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EXPOSITION

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

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
Rural School – Swapnilshala, Ghatal – After – Water conservation & awareness