P O RT F O L I O
ARCHITECTURE C . E . P. T. V I R A J B H AT T
C U R R I C U L U M V I TA E
V I R A J B H AT T 02.12.1998 NATIONALITY Indian AGE 21 LANGUAGE English Hindi Gujarati CEPT , Ahemdabad , Gujarat New city light , Surat, Gujarat +9173030340 viraj.bhatt.barch17@cept.ac.in virajkarmavir.bhatt@gmail.com
“ I believe consistent hard and smart work is the
only key to improvement. My years of travelling and trekking have greatly influenced me and have given me a larger perspective about space and e n v i r o n m e n t a n d h a s m a d e m e a g o o d t e a m p l a y e r. For me Architecture is a dialogue between built form , organisms and environment and the amalgamation of all three.
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DOCUMENTATION Chota oda 2017 Measure drawing
Spiti Vally 2019 Social Relationships
Ludia 2015 Measure drawing
Hampi 2016 Measure drawing
EDUCATION Delhi Public School ,Surat Secondary School Certificate 2014
Hunarshala 2016 Earth Workshop
Dhangadra 2019
B.V.P.I.T , Umrakh , Bardoli Diploma in Architectural Assistantship 2017
Stone Construction
COMPETITION
C.E.P.T, Ahemdabad Bachlors in Architecture 2017
House of Santa 2018 Volume Zero - top 20
ACHIEVEMENTS Academic Excellence Awards years 2018-19
Spring pavilion 2019 Switch - top 50
Marception 2018
WORK EXPERIENCE 4 Months intern ship at A&B Architects ,Surat 4 Freelance project ( 4 months )
Volume Zero
DIGITAL SKILLS
MANUAL SKILLS
HOBBIES
Auto-cad Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Rhino Sketch-up (V-Ray) Lumion Revit Mircosoft Office
Drafting Sketching Rendering Model Making Fabrication
Mountain Climbing Trekking History Ecology Travelling
INITIATIVES Traveling without Moving Student-Body Club Prayas NGO - Nature and Animal Welfare
TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S
Studio V - Strange Details
1 Technical Drawings
TRIAXIAL FIELD - RE-IMAGINED 1
Studio III - Immediate and afar 2.0
2 Design Studio
COMPETITIONS
5.1
House of Santa
5.2
Skeletal Play-vilion
5.3
Horizon
BOULANGERIE 6
Shot listed in top 20
Shot listed in top 50
Studio IV- Land-building Relationship
GALLERY 3 ART Design Studio
Previous Intern-ship
4 A&B Architects
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ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANTSHIP 17
RELATED STUDY PROGRAM
6.1
Chota Oda Rajast
6.2
Sptit Vally
Measure drawing
Himac
What makes a space
WORKSHOPS
Volume zero 20 Switch
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Bamboo Steel Timber Plywood
7.1 Feather Pavilion 7.2 Shell Structure
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Volume zero 22
than 23
chal Pradesh 24
RESEARCH
8 Teen- batti street Rander , Surat
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STRANGE DETAILS TECHNICAL DRAWINGS Guided by Project year
Mehul Bhatt 3rd year (monsoon semester)
Site
Ahmedabad river front event centre, Ahemdabad
PROLOGUE Silver threads woven to make a fabric that is gently laid next to the Sabarmati river. Bowing down to the Tagore hall to its west, the triaxial field rises from the ground like an ever-changing sculpture that is ready to take off. Reflecting the city with light bouncing off its face. The building becomes a plane that constantly manipulates time.
