Designed in a vocabulary inspired by location, the IIT Gandhinagar Guest House by Delhi-based Neeraj Manchanda Architects provides an attractive physical environment to the Institute’s guests, visiting faculty and scholars. Megha Pande from ArchitectureLive! interacted with the firm’s founder and managing partner, Neeraj Manchanda, to understand the project’s development, from the concept stage to its execution.
Dodivada, Gujarat, designed by Doro attempts to re-establish the connection between the River Rupen and the Bahucharaji Temple sentimentally and ecologically.
Designed by Doro, Under the trees is a weekend home envisioned for two, engaging in farming, as a respite from the regular and their occasional leisurely gatherings in the green
outdoors.
Authored by Madhavi Desai, Traditional Architecture; House Form of the Islamic Community of Bohras in Gujarat is the study and documentation of Vernacular Architecture as a product of cultural and environmental factors and an expression of the way of life of the people for whom it was built.
Authored by Miki Desai and Madhavi Desai, Architectural Heritage of Gujarat: Interpretation, Appreciation, Values, encompasses a broad spectrum of culture and history found in Gujarat, in the midst of the 21st century.
Nueva, an Indian Boutique Store, located in the Taj skyline in Ahmedabad, is a textile retail store of 375sq.ft.Area.
Bringing together a natural palette with Indian folk art-inspired space helped create an oasis that the owner truly desired. The natural material palette comprising exposed concrete, wood, brass, lime plaster together with metalwork and mirror wall. – Shayona Consultants
The flying walls hostel project was commissioned to us by a company intending to provide their workers with a living space that promotes community living and wellbeing. The site is located on the outskirts of the city of Rajkot in a developing area with educational, industrial and hospitality buildings coming up. Despite the development, the site’s location provides unending views of the agricultural, grazing lands and the horizon.
The project is a renovation of a residence which is a 15-year-old residence. Renovation works includes outdoor landscape area, living room, kitchen, temple and various bedrooms. Having a constant dialogue between the spaces existing and the spaces to be formed from that was crucial. Every element is transformed or is reused in some or the other way in this project. Thus, maintaining the character of the house was important and the essence of it was no to be missed.
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4 BHK apartment, built for the client’s satisfaction, is located in a highly developed area near Ahmedabad Airport. The client, a very reputed doctor, wanted to make his home decent and sober according to his own profession.
Also, he wanted his home completely as per Vastu. – Prashant Parmar Architect | Shayona Consultant
The ground floor is an exciting and cozy space with prudent openings. The first frame marks a refreshing entry to the garden as well as to the house with double height volume, with fresh views of the garden & lots of natural light and air. One lands into a vestibule that gives glimpse of the spaces leads to the drawing room. – Shayona Consultant
The site plan and process flow closely follow the production philosophy and assembly sequence from Plasser. The sizing of grids and spans was made keeping in mind the production needs movement of goods and the most optimum design against the gantry cranes needed by Plasser for the production. – ANA Design Studio
River Harnav is a non-perennial river and water can only be enjoyed during the rainy season. The design focused on creating recreational leisure spaces that would offer variety, continuity and establish multiple connections with the water (seasonal) and the surroundings.
The Apartment of 62 sq mt space demanded a layout spacious enough to combine work and living together. Spaces are separated through vertical frames that could be combined when required according to the space function. The vertical frames are designed as a combination of transparent, porous and solid planes. Transparent and porous planes allows for maximum light and air ventilation within internal spaces. While the solid planes within the vertical frames functionally takes care of the storage units. The frames are kept open where it meets the ceiling and floor surface to maintain the continuity of space within the apartment. The vertical frames and the furniture are designed using reclaimed wood that is Valsadi sag. – Studio UA Lab
BAPS is a charitable organization with holistic and spiritual education as one of its key goals. This Trust approached the architect with a brief to build a self contained Girls school campus on the outskirts of the city of Gandhinagar, very close to Ahmedabad.
Client: Ahmedabad Education Society Site Area: 70,000 square feet Total Covered Area: 2,52,000 square feet Capacity: 240 Faculty / 2800 Students Project Initiation: July 2012
