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Faculty of Architecture C E P T University

BOOKLET SERIES

RESEARCH

Thesis Overview
1962 - 2012

Contents
1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A.1. Institution A.2. Houseform A.3. General 2. Categorisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A. Building Type: 3

B. Urban Form and Settlement Studies 19 C. Landscape Architecture and Recreation 31 D.1. Housing This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-ncnd/3.0/ Published at CEPT University, Ahmedabad in 2012. Faculty of Architecure CEPT University, Kasturbhai Lalbhai Campus, University Road Ahmedabad-380009, Gujarat, India Phone - 0091-79-26302470 / 26302740 Fax - 0091-79-26302075 www.cept.ac.in www.sa-nity.net sa@cept.ac.in D.3. General D.2. Traffic

D. Planning Studies: 37

E. Architectural History and Theory 45

F. Environmental Science 59 I. Renewal / Rehabilitation / Conservation 75 L. Technology: design tools, materials and construction techniques

G. Socio-cultural and Anthropological Studies 65 H. Design Norms 71 J. Architectural Elements 81 K. Architectural Appreciation 87

M. Miscellaneous Topics 103 3. List of Theses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

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Introduction
Knowledge with Wisdom is the motto of CEPT University. Research as a method of inquiry has always been one of the cornerstones of this institution. Not only does it encourage a broadening of horizons and inquisitiveness towards learning as an individual; it also fosters the creation of knowledge at the institutional level. Research at the Faculty of Architecture endeavours to build a repository of knowledge and in conjunction with the focus on design and learning by doing, attempts to create wisdom. The research thesis, instituted in 1962, is a unique requirement at the Faculty of Architecture. The goal of the thesis is to encourage development of scholarship to study the theory and practice of architecture. With the guidance of faculty members and supervisors, students focus solely on their research in the 10th semester of their studies. The resulting study is examined by the thesis committee, an independent external examiner, and a final viva voce. This ensures that the work produced is of a quality expected from an undergraduate student. Over the years, the thesis programme has produced a good amount of valuable work that includes a primary database through detailed documentation and analysis of a large number of varied built environments in India. It is hoped that the current emphasis on focusing on India will help build up a strong platform for discourses on architecture specific to Asia. As a larger benefit of this programme, mention may be made of the fact that our alumni are prominent among those involved in creditable academic and research work here and abroad with distinguished teaching careers and research based publications. This booklet presents an overview of the theses undertaken in the past fifty years at the Faculty of Architecture. A need to categorize these theses arose in order to put in perspective the vast body of information that they contained. There are eleven categories into which these theses have been classified based on their topics of study. The categories are broadly based on scales- urban and settlement studies, building and building types, and architectural elements; specializations- planning, landscape, conservation, environmental sciences; and various aspects of architecture- history and theory, design norms, architectural appreciation, socio cultural aspects and technology.

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A representative sample of theses in each of these categories presents the range of studies undertaken in the past five decades. Each sample contains the table of contents that depicts structure and chapterization, drawings that give a glimpse of the nature of the content especially showing interesting forms of representation or methods of analysis, and an abstract where available. All the thousand odd theses have been classified and presented at the end of this booklet. This booklet gives an exhaustive summary of the research directions of the Faculty of Architecture and can be an invaluable resource to anyone interested in referring to them further.

Building Type : Instituition, Houseform and others

The theses in this group analyse architecture through the lens of building types and by locating them in the context of culture, technology, expression and religion.

The range of building types include temple complexes, havelis, traditional houseforms, colonial building types, monasteries, mosques, palaces, forts, etc. The conclusions made by these studies allow us to trace patterns of growth in building types along with inferences about the lifestyle and culture.

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Study of interaction spaces in academic institutions: case studies


P Kokularaj Year: 1987 Contents:

Guide: Prashanta Da Introduction

1.Outlook

Education Teaching Methods of Teaching Learning Academic Institution Interaction Importance of Interaction

2.Historical Analysis

Interaction Space

Historical analysis of student- Teacher Relationship Historical Institutions

3.Interaction Spaces in Contemporary Academic Institutional Buildings 4.Introduction to Case Studies 5.Case Study I CEPT Ahmedabad 6.Case Study II IIM Ahmedabad Conclusion and Further Scope Bibliography 7.Case Study III NID Ahmedabad

fig a: Haus Khas Madrasa fig b:Balcony Spaces

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Illustration Credits and Sources

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Role of the unbuilt spaces in clustered organizations : a study of Indian palace complexes
Rathin Ghoghari Year: 1990 Guide: P.S. Rajan Contents: Preface

Section A: Clustered Organizations and the Unbuilt Spaces 1.Organizations 2.Clustered Organizations

Section B: Criteria of Analysis and Case Studies 1.Criteria of Analysis 2.Case Studies

3.The Unbuilt Spaces and Clustered Organizations

Palace Complex, Padmanabhapuram

Palace Complex, Udaipur city

Palace Complex, Fatehpur Sikri Conclusions

Bibliography

List of Illustrations

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fig a: Table comparing role of unbuilt spaces in the order of functions fig b: Illustrating movement and transition in the Padmanabhapuram Palace Complex

Geometric formalism and nature of the land: study of Shatrunjayagiri Jain Tirtha
Vinod Makhesana Year: 1991 Contents: 1. 3. Section III : Satrunjayagiri Jain Tirtha Inferences Appendix Glossary Location and History Reality of the Land Sacrality of the land

Guide : Kulbhushan Jain Section I : Geometric Formalism and Nature of the Land (Base Study) 2. Nature of the Land Sacred Centre Jain Religion

Geometric Formalism of Built Form (Indian Religious Context) Order of the Architectural Setting

Temple Complex description and drawings Growth of the temple complex

Sacred land, Rituals and Built form configuration Order of the architectural setting

Section II : Geometric Formalism of Jain Temple; and Jain Tirtha(Western India) Jain Cosmology

Objects of Worship and Concept of the Temple Cultural Context of Western India Jain Temple Jain Tirtha

Bibliography

Sources of Illustration

fig a: Satrinjayagiri Temple Complex fig b: Spatial configuration in Vachan Pol

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Study of the house form of the temple town of Nathdwara


Mohit Keni Year : 1993 Contents: 1. 2. 3. Chapter 3 Nathdwara : A Temple Town Organization at Town Level Haveli of Srinathji Organization at Neighbourhood Level Organization at House Level

Guide: Miki Desai Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Nathdwara Climate Geographical Location Flora and Fauna People

Historical Account Sociocultural Setting Social Intercourse Religion Rituals Belief System Marriages 4. 5. 6. 7.

Materials, Construction and Spatial Module Spaces of a Nathdwara House

Family Structure and Kinship Organization

Case Studies Analysis Conclusions

Contemporary Changes

Glossary

Recreation Industries Arts

Bibliography

Sources of Illustrations and Photo Credits Acknowledgements

fig a: Schematic Maps of Nathdwara settlement fig b: Sectional Axonometric of House Type
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Understanding order and play through grammar of architectural elements in Fatehpur-Sikri


Sachin Soni Year: 2004 Contents: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Guide: Neelkanth Chhaya Introduction Method Sequence of Dissertation Limitations of Study Order and Play 6.

From Order to Play Play as Process

Grammatical System: Order of Assembly Grammar: Articulation and Modulation

Language: Principle for Organization

7.

Play as Generic Order

Remarks Rupture of Scales Notes Bibliography

fig a: Assembly of a Frame-infill wall fig b: A typical page

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Understanding the architecture of Buddhist monastery at Likir, Ladakh


Anar Memon Year: 2006 Contents: CHAPTER 4 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Guide: Pratyush Shankar CHAPTER 1 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

1.Architectural description of the Temple complex at Alchi Drawings of Alchi Choskhor Conclusion Glossary Bibliography 2. Concept of Mandala reflected in the plan layout

Introduction

Develpoment of Buddhist architecture

Region: A profile of Ladakh

CHAPTER 2

Buddhist Architecture in Ladakh Later period (1400 A.D onwards) Case study: Monastery at Likir, Ladakh Documentation drawings Religious study

3. Religious transformation and its impact on monastic architecture Plan layout Boundary of the sacred Model monastery Potala palace, Lhasa, Tibet

Mandala plan imitated in the form of the temple

4. Political expansion

Monastic settlement of Likir: Understanding the socio-economic structure Architectural description and framework of analysis Response to climate Rituals and spaces

From a temple complex to a monumental fort monastery

Growth of the monastery due to increasing necessities

CHAPTER 3 1.

Acknowledgements fig a: Perception of form of monastery with respect to the distance from it fig b: Profiles of the monastery
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Introduction to the Early Period (1000 AD to 1300 AD), context and influences

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Vernacular house forms of Sikkim: impact of materials, tools, skills, construction, lateral forces on the house form
Ankit Mistry Year: 2011 Contents:

Guide: Vishwanath Kashikar Introduction

Relevance of Study

Aim and Objectives Methodology

Scope and Limitation Chapter 1. Introduction

1.Vernacular Architecture: An Introduction 2.Sikkim: An Introduction

Chapter 2. Lepcha Community Chapter 3. Limbu Community Chapter 5. Analysis Chapter 4. Bhutia Community 1.Construction Process of Lepcha 2.Construction Process of Limbu Inferences 3.Construction Process of Bhutia

Conclusion

Illustration Credits Bibliography

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fig a: Exploded Axonometric of Lerchan House fig b: Section of Bhutia House

Urban Form and Settlement Studies

The inferences made by these studies are useful to see how people live and occupy land and the forces that shape them. They also point at patterns of growth of different urban fabrics at various scales and focus on specific aspects or spaces of urban tissue.

City structure, urban morphology, urban spaces, making of a place, districts, organization patterns, responses to the built environment, market place, urban renewal, urban edges, elements of the city and landform are some of the broad areas which these theses focus on through various examples of cities, towns, districts and villages from all over the country.

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Urban spaces in Indian cities


Bhagwanji Solanki Year: 1970 Contents: Preface 1. 2.

Guide: Kulbushan Jain

Forces Generating Spaces in Indian Cities Nature of Spaces in Indian Cities Hierarchy of spaces Intransit Spaces Nodal Points

3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Space- Activity- Landuse- Density Relationship

Impact of Technology on the Spaces The Validity of the forces generating old city spaces in the present context New Spaces

Comparative Study of Old and New Spaces

Recommendations Bibliography

Acknowledgements fig a: Views of Bhadra area fig b: Table showing comparative analysis of urban space
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Migrant squatters and its quality in urban environments


Snehal Shah Year: 1970 Contents: 1. 2.

Guide: B.V. Doshi Background- Introduction- Problems created due to migration- Objectives of the study- Scope of the study- Method of the study Migrate movement and urban city growth; Stages of Growth; Models of migrants mobility; Turners model; Christopher Benningers model:; Needs of a migrant; Conclusive notes pertaining to the above three aspects

3.

4. 5.

The urban situation in India- Roots of migration- Causes of migraton in India; The urban situation in AhmedabadRoots of migration in AhmedabadCauses of migration in Ahmedabad; Migrant Squatters in AhmedabadMigrants mobility in Ahmedabad; Aim of the study- Scope of the studyMethod of the study Origin of Waghari Community- At present- Occupation and locationSocial Case Study- 1 Raikhad Bhoiwad (walled city) Case Study- 2 Lakhudi Hutments (western area)

Case Study- 3 Sunday Market (river bank) Case Study- 4 Sulemani Rouza (industrial are/ fringe of the city) Proforma chart of case studies Case Study- 5 Manek Chowk Danapith (prolonged reception situation) Observations- Conclusions- Aftermath

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fig a: Examples of restructured houses for migrant squatters fig b: Soulemani Roza, the squatters there

Urban Morphology and the Comparison of Type: A Thematic and Comparative Study of the Urban Tissue
Vivek Nanda Year: 1989 Contents: CHAPTER- III The Indian Context; The Morphology of the Indian city; Morphological Typological Analysis of the Urban Tissue. 1. Introduction 2. The Indian City 4. Conclusions

Guide : Kurula Varkey CHAPTER- I : Urban Morphology Typology; Hypothesis establishing Premises and Methodology. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Introduction Form- Morphology

3. The Urban Tisse: Southern environs of Manek Chowk, Ahmedabad

EPILOGUE

Anthromorphism to structure Morphological Analysis of the Urban Tissue Concept of Type Summing up: The Morphological- Typological Approach.

CHAPTER II- Urban Morphology-Typology : Treatises, Models and Postulations;- An Ideological Retrospective. 1. Introduction

2. Cosmo-Religious Ideologies

3. Ideological Development of Form Type

4. Form- Spatial Attitudes, Typal through the evolution of the European city.

fig a: Diagram illustrating tolerances in urban tissue aggregation fig b: Conception of the world as a mandala
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Politics of urban form : an exploration into the political connotations of the urban form of the city
Quaid Doongerwala Year: 1999 Contents: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Guide: Rahul Mehrotra Preamble

Introduction

The Fragmented V/s The Cohesive Politics and Form The City as an Instrument of Politics Political Connotations of Form

5.

The Contemporary City

Forces making the City The Democratic City? Inherent Forces within the City

Bibliography

Illustration Credits

fig a: Photographs of marine drive; ghats in Benaras fig b: Ildefenso Cerdas Design for Barcelona

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Urban place making in India : a study through theme and variations across scales
Ranjit Wagh Year: 2002 Contents: Preface 1. 2.

Guide: Neelkanth Chhaya and Kurula Varkey

Introduction

Establishing the premise of the study Urban Public Place Place

Study of Existential space Concept of Theme and Variation The living spatiality of urban public spaces Summation

3.

Case Studies

Framework of the study Royal Square, Jaisalmer Manek Chowk, Ahmedabad

End Note

Appendix

Selected Bibliography Illustration Credits

fig a: Schematic diagrams representing Manek Chowk as the physical and ideatioral centre of Ahmedabad fig b: Case Studies
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Landscape Architecture and Recreation

The theses cover specific landscape elements and recreational aspects that have some relevance to landscape planning and architecture. The elements that are covered are with respect to specific situations and locations. They focus on the relationship of nature and landscape with the building environments; they also look at the attitudes to landscape in different cultural milieu. The inferences fom such studies demonstrate how forces of nature - topography, geographical features, flow etc shape culture and the built environment.

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Landscape in building environment : a study of various attitudes in different cultural contexts


Nandita Karanwal Year: 1991 Guide: R.J. Vasavda Contents: 1. 2. 3.

Introduction

Advent of Man

Central Civilizations- Agrarian ideal. Beginnings Paradise Garden Mughal Gardens

4.

Western Civilizations- Calculated Nature Egyptian Greek Mycean Crete Roman

Middle Ages

Renaissance France

Mannerism and Baroque- Italy England

5.

