INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Pal Parekh
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Curriculum Vitae Education :
P A R E K H
nality : Indian d : palparekh22@gmail.com ss : B/607 Suryavanshi Tower, near Konark Karishma, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad. 380015. ct No : +91 8980985650
2010 - 2012
Completed Senior Secondary Schooling (Science Stream) from Asia English School, Ahmedabad, India.
2013 - 2018
Graduated with Bachelor’s of Interior Design Degree from Cept University, Ahmedabad, India .
Completed five year Degree program with a research Thesis on Multi functional Spatial Entities in Interior Spaces.
Experience : Internship at Samira Rathod Design Associates (SRDA), Mumbai , India.
July - November 2017
Teaching Assistance at FD Cept University for the course of Digital Technology
June - August 2018
August - November Teaching Associate at FD Cept University for the course of Applied 2018 Technologies June Onwards 2018
Working on Interior Design (Office Space) and Architecture (Residence) projects (individual projects).
Skills :
June - November 2016
July - November 2017
August - November Teaching Associate at FD Cept University for the course of Computational Design 2018
Teaching Assistance at FD Cept University for the course of Advanced Photography . Worked as a Junior Interior Designer at Projects 3.14. (Interior and Architecture Firm)
Software Skills
Autocad(2D and 3D), Photoshop, S k etc h u p , In d e s i g n , R hin o ce ro s , Ultimaker (2D and 3D) , Microsoft Office, Adobe Premier Pro, Adobe After Effects, Windows Movie Maker.
Hand Skills
Measure Drawing, Sketching and rendering, Wood - Metal - Clay Modeling
Interests :
Sketching , Reading about Architecture and design, Understanding Philosophy behind a design, Design Thinking and Research, Photography.
“Beauty is in rawness or man made materials added to enhance the rawness.“
Content
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Cane Can ! R E TA IL O UTLE T
Cavort Sports Center
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ADAPTIVE REUSE
Vadilal Factory
Vadilal Factory
Multifunctionality
EXPERIENCE CENTER
EXPERIENCE CENTER
The pod C O L L E C T I V E PAV I L I O N
R ES EAR CH THESIS
An experience center that is an attachament to the existing Ice cream factory (VADILAL ICE CREAM FACTORY), which opens up its doors for public to look into the process of manufacturing and packaging of ice creams in factory . Sharing the information from scratch (i.e. source of getting milk) to the final product , the intresting process of ice cream making by VADILAL INDUSTRIES LTD. gets transparently laid to the visitors . Alongwith this , the experience center shares the history, chemistry and innovations that are involved in ice creams since its discovery. Tasting units in between this journey allows you to taste freshly made ice cream and after the end of the tour is the cafeteria that displays all the variety of ice creams and frozen food products that are made in the premise.
: VADILAL
INDUSTRIES LTD. Village - Pundhara Dist- Gandhinagar, GUJARAT
GANDHINAGAR VIJAPUR ROAD
PROGRAM - Breifing Zone - Tasting Stations - Factory Portal - Museum Sensory Museum Ice Cream Ancestry Ice Cream of Future
- Hands on ice cream - Customization Area - Ice Cafe - Toilets - Admin Area
VADILAL ICE CREAM FACTORY
VISITORS : -Kids coming with families(4-5 people) -Ice cream lovers(adult groups of 5-10) -Kids school trip (a bus of 60-70 school kids) TOTAL NO. OF VISITORS AT A TIME: 150 people
Big Piano SELECTED WORKS FROM INTERNSHIP
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Located in the dense of old city, Teliya Mill established during boom of textile indust Ahmedabad. Gradua mills were shut dow the space was used storage facility for surro factories.
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CAVORT SPORTS CENTER
Adaptive Reuse
There is a lack of faci is open to public for le sports in the vicinity proposal suggests ad reuse of this infrastruc develop a sports cent sports like squash and Along with this , facilit gym and dorm roo athletes are also devel
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ility that earning y . The daptive cture to ter with karate. ties like om for loped.
