Architecture Portfolio - Gaurav Patel

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

GAURAV PATEL

SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE BHOPAL

00 I am Gaurav Patel, a student of Architecture at the School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, in India.

For a long time, I have been extremely intrigued by buildings, spaces and the general sense of aesthete that these spaces embody which sparked my interest to pursue the subject.

My college has contributed in nurturing me as a budding architect.

My hard work and passion have propelled me forward in this direction.

The following Portfolio is a collection of selected works from my three and half years as a student. It showcases several of my interests and skills though my projects, both academic and competitive.

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RESIDENCE - Academics INTERPRETATION CENTER - Academics RE-SCHOOL - International competition TINY HOUSE - Personal KATHMANDU WORKSHOP - Public open space workshop HIGH-RISE - Academics VERNACULAR DOCUMENTATION - Academics

ENTS ART WORKS - Personal

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01 RESIDENCE THIRD SEMESTER ACADEMIC PROJECT

SITE LOCATION CLIMATE

-Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh -Hot and Dry

DESIGN BRIEF

The design brief required for us to design a residence in 48 hours. The client and the story was up to the designer to decide the only criteria for design was that the concept development had to be deduced from the list form norms taken from the book “A Pattern Language - Christopher Alexandre”.

The students were given 30 norms to choose from. Also the design was suppose to be climate specific but not site specific. The site could be anywhere only the climate of that region was to be taken into consideration

Personal room for leisure time

Family of three

One Kitchen

Two Bedrooms

Two Washrooms

Pool on top with Transparent base to allow sufficient amount of natural light during the day.

Building mass slightly below the ground to reduce the heat gain form the exterior walls.

High widows for cross ventilation and some sunlight in the rest of the rooms.

Roof top garden to reduce the heat gain from the roof.

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Common area at the heart

Connection to the Earth

Hidden entrance

Indoor Sunlight

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Master Bedroom3

Washrooms 4 Kids Room

5Personal Rooms

6 Kitchen

7 Garage

PATTERN LANGUAGE

Place to wait

A room for one’s own

Staircase as a stage

Staircase for sitting

02 INTERPRETATION CENTER FIFTH SEMESTER ACADEMIC PROJECT

SITE

LOCATION

CLIMATE

- Islamnagar, Bhopal, MadhyaPradesh - Hot and Dry

DESIGN BRIEF

Islamnagar is an old village that comes under Bhopal, it has a fort that has three buildingChaman Mahal, Rani Mahal, Gond Mahal.

We had to do an accessibility audit in these building which included recognizing places that were inaccessible or difficult to access and proposing interventions to fix those problems.

Following that we had to propose an Interpretation center for Islamnagar on the basis of the study we did about the history and the reliance of this place as it has become a forgotten place were people only visit like a park. Our job was to recognize ways by which we can revive this place with has a very rich part in the history of Bhopal.

PROJECT REQUIREMENTS Exhibition Auditorium Administration block Open Air Theatre Canteen Parking Souvenir shop Residential Block

Islamnagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal Tablighi Ijtema is an annual Islamic Ijtema (congregation) or Aalmi Ijtema held in Bhopal, India during December but it has changed to November. The three day congregation now becomes 4 day from 2018. It includes discussions about faith and peace.

Around 3-4 Lakh people come during this period of time. This Ishtema Ground is just 230m away from Islamnagar but still people don’t know if it exists there.

One of the reasons being different routes of approach for Islamnagar and Ijtema. As a result of that the Interpretation Center was proposed right in the middle of these both places.

The Intent is to change the approach to Islamnagr and use the Ijtema as a way to propagate Islamnagar. So that At least once a year people come and visit islamnagar and in bulk quantity and let people know about this forgotten place.

TIME LINE View of Chaman Mahal. It made in Mughal style of architecture with a influence of Rajput architecture.

View of the Darbar in Chaman Mahal. Chaman Mahal and the Charbag inside are visible in this Image.

A view of Gond Mahal. I has gondwana style of architecture. It was constructed way before Chaman mahal by the ruler of Gond tribe.

1703

Dost Mohammad Khan joins the Mughal army with the Malwa Region assigned to him.

1707

Aurangzeb dies. Khan starts providing mercenary services to local chieftains of Malwa.

1709

Jagdishpur Islamnagar Khan leaves Berasia State, while serving Rajputs principality of Manhalgarh later taking over and making Islamnagar his capital

1715

The Darbar is held in the Chaman mahal

1719

Khan Provides mercenary services to Rani Kamlapati, receiving the territory of Bhopal as payment.

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1722

1724

The Main Entrance was of the outer fortification on. Made of stone. The gateway is around 3 meters wide.

Khan begins Transforming Bhopal into a fortified city, neglecting Islamnagar.

Nizam-Ul-Mulak invades Bhopal, forcing Khan to surrender Islamnagar and reducing him to the position of Kiladar under peace treaty.

