of new “modern” schools, the communal riots of ‘93 after which most of the hindu and parsi students were withdrawn due to the strong muslim presence in the locality. By this design intervention school will regain its former aura. The amalgamation of various social as well as religious philosophies by engaging children coming from from different backgrounds into a solitary whole , through the understanding of each other via activities which are academic,co-curricular and vocational in nature. This project will act as a catalyst of social change between the different communities by understanding each other’s religious ,social and spiritual values better. 12
Diagram shows an initial idea which was to have a structure that goes with the hilly topography of the site, respects forest landscape and blends with it, that is how the Vault type of structure imerged. This also helps to blend interior space with exterior.
The aim is to work out different form of vaulted structures, imerges by a use of bamboos. through different techniques. Structurally Bamboo is good in both tension and compression. It can also be used to work out internal spaces and Skylight. Structure 1
This is a semi - open structure for children activity area where awareness and learning program goes on. Thus it does not require completely enclosed space.
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This is an enclosed structure, though there is a lot of penetration of natural light through the skylight and walls which are made up of louvers.
Detail 2A Detail 2A Attended Bamboo workshop (run by an organisation called CIBART www.cibart. com ) to make model of the three prototypes.
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Tribal Upliftment centre - Eco tourism site Type of project & Year An Academic project - Undergraduate Thesis - Fourth Semester (2011)
Location Jetpur Kevdi Forest, Mandvi, Gujarat, India.
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Project Brief -Forest area of Mandvi has very high poThe site is located in the dense forest which is extremly rich in tropical biodiversity. There is a great tential to be developed as a Eco - Tourism potential of forest tourism. It is located at the foot of the hill and on the bank Kevdi Lake. site with perfect blending of improving socio - economic condition of local(tribal) people. The idea was to blend Eco-Tourism with activities like workshop and vocational training centres. -Workshop along with display areas for touristd which can help to promote the Lodging local art and craft which is dying due to Above diagrams shows zoning and movement within the site. Zoning was Cultural done keping in mind tourists as well as localites who will be coming for lack of platform to promote these arts and Workshops/Vocasional Trailing workshops and vocational training. crafts. Vocational training programs will Administration help educate and spread awareness among tribals. This area has a lot of leopards which are being killed by villagers around so this cenre can help spread the awareness as the leopard sanctuary is also been proposed by government. Proposed Eco - Tourism site Proposed leopard Sanctuary Proposed birds park
Area Statement Site area : 19000 SM Built - up area : 4000 SM Structure 3
This structure will be partly closed and partly semi - open. Different workshops will happen in these structures. The semi - open part will be working area and closed will be storages.
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Design Approach -It is a issued based project relating to social and environmental issues so it was important to study the localities, their life style and mindset. Staying and working in this area was very crucial. Also knowing forests and its nature was very important, so stayed there during the conceptual stage. -These forests have bamboos in abundance so using bamboo was the primarory idea. Mud which is a local building material in this area so considered using this. -The structure should respond to the surrounding forest landscape, which was very important to give experience of being in forst within the complex. -Within the complex the whole journey of people was also very important which gives experience of being in forest.
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Project Brief - Clients wanted a unique kind of roof. - 1 Master, 1 Children and 2 Guest bedrooms. - Staff area which should not be directed connected to the main house. - A small Lap Pool. - Requirement of as much open space as possible. Area Statement Site area : 1000 SM Built - up area : 350 SM Design Approach -A site is located in a hilly Hill top. This region receives a high rainfall and becomes lush green during rainy season and it also experiences good breeze through out a season. - This house is kept as open as possible as per client requirement. At the same time contextual as well as climatical points were taken into account. - The house is wraped around with a rubble stone on lower ground floor to give it a raw look. - Play of a volume and Roof Angles are key feature of a house. - Living/Dinning has a really good volume and to a volume and to a beauty of a space a mezzanine floor is kept. I. 3d view showing Kitchen/Dinning/Mezzanine. II. Arial view of the physical model. III. View of the physical model from north side. IV. View of the physical model from south side. V. Picture showing branch column. VI. View of a physical model showing Mezzanine. VII.Panaroma view from north west corner of the site. VIII.Picture from site entrance. X. Picture of a Mezzanine. 20
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Auditorium for Mandvi Education Society Type of project & Role Professional Project - As a partner of CAN Architects Year & Current status 2013 - under tender stage V
Client Education society Location Mandvi Edu. Soc. Campus, Mandvi, Dist. - Surat, Gujarat, India Project Brief 260 seater auditorium for Mandvi Edu. Soc.for different cultural as well as educational programs.
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Area Statement Site area : 34700 SM Built - up area : 890 SM Design Approach The site lies in the eastern tribal belt of Gujarat, India. Mandvi is surrounded by many small tribal villages and majority of the students of mandvi edu. soc. are tribals from these villages. So it was important to look at tribal art and a building material. The circular Mud plaster wall with tribal art(as seen in view ‘VI’) which wraps up the the auditorium is used to show the strength of Local building material used by tribal people and traditional tribal art.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION N I E L P A R E K H 201, PUSHPAM ROW HOUSE, PIPLOD, SURAT, GUJARAT, INDIA 395007. EMAIL nielparekh@gmail.com Skype niel.parekh TEL. NO. +91 99256 11470.