DESIGN IDEA The triaxial field is event centre designed on the Sabarmati river Front as a part of the river front event centre. The project is a re-imagination of Steven Holl’s design. The Primary idea of the project was to create a event centre that can accommodate multiple scales of event simultaneously. The building anchors itself on towards south towards the stage and west towards the Tagore Holl tieing it the Holl’s initial ideas. The building is a tri-axis Space frame which carries forward the geometry of the primary design, further this structure is treated to cater to the changing climate of Ahmedabad as well as cover various aspects of design principles and architectural expression. 01
PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION
FORMATION OF SMALLER COURTS
FLIPPING GEOMETRY
RE-IMAGINING LANDSCAPE
ADDITION OF EXTERNAL MEMBRANE
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
SPACE FRAME - GROUND JUNCTION
SPACE FRAME - COLUMN JUNCTION
GROUND - COLUMN JUNCTION
ORGANIZATION AND PROXIMITY
SEGREGATION AND ACCESS
SECTION A
SECTION C
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FORMATION OF CLIMATE RESPONSIVE COURTS
ADDITION OF GREEN SPACES
TIBER CLADDING ON ACCESSIBLE ROOF
PLACEMENT OF SKYLIGHT
SECTIONAL AXONOMETRIC OF THE STAIRCASE VERTICAL EDGES
SKYLIGHT DETAILS
SECTION B
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LIGHT-WELL DETAILS
SPACE-FRAME END DETAIL
SPACE-FRAME - LIGHT WELL DETAIL
EXPLODED AXO OF LAYERS OF SPACE FRAME
MATERIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL ATTITUDE
ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE AND EXPRESSION
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COURTYARD VIEW
EVENT SPACE
EVENT SPACE
MATERIAL AND EXPRESSION
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IMMEDIATE AND AFAR 2.0 INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN Guided by Project year
Pranav Raiji 2nd year (monsoon semester)
Site
old city, Ahemdabad
PROLOGUE The sleepless loaf of bread comes alive even before it was born, rising from the finest grain tearing and hugging oneself improving and surpassing its form until its time has come to grow pouring love and thought garnishing with herbs and notorious flavour that shall prepare a loaf of bread.
DESIGN IDEA The project is created by reciprocating to people and their aspirations , place and its impact and program and its functions. the building is divided in 2 blocks creating a relief space in the dense fabric of the old city. that clusters the and connects the private and public spaces. This block are connected by two inverse staircases that overlook the central courtyard and the old city. The primary geometry of the building is derived from the already existing building on site, which is a 100-year-old structure, this geometry is then modified based on the Structural system and the architectural expression. The acts as a Therefore between the old city, the river, the bridge and the part of the city.
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CLUMSY > SUPPORT
BROKEN > HEALTH
EFFICIENCY > SPINE
RETAINING AND MIMICKING THE EXISTING BUILDING AND ADDING MULTIPLE PLATFORM
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NOISE > FILTER
ENVELOPE BUILT FORM BUILT FORM ACTING AS A
SYMBIOTIC > BIND
M CREATING AN OPEN INSIDE SPACE FILTER THE CUT THE NOISE FROM BRIDGE
FORBIDDEN > POCKETS
RELAX > DETACH
ORDER > PLAYFUL
SHIFTING THE BUILT THE TWO END CREATING AN IN-BETWEEN
CONCEPTUAL IDEA , FORM AND MASSING
METAMORPHOSIS OF THE FORM
PLAN AT +4.5 MT
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MOVEMENT > THRESHOLD
MOVEMENT > ACCIDENTAL ENCOUNTER
MASSES> AMALGAMATION
ORGANISATION OF ELEMENTS IN THE CENTRAL COURTYARD
ORGANIZATION AND PROXIMITY
TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL MODULE The module consists of 3 levels the arrival being the lower most caters as the arrival space and the services. He second level opens towards the old city on the north that works as the work space, the topmost level is used as the sleeping area,the space providing privacy as well as can be opened up completely towards the inner court when required
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LONG SECTION
SHORT SECTION
LEVELS AND CONNECTIVITY
CAFE SITTING AREA The Cafe Facility is made in a fashion where it opens to the north-south direction connects the garden, the sitting space and the central courtyard
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LAND-BUILDING RELATIONSHIP INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN Guided by Project year
Milind patel , Kavita Menghani 2nd year (spring semester)
Site
Fateh sagar lake, Udaipur
PROLOGUE Spread on a small hill along the Fateh Sagar Lake is a fabric made by intertwining strings of art, culture and aspirations. This variety of strings makes it a unique and colourful web. Fabric where its texture and fold replicating the mountains, merging with the hill, the fabric becomes a part of it while whispering its own being. Sliding and folding as the ground shakes, it watches generation’s blissing its beauty.
DESIGN IDEA The idea of art gallery as a space to interact, understand and learn art has not been practiced in a context like India. The project offer a larger platform for the city of Udaipur to exhibit their art form as well as verity of plastic art form from around the world. The art gallery provides spaces that could serve to users regular spatial need and in the process of visiting the space for personal use the user interacts with art. The building is fragmented based on their functions into four major levels where each function is tucked in the ground and all the function area connecting to a street made up of multiple terraces that are multifunctional used as the spill out spaces for the functions. This street acts as the core axis.