1806

Scindias control the Islamnagar fort.

1817

Bhopal Becomes a British protectorate.

Today

View of Rani Mahal. mughal with Rajput architecture style.

Has a huge courtyard with baradari.

Rani Mahal is built to serve as residence of Khan’s queens.

Islamnagar is a panchayat village tin Bhopal that receives low tourist footfall due to lack of amenities, public trans port, and cut-off form the main city

Interpretation center

Canteen

Parking

Open Air Theatre

Entrance Gate

Administration Block

Pedestrian Movement

Prevailing winds

Officials vehicular movement

Vehicular movement

The Interpretation center and three stages - The Exhibit - Time-line - Audio-Visual in the Auditorium - Visual Connect to Islamnagar from the balcony.

First the visitor comes down 1 floor where we sees the exhibit which has Paintings and artifacts form the fort. They take a ramp along which a elaborate time-line of Islamnagar is presented along the wall, which climbs for two floors and exists on a terrace that leads to the foyer of the Auditorium. After the audio-Visual the exit gates lead to balcony behind the stage that looks over the Fort.

Movement of the Sun

AUDITORIUM PLAN

EXHIBITION PLAN

Shell of the Auditorium

Fire Escape staircase and lifts

Foyer for the Auditorium

Hollow steel tubes used For the Audi. Vault

Exhibition area Ramp along the wall Showing the time-line of Islamnagar

Staircase plus ramp

Staircase and lift tower

Administration block

Canteen

03 RE-SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL DESIGN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

SITE

LOCATION -Patna, Bihar ISSUE -The site is subject to yearly floods

DESIGN BRIEF

The participants are to design a multi-functional educational space to accommodate a capacity of 200 students from the age group of 5 to 11 years. These spaces should also function as an interactive space for the local community post school hours The chosen site should be in a region where education is inaccessible. The built up area of the school should not exceed 500 square meters.

The designed spaces should be innovative, encourage learning for children as well as strengthen the communal spirit. The space should incite a healthy dialogue amongst the local communities. These spaces can work in unison during school hours or after. Thus, enhancing the social development.

Flooding in Patna, Bihar

Baadh chali aati har saal/Jeevan kar deti badhaal”; floods visit us every year and leave life in disarray.

Written by children on their now damaged school building, this couplet aptly sums up the state of education in the state of Bihar in northern India.

The annual monsoon floods in the state wipe out schools in large numbers.

The crops are destroyed , and the people thus send the children to work.

This leaves them with no option other than to drop out making it impossible for them to get out of the clutches of underage employment. Most women are illiterate, and dependent on their husbands for even basic needs.

The state of sanitation facilities, safety, schools, and empowerment for women calls for urgent action in Bihar.

Aasha(hope) gives these children and women an opportunity to grow and make their own identity.

CONCEPT To tackle the problem of the floods, the design of the school is such that in case of floods the structure starts to float. In order to do that the construction is done with light weight materials like aluminum, wood and polycarbonate sheets.

The floating Mechanism is do by having a truss under the building which has empty plastic water drums.

1 Administration block

2 Class Room

Multi-purpose Hall 3

Kitchen 4 and Dining

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MULTIPURPOSE HALL

CLASS ROOMS

KITCHEN AND DINING

Kitchen and Dining

LIFE IN AASAHA

Multipurpose Hall

Aasha

04 TINY- HOUSE RESIDENCE DESIGN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

DESIGN BRIEF

In the world were there are more people to live than place to live, we keep on building bigger and higher. Rather the designer should focus on making flexible, dynamic spaces that can be used multipurpose-fully.

The Idea Behind the project is to design a home under 25 sqm where one person can live comfortably. The house need to have a Living room , Kitchen, washroom, place to sleep and a working space

FUNCTIONS

Kitchen and washroom being used - living room compressed

Living room and washroom being used - Kitchen compressed

Living room being used - Kitchen and wash room compressed

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Moreover, the partition between the kitchen and living-room is in the form of steps that can be aligned with the hole in the ceiling which has a sleeping area above it and some extra storage space. The roof on the top has been worked in a way that the sleeping area receives the first morning sun. Also work space is provided in the form of a bay window. Moreover, the partition between the kitchen

Moreover, the partition wall between the living room and kitchen is in the form of steps which can be aligned with the hole in the ceiling that has a sleeping area above it. The roof of the house is designed in such a way that sleeping area receives the first sun rays at the sun rise. Work space is provided in the form of a bay window right by the living room.

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1 PUBLIC OPEN SPACES IN PATAN, KATHMANDU Conducted at Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur; the three medieval era cities in Nepal in Kathmandu valley with the objective of analysing the nature of Public open spaces in these urban centres.

The open spaces in cities in Kathmandu valley are unique expressions of urbanity from the point of view of their public-ness and from the perspective of legible designs. Starting from the small courtyards in the compact housing (such as Bubahal in Patan) to the larger ones with Buddhist stupas and ending in the city level public open space such as the Durbar Square; these cities have developed a unique expression around the idea of open spaces.

