Thrust areas of Brief and concept- Design. Design Intentions of Projects based on an Idea or a theory.
EXPOSITION
Adaptability

Urban School – Nirmala Convent School, Rajkot
Adaptation of foliage, making use of the tree
for outdoor activities

Rural School – SwapnilShala, Ghatal
Existing building put to use by adding a layer of corridor
& expanding classroom activities

Rural School – Anandshala, Thada
Local Vernacular flag stone construction in new building

Furniture and Special Design
Fiesta Design Corporate Office
Adapting art deco style & interpreting new furniture design

Residence
Country Retreat Rajsamdhiyala Making a catalogue of old windows
from scrapyards & using it in new
residence design

Residence
Country Retreat Rajsamdhiyala
Making a catalogue of old windows
from scrapyards & using it in new
residence design

Institution – Dhyan Kendra, Rajkot
Use of local stone and external finishes
to follow architectural language of
the existing buildings

Interior Architecture – Fiesta Design Corporate Office
Old wooden joists & stairs used for new art-deco stylization
Awareness, Education & Knowledge

Rural School – Anandshala, Thada
Awareness towards participatory methods of building,
educating people at grass-root level

Rural School – Swapnilshala, Ghatal
Before- Removal of garbage dump & integration of sunk open space in design

Rural School – Swapnilshala, Ghatal – After –Use of sunk open space for water conservation

Urban School – Nirmala Convent School, Rajkot
– Reflections / Learning Patterns from Nature Educating & sensitizing young minds from patters of nature & colours through their routine school environment

Urban School – Nirmala Convent School, Rajkot,
Outdoor Classroom & an activity Area
reintroducing old teaching pedagogy

Urban School – Nirmala Convent School, Rajkot
Reflections / Learning Patterns from Nature – Inspired from the pattern of a neem leaf on the otta
around the neem tree

Landscape Design -Conserving Natural Flora and Fauna
Making people aware through guided and exploratory
Walking Trails

Planning and Urban Development – Lalpari-Randarda Lake Development- Integration of Natural Terrain in Design

Policy Document – Rajkot City Conservation Plan
Heritage conservation through formal understanding
& involving multi stakeholders to preserve local culture

Policy, Documentation, and Research
“Rajkot Mari Najare”
– Rajkot Heritage Walk
Bringing awareness of the local culture

Policy, Documentation, and Research – “Rajkot Mari Najare”
Rajkot Heritage Walk – Sensitivity, awareness & education towards heritage & traditional construction of the old city
Contextual

Rural School – Anandshala, Thada Use of Local context in Construction Techniques
& available construction skills

Rural School – Swapnilshala, Ghatal
Designing Spaces for Local Indigenous Games

Urban School – NCS Rajkot
Outdoor Seating Spaces in existing landscape context

Institution – Dhyan Kendra, Rajkot
Architectural Elements respecting existing campus

Interior Architecture – Fiesta Design Corporate Office Reintroducing art Deco theme in interior architecture
of an existing art deco building

Residence – Country Retreat,
Rajsamdhiyala Using Local Materials &
ceramic waste, contextualising resources

Landscape Design – Biodiversity Park, Port Blair
Zoning to suit the context & purpose of forest conservation

Rural Development
Mithoi Village, Gujarat Re-defining Garbi Chowk, respecting cultural context

Furniture and Special Design
Fiesta Design Corporate Office Re-introducing Art Deco Table Design

Rural Development – Mithoi Village, Gujarat
Re-defining Garbi Chowk, respecting cultural context

Competition – DAUL Library Building Overlap of traditional irrigation system diagram for Landscape design

Housing- A commune by water
Celebrating landscape & water
Conservation & Ecology

Policy, Documentation & Research
City Conservation Plan for the city of Rajkot

Competition
Reviving Mines – Matter,
Nature, Human –Establishing interrelationships

Adaptive Resuse & Restoration, Shala # 20, Rajkot
Heritage & Retrofitting

Landscape Design – Pond Development Program
Water conservation, awareness & recreation
Commerce, FSI & Built

Commercial – Neelkanth Square
Volumetric variation & FSI
Housing

Housing – Commune design
Understanding boundaries of privacy & community life
Urban Design & Urban Insert

Planning & Urban Development – Lalpari Randarda Lake Development –
Integration of natural terrain in design

Urban Design
Disability Audit – Accesses & Public Building

Competition
Redevelopment of the existing DAUL public library
Urban Ege, Design of Public places & new building
in an old precinct
Details & Modernity

Rural School – AnandShala, Thada
Use of cut stone leftover from washbasin counter &
china mosaic flooring

Urban School – NCS, Rajkot Seats, Learning corner & material explorations

Urban School – NCS, Rajkot Integration of construction joint & patterns from nature

Urban School – NCS Court, Rajkot
Brick Flooring layout designed to optimise residue

Rural School – Swapnil Shala, Ghatal
Teaching learning tools integrated with
building elements

Institution – Dhyan Kendra, Rajkot
Junction, Tapered concrete column

Residence
Studio OurPeopleTree, Rajkot
Wooden Bracket & flitch stanchion

Interior Architecture
Fiesta Design Corporate office
wood – door detail for an art deco
stylized interior architecture

Landscape Design – “ Kala Station”.
Rajkot District Collectorate
A place for cultural forum,
Design of levels and plinths

Interior Architecture
Fiesta Design Corporate office
Wooden panels on a curved wall,
exploration of curvilinear forms

Residence
Studio OurPeopleTree, Rajkot
Wooden Bracket & flitch stanchion

Furniture Design
Fiesta Design Corporate office
Solid wood bench for a classical interior feel

Adaptive Reuse & Restoration, Shala # 20, Rajkot – Wooden joinery to retrofit old truss
Resource Saving, Sustainable

Residence
Country Retreat Rajsamdhiyala
Reusing old window assembly

Rural School – Anandshala, Thada
Use of oval cut stone waste from washbasin counters used for flooring
Retrofitting

Retrofitting – Primary School # 20, Rajkot
reintroducing old joinery to fix the old truss member
Traditional & Vernacular

Residence
Studio OurPeopleTree, Rajkot
Wooden brackets seen in an old city fabric reintroduced with modern flitch stanchion

Residence Design
Studio OurPeopleTree
Verandah Space an interpretation of local vernacular into contemporary design

Housing
A commune by water
Celebrating Landscape & water
Water

Rural School – Swapnilshala, Ghatal – Before