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PROGRAM INTERPRETATION
The idea is to create a place which is visited on an regular basis. These spaces being flexible in nature and can cater to a large spectrum of society, both physical and socio-cultural aspects where the spaces are very transparent and can be modified as per the user.
The idea was to create a destination which becomes part of the cycle of life which can be habited in multiple ways. the program should equally respond to its primary function of a art gallery as well as a ground for local artists to work and share their skills.
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Multiple functions arranged around the focal points
Continuous built with m all points
Module spaces creating multiple courtyard around multiple focus points
sloping roof around the the focus points
multiple courtyards connecting
Stepping roof overlooking each-other aligning with the lake
e courts responding the weather and
Built form responding to all the points separately creating linear spaces creating multiple courts
Stepping roof overlooking each-other aligning with the lake
Built form responding and exaggerating the Experience of all the points separately
CONCEPTUAL PLACEMENT
The transition in the spaces are designed such that it follows an order from open to semi open to closed space. ADMIN BLOCK
Movement has been designed in a way that one would experience the multiple levels of the site.
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SPILL-O
OUT EXHIBITION SPACE
TERRACES
VERTICAL CONNECTIVITY
MATERIAL AND LANGUAGE The lower floor are made out of random rubble stone masonry with minimum openings which merges with the context due to its form and finish, further there are concrete bands an seal, lintel and slab bottom level and light is brought in by lifting the roof up with glass brick fixed In the opening. The upper floor is a timber pavilion which is open on all sides where the roof is made out of a timber truss resting on timber columns which on the contrast creates a lighter space. The idea was to created variety of spaces using similar module creating a seamless experience throughout the built form.
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Multiple Interconnected Terraces
ORGANIZATION AND SPACE MAKING
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PREVIOUS INTERNSHIP A&B Architects Guided by Project year
Ashish Patel, Bhavesh Patel 3rd year ( 4 months)
Place
Surat
DESIGN IDEA During my interns-hip program under A&B architects I worked on a range of projects, each different from the other. The duration of the program was 4 months where each month was assigned a particular stage of architectural practice. The first month focused on designing smaller interior objects and costing. The second month focused of designing individual spaces with architectural as well as interior elements. in the third month I was handed over a small residential design where I had to make design decisions while discussing it with the client. I also had visited site on multiple occasions and to prepare all necessary working drawings. The fourth semester focused on working on larger projects directly with the master architect that included multiple site meetings, meeting with the client and preparing all drawings.
HOUSE OF DR.TRIVADI , SURAT Residency
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COMPLETED PROJECTS
JAGUBHAI SOLANKI , SURAT Residency
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ANUP BAGHAT, SURAT Residency
COMPLETED PROJECTS
AASHRAM SAHAL, GUJARAT Institute
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PROJECT BRIEF The Project is a Primary and secondary school Based in an Rural area, the project is made using the local technique of construction which blends in with the context. The building is designed in a way which created a magnitude of spaces that can provide and cater to various academic as well as non academic activities
ON-GOING PROJECTS
5.1
THE GIFT BOX (HOUSE OF SANTA) RESIDENCY • (Shot listed in top 20) Site Project year Duration
Arctic circle Dec 2018
Team
Viraj Bhatt , Takshil Jagani , Vatsal Sanghavi
2 weeks
DESIGN IDEA Inspired by the nature of Santa, the Gift Box is wrapped in a gentle character from the outside and serves as a portal to a playful world on the inside. Taking into account Santa’s mysterious identity, our design blends with the existing character of the housing typology above the ground, unveiling its dynamic side as one descends to the lower levels . Situated within a lake of arctic circle, it is surrounded by the mountains bringing a notion of a world within itself. It is a self-sustainable house that caters to all the needs of users and creates lively, interactive and cheerful community. The energy is produced in a playful space, defined by Santa himself and his team which is afterwards utilized to spread happiness to all children around the world in form of gifts. Digesting the maximum amount of sunlight from all sides, it also uses reflective property of water for maintaining moderate temperature inside house.
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5.2
SKELETAL PLAY-VILION PUBLIC SPACE • (Shot listed in top 50) Site Project year
Amsterdam , Netherlands June 2019
Duration
1 weeks
Team
Viraj Bhatt , Takshil Jagani , Vatsal Sanghavi
S K E L E TA L P L AY-
Spring means the yearly revival of a phase of nature and life. It’s the t long period. The Pavilion as an object of pleasure is a place for communi of culture like Amsterdam is to reflect what over time the city is today.
