Pratipalsinh Gohil
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PRATIPALSINH GOHIL +91 8238596464 palgohil2222@gmail.com 1342, Dada ni deli, Darbar gadh,Vartej, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, 364060
EDUCATION
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Bachelors in Architecture (B.arch) Oct. 2018 - June 2023
LJ School of Architecture, ahmedabad, Gujarat CGPA | 8.65
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Diploma in Architectural Assistantship Oct. 2014 - May 2018
PIAR, Parul University, vadodara, Gujarat CGPA | 9.3
EXPERIENCE
Hiren Patel Architects (HPA), Ahmedabad Dec. 2017 - May 2018 Architectural Internship
Horizon Architects, Bhavnagar June 2021 - Nov. 2021 Architectural Internship
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FREELANCE WORK, Rajkot
Be the energy you want to attract. .
April 2021 - Oct. 2023 Interior design Project type - Residential.
PERSONAL VALUES COMPUTER SKILLS MS office
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LANGUAGES Gujarati
Mother tongue
Hindi
Fluent
English
Fluent
IELTS overall score of 7.5
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
Architectural fest event director, Batch 2018-23, LJSA, Ahmedabad. Excellence award in thesis for 2023, undergradute thesis selected in Top 2 at college level, 2023. Gold medal in science expo, ‘sustainable cities’ 2017, PIAR, Vadodara. Gold certificate in calligraphy, 2017, PIAR, Vadoara. Team leader in diployable structure workshop, Auroville, Puducherry, Tamil nadu, 2018. Team member in architectural competition The lunch box, re-thinking office space, 2019. Team leader in workshop for rammed earth sitout space, 2022, Ahmedabad. Team member in designing labour institute for aga khan award, Ahmedabad, 2018
CONTENT 2018
| RETREAT AT HILLSIDE
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2019
| WORLD EXPO - MEGHALAYA PAVILION
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2022
| URBAN DESIGN - LINKSCAPE
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| THESIS - ECOLOGICAL URBANISM
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RETREAT BY HILLSIDE Design of a retreat nestled in the natural landscape with emphasis on slow living.
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Architectural Design Studio 1 Team: Pratipalsinh Gohil Type: private house Location: Bhavnagar Tutor: Prof. Sharad seth, Akashi patel, Dhwani kosti,
Facing view.
Building a small retreate on the hill top in such natural landscape is both eciting and daunting. On one hand the prostest of a panaromaic view and on other, the emphesis on the profile of the built form nestled in the rolling hills. There two blocks, spaces directed towards the view, connected by a passage perpendicular to wind direction. Built from stone, steel and concrete, where the stone base of the house acts as a retaining wall. At the same time it supports the vegetations and outdoor activities.
Natural ventilation - Passive design
Water and the pool cover the livibg spaces cor ner facing wind direction for the passive cooling. Building consist of living spaces dining ,pantry ,sleeping space and a studio. The form of the buiilding was kept simple and emphasize more on the quality of the space. Where the living spaces are placed on front of the built volumns gaining maximum views and passive cooling benefits, also coonects the outdoor spaces for multiple uses throught the day and further down the landscape.
Use of plant to stop the sun glare reflection.
Evaporative cooling
Preached quitly amongst the forested, rocky terrain of south west suhrashtra region of western India, a serene space that grants its occupants the opportunity to reconnect with the nature through a moment in the lap of mountains. Through it’s use of all natural building material and passive design strategies to . Retreat is reached by road in the hills. house sits on small hill overlooking lake and wilderness around.
house lake nearby buildings
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Exploded Isometeric view
1. Plinth 2.Walls 3.Doors and windows 4.Slab Beam 5.Roof system 6.Corrogated roofing
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1) Entry 4) Living space 7) Study 2) Verandha 5) Kitchen 8) Sleeping space 3) Passage 6) Toilet 9) Splash pool
10) Pool 11) Terrace 12) Sitting
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1 Earth filling 2 150mm Brcik bed filling 3 50 mm sand filling 4 100 mm PPC 5 30 MM Concrete bed 6 10 mm Cement paste 7 Nano toping floor finish 8 Door 9 Tubular metal columns 10 Wooden sliding door/frame 11 Stone lintel 12 Concrete beam with gutter 13 Flitche beam 8 mm metal plate/35 mm wood combined 14 Internal cladding 15 Metal seat for purlins
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MEGHALAYA PAVILION Show state’s natural treasures, cultural diversity and advancement.
