I want to thank my family for always supporting me. My parents always encouraged me in all my decisions. Ankit and Tulsi have always been the people whom i look upto and share all my decisions with. The little one of our family, Riaan, relaxed the stress during the difficult times. A lovely bunch of cousins- Vidhi, Disha, Palak, Monish, Rajvi, Darshit, Nishit, Jinisha and Pooja that I am obliged to have. They have always helped me whenever i am in need. A very special thanks to CEPT University for gifting me lifelong memories and experiences. The academic tenure at CEPT taught me a lot. A very special thanks to all my 2011 batchmates for making this journey so beautiful. I thank my guide Prof. Yatin Pandya for providing invaluable inputs and guiding me in my thesis. I also thank the faculties at CEPT who have guided me throughout my course. Special credits to Shalin & Palak for the help in sketches and measure drawing on site; and Adwait for the help in drawings used in this thesis . I am really thankful and lucky to have a very close group of friends- Nishita, Vedanti, Aman, KP, Manuni, Prasik, Dhwani, Shalin, Nirnay, Hiren, Kishan, Sagar, Nilosha with whom i have spent most of my time at CEPT. They have always helped me and been there on my side. The relation developed over the period is much more than friends, something that has no name. This deep friendship has extended further in life in form of an architecture firm named Compartment S4. Really thankful to my seniors, Satyam, whom i have always looked upto for suggestions and discussions throughout my academics. A very special thanks to Sona aunty, Tapan uncle, Dada, Dipti aunty, Kalpesh uncle, Vaidehi aunty and Nirav uncle for making me feel like home in Ahmdedabad. They never let me feel the absence of my parents and guided me throughout. In this wonderful journey, I met people from different countries and multiple fields during my exchange programAndy, Michelle, Patrick, Nikky, Manan, Vaidik, Amelie especially Emily and Andrea whom i am very thankful to. We kept pushing each other and learning from each other. A wonderful group of friends Ravi, Sadik, Arathy, Vaibhavi, Nakul, Dweeta, Vaidehi, Kajol, Karan, Monish, Shubham, Rajkumar, Kavan, Prithvi, Parth, Ajay, Kush, Chatrola who have always been the people who are up for all academic as well as non-academic help required.
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