To us, Spring pavilion in Amsterdam should provide one with the means to comm experience of the visitor towards nature which results in formation of community bet
The structure of a flexible web of modules and panels which can be used in any plane a place for exhibition, cafeteria, lounge, reading space, place for contemplation, play area a low energy structural design making it sustainable and durable. The structure can
JO G G E R S WAT E R C AN AL
SP R I N G PAV I LI O N
DESIGN IDEA NORTH
Spring means the yearly revival of a phase of nature and life. It’s the time when the vegetation blooms and the outdoors become a place of desire again after long period. The Pavilion as an object of pleasure is a place for community, where communication is the key for serving the culture of the city. A pavilion in a city of culture like Amsterdam is to reflect what over time the city is today. It is due to contribution of people of Amsterdam and its visitors who shaped the city. To us, Spring pavilion in Amsterdam should provide one with the means to communicate with architecture of melding human and nature by enhancing the olfactory, tactile and visual experience of the visitor towards nature which results in formation of community between them. In addition to this the pavilion should be adaptable, changing over time with human desire. The structure of a flexible web of modules and panels which can be used in any plane allows users to reshape it based on the occasion. The structure can be easily moved, expanded or contracted as a part of the spontaneous act of adaptation or mobility.
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time when the vegetation blooms and the outdoors become a place of desire again after ity, where communication is the key for serving the culture of the city. A pavilion in a city y. It is due to contribution of people of Amsterdam and its visitors who shaped the city.
municate with architecture of melding human and nature by enhancing the olfactory, tactile and visual tween them. In addition to this the pavilion should be adaptable, changing over time with human desire.
allows users to reshape it based on the occasion. It can be an amphitheatre serving a concert or a workshop, a for kids and many other things. Steel modular units not supported by a major land-affecting foundation is be easily moved, expanded or contracted as a part of the spontaneous act of adaptation or mobility.
EXHIBIT IO N SE T-U P
T R AC K
V I E W FR O M T H E BR I D G E
5.3
HORIZON RESARCH LAB Site Project year
Mars June 2018
Duration
3 weeks
Team
Viraj Bhatt , Reya kundu , Krishna Patel
DESIGN IDEA One of the most important factors deciding habitation is the climate of the place. This design is an outcome of the site on Mars. The aerodynamic structure was decided to keep in view the strong wind conditions prevailing on mars’ surface. Shock absorbers are installed to minimize the damage caused by mars quakes and volcanic eruptions. The design of the building results in the application of processes that are environmentally responsible and resource efficient throughout the building’s life-cycle. The building runs on power generated using renewable energy sources (solar panels and VAWT).Human and kitchen waste produced is composted and used as manure for the plantations. Along with polar ice caps as the water source, Grey water produced from kitchen, toilets and sinks is also treated and used.
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6.1
CHOTA ODA MEASURE DRAWING Guided by Project year
Smit Vyas , Puneet Malhotra 1st year
Site
Rajasthan
Brief Nestled in lower Aravalli range between Dungarpur & Bichhiwara, the village of Chota Oda is characterized by low hills rising to its south-west & surrounding farmlands to the northeast. The study attempts to introduce students to both -the overall landscape & topographical relationships of the settlement as well as understanding the house form. For the former, a prominent clearing & one major street are measure drawn to study the characteristics of open spaces between houses, gradients, ground cover, etc. detailed plans, sections & elevations of the houses are drawn with great emphasis on mapping activity & people-animals-paraphernalia relationships. Apart from these, students were engaged in on-site sketching & discussions to reflect upon the larger ecological factors and modes of creating placeness which render Chota Oda with its own unique flavour.
SITE PLAN
LONG SECTION
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MATERIAL AND DETAIL
PLAN
6.2
SPITI VALLY WHAT MAKES A SPACE Guided by Project year
Neha Subramaniam 2nd year
Site
Himachal Pradesh
Brief The objective of the course is to map changes in social relationships and the reordering of social life by studying the changes in the vernacular landscape in Spiti Valley. Seemingly frozen in time, remote villages at the highest altitudes in Spiti Valley in the Himalayas are not ignorant to forces of modernisation and globalisation.The traditional craft of weaving has petered out here, & the people have moved on to other occupations. Paradoxically,the monasteries of Tabo and Lhalung built in the 9th & 10th centuries still maintain their relevance through their various avatars of fortresses, learning spaces of spiritual stronghold for the villages. Learning outcomes will be a deeper understanding of the layers of complexity in
ELEVATION DEPICTING THE CHANGE IN BUILDING MATE
the vernacular and relationships between the tangible natural and built landscapes to the intangibles of craft, music,festivals, social life & religious beliefs.
