CAID Newsletter, July 2021

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Architecture

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Interior

Design,

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Issue 02 | July 2021

Our Story CAID stands out!...

We are College of Architecture and Interior Design, SVIT, Vasad who has established it’s distinguished identity since 2000 in the field of Bachelor in Architecture. Recently launched its new branches of Interior Design, and Diploma in Architectural Assistantship (D-Voc). The balanced amalgamation of three arenas: Architecture, Art and Design creates distinctive environment. We here, nurture students to explore beyond the boundaries of the studio while engaging them into hand’s on workshops, site visits, RSP’s and co-curricular activities.

NASA-Landscape trophy 2021

Nyagrodh : A Design Intervention Zalak Jagwani | Foram Pandya | Arvind Bhavsar | Vedant Bhavsar | Aksheeta Shah | Sachi Pavasia | Kehal Vekaria | Mansi Kadu Bhavik Thakkar | Dhaval Zalera | Bhargav Saravaiya | Ashif Ansari | Priyansh Bharadwaj | Dhruv Panchal | Dia Patwa Jeel Patel | Dhruv jaiwal | Isha Kstaria | Abhishek Soni | Smit Prajapati

Crossword Puzzle

Across Agra Fort is also known as….

Central Vista Designed by….

Recent added city in in India for WHS Nomination….

CAID new campus architect…..

A bird with long neck and reddish feathers….

Down 6. Triumphal Roman arches were made to celebrate and depict the success of leaders in!....

7. Queen of the curve architect?....

8. 15th September in India celebrated named after….

9. White salt formation due to Dampness on the building surfaces called….

The design brief encourages the participants to explore the act of balance between art, science, and nature and create a landscape design that demonstrates it through a landscape intervention (NASA – MSL 20-21).

How be

can a meaningful

landscape intervention for its people.

The project was intended with the aim of giving new life to a person who needs motivation, hope, and a fresh perspective on life.

The site was selected on the outskirts of Vadodara named Goraj Muniseva Ashram.

Further, identified as Nyagrodh Vatika, had a number of dominant users like old people, mentally retarded children, or maybe visitors of the hospital. The design explores with Art and Nature blend with functional and emotional features of design. (it’s like how banyan tree has its own echo system which could give a new birth to the tree) The design was explored through the provision of Bonsai garden, series of canopies, play of light, and shadows. And also enhancing the five senses with some provision of fragrant flowers, different materials & textures were considered for designing the project.

The cross word answer will be published in the next issue

Editorial team Asst. Prof. Rohini Kachroo Asst. Prof. Taha Padrawala Asst. Prof. Jaishree Mishra Asst. Prof. Nikita Pal For any suggestions, feedback and queries write to us at publications.caid@svitvasad.ac.in

“The heart is the chief feature of a Functioning mind.

- Frank Lloyd Wright

Basic Design Exploration_ BID 2nd year Ishita Singh, Mukti Thakkar, Avantika Surve, Viren Patel , Sakshi Shah

Self relization_ Music

extraction...

As it’s said Sangeet is the amalgamation of Gaayan, Vaadan and Taal. An attempt to abstract unmeasurable & intangible qualities of musical genre : Classical, Folk, Jazz, Sufi and Opera; through the parameters of expressions, emotions, feel and lyrics been presented by the students.

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A Visit to Campus ! ...

Juries month _ july 2021 Offline Final Juries were conducted on campus for 1st year (Architectural Design & Visual Art Studio), 3rd year (Working Drawing), and 4th year (office training).

Multidisciplinary jurors were invited for the work assessment of above year students.

Ar. Falguni Kansara | Ar. Kumud Lodya | Ar. Avani Gajjar | Ar. Harshang Kale | Ar. Birju Dixit | Ar. Parth Chitte | Prof. Ketan Shah | Prof. Aarti Patel | Prof. Milind Mistry | Prof. Shivani Kapadia

SVIT wins laurels...

SVIT is a proud bearer of the prestigious Eminence Awards for 2021 awarded as the best engineering college of Charotar by Divya Baskar for the Year 2021.

It also holds a great position in Charotar, as it bags yet another award as “Pride of Charotar”

by NavGujarat Samay and Ahmedabad Mirror for 2021.

Frames_ Samadhiswer Temple

Prof. Shailesh Patel | CAID|July 21st

Project of the Month Design Studio_ 1styear Priyank Prajapati| 1st year | 2nd semester

Design Studio exercise was focused on living spaces understanding and design process understanding. In this module, students were given a role-play of three different people having an interest in playing Drums (Tabla), writing poems (Poet), and making Art painting & sculpture (Artist). These personalities would reflect as their inspirations analyzing the person, character, activities, and visuals. Further, the ideas will develop the sense of space development for an assigned identity. The site was given a hypothetical understanding of the place. The site was expressed with a sloping mound of 15 mts level from the ground. The mound has 3 levels for experimenting for living and working spaces in 15mts, 10mts, & 7mts with natural water streams.