Easter Civilizations- Garden of suggestion. Chinese Japanese

Urban DEsing

fig a: Shalimar Bagh, Kashmir fig b: Axonometric view

Bibliography

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Landscape as a place in urban context


Chinar Thakore Year 1998 Contents: Preface 1. 5. Case Study 2. Historical urban landscape at present, Bhadra square, Ahmedabad Case Study 3. Contemporary urban landscape, Law Garden, Ahmedabad. Contemporary landscapes and places.

Guide: Bindeeya Desai

Section 1. Landscape and places in urban context Idea of a place Place making factors

Summary Appendix

6.

Bibliography

Character of landscapes and places

Illustration credits

2.

Section 2. Landscapes and places in history. In the Indian Urban context. Place making factors Character of landscapes and places

Types of landscapes and places

3. 4.

Section 3. Landscapes and places in present. In the Indian Urban context. Historical landscapes and places in the present fig a: Location and Surroundings of Kankaria, Ahmedabad fig b: Landforms as placemaking factors in Law Garden, Ahmedabad

Case Study 1. Urban landscape in History, Kankaria, Ahmedabad.

Types of landscapes and places

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Planning studies: housing, traffic and others

These theses study various aspects of town and city planning including traffic patterns, ancient town planning practices and canons, town planning schemes as well as relationships between planning and various social aspects of living in towns and cities.

They cover the socio economic parameters under spatial planning and the built in form of specific urban situations and the changes that have taken place in the structures and contents of an urban situation over a period of time either in terms of elements of an urban scene or in the fabric of an urban system.

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Traffic and traffic patterns in the city - Ahmedabad


Ravindra Kakadia Year: 1970 Guide: B.V Doshi Contents: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Introduction

Urbanization and the resultant problem of transportation Urbanization and transport in Ahmedabad Evolution of traffic pattern General observations Study of traffic conditions Surveys and observations Conclusions and suggestions

Acknowledgement Bibliography Appendix

fig a: Railways in Ahmedabad fig b: Traffic operations plan in the walled city of Ahmedabad

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A study of relationship between housing environment and health case study : slum clearance tenaments, Surat
Kekul Desai Year: 1996 Contents: 1.

Guide: Barjor Mehta Introduction 2.

Man- Environment

Urbanization and its implication Aims- Objectives Methodology

Building Environment Scope- Limitation

Elements of Housing Environment Housing Environment Relationship between housing environment, health and quality of life.

3.

Case Study

Housing needs and provision- Present day situation Identification of Case study Background Analysis of Case Study

References Appendix

4.

Conclusions

Study of Statistical data

fig a: Light and ventilation in the house unit fig b: Elevations of C type housing
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Generators and determinants of town planning : Gondal state 1865 A.D. - 1944 A.D
Parth Shah Year: 1997 Contents: SUMMARY

Guide: Miki Desai CHAPTER 1: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 2. Introductory profile of Saurashtra 3. CHAPTER 2: URBAN DESIGN AND TOWN PLANNING MOVEMENTS IN EUROPE THE THEORETICAL INFLUENCE 1. 2. 3. Expressions in Europe Town planning in European cities Princely states of Saurashtra 1. Town Planning History of India

POST SCRIPT APPENDICES GLOSSARY CREDITS

CONCLUSION AND EPILOGUE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CHAPTER 3: THE STATE OF GONDAL 2. Bhagwatsinhji: The ruler

Town planning expressions in India

1. Introductory profile of Gondal state 3. Town planning in Gondal state basic principles, attitudes and the nature of built form Introductory profile of the city

CHAPTER 4: CITY OF GONDAL THE TOWN PLANNING ATTITUDES AND EXPRESSIONS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The generators and determinants Improvement of urban core

Land use Issue of Land development City limits The never-ending city

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Institutions Their locations making of the public places

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fig a: Agricultural LandUse Pattern around the Gondal City fig b: Ildefenso Cerdas plan for Barcelona and a typical block

Architectural History and Theory

The theses cover some historical aspects of architectural forms and construction over time and space. Some of the theses examine materials of construction, structural systems employed and systems of proportioning used in chosen studies. They also attempt to examine the validity of the hypothesis pertaining to the architectural design principles under a context of a situation. Various aspects of architectural history and theory ranging from proportion, form and architecture, eclectics in architecture, design approaches and attitudes, primary form, rituals, intentions, architectural education, expressions and interpretation, theory and perception as well as concepts and processes are explored in these studies.

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Directively correlated CYBERCOLIBRIUM : architecture as system open to information and energy


Jinraj Joshi Year: 1977 Contents:

Guide: K.B Jain 1. Introduction 3. Set of fundamental concepts 4. Change 5. Determinate machine 7. Variety 2. Approach

6. Concept of directive correlation 8. Set of related concepts 9. Stability 10. Regulation in general and in Architecture 11. Law of requisite variety 13. Regulating the system 14. Amplification 15. General model Bibliography 12. Error controlled regulator

Appendix: Homeostat Acknowledgement fig a, b and c: Typical Pages from the thesis

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Response to a tradition : a study of architectural attitudes during the British Intervention in India
Rahul Mehrotra Year: 1985 Contents:

Guide: Anant Raje Introduction 1 A New Beginning 1 A new beginning 3 The Bungalow

2 The Anglo-Indian station 4 The Architect as a professional 2 Responses to a tradition 1 The English Architect

5 Archaeology a search for the past

2 Architecture for the Empire an overview 3 The enlightened orientalists 4 The craftsmanas a hero 5 Geddes and town planning

6 Assembling the past The Indo-Saracenic style 7 Validating the Empire An Indian Rome 8 Transitions into modernity 3 Contributions to a context 1 Claude Batley and the question of tradition 2 Professionalism and indigenous talent 3 Contributions to a context 4 The selected works of Claude Batley Appendices A. Bibliography C.

B. Claude Batley

D. Published writings E. F. Illustration credits

Selected projects

5 Fragments notes towards a conclusion

Jeypore portfolio contents

fig a: Detailed drawings fig b: Previous Schemes and present situation of the Backbay
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Investigations in to architectural design : conceptions and processes


Viren Brahmbhatt Year: 1989 Contents:

Guide: Kurula Varkey Introduction

Book 1. Investigations into the Nature of an Architectural Object 1.

Section A. An Investigation into the nature of an Architectural object in terms of its Conceptions Section B. An Investigation into the nature of an Architectural object in terms of its Making 2. 3. 4. Three Conceptions: A historic Perspective

Spatial conceptions and attributes of an Architectural Object Operative Principles in the Act of Making

Aspects of Act of Making Book 3. Investigations into the Nature of Processes in Architectural Design Activity Section A. An Investigation into Historic Processes 8. 9. Historic Processes Synthesis

Book 2. Investigations into the Nature of Creative Thinking Section A. An Investigation into the nature of Creative Thinking 5. 6. 7. Act of Perception Act of Judgment

Section B. Creative Thinking: Operative Categories Creative Processes

Section B. An Investigation into Processes in Architectural Design Activity 10. Transformation 11. Transference fig a: A typical page fig b: Investigations into the nature of Creative Thinking
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Understanding of the city : a human construct, as a process in time


Durganand Balsavar Year: 1991 Guide: Kurula Varkey Contents: Introduction Summary: In the preceding understanding of the nature of the urban settlement, as a continuum, and the subsequent study of the city of Ahmedabad, certain pertinent themes emerge.Here, is envisaged a specific discussion on the nature of the process of the city in consonance with the dimensions that have emerged over the course of the inquiry, through an examination of the various cities and the events that have characterized them.Two basic considerations need be made at this juncture;Recognized, in terms of status, the urban settlement is evocative of its internal relationships and universal nature as an institution of collective dwelling, its reason for being reflecting an outlook of a culture at a point in time. It understands the consecration of the city and the attitudes governing the inception of tits new parts. Recognized, as a process, the reason for being of the urban settlement reflects its capacity to integrate and synthesize, and a continual crystallization of diverse conditions over time. It specifically comprehends the relationships of its different moments, both spatially and temporally. However, in the recognition of these relationships, two distinct, yet, inextricably related concepts emerge that characterizes the process of the city.Firstly, an examination of the relationships between its constituent parts characterizing different moments of inception and the subsequent identification of elements of continuity and change.Secondly, the process of remodeling of the existent built condition of the city and subsequent change. Change, in the context of the study, is examined in apposition to elements in the city that have physically endured or persisted in the urban dynamic. The overall phenomenon is identified in terms of the attributes of permanence and change. The appraisal of the city as a continual process is undertaken in consonance with these two dimensions in an endeavor to recognize the various conditions that characterize the city over time.

Section 1: The General Attributes: Premise and Method Introduction 1. 2. 3. 4. The Generic Dimensions

Section 2: An Understanding of the City as a process in time The General attributes of Time A Study of the City as a Process in Time

The General attributes of Construct

In Summation

fig a: Structuring Matrix of Jerusalem fig b: Density-Porosity Studies

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Search for an order: an inquiry into the contemporary direction in Indian architecture
Wakeel Khan Year: 1994 Contents: Approval

Guide : R. J. Vasavada

Acknowledgements Introduction Aim and Limitations Organization 1. Methodology

Part 1 : Premise of the Study

2.

Le Corbusier, Louis. I. Kahn : Indian Works and a lesson from History Indian Architects in their Works during the 60s Developing a specific model of analysis

A survey of Contemporary Indian Architecture Since 1947

Part 2 : Analytical Framework

Observations / Inference Reference to Quotes Bibliography

Selected Example for the analytical Study (Works of Ar. Anant.D. Raje) fig a: Understanding the integrity of various orders fig b: Exploded axonometric views of porches in Rajes buildings

Sources of Illustrations

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Expressiveness and the language analogy in architecture


Kartikeya Chhaya Year: 2010 Contents: Preface

Guide: Sohan Nilkanth

Introduction

Part 1. The Premise of the Study 1. 2. 3. 4. Part 2. The Study 1. 2. Part 3. Conclusion 3. Meaning

Perception and Difference Context and Meaning Summary Hiatus

Methodology

The Procedure

The Experimentv Horizon

Ground

Meaning: An Unlimited and Open-Ended Process Bibliography Appendices Hesitation Between the Sound and the Sense

Tri-Axial Geometry

fig a: Sketches- Modhera fig b: Analytical DiagramsModhera


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Environmental Science

The studies explore the role of climate in shaping architecture. Topics covered in this category include analysis of climate data, simulation of building performance, exploration of design software and aspects of sustainability.

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Basic study of air movement within enclosure


Qamar Shaikh Year: 1960 Contents: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Guide: C.B Shah Introduction Scope

Review of available literature Assumptions

The Programme The results

The experimental setup Indoor average velocities Flow patterns

8. 9.

Conclusions Appendix A

10. References

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Software for daylight


Santosh Philip Year: 1989 Contents: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Guide: C.B.Shah Manual Model Daylight Calculation Basic Methods Presentation Methods Future Developments Structure of Software Daylight Indata

10. Daycal 12. Net Appendix

Choospln

11. Extday 13. Drawing Program fig a: 3d grid of Daylight factors fig b: Top to down structure of the Net
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Socio - cultural and Anthropological studies

The theses cover a range of sociological and anthropological aspects of the urban and rural situations encompassing the studies at settlement/ cluster and individual dwellings. The special outcome as a result of sociological basis has been explained in some of the theses.

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Architecture in a schizoid environment


Shirish Beri Published in: 1973 Guide: K.B Jain Contents: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Introduction: A, B

Chapter one: The background Chapter two: Understanding transience in its Architectural context Chapter three: Architecture in its temporal sequence Chapter four: Analysing the present situation Chapter five: Conclusions Chapter six: recommendations

Bibliography References Illustrations Appendix

fig a: A typical page fig b: Reversible Architecture


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Analysis of streets : a socio-physical perspective


Tanvi Parikh Year: 1999 Contents : 3. Chapter 3 : Methodology for analysis Case Study 1 Dhal ni Pol area

Guide : Nitin Raje Introduction 1.

The Theoretical Framework Case Study 2 Gurukul Area

Intent of Study

Chapter 1 : Streets The terms, its history and various physical aspects An Overview Physical aspects of streets Spatial aspects A Shift

Conclusions

Appendices 1 & 2 Bibliography Illustration Credits

2.

Chapter 2 : Social Organization Its effects on streets as a social space Concept of neighbourhood Social Interaction Theory of territoriality Usage / Activities

Public Private Realms

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Design Norms

The theses explore the design criteria of specific category of buildings and evolve special design norms under the context of a situation.

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Design norms for zoological gardens


Sharad Sheth Year : 1972 Contents:

Guide: R. David, P. Kannan, and K. B. Jain Acknowledgements Introduction Physical Environment for Animals Mechanics of Exhibition Conclusion Bibliography THE SCOPE OF A THESIS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Physical Environment for Animals The medium of Exhibition The role of Zoological Gardens Contact with Nature Animal Behavior Animal Training Other Features Education

Knowledge or ignorance of Animal Life

10. Ecology

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Renewal/ Rehabilitation/ Conservation

The theses cover varied aspects of urban design and its elements with respect to a situation under review. This also encompasses aspects like the urban form/ urban renewal, rehabilitation and conservation.

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Recycling examining the concept in the modern Indian context


Harish Parikh Year : 1977 Contents: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Guide: D.V Ekbote Introduction

The Inductive approach and the Deductive approach Why recycling? What is Recycling? Case studies

Recycling the Cities

Recycling notes

Plinth into a shop

Haveli into a commercial centre Haveli into an office building Examples abroad

Inferences

fig a: A typical page fig b: Order of spaces in the Haveli

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Rebuilding rural Kutchh : an evaluation of post earthquake rehabilitation efforts


Prashant Patel Year: 2004 Contents: 1.

Guide: Samir Shah Chapter 1: The Study 2.

Aim and objectives of the study Scope and limitations Methodology

Chapter 2: Introduction Calamities

House and socio-cultural relationship Introduction to Kutch region

3.

Chapter 3: Rehabilitation Approaches

Calamity on 26th January 2001 Rehabilitation issues and approaches Introduction to the Latur approach Approach of Gujarat earthquake rehabilitation Case study 1: Village Ludia Case study 2: Village Ukhadmora Case study 3: Village at Rudramata 5. 6. Chapter 5: Comparative analysis Conclusions / Glossary fig a: Axonometric view fig b: Analytical diagrams of dwellings
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4.

Chapter 4: Case studies

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Case study 4: The Latur experience

Credits

Bibliography

Acknowledgement

Architectural Elements

These theses study specific architectural elements and their significance, variations and other design aspects within buildings or spaces.