STUPA PLACED CITY ANCHOR
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MASSING
LAYERS OF SPACES
ERIALS OVER TIME
RELIGIONS ANCHORS
CLIMATE RESPONSE
STUPA AS A RELIGIOUS ANCHOR
COURTYARD OF THE CITY MONASTERY
RESPONSE TO IMMEDIATE CONTEXT
7.1
FEATHER PAVILION CANTILEVER STRUCTURE PERFORATED STEEL JOINT
Site Project year Duration
CEPT 1st year (Monsoon Semester)
Team
Batch Work
2 weeks
DESIGN IDEA Showcased here is a pavilion executed by students, from a drawing to a 1:1 structure. The workshop equipped us with the necessary construction skills to be able to undertake the actual realization of a drawing into built architecture. It helped us develop the ability to visualize the construction process and execute it as per the given drawing and specifications. Towards the end of the exercise we realized the impact of one action on the overall building, as construction is a coordinated effort. We learnt • To be able to visualize the construction process and execute it as per the given drawing and specification. • To be able to distinguish and plan out shop and site work. • To be able to sequence the construction process by breaking it into parts and assembling them on site. • To understand and apply regulating lines and levels for construction. • To be able to appropriately use construction tools while making.
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BAMBOO-STEEL
JOINT
PLYWOOD-STEEL JOINT
CABLE-PLATE JOINT
BAMBOO-TIMBER JOINT
BAMBOO-RCC JOINT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
SHELL STRUCTURE
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
7.2
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
CATENARY SHELL
Team
Batch Work
2 weeks
DESIGN IDEA This course, with an intense, hands-on undertaking, attempted to establish a relationship between material and form. This was done through articulation of forces, thereby enabling development of material systems. The ‘material system’ was developed as an assembly where the interaction of matter & energies computed form, driven by complex constraints & feedback from making environment & human interaction. In the process, material rather than being a passive receptor of form begins to act as an active generator of form. The workshop enabled us to: • Understand the concept of joinery through making. • Understand material behavior and material property in relation to form. • Understand the significance of geometrical forms and joinery and its behavior under applied force as a means of load transfer. • Devise sequence of construction & techniques of making 1:1.
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PLYWOOD JOINERY
ALUMINIUM PLA PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
CEPT 2st year (SPRING Semester)
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
Site Project year Duration
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
PLYWOOD TO PLATE PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
ALUMINIUM PLATE TO BASE
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
ATE JOINTS
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
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TEEN-BATTI STREET MAPPING AND ANALISIS Site Project year
TEEN-BATTI , RANDER 3rd year (Diploma)
Team
Individual
DESIGN IDEA
RANDER PLAN
Rander, a part of Surat city in Gujarat, one of the epicenters has played an important and essential role in shaping what we call Surat city today. Standing as a mitochondrial part with rich history and architecture ageing more than 2500 years. It is a perfect example of the synchronization of culture, festival and practices of various groups. Rander has been preserving its architecture from the fast-growing city by making itself a completely different arena thus, works as an Eco-system. The node that i studied is called ‘teen batti’.teen batti is well known city landmark and know as well as celebrated during Ramzan. the streets transform during festivals and become the space for social interaction. My research focuses on what makes this community and how people shape the space.