The outcome of the workshop was in form of student portfolio of drawings and writeup.

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ARCHITECTURAL TYPOLOGY AND PUBLIC OPEN SPACES In this theme we had to try and-understand how the nature, perception, and use of open spaces in and around particular buildings is very much the result of the architectural typology of the particular building.

For example, a T courtyard based building has certain character of open spaces, which will be very different from the one that is linear on a building that is extremely transparent/ opaque.

We had to represent this relationship between open spaces and the architectural typology, while emphasizing a particular interpretation that we perceive while being in that space.

Bu bahal

l, Patan

Bu Bahal Bu Bahal is an innovative housing in Patan which captures the essence of the circulation through tunnels and courtyards at the ground level of the area.

The houses have a pathway on the ground floor which is designated for public use, that inter-connect the courtyards spread out in the area

Inter connected courtyards

Observations Due to over population the houses keep on growing vertically, which is making the courtyard dark and the pathways through the houses even darker.

The sketch tries to show the courtyards which are blown out of proportion.

As a result of which there ts barely any light even in the middle of the day.

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URBAN NATURE STRUCTURES

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WATER

The premise here is that water structures in Kathmandu Valley have performed many other public functions apart from being a source of water. For example, they activate existing public spaces, they create a sheltered cocoon environment for community gathering, they are excellent for women as social spaces, they have a larger ecological function, they maintain ecological health and are thriving spaces fro flora and fauna.

Through my drawing, I depict how these water structures have a unique formation with respect to public space, activities, typology, symbolism etc.

WHAT IS A HITI In Kathmandu a Hiti is a water structure which is constructed all over the city. It gets filled with the over flow of a river during the monsoon

KONTI HITI, KUMBHESHWAR COMPLEX This particular hiti was part of a temple complex. It was a crucial part of the public space in the complex.

NAG BAHA HITI Right across the road was a typical public Hiti which was surrounded by residential units.

OBSERVATIONS Fig 1. Konti Hiti, Kumbbheshwar complex Once a year during a festival the Hiti is used for a ritual where a deities is kept in water in the middle of the Hiti and people go and pray.

Though the sketch I’ve tried to capture a moment where the Hiti is being used for prayer.

Fig 2. Nag Baha Hiti This particular hiti was more public as unlike Konti hiti it was situated in a residential area and was used by the people.

6 months a year it gets continuous water and which is used for bathing, drinking, washing the remaining time it servers as a public space.

The steps, the parapet, the small temple by the Hiti all of these elements accentuate the its use as a public area.

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TRANSIENT OPEN NODES AND STREETS

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Open spaces in Kathmandu valley show immense variation and contrast in a very small area. One observation that the spaces of a certain typology move or change into another, in a very smooth or articulate fashion. This Transition gives a level of richness to the experience of the city, which defines the character of the Kathmandu Valley.

The objective here is to represent the fluid nature of these transition spaces and how they mutate to form a variety of open spaces.

PATAN GATE Patan gate is one of the original entrances to the main city of Patan.

It’s a very vibrant and colorful piece of architecture, so when you go through it is bound to grab your attention.

There are painting of gods and goddesses all over it which also add to the multicolored skin of the structure.

OBSERVATIONS Since it was standing on a node, it became a part of the study.

The idea of the drawing is to show how the Patan Gate is acting not just like a transition space but also transition between two different sides of the city.

It is clearly depicted how the area below the drawing is more open, green and as a wide road where everyone was commute easily.

On the other hand beyond the gate is a con-justed Urban area which is depicted by the elevations of the tall houses.

06 VERNACULAR DOCUMENTATION SEMESTER THREE ACADEMIC EXERCISE

BRIEF

The exercise included the documentation of one of the tribal vernacular hut in Museum of Man (Manav sangrahalaya), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The Tribe was alloted on the basis of climatic zones in India. Except the detailed documentation of the vernacular hut detailed background study was done about the traditional vernacular construction techniques used in construction and the way of living of the tribe in the House.

The Traditional Vernacular house being documented here is Nalukettu, which are found in the Hot and Humid climatic zone of India, in Kerela to be specific. The tribe the reside in this house is Nair tribe. The Name Nalukettu means Court-yard. So, four of these houses are constructed around a central court which acts as a courtyard.

In the construction of the house, walls are made up of mud bricks and mud plaster which are load bearing walls. The roof, doors, windows are purely made of Anjali wood, no sort of nail or any other kind of metal joinery is used. Over the wooden Rafters purlins the roof had a layer of pulppaya straw Matt is used that provides sound insulation. After that dried coconut leaves thatch that insulates the house due to the presence of the air pockets.

MIXED USE HOUSING PROJECT

LOCATION - Smart city Bhopal SEMESTER SIX ACADEMIC PROJECT

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