3 Dimensional abstraction suggesting the relation of new intervening and adapting the old. It suggests that the new develops itself without merging into the old.
Site and perception
The existing structure possesses the remnants of colonial architecture that are reflected on the openings of facade, the jack arches and the cast iron columns . Perception of the site Approach:
: Perceiving site as jungle of columns bounded by the periphery. Breaking the“jungle-ness�yet retaining the columns as character of space.
Existing jungle of columns
Space for playing squash. Insert within the structure for the gym that faces the other ongoing sports
Passageway that connects outside area to the sports center.
Load bearing walls with vault
Openings on the facade that reflects the essence of colonial architecture
Exploded view showing the positioning of spatial insert within the existing volume of spaces.
Site and spaces As a response to the site, the spatial inserts done within the structure are such that they are at an ‘offset’ from the existing floor and walls . The idea of new complementing as well as contrasting the old is taken up for Adaptive reuse of the site. Signages for each space are designed from corten steel sheets welded together with metal rods for arrows.
Corten Steel sheet of thickness 3mm welded together
The Spaces within this program includes : - Reception Area - Gym - Squash Area - Dormitory - Toilets - Administration - Retail section for sports
Ground Floor Market Area open for public
Basement Market Area open for public
Cut outs to bring in natural light into the passageway.
Corten Ste el she ets
MS Framing
Passageway Insert
Exploded view showing the construction of the passageway insert.
SECTION C
The section cuts through the passage area , follow
wed by the space where the training for sports is carried out .
Hand made models for realizing spaces within the insert . The landing of the staircase crosses over from through the insert .
Hand made models for realizing spaces within the insert holding the gym area . The surfaces are partly opaque and partly transparent in order to guide the eyes from the people playing squash to the jack arches present in the ceiling .
Vadilal Factory EXPERIENCE CENTER
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VADILAL FACTORY Experience Center
An experience center that is an attachament to the existing Ice cream factory (VADILAL ICE CREAM FACTORY), which opens up its doors for public to look into
Situated in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, Vadilal Industries Ltd developed Vadilal Ice Cream Factory . The new proposal is an experience center which would be an attachment to the ice cream factory. The processing of ice cream making and packaging gets transparently laid to the visitors. The center shares the history, chemistry and innovations that are involved in ice cream since its discovery .
The central idea is to have a space which acts as an interface between the industrial belt and a place of intrigue for ice cream lovers.
Site and spaces : With a frame structure, spatial interventions involved demolishing of walls and addition of new ones in order to create new spaces to cater to the demand of the program. The space for the proposed program shares a wall with the industrial production unit of ice creams and kulfis . This provides a direct connection to the visitors for observing the process of making .
Spatial In STORE
The Spaces within this program includes : - Tasting Units - Museum - Workshop Area - Administration - Obsevation Area - Cafeteria - Open terrace cafe - Customization Area
PRODUCTION SECTION REFRIGERATION AREA COLD STORE COLD STORE
SITE LOCATION ENTRANCE
GARDEN AREA
INTERNAL ROAD FOR TRUCKS
PROPOSED PROGRAM AREA
PRODUCTION AREA
Space connecting the experience center to the production unit
Terrace Area used as an extension of the cafeteria beneath .
nterventions Entrance for Office Area
Inserts Beam Grid
Main Entrance
Existing Walls
Exploded view showing the spatial organization of the spaces within the experience center.
Exploded view showing different areas of the center.
Spaces and Activities : Workshop Area
Museum
Space where people learn how to make chocolates and ice creams.
Display units made out of ms metal sheet and glass. It displays the objects that were used for making ice cream.
Smells nozzels that releases and the upcoming essences and flavours for public.
Comprises of tinted glass partition with tasting units at intervals.
Tasting unit with a pipeline that connects it directly to the production unit.
Spaces and Activities : Foyer Space
Cafeteria
Cafeteria consists of playful seating elements for kids made out of dense grid and bean bags.
Foyer Space consists of vaults that give out information by projections on its surfaces.
Modules with end surface as canvas used for projection of videos on vadilal.