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Significance of steps and ramps in architecture


Radhika Doshi Year : 1981 Contents: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Guide: Anant Raje Introduction Evolution Case studies Summary

Linking elements New attitudes

Bibliography Appendix

fig a and b: Typical pages from the thesis

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Interpretative design efforts : mandapas of the Maru-Gujarat style


Harita Patel Year : 1993 Contents: Epilogue Plates Appendix. Footnotes Introduction I. Visuals

Guide : R.J. Vasavada Prefatory Note. 1.

II. Glossary of Sanskrit Terms

Prelude.

Bibliography

Scopes and Limitations Methodology

2.

Historical Precedents

Evolution of the Hindu Temple

3.

Interpretative Design Efforts

Maru Gurjara Style of Gujarat Mandapas of the Maru Gurjara Temples Nrtyamandapa Sun Temple Modhera Sabhamandapa Nilkanth Mahadev Temple, Sunak

4.

Samvarana Roof forms of the Mandapas

Evolution of the roof form of the Mandapas Samvarana Roof form of the Pavilion of the Kund at Kapadvanj

Samvarana Superstructure of the Mandapas

fig a: Cover Page fig b: Details of Plinth at Nilkanth Mahadev Temple, Sunak.
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Architectural Appreciation

The theses explore the images of architecture as expressed through various works by different individuals and viewpoints and appreciation are articulated.

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Work of Nari Gandhi


Rahul Gore Year: 1996 Contents: Foreword

Guide: Neelkanth Chhaya

Nari Gandhi- Architect Early years

1.Life- A Brief Account Years at Taliesin

Nari Gandhi- The person Nari Gandhi and Clients About his Architecture Introduction

Nari Gandhi and Spiritualism

2.Nari Gandhis Architecture Nari Gandhi as Maker of Organic His Design Philosophies Mountain Lodge for Mr.Daya, Lonavala House for Mr. and Mrs. Jain, Lonavala. Architecture

Case Studies

Residence for Mr.Suryakant Patel, Surat. House for Mr. and Mrs. Malik, Lonavala.

Nari Gandhis Place in Recent Indian Architecture Selected Bibliography

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Strategies of a Maverick architecture : the case of HDEM and NOUVEL


Sarosh Anklesaria Year: 2001 Guide : N.H Chhaya Contents: PREFACE CHAPTER TWO : JEAN NOUVEL 7. 8. 9. INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND TO A MAVERICK ARCHITECTURE

PRECEDENTS AND INFLUENCES CONFRONTING THE REAL

AIM, OBJECTIVES, SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS CHAPTER ONE : HERZOG & DE MEURON 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. INTRODUCTION PRECEDENTS AND INFLUENCES

10. FORMAL QUALITIES 12. SUMMARY

11. SPACE AND ITS PERCEPTIVE QUALITIES

CONFRONTING THE REAL ( Architecture and its role in the present context) Object) Space)

CONCLUSION & INFERENCES SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX OF PROJECTS APPENDIX ILLUSTRATION CREDITS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

FORMAL QUALITIES AND OBJECT HOOD ( Inquiries into the form of an SPACE AND ITS PERCEPTIVE QUALITIES ( Inquiries into the sensation of SUMMARY

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Architecture of Raj Rewal : a critical inquiry into the reinterpretation of Indian tradition into contemporary expression
Mehul Patel Year: 2003 Contents: Guide : Madhavi Desai Introduction

3.

Case studies

National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi Asian Games Village, New Delhi

Aims and Objectives

Criteria of Selecting Case Studies Scope and Limitations Methodology 1.

Critical Inquiry Bibliography Illustration Credits Abbreviations Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Indian Traditional Architecture Indian Architecture: Brief Introduction Tradition and Values Study of Selected Traditional Architecture

Importance and Necessity of Reinterpretation Various Attitudes to Reinterpret Architect Raj Rewal at Reinterpretation

2.

Chapter 2: Architecture of Raj Rewal Role in Contemporary Architecture Raj Rewal: An Overview His Reinterpretation in terms of fig a and b: Typical pages from the thesis

Design Ideas and Philosophy

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Technology: design tools, materials and construction techniques

These theses study building construction techniques and how they impact architecture. Some of these also study design tools such as software, other digital systems and its impact on the field of architecture.

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Ghummat : software unfolding the geometry of geodesic domes


Mahirshi Desai Year: 1991 6. Chapter 4 : Mathematics of Geodesic Domes 7. Defining the Dome Miscellaneous Information Problem Evaluation Output Application

Guide: Nitin Raje Contents : 1. 2. 3.

Co. Guide: K. P. Lavingia Acknowledgements Introduction 4. Chapter 1 : Context of Geodesic Domes Dome Types Geodesics

Chapter - 5 : Illustrated Ghummat Application of Ghummat

Appendix

Chapter 2 : Principle behind geodesic domes Tensigrity Polyhedra

Architectural Manifestation

Great Circles

5.

Chapter 3 : Design and Constructional Aspects Preliminary Design Considerations Construction Elements of Dome

Geodesic sub-division

Miscellaneous factor

fig a and b: Typical pages from the thesis

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Investigation of representation of generative systems through the digital medium


Gaganjit Ahluwalia Year: 2010 Guide : Bharat Dave Contents: 3. Case Studies in parametric design and illustrating a parametric solution Case Studies in parametric design Illustrating a Parametric Solution

1. Medium and Process Medium, Representation and Expression System and World View Thought process Form

4. Conclusions Conclusions

Bibliography

Image Credits

The Design Process and A Generative System Algorithm

2. Representations of generative systems through the digital medium to conceive architecture Representations of Generative systems in the Digital medium- An Introduction L- Systems Shape Grammar

Representations of Generative Systems

Parametric Design Cellular Automata Evolutionary Design

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Artisan and the craft : exploring the relationship between artisan of Kosi region and material in the process of building
Tejas Patel Year: 2011 Contents: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Guide: Sankalpa Abstract

Abstract: The study of relationship is important in a region where practice of indigenous material is alive. In the practice, process of built form is use as a tool to establish a relation between artisan, material and context. Physical context gives birth to the material and with artisan; material transforms in to built form. In making of architecture many processes involve to achieve a built form.

Introduction Scope

Aim and Objective Methodology Chapter 1. Kosi Region and its Material

o Kosi Region o Material in Kosi Region

7.

Chapter 2.

Process of Building Practice in Kosi with Artisan

o Interaction with Artisan o Artisan with Building Process o Out come of the Process

8.

Conclusion

Appendix Glossary Bibliography

fig a: Diagram illustrating methods of construction fig b: Assembly of members


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Miscellaneous

These theses do not fall under any specific category mentioned above but cover a wide range of topics such as ethics, nature of representation techniques, etc.

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Code of ethics in architecture


Aruna Patel Year: 1973 Contents: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Guide : S.M Parikh Preamble

Introduction

A study in parallels and contrasts a comparative study on the four codes General conclusion Appendix

Bibliography

fig a and b: Typical pages from the thesis

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Inquiry into the nature of Axonometric drawing


Indrajit Chatterji Year: 1988 Contents: Approval 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Guide: Sen Kapadia

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Perception, conception and the problem of representation A concept of Axonometry Phenomena associated with the perception of axonometric drawing A history of axonometric drawing A conclusion

Bibliography

Sources of illustrations

fig a: Axonometric drawing of Frankfurt Museum by Richard Meyer. fig b: Analytical Drawings

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List of Theses

An attempt has been made to clasify the theses according to the categories listed below. It must be noted that these categories are not mutually exclusive and therefore some studies can be part of more than one.

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Building Type: Instituitions


Year Thesis Number TH-0051 TH-0079 TH-0091 TH-0109 TH-0110 TH-0111 TH-0159 TH-0193 TH-0205 TH-0233 TH-0262 TH-0294 TH-0300 TH-0350 TH-0354 TH-0368 TH-0375 TH-0398 Name of Student Thesis Title

Year 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1990-91 1990-91 1991-92 1991-92 1991-92 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1993-94

Thesis Number TH-0407 TH-0408 TH-0412 TH-0419 TH-0426 TH-0433 TH-0434 TH-0453 TH-0471 TH-0473 TH-0475 TH-0486 TH-0494 TH-0495 TH-0506 TH-0508 TH-0518 TH-0519 TH-0526 TH-0535

Name of Student Dave, Anup

Thesis Title Study of Jehangir-Mahal, at Orchha : a representative example of Bundela architecture. Western theatre : an evolution to reality. Study of Raja-Bir-Singh-Deos palace at Datia : a representative example of Bundela architecture. Attitudes towards design of art museums. Study of mosque architecture at Champanair.

Gujral, Mohit Shah, Shital Kaur, Jaspreet Patel, Jayshil Purani, Mayoor Modi, Vasant Patel, Susan Dasgupta, Shoummo Haideri, Abbas I. Rai, Rituraj

1973

1975

Nagar, Kshama T. Desai, Miki C. Kadu, Satish

The system of proportions in Jain temples in Gujarat region (Western India). Monuments in urban surroundings. Role of physical and natural elements on primary schools of villages. Study of mosques.

1976 1977 1977 1977 1978 1979 1978 1981 1983 1984 1984 1987-88 1987-88 1988-89 1988-89 1989-90

Pandya, Jagruti K. Nilkanth, Sohan Shah, Pankaj T. Joshi, Ajit A.

Study of approaches of Islamic religious and mortuary complexes in Ahmedabad. Study of building technology and structural systems of mosques. Study of hindu temples. Traditional temple theatres of Kerala : a study.

Study of outdoor spaces and activities in them in primary school.

Haveli of Swaminarayan-Temple, Ahmedabad : an architectural understanding. Study of the determinants of a building : case evaluation : Deogarh fort palace, Rajasthan. Study of activity spaces in Jain temple complexes. Study of contemporary architecture in India : institution in Ahmedabad.

Thakore, Ashesh P. Ringwala, Ajay B. Meeta Kumar Kotecha, Dipak

Mosque as a civic institution in islamic architecture.

Makhesana, Vinod Datta, Sambit Ratnam, S.

Geometric formalism and nature of the land : study of Shatrunjayagiri Jain Tirtha.

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad : a study of architecture. Hindu ritual movement : study of Sri Virupaksha Temple : Humpi. Mosque : form, structure and regional influences.

Buddhist monasteries in Sikkim : an investigation into design principles and processes.

Hosseini, Reza Mohammed Shah Panchal, Prakash Jaiswal, Shailendra Kokularaj, P.

Purandare, Vishakha Vijayram, C.

Geometric delineation in the Nagara-Cella : a study of the temple of Ranakdevi at Wadhwan. The Hindu temple : Dravidian style.

Study of the Church architecture of Gujarat : Nineteenth century / Protestant. Queens palace, Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur : an architectural understanding. Study of an educational campus. Study of interaction spaces in academic institutions : case studies. Fatehpur-Sikri revisited : a new light on its planning principles.

Nature of an academic institution : its manifestation in architecture : a study of three management institutions. Manifestation of a Saivite-Temple : Tiruvanamalai.

Patel, Ajaykumar C. Chadha, Vineet

Chauhan, Ishvarsinh Prasad, Ritu

Study of modern palaces of Porbandar the Daria-Rajmahal 1901, and the Hazur- palace 1927 : a discussion on antecedents to style, influences on architectural idiom and building language. Towards in architectural rediscovery of the palace of the last Muchal, ZafarMahal, Mehrauli. Analytical study of the 16th-century Mughal-Rajput temple of Harideva at Govardhan,Uttar-Pradesh. Study of Haveli-Mandirs of Gujarat : observations on house-form temples of Pusti-Margiya Vaishnava Sampradaya.
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Tayebbhai, Yasmeen

Study of mediaeval temple complex Krimchi : Udhampur, J-&-K-State.

Khandwala, Sheetal Saxena, Sumeet

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Year 1993-94 1993-94 1993-94 1993-94 1993-94 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1997-98 1997-98 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99

Thesis Number TH-0539 TH-0542 TH-0551 TH-0555 TH-0556 TH-0582 TH-0589 TH-0601 TH-0631 TH-0636 TH-0653 TH-0654 TH-0672 TH-0673 TH-0687

Name of Student Mody, Amit Cooper, Azmi F. Venperampil, Iype C. Shah, Hemal Gajjar, Shailesh Chopra, Sukesh Lewis, Ainsley Ian Bhagat, Jaydeep Makim, Vaishali Pujara, Urvi Shah, Vatsal B.

Thesis Title Study of the stepwell at Ambapur : an inquiry into the structural and constructional aspects. Zoroastrian religious built form : an approach to nature and landscape. Syrian Christian Church complex in Kerala. Making of unbuilt spaces : case study : National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi. Study of Swaminarayan-temple complexes in Gujarat.

Year 1998-99 2000-01 2000-01 2000-01 2002-03 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2004-05 2004-05 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06

Thesis Number TH-0694 TH-0723 TH-0729 TH-0732 TH-0786 TH-0794 TH-0809 TH-0825 TH-0835 TH-0837 TH-0863 TH-0870 TH-0872 TH-0876 TH-0882 TH-0887 TH-0890 TH-0891 TH-0893

Name of Student Mehta, Neha Kazi, Zahida Jose, T. Sujit

Thesis Title Indo-Saracenic style : an exception in Bombay study of the general Post-office, 1910. Understanding the notion of place : a study of the Jami Mosque Complex and Sarkhej Roza, Ahmedabad. Perception of space theough the aspect of movement : study of three campus architecture in Ahmedabad during the Isalmic period. Perceptual and the experiential : an exploration along their two polarities : a spatial analysis of two temple complexes. Between the typical and the specific : hybrid nature of Dravidian temples : case study : Meenakshi Sundaresvara temple, Madurai. Genesis and evolution of museums as contemporary institution.

Menghani, Jitendra

Srinivasan, Urmila Balwani, Shefali Varia, Deepa J.

A study of the physical environment built for the centre for environment education.

The mosque today : a study of contemporary influences on the mosque as an expression of faith. Human responses to the built environment : a case study of primary schools. Architecture as resolute of time and space : a study of post independence architecture of five institutions in Ahmedabad. Understanding a sacred space : a study of the mosque of Rani Sipri at Ahmedabad, the Chapel at Ronchamp and the Sun Temple at Modhera. Behavioral study of healing environments : study of hospitals of Ahmedabad. Study and revelation of polo temples : a conjectural analysis. Study of Swaminarayan temple-complexes in Gujarat, India : Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha [BAPS] temple-complexes. Emergence of a type and its formal manifestation : a study of the Churchtypology & its manifestation in the modern context. Understanding the architecture of Buddhist monastery at Likir, Ladakh. Study of continuity & change in campus extensions : a study of three campuses Sanskar Kendra and Tagore Memorial Hall and N.I.D., Ahmedabad. Understanding a Shia architecture : a study of the evolution of the Bohra Masjid, Gujarat A.D.1650-1950. Enquiry into the evolution of a settlement, incorporating the vedic & the verancular : case study : Padmanabhaswamy Temple Precincts, Fort Area, Thiruvanathapuram. Search for the conceptual : a dialectical study of Unitarian Church and Parc-dela-Villette.