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Architectural Design The substantial timber structure of the Pavilion clouds. Meghalaya, translated as the stands in stark contrast to the surrounding ‘abode of clouds,’ serves as the thematic Studio 03 Team: Pratipalsinh Gohil Type: Pavilion Location: Ahmedabad Tutor: Prof. Hanumantsinh raol, Raghuvirsinh zala, Sweetu panchal,
landscape. Situated along the riverfront of Ahmedabad city, the Pavilion project is an immersive experience that places students in the context of designing pavilions for a global exposition. Anchored within the Material Studio initiative, the entire endeavor is guided by two pivotal factors: Concept and Material. Taking inspiration from the Meghalaya state in Northeast India, characterized by its hilly terrain, verdant scenery, and abundant rainfall, the pavilion’s design is rooted in the conceptualization of
Meghalaya abode of clouds
foundation for the project. The landscape assumes a crucial role in shaping the micro-environment within and around the pavilion, mirroring the atmospheric conditions of Meghalaya. A valley-like entrance path is meticulously crafted to emulate mountainous roadways, while indigenous plants from Meghalaya, alongside other native flora, are proposed for eco-friendly development.
Study on cumulonimbus clouds
Tracing the essence of clouds
Development of conecpt
Abstraction of concept
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Detail ‘C’ WALL SECTION Scale : 1 Footing 2 Structural wall 3 RCC Beam 4 Retaining wall (RRC) 5 Gutter 6 CLT beam 7 Finished floor lvl 8 CLT column 9 Metal railing 10 CLT beam 11 Insulation 12 Purlins 13 Timber floor base 14 Drainage layer + Root barrier 15 Earth 16 Top soil 17 CLT joint using screw and metal plate 18 ‘X’ shape CLT member for lateral laod 19 Joint using screws 20 CLT beam
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Ground floor plan 9 8 7 6
5 4 3 Basement floor plan
Frist floor plan
The pavilion is strategically divided into three levels. The ground floor is designated for administrative purposes, the basement houses a gallery, and the first floor is a public space featuring recreational facilities.
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1 Earth filling 2 250mm RCC Footing 3 50mm Compacted earth 4 Loose gravel finish ground 5 Metal drainage + stone filter 6 RCC Diaphragm wall 7 Metal angel cleat connectors 8 Metal rode welded to GRC sheet 9 GRC Sheet (Glass fiber reinforced concrete) 10 Earth filling 11 SS Gutter + stone filter 12 Vegetation
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B A Key diagram - Main structural portal
Deatil ‘C’ joinery of column and beam
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7 1 RCC foundation 2 12mm steel ‘u’ shape anchors 3 Metal base plate 4 Metal joinery 5 Screw 6 CLT column 7 Tougue and groove joint.
Deatil ‘B’ joinery of column and beam
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Deatil ‘D’ joinery of lateral member
Deatil ‘A’ joinery of TLC column with foundation
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is being considered for the construction of the pavilion due to its sustainable nature. Wood, a primary component of CLT, is recognized for its environmental friendliness, and CLT possesses advantageous qualities such as enhanced fire resistance compared to concrete, lightweight construction and low building dead load, ease of workability, and the replenishable nature of timber resources. In Meghalaya state, where wood is abundant yet underutilized, the utilization of CLT aligns with both ecological and construction efficiency goals. 12
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LINK-SCAPE Urban design - Revitalising urban void
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Architectural Design Studio 9 Team: Pratipalsinh Gohil Type: Urban intervetion Location: Ahmedabad Tutor: Prof. Shital shah, Tapan shah, Ajit pandy,
Intensive research study and master plan for the Navrangpura promenade bring a vision for the connection of both sides of the area broken by the railway track along the stretch and to bring back life, while 1 km stretch as a module to the city’s future development. The site lacks permeability, the plan addresses this by transforming ground along the track into a public promenade with a new pedestrian connection and a slow-traffic corridor with ecological solutions. Flanked along its entire length by offset up to 15/20 meters on each side from the track, the land around is polluted, underutilized, and unpleasant to be in.By developing the project, it demonstrate the beneficial effects on urban connec tion into a positive asset and introducing water management. All three under-pass have been widened for the safety and multi-functionality of the space. The availability of potential volume made it possible to use the underneath and aboveground space and create a unique experience. An observatory deck with three levels was
designed at the center of the site for easy access and a centrally located recreational zone. One of the major solution for protection from the railway track was designed along the stretch. Different sections were developed as small dunes, thick wild vegetation, and trees to tackle it. The project is an innovative yet feasible policy to test a new method of good governance with a direct re-investment of funds generated on site of the large public well-being. The project also offers a strategy to include a bicycle lane, shaded pedestrian promenade, ecosystem, wellness hub, infrastructure, playground, plazas, and sitting areas, for the betterment of the area. No residual, but integral. This linear stretch actively stitches the fabric of the city together: it draws visitors to the area for recreation, facilitates slow transportation, and provides an opportunity not only to connect city mobility and greens but also to establish public functions within its influence.