Seating Element with metal grid of 300 x 300 mm.
Food partition / counter with metal framing and cladding from both sides.
Outer Development
Vertical connections
Pause points - Seating Areas
GROUND FLOOR
SECTION 8 Section cutting through the food court area and the cafeteria above.
The pod emerged as life project that inte to act as a pavilion a a spill over cafeteria f adjoining cafe coffee shop.
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THE POD
Material Studio
The studio project inv ideation of the structure on the context and th that it was to placed central atrium of a co .Along with this, it focus materialization,making execution of the structu the site.
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Sketching and hand modeling to develop the structure based on the activities and movement pattern.
Ideate
Initial ideation done by the students to understand the nature of form required for the semi - open atrium.
Form
Further methodical development from a model. This model further gets developed i design.
mulate
abstract model to software generated into generative form using computational
Prototype
Making of 1:10 and 1:5 scale model before the execution of the final 1:1 scale model.
Execute
Developing an understanding of materials like corian and mdf by generating a 1:1 size prototype which is currently used as a spill over cafeteria for cafe coffee day . Execution of the real pod was done by the students of the batch .This involved management , fitting and exhibiting.
Derive
Cane Can ! is a ret displaying wide ra products and furnitur from cane.
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CANE CAN ! Retail Outlet
The central idea of the is to celebrate the inn from cane by using its p of bending and flexib showroom exhibits itse innovation hub and application of cane in
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3 Dimensional abstraction suggesting the relation of new intervening and adapting the old. It suggests that the new develops itself without merging into the old.
Display Area
The display units are made from concrete molds which provide a contrasting background to the colourful sharp lines of the products.
SECTION D
The section cuts through
h the design lab and the display area in the first floor and second floor respectively. The workshop area is a semi covered space made from cane .
GROUND FLOOR C
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FIRST FLOOR
With a frame structure, the first floor has cut outs in the slab in a manner that the first floor appears to be a vertical extension of ground floor. The workshop area becomes the center of attraction for customers hence is highly visible from multiple view points.
Store front display
The shop front constitutes of display units and a partly opaque - partly transparent backdrop for the visitors to get an insight of the inside.
Innovation Lab
Innovation lab on the upp on the colum
per floor appears like a floating mass mn beam grid structure.
Gift shop area - Cash counter
The language of display units gets followed evenly at the other displays and cash counters. The railing for the staircase is also made from cane, exhibiting its property to bend.
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MULTI FUNCTIONALITY
Research thesis
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Seating
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ASK : Reading
Project : LiYuan Library Architects : Li Xiaodong Atelier Location : Beijing, China Type : Institution Occupants: 30-50 People Area : 175 sq m Metal Frame
The outer structure is made from metal b inner system is derieved from wood. The 175 sqm area, providing a uniform fram stepped seating . The building not on community but also acts as a space that with self and nature. The intent of shelv sit and place books are grouped in orde with differentiated zones of reading an levels. The divisioning of the grid provid to the dimension necessary for shelving
Timber Grid
System RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMPONENTS
Exploded isometric showing the modulat components of the
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Volume
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Analogous Dimension
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Orientation
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Component for Sleeping Space Defining component
Component for screening and connecting
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Component for studying
Component for connecting
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Affordance
Programatic Configuration: Volumetric
Studying
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Adjacency
Categorization
Element
Supplementary components
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Internship - Samira Rathod
Design Associates (SRDA)
1'-421" 4'-2"
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Involved in developing working drawings, execution and in exhibition design of the furniture range .
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Involvement : Big Piano is a furniture brand launched by the firm which has hand crafted range developed in their workshop.
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133 4"
circular acrylic plate
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circular acrylic plate
3'-9" 4'-6"
63 4"
6'-0 "
1'-1"
1'-621"
2'-8"
The launching of brand involved the set up of a permanent exhibition space . For this , floating partitions made from the material mal where made from the ceiling . Projection of the process of making on these screens to show case the making of product is done .
FURNITURE
FABRIC
FABRIC
Process and Derivation
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