Study of churches in Goa (Indian influence) existential meaning embodied and conveyed by Santana of Tallaulim. Generic order : an insight into creation : the temple place at Shatrunjaya Hill, Palitana and the house source. Discourse on Indian modernity in the context of three specific instances : Hriday Kunj, I.I.T., Kanpur and N.I.D.

Jadav, Nimisha P. Dave, Priyanka Jhaveri, Nirmit Gohil, Bharat Chauhan, Dhaval Panchal, Mitesh Joshi, Aparna

Transformation of a tradition : the temple and mosque in the architecture of Gujarat. Study of the jain temple of ajitnath at taranga : multiplicity of meaning in a temple form.

Narmawala, Shakil A. Attitudes and expressions in contemporary mosque architecture of Gujarat. Charyulu, O. Jyothi Agrawal, Alpa Patel, Ankita Purani haveli palace complex, Hyderabad : an architectural appraisal. Tradition and its continuity in contemporary Indian architecture : case-studies : I.I.M., Bangalore and I.I.F.M., Bhopal. Study of jain temple complex at MT.Girnar.

Dhulia, Mayank Memon, Anar Basrai, Zameer

Raveendran, Ashok Raj Goga, Adnan A.

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Year 2006-07 2006-07 2007-08 2007-08 2007-08 2008-09 2008-09 2008-09 2008-09 2008-09 2009-10 2009-10 2009-10 2009-10 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11

Thesis Number TH-0909 TH-0915 TH-0935 TH-0937 TH-0939 TH-0953 TH-0955 TH-0966 TH-0969 TH-0976 TH-0982 TH-0987 TH-0994 TH-0996 TH-1004 TH-1012 TH-1013 TH-1020 TH-1024 TH-1031

Name of Student Nanavatty, Veer R. Patel, Roshani B. Sheth, Sameeha Sharad Soni, Kinny D.

Thesis Title Colonial legacy in pedagogical architecture - from imperial master to nation builder - meaning in the architecture of boarding schools in India (1847 to 1935). MAdrasa, an islamic learning institution : a study of expression of Madrasas built in Ahmedabad.

Building Type: House Form


Year Thesis Number TH-0005 TH-0045 TH-0067 TH-0083 Name of Student Thesis Title

Limbachia, Dhaval V. Patel, Roshani B. Parmar, Mayurkumar R. Aiyar, Srikrishna Choradiya, Nikunj Patel, Antara A.

Study of user responses to built environment general hospitals in Ahmedabad. Making of two institutes National Institute of Design and B.M.Institute of Mental Health, Ahmedabad. Study of user responses to built environment genral hospitals in Ahmedabad. Spatial construction : a study of spaces in museums, Ahmedabad. . Architecture of planetarium. .

1968 1972 1974 1975 1976 1976 1976 1977 1976 1977 1977 1978 1978 1978 1978 1979 1979 1979

Contractor, Habib N. Shah, Yogesh Y. Dalal, Madhobi N. Shah, Shrenik N. Shukla, Hansal Desai, Rita C. Desai, Mahesh K. Nagendra, H. V. Patel, Gautam A. Desai, Bipin R. Chhatpar, Shailini

Study of old houses Ahmedabad. House form. Evaluation of a traditional habitat : case study Bohra community, Gujarat. Community and houseform. Evolution of house concepts & its groupings in Ahmedabad.

Understanding the architecture of CEPT campus : themes, variations and growth over time. Imagery of non-visual space perception case study : IIMA Study of architecture of learning and loving on campus from past to present (gurukul to present) in India

TH-0098 TH-0104 TH-0108 TH-0114 TH-0116 TH-0133 TH-0149 TH-0165 TH-0167 TH-0169 TH-0182 TH-0191 TH-0197 TH-0202

Indian residential architecture before Islamic period with reference to orientation and modular site planning system. Traditional dwellings in Southern India : a case study of Tiruchirapalli. Re-examination of court : house, concept. Dwelling clusters in South India : a case study of Tiruchirapalli. Individual houses of Ahmedabad : last decade 1968-76. Assessment of house form and community spaces. Study of house form in Isfahan (Iran). Kitchen as service core in dwelling.

Nathani, Madhu C. Dafda, Jaikumar B. Mistry, Nirali M. Vyas, Smit Y. Ahir, Nikhil M.

Architecture of public libraries as civic institutions : a study of public libraries Study of Shiva temple of mt. Pavagadh : understanding the characteristic feature of temple architecture (10th century) in western India Integration of nature : water and vegetation in work environment. . Relationship between program and architectural form : a study of schools of architecture. . History of architecture of the Rajkumar college Rajkot from 1870 to 2009. Organisation and coherence in contemporary schools : a comparative study of Ahmedabad International School and Anand Niketan School. Gurukul : the concept of learning and its architectural manifestation : case study : Varanasi, India. To study the architecture of mausoleums at Champaner. Geometric concepts in the Islamic religious architecture : a study of three mosques at Dholka.

Study of spaces within a dwelling and their design process of middle size dwellings built up area 500-1100sq.feet. Study of desert settlements with main emphasis on house form : a case study in United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.).

Vajihuddin, Zohar R. Gandhi, Kautilya J. Patel, Bharat M. Desai, Punita Aghelizadeh, Ataollah Patwa, Rajnikant J. Parekh, Ajit K.

Gajjar, Saurabh P. Noorani, Kasim

Patel, Pareshkumar R. Khimani, Shakeel Singal, Apoorva

Study on tribal settlements Panchmahals : social pattern - physical organization. Study of tribal settlements and shelters in change. Decorations of traditional houses in Gujarat : a study.

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Study of four modern academic libraries in India : generation of library form in the larger campus context.

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Year 1982

Thesis Number TH-0235 TH-0247 TH-0260 TH-0266 TH-0275 TH-0281 TH-0286 TH-0292 TH-0293 TH-0304 TH-0313 TH-0319 TH-0362 TH-0367 TH-0370 TH-0382 TH-0383 TH-0389 TH-0395 TH-0405 TH-0406

Name of Student Patel, Mahesh G. Patel, Laxman

Thesis Title Study of old havelis in Gujarat.

Year 1989-90 1989-90 1990-91 1990-91 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1992-93 1994-95 1994-95 1997-98 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 2000-01 2000-01 2001-02 2001-02

Thesis Number TH-0409 TH-0413 TH-0451 TH-0460 TH-0469 TH-0480 TH-0522 TH-0528 TH-0563 TH-0564 TH-0647 TH-0657 TH-0682 TH-0688 TH-0692 TH-0693 TH-0697 TH-0725 TH-0735 TH-0747 TH-0758

Name of Student Shetty, Sagar S.

Thesis Title Traditional houses of the bunt community, Dakshina Kannada : a study : the Gutthu Houses. Continuity as an essence of dwelling patterns in the vernacular context. Culture-specific house form : Nair Tarawads of Kerala. Houses of the Saraswat Brahmins of Goa : a study.

1982

1982 1982 1983 1983 1984 1984 1984 1985 1985 1985 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1989-90 1989-90

Srivistava, Sanchita Vasavada, Kalyani J. Khambatta, Ismet Talwar, Vivek Kacker, Vipul Jain, Yashwant Rai Choksi, Manan Jog, Manohar

Colonial residential development : a study of New Delhi. Profiles of built-forms : a case study of Nasik houses. Study of houseform and settlement pattern : case study : Patan, Mahesana District : community : Nagar Havelis : a study of Jaipur.

Gandhi, Paresh

Vamadevan, Sunil Divecha, Suneet Ullal, Pavitra S. Joshi, Falguni Keni, Mohit Mawkhroh, Aiban Shngain

Essential residence : understanding traditional Indian architecture in the image of Man. Design considerations for housing layouts.

Meaning in Khasi house forms : a study of traditional and Bungalow-type house forms of Cherrapunji. Study of Nagar houses in relation to their socio-cultural background. Study of the house form of the temple town of Nathdwara.

Traditional houseform : the expression of a culture : a study of Saraswata dwellings.

Traditional houseform in Bikaner, Rajasthan : a study. Traditional houseform in Bikaner, Rajasthan : a study. Spatial hierarchy in the Peshwekalin Wadas and its influence on domestic house : form.

Jariwala, Neha

Mathur, Rajat Kumar Pandya, Parthesh Ruchira, Palavajjhala Pandya, Devdutt J. Mehta, Anuj Shrivastav, A.

Environmental choice and residential satisfaction : a case study of middleincome households in Ahmedabad.

Khimani, Devan Trivedi, Sachin Ray, Suparna

Single family attached Dwelling type : a comparative study Ahmedabad.

Attitudes to houseform study : an overview, Porbandar : a case for study.

Contemporary urban dwelling environment physical conditions in the dwellings of middle income housing, Ahmedabad.

Study of residential site planning for row houses, the collective houseform : case-study Ahmedabad. Sarto almieda : a regional revivalist of cultural expressions study of a residence. Banni house form : a study of the phenomenon of change.

Houseforms in a cultural context : a study of Fatehpur Shekhawati, Rajasthan. Houseform and settlement : a manifestation of socio-cultural beliefs : a study of Kharak settlements in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat. Impact of changes in culture on houseform : study of old and New-Delhi habitats. Organisational concepts of urban houseforms. Bungalow : a colonial house-form.

Ekbote, Abhijit A. Pandya, Hetal Amin, Apurva Raut, Maithili

Padukams of nambuthiri illams : understanding its importance as an element of transition. Indigenous domestic architecture : a study of two houses in the town of Bundi. A study of the evalution of the facilities in the traditional houses of the walled city of Ahmedabad. Genesis and evolution of a traditional houseform as a cultural idiom : PeshwaWadas, a Maratha way of life. Houseforms of Diu: a comparative study of the two major types. Eighteen hundred thirty eight-Ninteen hundred ninty eight : constancy and change within the Muslim houseform : Varkund, Daman. Metamorphosis of the house form in the walled city of Ahmedabad.

Engineer, Roshani Patolia, Tarak Krishnan, Chitra Bagai, Radhika Kanekar, Aarati

Shah, Amishi D. Afzal, Mohammed Desai, Krisna

Physical transformation processes with respect to design of a dwelling unit. Way of the house : an insight into its concept. Towards the sun : vernacular building : the Ladakh House. Sense of place in traditional dwelling environment.

Makwana, Hemant Agarwal, Manu

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Abstract and the manifest in vernacular built : houseform of Rohailkhand region, Uttar Pradesh.

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Year 2002-03

Thesis Number TH-0781 TH-0793 TH-0801 TH-0843 TH-0844 TH-0845 TH-0846 TH-0847 TH-0861 TH-0878 TH-0879 TH-0902 TH-0904 TH-0905 TH-0919 TH-0921 TH-0925 TH-0954 TH-0962

Name of Student

Thesis Title

Year 2008-09 2008-09 2009-10 2009-10 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11

Thesis Number TH-0964 TH-0965 TH-0981 TH-0986 TH-1003 TH-1014 TH-1026 TH-1027 TH-1038 TH-1041 TH-1044 TH-1047 TH-1048 TH-1057 TH-1059

Name of Student Solgama, Nehal

Thesis Title Understanding the cultural influences and transformation in traditional house form : a study of house form in Mangrol. Study of houseform and settlement pattern at Vadnagar. Study of architects own houses : the case of Auroville

2003-04

Kothiwale, Sujit Vijay Contemporary houses of Nasik-Pune region : influences of the regional Wada house-forms. Menon, Rajasekharan Barar, Rajat Shah, Shaili Sorathiya, Vishal Gupta, Aditya Vadher, Mehul House : a cultural entity of the community case study of the Marwari house form. Study of designed flexibility in mass produced house.

2003-04 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2006-07 2006-07 2006-07 2006-07 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2008-09

Analysis of architectural form of a Banares house to describe a condition of its presence in its environment.

Choksi, Jigneshkumar Karode, Neha S.

Space organization and physical alterations in dwelling unit : a study of co-op. housing societies in Himatnagar. Understanding the vernacular dwelling : a study of the rajput houses of Brahmaur, Himachal Pradesh. Exploring vernacular tradition of Meghalaya. Built tradition : dwellings of Mukhba. Synthesis of architectural form and natural elements : study of the Holkar Rajwada, Maheshwar. Continuity & change in a traditional house form : case study : Chettinadu Mansions, Tamil Nadu. Study of Parsee houses in the region of Udvada. Polyvalence in the traditional dewelling : an enquiry into the adaptability of the Pol house, Ahmedabad.

Suthar, Vijaykumar P. Evolution of house form in Kutch (based on changing materials and associated technology) Makwana, Sudhir K. Hore, Shoubhik Vigneswer, V. S. Mistry, Ankit S. Nayak, Amit V. Gandhi, Hiral Desai, Arjav Thomas, Amrita Anna Pathan, Mustaqeem Khan House form at Siddhpur ( a study of an intermediate spaces). Comparative study of the residential architecture of the colonial towns at Pondicherry and Chadernagore. .

Waghela, Mona J. Mawani, Vrushti Patel, Kruti J. Prince, Catherine Suri, Sagarika Kataria, Viraj

Tracing change in the hose form of George Town, Chennai - the case of sowcarpet. . Study into the making of a traditional architecture : the case of Beri-Chettiar Dwellings in Chennai (1850-1950). . Understanding house form of an agricultural settlement and its agricultural practices, Pisawada village, Ahmedabad. Historical study of haveli architecture in Nadiad.

Vernacular house forms of Sikkim : impact of materials, tools, skills, construction, lateral forces on the house form. Influence of culture on the house form of Palanpur : case study of Jain vernacular houses.

Chaudhry, Rika

Study of Parsi residential colonies and baugs in Bombay : as community based housing schemes. Dynamics of public housing : post construction addtions - case study : Ahmedabad. Understanding the determinates of a typical house form at a sacred place gaya.

Mewada, Rashmin Bhasker, Megha

Constancy and change in making of a new pol house, still a valid place of living, old city of Vadodara as a case study.

Deshmukh, Yamini L. Influences of regional wada houseforms on the contemporary residential buildines : an inquiry intio the works of architects in Nasik. . Vachhani, Divyeshkumar Chandulal Kumar, Archana S. Pandey, Mansi A.

Study of colonial domestic architecture of M. S. University campus, Vadodara

Understanding and identifying type for the houses of the South Gujarat region

Socio-Cultural aspects and change in the tamil brahman house form. a study of the houses in the temple town of Srirangam. (EST.C11th CENT.A.D.) between 1900-2000. Socio-cultural manifestation of kuttichira mappila muslim houses : Calicut, Kerala. .