Contextual features like water streams, trees, hillocks, and pathways were generated for an ideal site location. The design process began with an idea of personal identity, activities, character, living, and working habits. Such process took students to develop a sense of designing working space and living space for the assigned character respecting the site and its surroundings.

Basic Design Studio_ BID_ 2nd year Nisarga Pawar| 2nd Year | 3rd semester

Process based on overlay series of action on three dimensional geometric object. Action`s like smashing, push pull, extrusion, scaling, peeling, etc. were overplayed along with selection of suitable material. The actions help them to visualize the implication from one action to a series of actions superimposed over each other as layer; which allows explore in volumetrically.

Hence, mapping of the volumetric deformation of a three dimensional geometric shape to derive harmonious composition is achieved.

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Know your Alumni Prototype For Rural Railway Station New prototype for rural Ar. Taha Padrawala | Ar. Praveen Suthar | Ar. Jaimen Patel

The project was about to design a new railway station, which can replace the decadeold railway station prototype building.

Prototype was designed for rural areas, using conventional materials like brick and RCC with local craftsmen.

The a 9m

old given structure prototype was single-story structure measured x 50m with untreated elevation.

Design decision was to separate public and private rooms in different level which ultimately made more spacious with added function like double-height volume space.

Further material explored as an elevational visual with stone Crete plaster as an exterior finish and oil paint as an Interior finish.

Thoughts & Meaning In Architectural Discourse Online Teaching: A way forward and Architectural Teaching Before this Pandemic, during my History of Architecture classes when the students did not respond , I used to sarcastically say, “ Am I talking to the walls”?

Who knew that talking to the students without actually seeing them would become the accepted mode of Teaching Called the Online teaching.

Immediately after the outbreak of Pandemic Schools and Universities shifted to this Online Teaching Platform as it emerged as an effective tool for One To One interaction, learning anytime and delivering quality education accessible to larger groups.

Still it poses a few challenges in teaching the most integral subject of Architectural Education the Design Studio. Architectural design Studio teaching involves various steps where one to one discussion with students plays a crucial role.

In regular Offline Teaching the student benefits from group discussions whereas Online Teaching at times leads to anxiety issues due to isolation.

My experiences of dealing with Architectural Studio Teaching Online has given me a few important lessons: • The instructions from the teachers should be clear and synchronized and the outcome should be clearly defined.

• The teachers should be very prompt in responding to the queries of the students which shall make the student feel that he/she is been taken care of.

• The student should be dealt with very patiently as technical glitches faced by the students may be embarrassing.

• Due attention should be given to the most shy student and enough screen time given to each one of them.

As we have witnessed a shift in Architectural Practices from manual skills to technology driven practices, environment of Studios in Architectural Schools will slowly be technology driven even after the Pandemic gets over. Let us face the challenges and be open to the opportunities offered by this online teaching mode.

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For any information contact Website : www.svitvasad.ac.in Email : publications.caid@svitvasad.ac.in

Prof. Ashwin Mukul | CAID

Asso. Prof. Pallavi Mahida | CAID

Architecture

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Interior

Dusk & Dawn Present Scenario of Teaching Things have changed at its grass root level of whole life, relationship, working place, rejuvenation, connections and attitudes. One cannot compel his emotions and in other hand he becomes totally hapless and feeble to stand alone as single voice.

Stay alone stay home remain in touch with world through means which is non living and without feeling artificial alien unworldly digital. Commonly life has turned 360 degree with postures like we do during sleep as if new ice age era has virtually stated every single entity has started freezing as it is new born baby/ product or in world itself. The process of frozen products have taken their own place and started operating from that point, place or zone .

To me things are halting the movement are slowing down visa of trans continents are getting containments this will lead to further despair of the situation lonely and self centered not accepting nor getting accepted. As the whole world around is grinding halt, as if motion film suddenly becomes a picture frame. This has given lots of opportunities to observe things around very minutely and in-depth whether it’s a workplace or family level or in social friends.

Here at my workplace lots of interaction happening during teaching got into a totally different mode that which could be referred to as many times but at individual’s will. The whole sense of learning shifted to online faceless teaching which was a part of discussion among the teachers and our principal respected Prof. Rajan Sir, today it has become a really faceless teaching. Online gave different challenges both to students as well as teachers sitting in their respective cabins places within home.

This helped students and worked made a very strong physiological impact of getting knowledge. And also deprived them as the other side of the coin that was communal working with the fellow and competitive group.

College acting as platforms and witness to this unending trauma for its impacts on various fields in academics. New influx or the regular batches taught at different semesters to the graduate students, as new professionals in the much-awaited and required professional sector, in public or private catering to need of developing smart cities and the country as whole giving it at the right time the fresh architects to build and grow India to new heights.

Design,

SVIT,

Vasad

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