BASE MAP
Location of site on the western side of the river
Identified stretch for the AREA MAP intervention 1.0 km The stretch is located parallel to the ashram road, with less
dense vehicular traffic on both sides of the stretch. The stretch consist of two underneath passes and small junctions near south end. The surrounding consist of mainly of residential buildings, some public uses and government bureau.
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2.Largely utilized for parking and dumping waste.
View from thedumping junction waste. Largely utilized for parking and
Activity mapping of the study area.
Zoning according to conext and program.
Identifying possible new connection.
Pathways binds all four zone as one entity.
6.0 METRS
Increase in numbers of dead spaces.
Inadequate use of public land.
Non-porus & lack in street scape. 2022 | Bachelors 9th semester | LINK-SCAPE
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Site analysis and process Study area connectivity
Site analysis and process Visual permiability
Porosity to site From nodes
Physical permiability
Visual porosity along the side roads
Continuous space
Unsafe edge conditions & comfort
Poor accessibility over rail track
VISUAL PERMIABILITY Strength Site lacks in the porosity, making it less identifiable and into dead • space. The stretch becomes the centre of •
neighborhood Connection of public transportation is in close proximity
Weakness
Opportunity
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Lack of usable public space Poor public infrastructure
Poor connection of site & surrounding properties Threats
12-20 m width of development • Land parcel • Well connectivity to neighborhood
PHYSICAL PERMIABILITY
Safety from rail track Demand for more parking space
Site context - Proposed major connection based on neigbourhood acitivites
Morphology
Proposed pathways-Connecting site as one entity.
LINK-SCAPE Project name : LINKAGE + LANDSCAPE Vision : Connecting the people to neighborhood promenade Intension of this urban intervention is to enhance the dead space of the unused land underneath the metro rail for neighborhood betterment & to see as whole where this 1km stretch act as a module to the future development for the city. 2022 | Bachelors 9th semester | LINK-SCAPE
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Playground Space ederly Underpass Sitting/garden
Multi-level deck
Underpass 2 Meadow
Plaza Space for hawkers
Amphitheater
Parking
SITE EXONOMETRIC VIEW AND DESIGN STRATEGIES
1) Integrated Footpath
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2) Connection
3) Tree Plantation
4) Safety from rail track
5) Rearranging vendors
6) Potential volume Division
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Isometeric view of site zone 1&2
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Isometeric view of site zone 1&2
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Isometeric view of site zone 1&2
Section CC’
Section BB’
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ECOLOGICAL URBANISM
The city is so vast and we have so much to say to each other. -Francois perier to Giulietta Masina in Federico Fellin’s Nights of Cabria (1957)
Spatially transforming the figure-ground for ecological urbansim.
We need to to view the fragitily of the planet and its resources as an opportunity as speculative design innovation rather than as a form of technical legitimation for promting conventinal solutions.
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Architectural Design Preamble - the world’s population continues texts-facts/findings, which are seen as an to grow, resulting in steady migration to urban approach. Studio 10 areas from rural. Cities grow with the great exploitation of the world’s limited resources.
Team: Pratipalsinh Gohil Type: Research Thesis Tutor: Prof. Shital shah, Hardik patel, Rutvik agnihotri,
The growing concern for the environment is matched by a great deal of skepticism and resistance within an organism. Many policies and summits have failed to meet the results. The approach needs to be new at a different scale to resolve the problem. This report con sists of two essential components,
This report explores the ecological approach through contemporary theories that can help the urgently needed imagination and practical methods for addressing existing as well as new cities, providing a multilayered, diverse, and nuanced understanding of ecological urbanism in what it might be in the future and now in looking for in Indian context.
Metholodgy (Fast and Findings) Type 1. Riverfront devel. not ecologically sound.
ENCOUNTER Current scenario
PROPOSAL Probelms
The cuurent state of the river less safe, lack of vegetation, disturbed eco system, non-boi deradable material.
Solutions and ideal case.
Aim Spatially transforming figure-ground for ecological sensitivity of urbanism. Objective To achieve ecological urbanism through figure ground alterations.
A single solution is beyond our means, so we need to prioritize, build smart, and recognize where best to focus our resources. - OMA, AMO, Royal haskonoing DHV, Balmari Associates, and HR&A Advisors.
Research question How open spaces has potential for transformation of city for ecological needs?