Hameed, Bhavana F.

Colonial bungalow in Ahmedabad : an enquiry into adaptability with change in ownership and lifestyle. .
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Building Type: Other


Year 1970 Thesis Number TH-0022 TH-0054 TH-0093 TH-0100 TH-0140 TH-0151 TH-0196 TH-0224 TH-0225 TH-0243 TH-0263 TH-0264 TH-0267 TH-0282 TH-0329 TH-0331 TH-0436 TH-0444 Name of Student Kothari, Mahendra K. Shukla, Kartik Y. Thesis Title Study of industrial estates in Ahmedabad. Palace complex.

Year 1990-91 1990-91 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1995-96 1996-97 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06

Thesis Number TH-0456 TH-0459 TH-0463 TH-0485 TH-0491 TH-0500 TH-0540 TH-0566 TH-0571 TH-0592 TH-0622 TH-0664 TH-0683 TH-0685 TH-0810 TH-0854 TH-0860 TH-0866 TH-0867 TH-0869

Name of Student Dave, Ashish Desai, Anjali

Thesis Title Evaluation of Tower and Plaza : prototype commercial built environment : a userbody perspective. A study of interior spaces for classified hotels in India. Study of theatre spaces in India. Evolution of theatre forms in India : a brief summary of theatre forms existing in India from ancient to contemporary time. Organizing principles of space making : a study of Nagaur Fort Complex. Wood architecture of Gujarat : case study Patan.

Khandwala, Sonal M. Baradi, Manvita Parekh, Jignesh Jani, Sunil R. Patel, Kunal

1973

1975 1976 1977 1977 1979 1981 1981 1982 1983 1983 1983 1983 1986 1986 1989-90 1989-90

Patel, Prabhubhai K. Pandejee, Jagrat M. Shah, Sunil J. Sheth, Dilip

Structural and constructional aspects of water reservoirs and their relationship with religious buildings in Gujarat. Study of highrise buildings. Study of fall out shelter.

Sharma, Nirupama

Parekh, Hemrashmi I. Mulji, Dipak C. Modi, Pankaj

Enclosed open spaces within the complexes of Islamic architecture : case study of Fatehpur-Sikri. Design aspects in architecture responding to natural water bodies : sea, river, lake. Hierarchy of spaces : Amber Palace Complex. Hierarchy of spaces : Amber Palace Complex. Study of spaces in royal buildings : Mandu.

Evaluation of relative habitability of residential high-rise buildings in Ahmedabad. Study of vijay-vilas palace, Mandvi-Kutch ; an example of Indo-Saracenic style of architecture.

Gupta, Manoj

Dadachanji, Persis Balmuchu, Ranjit Seth Talati, Paulomi Patel, Niraj Mehta, Mitra

Generators of spatial organization in a Rajput Palace Complex : Neemrana Fort Palace. Understanding space and its experience : jahaz-mahal, sarkhej complex, mill owners building. Concept and experience : the rauza complex at Sarkhej, Ahmedabad.

Architectural character and the urban setting : a study of the palaces in Indore.

Desai, Parthiv C. Parikh, Saurabh Kamdar, Alap Vyas, Bankeem G. Kalyanwala, Khushroo Soni, Arvind M. Patel, Bharat M. Goghari, Rathin Shukla, Samir

Vernacular architecture : a response to environment : case study : Kerala. Architecture in the princely states of Kathiawad.

Fort of Kumbhalgarh : a representative example of medieval Rajput architecture. Water and architecture : a study of medieval water tank at Viramgam. Building an environmental culture; designing with nature : a study of some contemporary works in Bangalore. High-rise housing : potentials and validity of a building type.

Ranjit Vilas Palace, Wankaner : British period, 1907-1928 in Saurashtra : analytical study of its architectural styles. Evolution of Indo-Islamic tombs (1231-1753A.D.) Delhi, Agra, Sasaram. Man Mandir Palace : Gwalior : a study of mediaeval hindu palace architecture. Dwelling alternation behaviour : a study of personal Manifestations in Mass constructed middle-income-group dwellings of Ahmedabad. Study of a rajput fort palace : Deogarh. Role of the unbuilt spaces in clustered organizations : a study of Indian palace complexes.

Maheshwari, Neha Aras, Raman

Panthaki, Khushnu Panchal, Ujjval H. Parikh, Amee Soni, Sachin

Synesthetic experience of architecture : a study of architectural experiences at Fatehpur Sikri. Timeless experience : a study of recreational spaces in Indian palaces : case studies : Deeg and Jagmandir palace complexes : Rajasthan. Study of ghats : transition betweeen religious and social roles-case study of ghats of Ujjain. Understanding order and play through grammar of architectural elements in Fatehpur-Sikri.

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Year 2005-06

Thesis Number TH-0875

Name of Student Mukherjee, Ranjeet Joshi, Nirali Bhardwaj, Krupa Shah, Parin S. Kathe, Suraj Amin, Parul

Thesis Title Transience, Billboards and Emerging Building types.

Urban Form and Settlement Studies


Year 1968 1969 Thesis Number TH-0001 TH-0012 Name of Student Patel, Shashikant Kothari, Paresh Mody, Vinod N. Thesis Title Constants in dwellings. (villages), Ahmedabad district, Gujarat State. Old and new areas of a city : a comparative study (Case study of Ahmedabad). Street pattern of Ahmedabad.

2005-06 2005-06 2006-07 2006-07 2006-07 2006-07 2007-08 2007-08 2007-08 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11

TH-0894 TH-0896 TH-0899 TH-0906 TH-0918 TH-0922 TH-0923 TH-0932 TH-0934 TH-1005 TH-1009 TH-1053 TH-1058

Pervasive / Elusive : understanding the multiple spatializations of the railway as an infrastructural system. Transition spaces in architecture their significance and architectural mani festations in performing arts centres. Multiplexes as civic nodes : understanding its assemblage and user responses in context of Ahmedabad. Study of colonial markets as a building type : Baroda, Ahmedabad and Bhuj. Integration of common areas and facilities in private sector high rise housing:examles from Ahmedabad city. Journey inward : the stepwell at davad. Rethinking adaptive reuse : a study of heritage resorts.

1968

TH-0006

Pandya, Sujal V. Balaji, Mohan R. Mathew, John V. Gadani, Utsavi

Shah, Khushboo P. Chokshi, Shaili A. Barad, Praful M. Raina, Rahul S. Patel, Krunal

Study of the architecture of buildings for trade and commerce in Ahmedabad in the post independence era (1947-1974). Building and topography : a study of three cases in Mandu. Study of colonial clubs as a building type Design of zoos human interpretation of animal habitat. . Medieval defense architecture of Kumbhalgarh fort Mughal and Rajput harem architecture (1550-1750).

2008-09

TH-0972

Architectural approaches in contemporary farmhouse and its departure from dwelling : examples of Ahmedabad

1977

1977

1977

1976

1976

1975

1985

1974

1974

1971

1971

1972

1970

1970

1969

TH-0118

TH-0112

TH-0107

TH-0097

TH-0095

TH-0086

TH-0084

TH-0074

TH-0073

TH-0044

TH-0039

TH-0037

TH-0025

TH-0020

TH-0013

Desai, Anuradha N.

Shah, Kalpana H.

Ranpuria, Narendra K.

Taraporewala, B. K.

Pandya, Kiran C.

Joneja, Anil

Modi, Narendra K.

Patel, Bharat M.

Chokshi, Hemang B.

Shah, Rohit B.

Desai, Kirit H.

Mangar, Ajit P.

Solanki, Bhagwanji N.

Chhaya,Trilochan M.

Anandjiwala, Krishna

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Study of organisation of pattern of the tribal settlement and shelters : DANGS : with a view to evolving attitudes towards revitalising the community.

Organizational patterns : social and physical.

Townspace in culture-in-change.

Impact of houseform and streetform on the overall city form : a case study of Jodhpur city.

Multiplicity of values in city spaces.

Association of urban form and activity : its role in the perception of an urban environment.

Street form.

Community structuring and its genrative forces.

Study of shopping streets in relation to various types of movements.

Darbar squares : Nepal.

City graphics.

Architectural controls.

Urban spaces in Indian cities.

Rural pockets in the urban structure, Ahmedabad.

Settlement study.

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Year 1977

Thesis Number TH-0120

Name of Student Chavda, Rajnikant M.

Thesis Title Structure and order in the built-environment : an appraisal of the desert citadel of Jaisalmer.

Year 1980

Thesis Number TH-0212

Name of Student Patel, Prerna

Thesis Title Rural habitat : a study of settlements, houses, of the Mercommunity in past and present contexts.

1979

1977

1977

1979

1979

1979

1979

1978

1978

1978

1978

1978

1977

1977

1977

1977

1977

1977

1977

1977

TH-0206

TH-0204

TH-0203

TH-0195

TH-0194

TH-0192

TH-0190

TH-0186

TH-0178

TH-0177

TH-0176

TH-0164

TH-0156

TH-0152

TH-0146

TH-0145

TH-0144

TH-0143

TH-0142

TH-0139

Patel, Dilip D.

Patankar, Shrish

Chandra, Subhash

Modi, Chandrakant V.

Dabu, Navroz N.

Husain, Habib

Desai, Yogeendra H.

Valambhia, Bharatendu

Patel, Ramesh R.

Shah, Sudhir J.

Shah, Mayank S.

Sengupta, Samir

Mistry, Niranjan V.

Shah, Vipul M.

Mehta, Dipesh L.

Antao, A. R. A.

Bhola, Amrut C.

Dudhaiya, Vinay

Trichal, Omprakash

Shelat, Jaydev B.

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Religious building (Temple) as nucleus of city : study of the impact of a dominant building on the city.

Study of hill settlements : Settlements of Kumaon.

Study of hill settlements : Dwellings of Kumaon.

Study of a tribal settlement.

Parsee habitat : a study.

Permanent pavement dealers : a study in the city of Ahmedabad.

Idea of an Indian town.

Settlement patterns in the Urban region of Rajkot.

Morphology of a secred settlements : a case study Nathdwara (Rajasthan).

Changing facade of a city : a case study of Ahmedabad.

Nomadic movements & settlements of the Rabari of Kutch.

Community spaces in newar settlements.

Architectural character of civic spaces within market place.

Situation and response in architecture : case study of Kathmandu Valley : Nepal.

Study of dwellings of hill settlement : Nilgiri hills.

Forms and settlement patterns in the region of Goa.

Study of a community structure.

Evaluation of the grid as organizational principles in architecture.

Rural settlements with special emphasis on indoor and outdoor spaces : a case study in Kashmir.

Study of settlement form in Nilgiri district : South India.

1987-88

1986

1985

1984

1985

1984

1984

1984

1984

1984

1983

1983

1982

1982

1982

1982

1981

1981

1981

1981

TH-0353

TH-0328

TH-0326

TH-0325

TH-0322

TH-0301

TH-0299

TH-0298

TH-0291

TH-0288

TH-0278

TH-0268

TH-0258

TH-0255

TH-0254

TH-0234

TH-0230

TH-0229

TH-0223

TH-0220

Trivedi, Harsh

Bhagwati, Sonali

Patel, Sujata

Dalal, Biren

Rameshwar, Palavajjhala V. K.

Chokshi, Ketan

Patel, Sonal

Hazra, Ashish

Raje, Nitin

Gracias, Jose

Bhatt, Kandarp

Mahadevia, Darshini

Datta, Anirudh

Patel, Yamini R.

Joshi, Neela

Sampat, Rita

Mital, Lalit

Mathur, Kunal

Patel, Mukesh

Suthar, Navin K.

Dynamics of Jhuggi dwelling : case study Shadipur depot, Delhi.

Inquiry into urban metamorphosis : Kashmir-gate :Shahjahanabad.

Development of contemporary architecture in Ahmedabad :a review.

Study of the fusion of Indo-Islamic architecture and colonial architecture with special reference to buildings of Baroda.

Constancy and change in the urban dwelling environment of Ahmedabad.

Open spaces in Pol architecture : a study of chowks : Ahmedabad.

Evaluation of relative habitability of public housing : a study of Ahmedabad.

House : a socio-cultural reality : an analysis of Koya built form Mapilla settlements of Kerala.

Dwellings of the Bohra community in Gujarat : a study of Vernacular habitat between A.D.1750-1900.

Study of two settlements in the village of Velim, Goa.

Some aspects of cultural ecology in architecture : the case study of two tribal settlements.

Human response to contemporary urban open spaces : a comparative study of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar.

People, place and vernacular architecture : study of Lakhamandal, a village in cis-Himalayan region of Jaunsar, U.P.

Structural elements of an Indian medieval city : Vijayanagara.

Modhera Sun Temple : a study of aspects of architectural expressions.

Settlements of migrants : three case studies in East Calcutta.

Street-scape: A study of Facades

Appraisal of a new town in India : a sociological viewpoint on Chandigarh.

Formation of an urban core : study of Ahmedabad.

Townspace study of religious towns of Gujarat : visual aspects.

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Year 1988-89

Thesis Number TH-0358

Name of Student Dutta , Durba

Thesis Title House forms of a culture : Namboodiri Illams of Malabar.

Year 1990-91

Thesis Number TH-0466

Name of Student Muruganandan, S.

Thesis Title Physical and associational qualities of landmarks in the Indian context.

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1990-91

1990-91

1990-91

1990-91

1990-91

1990-91

1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

1988-89

1988-89

1988-89

1988-89

1988-89

TH-0465

TH-0464

TH-0462

TH-0454

TH-0450

TH-0448

TH-0429

TH-0425

TH-0423

TH-0420

TH-0417

TH-0415

TH-0414

TH-0403

TH-0400

TH-0387

TH-0386

TH-0373

TH-0372

TH-0361

Noronha, Jose L.

Narain, Rajiv

Desai, Monika J.

Doshi, Manish

Bafna, Sonit

Patel, Nanda

Shah, Kush C.

Hariyani, Jayesh N.

Rao, Dinesh

Nagarsheth, Dhara J.

Shah, Samir

Patel, Rajiv

Venkataraman, Anuradha

Nanda, Vivek

Gothoskar, Vineeta

Sastry, Brinda

Arora, Prem

Duff, Arthur

Thaker, Atul

Pai, Sanjay M.

Study of the urban structure of Goan towns.

Understanding the nature of a city Delhi : a comparative reading with respect to time and scale.

Morphology of the urban block : a study.

Conservation of urban elements in a traditional indian city : a study of old city of Ahmedabad.

Isomorphs of cities : a comparative study of models, metaphors analogies and such other comparisons of the urban spatial form.

