Pool Side Pavilion | IORA Studio

Project6 years ago

Poolside pavilion, designed by the architectural firm IORA Studio, is a gazebo-like structure that provides a place to gather and enjoy a cool summer evening. The project initiated with the development of the 9000 sqm piece of land with an existing cottage situated in the corner. The client’s only brief included the place to be used for frequent gatherings gave rise to creation of a Place consisting of Pavilion, pool and changing rooms. The idea of pavilion was born to accommodate varied needs, evolved as the focus for the new additions. An architectural language with least visual barrier became a clear choice.

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Sky Repoussoir | Studio 4000

Project6 years ago

Sky Repoussoir is a residence designed by Studio 4000 that ingenuously fits in numerous spaces in a small plot of twin-sharing bungalows in Ahmedabad. Project involved designing a large number of residential spaces & organizing them in a relatively much smaller plot. In the design, parallel walls along north-south direction set up the main dialogic frame to shape the house’s relationship with the outside space. As a design move, it both iterates the project’s immediate context of a row-housing scheme while at the same time distinguishing it from the adjoining unit.

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IORA Studio

Practice6 years ago

IORA Studio is an architectural firm based in Ahmedabad established by Milind Patel and Urvi Desai. IORA Studio takes a holistic approach to every work and attempts to assimilate the various issues through a back-and-forth process of part-to-whole and whole-to-part. This approach creatively encompasses the micro-level and macro-level aspects into a built environment that is appropriate to the region, both in a geographical context as well as cultural context. The attempt is always to create built environments through a seamless coming together of the natural and the designed.

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Old to New – Residence Renovation | UA LAB

Project6 years ago

Old to New is a residence renovated by the architectural firm UA Lab by inserting envelopes around the main structure using the design language of frames. The site experiences guided the team to develop a design without compromising on the existing open spaces available to the users. For the design process the designers focused on exploring the quality of spaciousness within the existing built up than creating larger spaces. The team tried to open the inner spaces of the house towards the outer garden. This helped in establishing stronger relationships with the outside green and get in more light and air.

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Urban Architectural Collaborative [UA LAB]

Practice6 years ago

UA Lab is a multidisciplinary design studio based in Ahmedabad headed by Krushnakant Parmar and Vipuja Parmar. The portfolio comprises of wide scale of design projects ranging from private residential spaces to community housing and community space design. The firm provides design services in architecture, landscape design and interior design. Their design approach is always focused on the basic questions of scale, proportions, character, spaciousness, daylight, ventilation, and theclimatic comfort in the built environment.

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Selected Interviews

Constructions: crossover of Art and Architecture

Article6 years ago

In a small industrial workshop turned into an art gallery, Professor Percy Pithawala had curated an exhibition called “Constructions”. He took out time on a busy Saturday afternoon at the gallery and told ArchiDiaries that the title of the exhibition is derived from the art movement in Russia called ‘constructivism’ and how it has shaped his unique Architectural pedagogical and design explorations.

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Studio 4000

Practice6 years ago

Studio 4000 is an architectural firm based in Ahmedabad, India headed by architects Khushboo Vyas & Smit Vyas. The practice’s approach is stimulated by unique conditions of Indian contexts, in response to which, key design ideas are elicited. Work undertaken by Studio 4000 thus seeks to learn from & give back to their contextual relationships by clarifying and reimagining them.

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About ArchiDiaries

Article6 years ago

ArchiDiaries is an online Architecture, Interior and Design Magazine. We publish architecture and design projects, academic projects, news, articles, competitions and other opportunities, and also conduct interviews that provide opportunities to engage with prominent architects and designer from all over the world. ArchiDiaries is a search for a shared ground between practice and theory in the context of architecture and design.

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Selected Projects

Overlooking disaster warnings proves costly

News6 years ago

Warnings and recommendations for action given by the Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) and the district town and country planning Offices in Kozhikode, Malappuram, and Wayanad against the backdrop of the deluge that hit the districts last year, are still in cold storage.

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Selected Academic Projects

Compilations

Moonception 2019 – Results Announced!

News6 years ago

Today, 20thJuly 2019, marks the 50thAnniversary of the Moon Landing, an event that changed the course of our world’s future. In honour of the Lunar Surface and humanity’s first steps in space, we are very excited to announce the winner of Moonception 2019.

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