TEEN-BATTI JUNCTION
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The planning of Islamic houses were contradictory to the Hindu planning. The basic idea behind this planning was provide maximum privacy. This houses does not consists of a otta unlike Hindu houses The house is directly connected to street primarily to increase space In the house thus their private space. Hall and other private spaces are connected by a OTS that gives a space between the rooms. Also, believed that this opening connected them to Allah and giving natural light to enter in the house The staircase lands directly into rarer part to maintain their privacy . Ground floor ends at the kitchen that is gives a separate toilet and store room. Ground floor does not consists a bedroom to increase privacy through gaining height. Thus. Islamic houses consists more of private space and no public or public connective spaces
The planning of Hindu houses particularly followed a chain of flowing spaces . Centralized entries are not very commonly seen In this sort of houses. House consists of a otta ( space directly connected to the public space / road) . Otta here represents their interest’s in communication and activates held on streets. Otta further opens into hall that is a relatively closed space and only connected to the street through some limited openings also staircase is attached to the hall resulting the hall to work as a semi-private space. Kitchen and bedroom, beyond public accessibility and can only be accessed through hall. Entering bedroom requires a short glimpse of kitchen theoretically to keep the check on its activities. thus, balancing the public and private spaces
Streets shape the form of the area, giving whole area a different outlook. Streets here allow people to be outdoors. Streets are hence places of social and commercial encounter and exchange. City level landmarks of the teenbatti area play an important role during the ramzan festivals making the street culture altogether different from the rest of the time during these festivals. The ramzan food bazaar and the ramzan market hosts temporary structures during the festivals along with the Uttrayan patang market making the street culture more diverse around the year. Streets are mostly occupied by vendors and shop although good for the area but narrows the road and so makes it difficult for the traffic to pass through the streets. It is said that streets here are never empty. The continues human activities and their life keeps the place alive the whole time specially during Uttriyan and Ramzan.
TEEN-BATTI JUNCTION
SECTION A - During Ramzan
SECTION B
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SECTION C
Rander originally was build up by Islamic community as the time passed the place was captured by rulers that naturally tend to follow different religions although most of the population remained Muslim but this continues change of rulers with his people had a break in for people from other religions a mainly consisting of Parsi and some Hindus and Jains.
Others 15% Parse 10% Hindu 73% Muslim 73%
Religion Rander is been a residence for people since thousands of years and due to its rich soil and availability of water has attracted more. This naturally resulted to population rise in the area and more and more open land getting used for construction. The only thing preventing the use of the rest of the land are a current government norms persevering the remaining a land from any sort of construction.
Open 6% Built 94%
Built-open Following the natural tendency of people, ones who earned more shifted out of the area and the ones who didn’t had to stay back thus most of them earn 2-3 lacks per annual that is the lower middle class. Most of them either have a shop attached to their houses and those who do work in some small scale workshops. The remaining population are in the lower class. Their annual income is at a very critical low rate affecting the growth rate of the area.
More then 3 lac 9%
less then 2 lac 21%
2-3 lac 70%
Income Surat has always been a commercial station thus the architecture reflects its practices. Although being a residential area most of the houses are consists of a shop at the ground floor. The upper floor is used as the house. Teen batti thus, also comes under a huge market space. The junction also has a mosque and school that work as a huge attraction. Thus Upton some extent Teen batti lives its own separate life.
Religions
Educational
Mixed
Residential
Commercial
Built Use education has been a big factor that limits the growth of Rander Only 1/3 of the total population is graduated. The ratio doesn’t seem to fluctuate as people tend to work on their shops or other family businesses which does not demand any educational qualifications. The presence of a school has largely affected the generation’s. resulting into higher literacy rate in the future
Less that SSC
Graduate
Unto SSC
Education
CITY EDGES The image-ability of a city is recognised as a result of common stereotypes already existing in our minds, that will help us relate to things, or due to striking features that suggest or impose patterns of their own. A lot of this image is perceived in boundaries of varying scales that establishes a connection with regard to its peculiar characteristics or mundane repetitiveness. These boundaries, called ‘edges’, help us define an area, its people, its architecture, culture and lifestyle. They are a result of growth and hence are ever-changing. This study aims to help unravel the significant perceptions of an ‘edge’ , through its discourse with time, people and evolution. We aim to identify the many possible edges of Rander town in Surat, Gujarat, India that shaped its physical existence. The study is a compilation of mainly our perceptions of the town, how it would have been, how it altered and how it is today.
Rander
Graphical plan of ‘Dhingli’ ohara with the co
Surat
Section through the edge before the street SURAT CITY
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Growth of Surat City
onnection of the chowk
Graphical plan of ‘Panch Pipla’ with the connection of the chowk
Section through the edge before a residency These sections depict how the leftover and dilapidated marginal spaces created by the addition of the retaining wall have cut off people’s access to the water and the river edge - and in turn lost their sense of ‘connect’ and ‘identity’. These spaces, are now used for garbage disposal and as storages rather than full-fledged activity filled backyards. The edge before the retaining wall has different characters : -Opens out as ovaras -Has a street before it -A residence faces the wall. - Every ovara serves individual purpose Though falls on a common edge.
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