Settlement and house form : Kulu-Valley.

Metamorphosis : a study of the transformation in the dwelling environment of an ethnic community.

Study of nature of spaces in slum settlements.

Building typology and urban morphology : a study.

Effective cluster formation.

Documentation of socio morphologic characteristics of a rural settlement : a case study at village Pansar.

Transformation of a princely town : development of the town of Dhoraji during the rule of Maharaja Shri Bhagwatsinhji of Gondal.

Chandni chowk : a study of change and transformation.

Urban morphology & the concept of Type : a thematic & comparative study of the urban tissue.

Enquiry into the aspects of urban edge as an element of participation.

Continuity and interspesions : a study of structuring of the urban fabric.

Urban open spaces.

Dvaraka : place of pilgrimage and religious centre.

Dwarka : a study in continuity and change in sacred built environment.

Study of two major urban activity spaces in old Ahmedabad :Ratan-pol and Manekchowk.

1992-93 1992-93

1992-93

1991-92

1991-92

1991-92

1991-92

TH-0507 TH-0512

TH-0502

TH-0487

TH-0484

TH-0482

TH-0479

Joshi, Sanjeev Patel, Rasesh

Parikh, Meghana S.

Mehta, Karan Vir

Desai, Divyesh

Parikh, Reena

Choksi, Manish

1993-94

1993-94

1993-94

1993-94

1993-94

1993-94

1993-94

1993-94

1993-94

1993-94

1992-93

1992-93

1992-93

TH-0550

TH-0547

TH-0543

TH-0537

TH-0536

TH-0534

TH-0533

TH-0532

TH-0531

TH-0530

TH-0525

TH-0517

TH-0516

Mathew, Nisha

Mehta, Tarang

Kakad, Krishna

Dighe, Atul

Sobti, Manu P.

Bhatt, Mausami

Arora, Sumitra

Moghe, Niketa

Andhare, Uday S.

Kulkarni, Prashant

Kapoor, Ruchi

Desai, Neeraja

Dorji, Ugyan

Dwellings of the Bohra community in Surat : a discussion.

Study of a town and its elements : Devgadh-Baria.

Change in a rural settlement due to forces of urbanization : the resultant urban village.
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Study of housing clusters in Valsad region.

Urban form and space in the Islamic city : a study of morphology and formal structures in the city of Bhopal, Central-India.

Study of the process of change, Doshi-no-pado, Patan.

Aspects of urbanism in the world of islam : Lucknow an Indian Islamic city.

Maratha Vadas of baroda : a study.

Determinants of urban structure : Ujjain.

Coastal villages of Saurashtra.

Transformation of a typology : a study of a Pol in Ahmedabad.

Porbandar : a study of its evolution.

Traditional dwelling forms in Bhutan: a study of the Ngalopa House in its socio-cultural and physical context.

Study of Gondal town : integrating past with the present.

Eighteen-Hundred-sixty-1940 : Baroda-urban transformation and renewal : a citys attempt at revitalization : an inquisition through its institutional architecture and institutional structure.

Urban public realm : a spatial manifest of culture : a study of the urban public realm of Ujjain.

Urban spaces and city structure : a comparative study of the historical development of urban spaces in Delhi.

Moti Daman : a portuguese administrative settlement : study of spatial organisation and civic spine.

Landscape of the city : squares.

Urban core : understanding its spatial manifestation in cultural context.

Year 1993-94

Thesis Number TH-0552

Name of Student Pathak, Apoorva

Thesis Title Colonial urban development : 1868-1896 the case study of Bhavnagar.

Year 1996-97

Thesis Number TH-0616

Name of Student Ghosh, Kajol

Thesis Title Dynamics in urban environment of a city : a study through commercial nodes of Delhi.

1995-96 1995-96

1995-96

1995-96

1995-96

1995-96

1995-96

1995-96

1995-96

1994-95

1994-95

1994-95

1993-94

1993-94

1993-94

TH-0596 TH-0598

TH-0587

TH-0585

TH-0580

TH-0577

TH-0575

TH-0574

TH-0572

TH-0568

TH-0567

TH-0561

TH-0558

TH-0554

TH-0553

Panchal, Umang S. Philip, Sunil

Bhatt, Mehul

Dadhania, Pratik

Mehta, Amishi

Patel, Seema

Goklani, Bindu

Ragade, Lena

Shah, Ashesh

Mitra, Debashis

Ghosh Soumitro

Mukherjee, Dipankar

Roy, Pratap

Govindan, Aruna

Aneja, Bindu

1996-97

1996-97

1996-97

1996-97

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TH-0615

TH-0613

TH-0612

TH-0603

Naik, Ujjwala

Shaikh, Ashfaq M.

Mitra, Anita

Choudhury, Amitabha

Visual order in cities : a case study of Udaipur.

Mohalla : a study of traditional Islamic neighbourhood, cases from Patan and Ahmedabad, the medieval cities of western India.

Calcutta : its indigenous town : a reading from the dwelling.

City within the city, distinctions of urban form in the colonial city of Calcutta.

Traditionality and transformation a study of change in theToda architectural tradition.

General study of canonical hindu town planning and Dandaka type town form according to vastu-shastra, with reference to Vadodara and Bhavnagar.

Sense of place : an understanding of the notions of urbanplace making in India.

Morvi : expression of a princely town.

Inquiry into the Making of an urban space : a case of fort area, Bombay.

The market-place : a study of the changing trends in its spatial-patterns.

Bohra settlement and houseform at Kapadvanj manifestation of a culture in built-form.

Idea of a city : understanding the morphology and character of georgetown, Madras.

Responses of builtforms to urban context.

Form and variation in a Bengal village structures.

Nature and settlement pattern - Ujjain : A formal essay

Landform influencing the morphology of the settlement : Amber.

The changing urban structures of Delhi : a study of district centres and their role in the new structure of the city.

Urban space : structuring and imagery.

Pondicherry : an inquiry into the phenomenon of settlement.

1997-98 1997-98

1997-98

1997-98

1996-97

1996-97

1996-97

1996-97

TH-0640 TH-0645

TH-0638

TH-0634

TH-0630

TH-0628

TH-0627

TH-0617

Sen, Ayan

Kapadia, Kulin

Goenka, Tanuj

Shukla, Kandarp

Chauhan, Rupal

Jhaldiyal, Shikha

Arora, Shalini

1998-99

1998-99

1998-99

1998-99

1998-99

1998-99

1998-99

1998-99

1998-99

1998-99

1997-98

TH-0686

TH-0681

TH-0676

TH-0668

TH-0667

TH-0665

TH-0662

TH-0661

TH-0660

TH-0658

TH-0651

Shah, Urvi

Mukherjee, Anuradha

Pereira, Lisa

Raje, Shubhra

Sachdeva, Manish

Jain, Kavita

Doongerwala, Quaid

Mehta, Premal R.

Bhatha, Brijesh B.

Nanavati, Purvi

Ghosh, Sudipto

Agarwal, Manish

Manifestation of a culture in built-form : a study of bhil settlement and house-form at Panchmahal.

In harmony with ecology : a study of the Dang shelterforms.

Sense of life in a traditional environment as created through its patterns : the case of the poles in Ahmedabad.

Intimate space : locating the Indian urban experience.

Urban public-realm : a methodology for analysis.

Comprehensible order of relationships : a study of urban Jaipur.

Politics of urban form : an exploration into the political connotations of the urban form of the city.

Bhavnagar : urban and architectural history.

A study of the urban renewal in the princely town of Jamnagar : during the early 20th century.

Role of urban structure to the house form : a comparative study of towns - Mundra and Anjar, Kutch.

Space of Indian cities : from an absolute to an abstract space : the case of Jaipur as the non-familiar Indian city.

The dialectic of policies, spatial form and social processes : a reading of the mill area in Mumbai.

Production process and the output product : analysis of the urban housing by the private sector commercial developer, in the city of Ahmedabad.

Production of space & urban form : Bombay 1930 onwards.

Wall as a metaphor in urban form.

Urban environment : a study of an urban block, Bohra community in Siddhpur town.

A study of early twentieth century architecture in princely state of Jamnagar.

Ka-Ka-ni mchod-rten at alch chos-khor early 11th,CenturyA.D. : a study of the forms intrinsic expression.

Urban order as a cultural paradigms : an interpretation of the order in Ujjain.

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Year 1998-99

Thesis Number TH-0689

Name of Student Pancholi, Brinda D.

Thesis Title The concept and experience : an immediate street space of Banaras.

Year 2001-02

Thesis Number TH-0762

Name of Student Mehta, Urmee

Thesis Title Public place as a construct of the urban process : a study of Mumbai.

2001-02

2001-02

2001-02

2001-02

2001-02

2001-02

2001-02

2000-01

2000-01

2000-01

2000-01

2000-01

2000-01

2000-01

2000-01

2000-01

2000-01

1999-00

1999-00

TH-0756

TH-0755

TH-0754

TH-0753

TH-0749

TH-0746

TH-0743

TH-0742

TH-0738

TH-0736

TH-0730

TH-0727

TH-0726

TH-0720

TH-0719

TH-0716

TH-0715

TH-0710

TH-0704

Mehrotra, Shagun

Choudapurkar, Pallavi

Kaku, Bhavisha

Jain, Puja

Macwan, Bhavna

Priyalakshmi, K.

Jain, Krutarth H.

Marfatia, Kavita

Gohil, Chintan

Pande, Akanksha

Merchant, Tanzeel

Sen, Rahul

Prasad, Sonia

Mehta, Ketki

Jamdar, Avni

Parikh, Rishma

Gupta, Sourabh

Gulati, Manish

Raj, Rohit

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Indian urban space : making boundaries and centers : a study of Amdavad.

Making of place : innate response to man and environment : Badami.

Self-structuring nature of an organic urbanity : a study of the spatiality of Banganga.

Greyzone : an integral part of Indian urbanity.

Integrating new buildings within historic urban environs : issues and attitudes.

Emergence of order in urban form.

Study of open spaces in low cost urban housing.

Architectural components and their socio-cultural meaning, case study : Bundi, Rajasthan.

Territories and their manifestation in the built environment : a case of old city of Ahmedabad.

Significant dimensions of an urban element : multivalent readings reflected in the suggestive redundancy of the city

Open-ended-ness of an Indian urbanity Bombay in my petri dish.

Attributes of PLACE : the the urban space in the traditional Indian city of Udaipur.

Of diversity in urban rite : manifestation in the homogenous built, Benares.

Space and society in a Rabari community.

Generators of urban space of Ahmedabad : the processes at work.

Urban edge as Mediator : understanding the experience of the Ghats in Banaras.

Behaviour of streets : distinctions in street character as a component of physicality and activity in the inner city of Meerut.

Auroville experiment : polemics of ideology vs. exisrence within the simulation of a utopian myth.

Mind-set and the urban condition : an interpretation of post-colonial Delhi.

2004-05

2004-05

2003-04

2003-04

2003-04

2003-04

2003-04

2002-03

2002-03

2002-03

2002-03

2002-03

2002-03

2002-03

2002-03

2002-03

2001-02

2001-02

TH-0831

TH-0829

TH-0821

TH-0817

TH-0800

TH-0796

TH-0789

TH-0788

TH-0784

TH-0782

TH-0780

TH-0779

TH-0778

TH-0777

TH-0776

TH-0771

TH-0769

TH-0763

Brar, Sukhmani

R, Piyush

Patel, Yogesh

Patel, Janki

Patel, Purvi

Gupta, Manish

Rana, Neeraj Singh

Patel, Pragnesh

Bhatt, Chirayu

Wagh, Ranjit

Sachdev, Smriti

Kapadia, Anal

Sheth, Romil

Dholakia, Niti

Mistry, Hetal

Dhananjai

Parmar, Sangramsinh

Vadodaria, Keyur

Understanding the nature of an architectural object : an inquiry into the work of Le Corbusier : studies on Villa Savoye and the assembly, Chandigarh.

Studying the works of Hassan Fathy for their rootedness in the context.

Understanding patterns of organisation in rural settlement - a case study Dunawada, Patan.

Urban space in suburban habitat (study of Satellite area - Ahmedabad city)

City as an imprint of power.

Study of evolution of city form : taking Jodhpur as the examples of traditional cities.

Pedestrian perception of urban environment : comparative study of Connaught place and Janpath.

Understanding a place : as an architectural manifestation study of Revdanda.

Qualitative aspects of place : a study of Manek Chawk and Municipal Market, Ahmedabad.

Urban place making in India : a study through theme and variations across scales.

The Contents and discontents of urban villages : an enquiry into their origins, structure and dynamics : a focus on Shahpur Jat.

Understanding the behavioural aspects of extended transition in an urban street : a case of old city of Ahmedabad.

Revealing Bhuleshwar co-evolution of building image and urban systems.

Urban villages : urbanization : its impact on built environment and transformation.

Market place as a civic node : a study of market places in Patan, Jaipur.

Urban geography of informal economic activity matrix of the city core : Ahmedabad.

Understanding urban nodes : a study of the physical form of two nodes on C. G. Road, Ahmedabad.

[In]Human landscapes : a study of the fundamental aspects of spacemaking in the historic and the new city of Ahmedabad.

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Year 2004-05

Thesis Number TH-0832

Name of Student Jha, Prativa

Thesis Title Varanasi : a city of labyrinth of lanes [Galis] : a study of the labyrinthine lanes [Galis] of Pucca Mahal near the ghats.

Year 2007-08

Thesis Number TH-0926

Name of Student Vissa, Ashwin

Thesis Title An inquiry into the spatial and social structure of a typical South Indian temple centred settlement.

2005-06 2005-06

2005-06

2005-06

2005-06

2005-06

2005-06

2005-06

2005-06

2004-05

2004-05

TH-0885 TH-0886

TH-0881

TH-0880

TH-0871

TH-0868

TH-0865

TH-0862

TH-0856

TH-0839

TH-0833

Kunte, Keya K. Patel, Haren

Laheri, Niketa

Modi, Chintan S.

Joshi, Shirish

Parmar, Krushnakant

Mansuri, Imran

Balaji, Kalpana

Kangad, Chandradeep

Shah, Saurin C.

Rathi, Anjushree

2006-07

2006-07

2006-07

2006-07

2006-07

2006-07

2006-07

2005-06

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TH-0917

TH-0911

TH-0908

TH-0907

TH-0903

TH-0901

TH-0900

TH-0892

Parekh, Ujjaval R.

Dey, Pradipta P.

Kapri, Shraddha

Patel, Dhara

Naik, Mihir

Seksaria, Vrinda

Lavingia, Raj

Thakershy, Priyank

Connaught place : an integrated urban space : an inquiry in the transformation of an urban space.