Site AMC area (Ahmedabad municipal corporation)
AUDA area (Ahmedabad Urban development Authority)
Thesis collage of Archival material + Quotes extracted from various authors
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Transformed sections
1.Land use map for understanding for understaninf the fabric
Image of existing condition of side walk.
Existing condition of side walk.
Transformed section with permeable paver.
Image of existing condition of front yard
Existing condition of commercial front
Transformed section with trees & water manag.
Image of existing condition of parking
Lack of vegetation in existing scanrio
Transformed section with Green infrastructure
2.Study and identifying different open spaces
3.Re-think roadside footpath with ecological sensibility
4.Conceptual sketch : proposal for serise of connected open spaces
5.Final identified open spaces for qualitative study as part of concluion. 2023 | Bachelors 10th semester | ECOLOGICAL URBANISM
Urbanism of the city Urbanism can be best read by figure-ground, where one gets the percentile of the built vs open, spatiality, proportion, and design of streets and city. One gets the clue of an eco-friendly system and other major aspects of a city. The eco system promotes the system of open spaces in terms of spatiality, so my focus and the tool for research is figure-ground, to understand the spatiality for ecological urbanism. why figure ground ? There are many ways and parameters for tackling ecology and its relation with an urban fabric to look at, where being an architect, I am looking at the spatial aspect of urban areas which directly links with major open and built, like avenues, the tree-planted roadsides, parks, water bodies, open lands, surfaces and planning of city’s fabric which leads to a secondary path for pedestrianization. That passage will also result in passive cooling to the builtaround. In cases, where open voids are equal or more prominent than built. They give long and continuous space of possibilities for eco-friendly development. So, figure-ground makes cities spatially rich, and that’s where I narrow down my research. 22
waste land in existing scanrio
Section after ecological transformation
The footprint of the building makes a large impact on the pedestrian wind environment. In today’s city when we walk, we feel trapped heat at the pedestrian level. The pollutants and heat remain there for a while where solid particles settle down on land and gases rise in the air. This all is the result of a leak in the flowing wind. The existing urban form and orientation of the road network make it difficult. Curvilinear urban form and Reduced footprint at the lower level can result in better movement of air which will bring thermal comfort as well as disperse vehicular pollution on the roads. It all starts from micro to macro level urbanism impacting at the city level for ecological needs. 1) Increase in the presence of vegetation along the roadsides, buildings, pocket parks, and green courtyards changing figure-ground with eco-friendly surface. At the local area level, the presence of midsize parks can provide thermal comfort for leisure and recreation which can design carefully and in relation to urban extension. At the macro scale, urban greening addition of parks, forests, and natural reservoirs can impact at a large scale by placing them in relation to general climate patterns (wind pattern). Whereas in new urban areas, figural consideration of interconnecting parks and bigger opens and vegetation can create suit-
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key plan
Cities need to create micro-climate, it needs to be done continually, which allows wind to flow into spaces and cool down the temperature. More and more plant life can be added to that continual space allowing better opportunities and social platforms. In modern-day urban city examples, the space is an open–ended void and the object are the figures. The concept of the figural solid and figural void is not exclusive to a city over time. As Rob Krier says, a multivalent approach contributes to the sense of the abstract, character of the architecture and open spaces create an identifiable neighborhood. The methodology establishes that negative spaces which are open spaces (positive as built spaces) need to be re-looked at, and Plans and figure-ground are to be transformed based on ecological concerns. The negative spaces were seen as neglected spaces or treated as decayed, negative spaces have never been before seen more than plazas. Which can more appropriately set ecologically to the right kind of plantation, the right kind of flora-fauna, and the approach to the local neighborhood and their need. The density of the green needs to be relooked at. So, my concern will be to transform the plans and figure-ground as per ecological needs. To understand how they grow, the negative spaces like the garden, and neglected spaces, where decayed land can be transformed into soft land, which will lead to micro-level effects, and that will lead to macro-level impact at a city level, etc…eventually will make a difference from micro to macro level for the eco-friendly neighborhood and then to city level. 2023 | Bachelors 10th semester | ECOLOGICAL URBANISM
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The city’s form and space make it more challenging to work with. Curvilinear and elongated urban form allows more vegetal landscaping, flowing spaces, cleaner air, and reduces urban heat accumulation. I would ask to use science rather than technology, where science is the broader volume of knowledge. Where technology is an instrument within it. If every city becomes an urban ecology that produces microclimate, we can have a planetary effect. It is not going to solve everything, but we should not wait for big ideas to come, instead work on smaller ideas. 2023 | Bachelors 10th semester | ECOLOGICAL URBANISM
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Pratipalsinh Gohil
Vartej, Bhavnagar palgohil2222@gmail.com +91 8238596464