Sense of making a home : a study of villages in Bolpur of West Bengal.

Manifestations of an order and its variations in the urban form : a case of Banaras and Shahjahanabad.

Adaptation learning to live with change - case study of relocation of Gulbai tekra slums to Odhav.

Understanding of the early colonial city : manifest power as a determinant of urban form : the case of Diu.

Emergent structure of urban space, Bombay simultaneityreality of the city Vs. abstraction of planning.

Fortifications and gates - case of the fortified medieval city of Ahmedabad. - (a study across scales).

Traditional water harvesting structures : a study of Ahmedabad region.

Community structuring and its generative forces : case study : Dharampur, Gujarat.

Polyphony of themes : locating the structure of change, focus : the walled edge, Ahmedabad, India : establishing the relation between the fort wall & urban growth in the process of change.

Factors affecting urban patterns: a study of Ahmedabad.

Role of physical factors in determination of house form.

Understanding notions of layering in the making of a street : case specific to Paranjpe Street, Tulsibaug, Pune.

Study of temple town and its public realm : Dakor.

Learning from inserts in traditional urban fabric : Ahmedabad.

Impact of colonialism on a traditional South Indian temple centred settlement. case study : Triplicane, Madras.

City and its spatial structure : comparative study of Jaipur, Chandigarh and Navi Mumbai.

Exploring British colonial square : Dalhousie, Calcutta : understanding architectural manifestation of power by eclecticism.

Study of urban commercial spaces and its transformation over time : an understanding through the study of Chennai city.

2009-10

2008-09

2008-09

2008-09

2008-09

2008-09

2008-09

2008-09

2008-09

2008-09

2008-09

2008-09

2007-08

2007-08

2007-08

2007-08

2007-08

2007-08

2007-08

TH-0983

TH-0978

TH-0977

TH-0968

TH-0961

TH-0959

TH-0958

TH-0957

TH-0956

TH-0949

TH-0948

TH-0947

TH-0945

TH-0944

TH-0942

TH-0941

TH-0938

TH-0933

TH-0931

Korgaonkar, Amey

Jadav, Rashmita

Panchal, Mitul

Acharya, Prachi

Chetna, Binu

Bhattacharya, Himanish

Sivith, Kumar

Panchal, Dhruva J.

Luhar, Prashant B.

Makwana, Nirav

Patel, Nehal H.

Jain, Saurabh

Kanuga, Lavanya

Doshi, Purav

Jani, Tarak P.

Prasad, C. Vignesh

Karjatkar, Ashwin

Mistry, Parag V.

Soni, Darshan D.

Religiosity and builtform case : traditional house form of Gokarna, Karnataka

Understanding the morphology of LEH town

Ambaji : a study of temple town and its temporal aspects

Architectural thresholds welcoming collective affordances : learning form conventional urban housing in Ahmedabad.

Chandni chowk : the physical manifestation of the ideologies and forces acting on shahjahanabad. .

Understanding the transformation and urabn structure of Mumbai space syntax methodology and analysis of the spatial configuration.

Implications of urban form and control on the spatial construct of the mosque : Jaipur; a case of the geometric order of settlement. .

Diachronic spatial adaptation : tracing patterns of continuity and change : a study of dwelling clusters in Ahmedabad. .

Study of house form and settement pattern case study : Modasa, Sabarkantha district. .

Notion of dwelling envioronment study of adaptation to change reflected through time : a case study of Nagar Wada, Junagadh. .

Understanding and analysing the dynamics of an urban and complexity of its re-habitation : a study of Gulbai Tekra & Odhav, Ahmedabad. .

Experiencing the city : probing the nature of the process for western Ahmedabad. .

Color : an element of urban image.

Exposed reinforced concrete as a medium of architectural expression : a study of contamporary buildings in Ahmedabad.

Role of inclusive public spaces in the palimpsests of urbanity.

Sucindram : a study of morphology of the temple town in the context of its myth.

Interdependence between man and environment in making the region of Bangalore.

Main street as public place.

Reading the built fabric - bohra neighbourhood at Kapadvanj.

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Year 2009-10

Thesis Number TH-0991

Name of Student Srinivasan, Padmapriya

Thesis Title Constructing place, meaning and identity : an enquiry into the bhutaneses Dzong in its socio-cultural and political environment

Year 2010-11

Thesis Number TH-1056

Name of Student Narvekar, Richa

Thesis Title Architectural character of residential streets in Goa : the influence of Portugal

2009-10 2009-10

2009-10

TH-0995 TH-1000

TH-0993

Kinariwala, Denish Y. Modi, Tapan Y.

Mistry, Parag J.

2010-11 2010-11 2010-11

2010-11

TH-1006 TH-1011 TH-1015

TH-1002

Gandhi, Pathik N. Shah, Nikita Y. Gajjar, Dhaval

Shah, Vidisha K.

2010-11

2010-11

2010-11

2010-11

2010-11

2010-11

2010-11

2010-11

2010-11

2010-11

2010-11

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TH-1055

TH-1052

TH-1045

TH-1042

TH-1036

TH-1032

TH-1030

TH-1028

TH-1023

TH-1021

TH-1016

Panchal, Sunilkumar

Suthar, Dhaval

Singh, Chetna

Shah, Nikita M.

Patel, Aditya J.

Gajjar, Deven R.

Desai, Milind J.

Mehta, Janmay

Kanani, Anuja Jaydev

Patnaik, Arvind

Dave, Archie

Settlement pattern and house form (case study of Modasa Dist. Sabarkanth, Gujarat)

Pushkar : evolution, settlement pattern, and elements of sacred town.

Enquiry into the built form and behaviour of city-level public open spaces in Shahajahanabad : 1648-2010.

Ground and built form : the case of Jodhpur.

Slums as urban vernacular settlements : comparative study of self-built house forms.

Study of the spatial structure of a temple town- Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh.

Streets : an identity of a city. (Ahmedabad). .

Urban open publicspaces and critical analysis. .

Cultural landscape of Udaipur : manifestation of meaning through architectural expressions

Terrian vauge : marginal spaces in the urban fabric .

Study of market as an urban public place.

Informal use of urban space, study of informal economic activities in an urban space : Ahmedabad. .

Settlement patterns in Indian context : understanding the structure of organizational system that creates meaningful collective habitats of Asarva, Ahmedabad.

Understanding market as a convivial public place : study through understanding human responses in various spatial settings of markets in Ahmedabad.

Study of elements and character of lake periphery for recreation.

Study of interface zone on a street : (zone negotiating the public and private realm). .

Settlement study within the inner and outer walled city of Surat : a mapping of the residential fabric during the medieval and colonial phases of development. .

Study of house form and settement of Bohra community at Palanpur : understanding the constant and the variation. .

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Landscape Architecture and Recreation


Year 1970 Thesis Number TH-0028 Name of Student Shah, Kalpana R Thesis Title River as a generator of environment.

Planning Studies : Housing


Year 1977 Thesis Number TH-0113 Name of Student Desai, Hemangini K. Thesis Title Study of Chawls : case study Bombay Island.

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2007-08

2005-06

1998-99

1992-93

1992-93

1992-93

1991-92

1988-89

1985

1983

1981

1981

1979

1977

1976

1976

1976

1973

TH-0936

TH-0884

TH-0696

TH-0523

TH-0505

TH-0493

TH-0478

TH-0379

TH-0307

TH-0273

TH-0218

TH-0208

TH-0184

TH-0123

TH-0099

TH-0094

TH-0068

TH-0060

Vyas, Devna P.

Mithaiwala, Maitri D.

Thakore, Chinar

Gandhi, Arun

Zumkhawala, Pranali

Dave, Sonal

Karanwal, Nandita

Desai, Bindeeya

Cham, T. T.

Desh Bandhu

Joshi, Sharadbala

Mehta, Hemant M.

Rajwade, M. M.

Desai, Rashmi S.

Shah, Shefali M.

Mehta, Vidhin B.

Mehta, Rajkamal H.

Thakore, Virat V.

Land form and built form : a study of the characteristics.

Plants in Indian place making : case study : Chandod : a pilgrimage place.

Landscape as a place in urban context.

Making of a romantic landscape : Braj.

Importance of open spaces and landscape design in urban residential area.

Integration of landscape in architecture : a study of Rajput-Palaces.

Landscape in building environment : a study of various attitudes in different cultural contexts.

Comparative study of elements in architecture & landscape design.

Study of hard landscape elements in public outdoor spaces.

City-river connection study of ghats of Varanasi and Mirzapur.

Recreational urban open spaces.

Recreational spaces : a case study of Baroda city.

Use of natural environment by the Ancient Indians : with particular reference to horticulture.

Urban open spaces : an evaluation.

Study of the streetscape elements.

Study of man-made, outdoor, urban environment.

Urban landmarks : a study of their role in urban organisations.

Outdoor community recreation.

1980

1980

1980

1979

1978

1977

1977

1974

1974

1973

1970

1969

1969

1969

1969

1981

1978

1977

TH-0215

TH-0209

TH-0198

TH-0188

TH-0181

TH-0130

TH-0119

TH-0071

TH-0069

TH-0059

TH-0018

TH-0015

TH-0010

TH-0007

TH-0007

TH-0222

TH-0180

TH-0134

Mehta, Barjor

Gandevikar, Yogesh

Patel, Hasmukh N.

Sen, Bhaskar

Patel, Gopalakrishna M.

Dave, Parisima K.

Raval, Bulbul J.

Panchal, Hemang A.

Naik, Shashikant M.

Daroga, Kershi S.

Multani, Girish L.

Desai, Kirit C.

Vadi, H. L.

Shah, Gita C.

Shah, Gita C.

Badshah, Akhtar

Trivedi, Avani A.

Sidhpura, Hasmukh M.

Urban housing : objective realities for the poor.

Housing for middle income group : comparative study of working of different agencies.
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Rural housing in Gujarat : last five years.

Rural housing : a symbol of socio-economic reality.

Impact of site on residential building design in Gujarat.

Flats as a part of urban housing : case study, Ahmedabad city : year 1970-1975.

Study of response to and use of space in context of socio-economic parameters in housing programmes : Ahmedabad city.

Study and analysis of indoor spaces in L.I.G. housing schemes.

Choice of planting and its effect in urban residential areas of Ahmedabad region.

A study and analysis of open spaces for low-cost urban housing.

Ancient Indian towns and their planning in canons and practice.

Study of allocation of areas in ancient towns of Gujarat.

A case study of slum condition in Ahmedabad.

Village study, study of rural planning to establish village centre. (Rural activity centre) - Pt.-2.

Village study, study of rural planning to establish village centre. (Rural activity centre) - Pt.-1.

Spatial manifestation of a cultural behaviour : Peking and Bhaktapur.

Study of the living conditions of chawl dwellers in Greater Bombay.

Study of open spaces for middel size housing 500-1100sq.feet.

Year 1981

Thesis Number TH-0227

Name of Student Munshi Viral

Thesis Title Popular housing : access to and exploitation of the resources.

Planning Studies : Traffic


Year Thesis Number TH-0024 Name of Student Thesis Title

1993-94 1995-96

1985

1983

1981

1982

1981

TH-0560 TH-0595

TH-0320

TH-0252

TH-0242

TH-0239

TH-0228

Malik, Shubha Mathur, Anjali

Patel, Pravin

Desai, Manu

Balakrishnan, Pramod

Shah, Sunil R.

Singh, Gurpreet

2008-09

2001-02

1996-97

1996-97

TH-0975

TH-0750

TH-0625

TH-0609

Teni, Megha

Kaji, Saloni

Desai, Jigna

Desai, Kekul

Study of relationship between user participation and user satisfication : case of post disastre housing in Gujarat

Planning the urban form : a study of town planning schemes in Ahmedabad.

Housing of the urban poor : a study of the informal sector in Ahmedabad.

A study of relationship between housing environment and health case study : slum clearance tenaments, Surat.

Architecture of generalizations : an inquiry into the basis of urban housing.

Flexibility in mass-housing : a post-occupancy evaluation of housing units with specific reference to physical alternations / additions and the building types.

Study : middle income group co-operative housing schemes organised by private developers in Ahmedabad.

Evolution of row housing in Ahmedabad : specific reference to collective and individual houseforms.

Mass Housing : a review with man in mind.

Comparative study of low-cost housing projects : Low-cost housing competition, Urban-1979).

Housing mobility processes : a case study of low-income households in Ahmedabad.

1985

1977

1972

1970

1970

TH-0305

TH-0126

TH-0036

TH-0026

Delhiwala, Bina R.

Fernando, Joseph N.

Shah, Kiran R.

Patel, Pramod I.

Kadakia, Ravindra S.

Pedestrian traffic in city centres.

Traffic generation characteristics of a residential suburbs : a case study of Azad Society, Ahmedabad.

Growth exploitation : effects of density pattern and traffic on Bhagal Delhigate road, at Surat.

Impact of major developing road on the city structure.

Traffic and traffic patterns in the city - Ahmedabad.

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Planning Studies : General


Year 1970 Thesis Number TH-0030 Name of Student Harmani, Pravin B. Thesis Title Medieval town planning of India.

Year

Thesis Number TH-0238

Name of Student

Thesis Title

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1981

1980

1980

1979

1979

1979

1978

1978

1978

1978

1978

1978

1977

1975

1974

1974

1971

1971

TH-0231

TH-0214

TH-0211

TH-0200

TH-0189

TH-0175

TH-0173

TH-0172

TH-0170

TH-0168

TH-0166

TH-0155

TH-0115

TH-0085

TH-0066

TH-0061

TH-0043

TH-0040

Patel, Suketu R.

Shah, Snehal

Bhansali, S. H.

Joshi, Kirit J.

Shah, Pankaj B.

Kalianivala, Zarir

Yagnik, Vijay M.

Rajagopalan, P. M.

Shah, Vinay K.

Patel, Parul N.

Pandey, Ajit K.

Joshi, Ravindra S.

Barot, Anand A.

Dave, Rajesh V.

Ajmeri, Abdul K.

Kadri, Zahid H.

Vaidya, Jitendra V.

Desai, Y. P.

Chandigarh urban planning : a critical appraisal.

Migrant sqatters and its quality in urban environments.


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Upgarding squatter settlements : case study : Bombay.

Study of medieval towns : Gujarat region : their form, physical structure and growth.

Non-planned services in Ahmedabad.

Evaluation of industrial township case study : Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation and Indian Farmers Fertilizer Corporation.

Restructuring squatter settlements : the city of Ahmedabad.

Case of Ahmedabad improving squatter settlements issues of land and finance.

Principal approach of a city.

Restructuring of squatter settlements in Ahmedabad : guidelines for the provision of utilities.

Concept of open space.

Changing townscape of Surat city.

City districts : a case study of Udaipur city.

Urban spaces.

Influence of urban forces on village structure.

Environmental characteristics of Ashram road and Gheekanta road with reference to commercial and recreational activities.

Community structuring in Gujarat : planning aspects.

Urban dynamics of Rajkot city.

2003-04

1997-98

1983

1982

1982

1982

TH-0823

TH-0656

TH-0284

TH-0251

TH-0249

Kawarchhatri, Virsingh

Shah, Parth

Gupta, Vineet

Thakker, Himanshu N.

Bhatt, Mihir R.

Nagarkatti, Arjun U.

Modulation zones in urban built environment.

Generators and determinants of town planning : Gondal state 1865A.D.1944A.D.

Inquiry into the nature of the urban public realm.

Spatial changes in fringe village of Ahmedabad city : case study of Isanpur.

Growth process of a small size town of Gujarat : case study : Khedbrahma.

Study of traditional street form : Ahmedabad.

Architectural History and Theory


Year Thesis Number TH-0378 Name of Student Thesis Title

Year

Thesis Number TH-0174

Name of Student

Thesis Title

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1978

1977

1977

1977

1977

1977

1976

1976

1976

1976

1974

1973

1971

1970

1970

1969

1970

1988-89

1988-89

TH-0160

TH-0150

TH-0137

TH-0135

TH-0128

TH-0121

TH-0117

TH-0102

TH-0101

TH-0096

TH-0064

TH-0052

TH-0032

TH-0027

TH-0017

TH-0016

TH-0014

TH-0391

Riswadkar, Nitin

Thakore, Paragi M.

Virani, Barkat T.

Joshipura, Jinraj D.

Gopalkrishnan, S.

Chauhan, Muktirajsinhji N.

Chhaya, Neelkanth

Parikh, Pragnesh

Sharma, Diwakar N.

Mehta, Kamal M.

Milisia, Ashwin

Khadpekar, Vivek S.

Shetty, Yashwant R.

Parghi, Bhargav N.

Chokshi, Jitendra R.

Sevak, Jyotish G.

Shastri, Shyamsunder K. Study methodology of design as described in the ancient-Indian texts on architecture (Dwelling houses). System of proportion in the Hindu temples of Gujarat. The system of proportion in the Hindu temples of Gujarat region.

Ranadive, Salil

Wadia, Sarosh

Era of change : 1860-1890, the colonial architecture of Bombay.

Study of zoroastrian fire temples.

Harmony as an organisational principle in architecture.

Man-made spatial environment : a study.

Principles of growth in architectural forms.

Directively correlated CYBERCOLIBRIUM : architecture as system open to information and energy.

Route of movement and its role in architectural design pedestrian.

Aspects of symmetry.

Organizational principles in architecture.

Organizational principles in Islamic complexes in India.

Space and its use in traditional and contemporary dwellings: case study Ahmedabad.

Spaces and elements of transition.

Strategic variations attempted in systems of proportion.

Growth and architectural form.

Form and architecture.

Architectural elements generated by climate.

1982

1983

1983

1983

1983

1983

1982

1982

1982

1982

1982

1981

1981

1981

1981

1981

1980

1979

1979

1977

1977

TH-0285

TH-0277

TH-0274

TH-0272

TH-0265

TH-0261

TH-0257

TH-0256

TH-0248

TH-0246

TH-0240

TH-0237

TH-0236

TH-0232

TH-0221

TH-0219

TH-0217

TH-0201

TH-0187

TH-0183

Dave, Atul S.

Modi, Ashvin

Chandershekar, B.

Patel, Vishnu

Patel, Ayub H.

Modi, Himanshu J.

Devanshu

Mohan, Ravindra

Dalal, Abhimanyu

Sejpal, Shraddha

Raje, Uma

Jani, Jagdish

Velani, Dilip

Wala, Hemant

Hathi, Rustom

Vinod Kumar

Dave, Bharat

Kanzaria, Ramesh

Massand, Mahesh G.

Sutaria, Rajesh

Shah, Parul B.

Penetration into transcendental archetypes, Depicted in architecture.

Axis : study of its design expressions in architecture.

System of proportioning in South Indian temples.

Study into impact of photography on architecture : as a visual medium.

Study of scale in architecture.

Indo-Islamic architecture of Gujarat : with special reference to regional influences.

Geometric discipline in architecture.

Appreciation of architecture : case ATIRA Ahmedabad.

Inquiry into architectural activity under transformation : an articulation of issues and methods.

Study of eclecticism in architecture.

Study of transition in architecture.

Study of linkages in group architectural forms.

Visual perceptive aspects of interior design : a comprehensive study of living room interiors.

Visual perception : a study in relation to the internal conditions of perceiver.

From traditional to contemporary : a study of Turbulant phases.

Ideals and education in architecture.

Ideological roots of movements in architecture.

Natural light and perception of built form.

Horizontal as a constituent element in Architecture.

Correspondence between built-form and community pattern.

Study of change, its comprehension and the evidence of change in the dwelling forms.

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Year

Thesis Number TH-0289

Name of Student

Thesis Title

Year

Thesis Number TH-0363

Name of Student

Thesis Title

1984 1984

1984

TH-0290 TH-0296

Patel, Bimal Vora, Kartik

Vyas, Alka

1985 1985

1985

TH-0309 TH-0310

TH-0308

Jain, Dinesh Vyas, Vinod

Patel, Meeta

1986 1986

1985

1985

1985

1985

TH-0337 TH-0342

TH-0327

TH-0318

TH-0312

TH-0311

Chokshi, Avani

Das, Shubhrajit

Mehrotra, Rahul J.

Gajjar, Rajesh

Dalal, Sohrab S.

1988-89

1987-88

1987-88

1987-88

1987-88

1987-88

1987-88

TH-0360

TH-0352

TH-0351

TH-0348

TH-0347

TH-0345

TH-0344

Gupta, Vipin

Agnihotri, Preeti

Mitra, Anasua

Chopra, Preeti

Chauhan, Shuchi

Makhijani, Pradeep

Gupta, Navin

Datta, Ashwani Kumar

Meaning of geometry in architecture.

Genesis of architectural form.

Symbolism and interpretation of the human body in hindu temples.

Place making in the Indian tradition : Hindu philosophy and its manifestation in Indian built form.

Continuity and space in Indian architecture.

Re-consideration of constancy and continuity in modern architecture.

Tangible form : a study of the role of geometry in architecture.

Study of development of Buddhist architectural thought as reflected in Nalanda.

Inter-relationship between painting and architecture :study within the context of the art movements of the early twentieth century and their roots.

Defined open spaces and built forms : a visual harmony.

Response to a tradition : a study of architectural attitudes during the British Intervention in India.

Eclecticism in islamic architecture : Mughal period.

Study of two projects by Kahn examining their timeless quality.

Kinetic architecture : a study.

Penetration into architectural expressions associated with plan-forms and several structural details related to it of religious and monumental edifice of hindu and muslim.

Continuity and change : revival of Indian architectural traditions :18501950.

Subterranean architecture : a forgotten tradition of Sultanate Gujarat.

Architectural ornament in industrial society : a study within the context of the arts and crafts movement and the avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century.

Synthesis in architectural design : a study of approaches.

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1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

1988-89

1988-89

1988-89

1988-89

1988-89

1988-89

1988-89

1988-89

1988-89

TH-0441

TH-0439

TH-0437

TH-0424

TH-0421

TH-0418

TH-0416

TH-0411

TH-0410

TH-0402

TH-0397

TH-0394

TH-0393

TH-0381

TH-0380

TH-0377

TH-0376

TH-0374

TH-0366

Jolly, Poonam

Bharadwaj, Bhaskar S.

Singh, Gurjit

Achar, Anil

Chaudhry, Uttara

Desai, Falguni

Andalib, Alvi Mohmed

Shah, Hemant

Patel, Kireet

Parashar, Amit

Amin, Sandeep

Rao, Tara

Brahmbhatt, Viren

Shah, Shekhar

Akalkotkar, Gopinath V.

Talati, Deval

Venkataramiah, Sandhya

Batra, Neelam

Singh, Dalip

Mani, Minakshi

Study of cubist concepts.

Conceptual study of making of a Mausoleum : a representation of sufi philosophy in Indo-Islamic architecture.


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Clarity : an exploration in to making of buildings.

Cube : an inquiry into the nature of a primary form.

Spread and acceptance of architectural images and idioms : the case of contemporary Ahmedabad.

Idea of ruin : readings into the breaking of form.

Architecture for the mourning ritual of Islam : study of the ImambaraE-Asafi complex, Lucknow.

Traditional architectural attributes in contemporary architecture.

Corporeal form in architecture : a study of role of materials and construction methods in shaping architectural expression.

Outline of a study : metaphors as related to the synthesis of an architectural idea.

Archetypal feminine and its architectural manifestations : a study of Hindu sacred architecture.

Ramifications of concept : the symbolic and functional aspects of movement in architecture.

Investigations in to architectural design : conceptions and processes.

Study of colonial architecture with special reference to the buildings of Gujarat-college : Ahmedabad.

Continuity and change : a study of attitudes to building in historic urban contexts.

Hindu influence on Islamic architecture of Gujarat :1000A.D.-1500A.D.

Vijayanagara architecture : temple forms of Hampi : its evolution and influences.

Smmetry as an ordering principle : a study of the Italian renaissance architecture.

Enclosed urban open spaces according to the classical principles : a study of their visual aspect during the Italian renaissance.

Monument as an expression of its age : the study of an Indo-islamic mausoleum.

Year

Thesis Number TH-0442

Name of Student

Thesis Title

Year

Thesis Number TH-0541

Name of Student

Thesis Title

1993-94

1992-93

1992-93

1992-93

1992-93

1992-93

1992-93

1992-93

1992-93

1992-93

1991-92

1991-92

1991-92

1990-91

1990-91

1990-91

1990-91

1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

TH-0538

TH-0529

TH-0524

TH-0514

TH-0504

TH-0499

TH-0497

TH-0496

TH-0492

TH-0489

TH-0481

TH-0477

TH-0476

TH-0470

TH-0468

TH-0461

TH-0452

TH-0445

TH-0443

Dutta, Arindam

Parekh, Jayesh

Jhawer, Ritu

Alvi, Fahim Reza V.

Ballaney, Shirley N.

Menon, Ajit

Jain, Kshitij

Bhimani, Shefali

Mehta, Bijal

Dave, Seema

Parikh, Urvi

Kalagnanam, Renu

Joshi, Manoj

Balsavar, Durganand

Agarwal, Poonam

Renganathan, Rajesh

Sharma, Sanjeev

Agarwal, Neeta

Chadha, Hardip S.

Gupta, Anjum

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Of context and modernity : the Indian framework : incursions into the architectural subject/object as cultural product in the contemporary condition.

Hybrid : its role in the evolution of architectural styles.

Symbiosis on natural and man-made : a study of organic quality in nature and its influence on architectural design.

Constants and particulars of Islamic Mausoleum : a comparative study of Indo-Islamic Mausoleums.

Design intentions in colonial architecture : a study of urban institutions in Baroda 1875-1920.

Study of the philosophical aspects of South Indian temples with special reference to Guruvaur Temple, Kerala.

Architectural intentions and methods of composition.

Manifestation of a transitional space : a study of its changing nature in domestic architecture.

Westernization of domestic architecture in India : a study of Ahmedabad from 1818A.D-1940A.D.

Symbolism of the sun and its manifestation in Indian architecture.

Jain a temple architecture in Western-India.

Experiencing pleasure through buildings : a study.

Understanding of functional, material and visual aspects of an architectural totality.

Understanding of the city : a human construct, as a process in time.

Sense of centre and its manifestation in dwelling form.

Rhythm : a comparative study of its expression in nature and architecture.

Architectural elements of spatial delimitation and their fundamental expression with a particular reference to Hindu architecture.

Chaotic habitats.

Garden city concept : its origins, developments and the Indian experience.

Typology of sacred centres.

1996-97

1996-97

1996-97

1996-97

1995-96

1995-96

1995-96

1995-96

1995-96

1995-96

1995-96

1995-96

1995-96

1995-96

1994-95

1993-94

1993-94

1993-94

1993-94

1993-94

TH-0621

TH-0614

TH-0607

TH-0606

TH-0602

TH-0600

TH-0599

TH-0590

TH-0586

TH-0584

TH-0583

TH-0579

TH-0578

TH-0576

TH-0570

TH-0559

TH-0549

TH-0546

TH-0545

Arya, Vijay

Sheth, Manisha

Patel, Fenil

Shah, Falguni

Barbhaya, Dhaval

Ruparelia, Bhavesh D.

Shah, Hetal B.

Sharma, Aparna

Shah, Vandana

Sethi, Ajay

Jain, Devyani

Arya, Anuj

Oza, Nilay

Basu, Devjit

Shukla, Vaishakhi

Datey, Aparna

Khan, Wakeel

Agrawal, Bela

Imran, Syed Mohmmed

Shah, Renita

Understanding the role of revolution in the development of architecture.

The sense of life in ornamented form an interpretative study inthe perception of the hindu temple.

Planning of a dwelling unit according to the Vastu Shahstra : a contemporary view.

The study of metaphoric expressions in architecture.

Deconstruction in architecture : a critical inquiry.

Originality in architecture : from conception to realization of a built form.

Architectural response to the Sun : a study of contemporary architecture, Ahmedabad

Rhythm : an expression of order an insight into its manifestation in Indian classical music and temple architecture.

Architecture in the expressionist frame of mind as typified in the works of BrunoTaut and ErichMendelsohn.

Architecture and language : structural linguistics in an architectural context.

Out of the normative deviance in architecture.

Architectural education : an understanding of a framework of architectural theory, an analytical construct of the design process.

Nationalist histories and architectural patronage.

Upanishadic-conceptions in the hindu temple : a psycho-cognitive perspective.

Water and architecture : study of traditional water system and water edges, Jodhpur.

Architectural attitudes, intentions and nature of the expression : a study of colonial architecture in Madras in Late-19th-Century.

Search for an order: an inquiry into the contemporary direction in Indian architecture.

Understanding architectural form : a study on its synthesis.

Architectural anchorage into nature : a study of place making.

Internal external inter-phase in building environment : with a particular study of Mughal architecture.

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Year

Thesis Number TH-0632

Name of Student

Thesis Title

Year 2000-01

Thesis Number TH-0714

Name of Student Naik, Neel V.

Thesis Title Cinema and architecture : understanding thought the concept of space : time and narrative.

1998-99

1997-98

1997-98

1997-98

1997-98

1997-98

1997-98

1997-98

1997-98

1996-97

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1999-00

1999-00

1999-00

1998-99

1998-99

1998-99

1998-99

1998-99

1998-99

1998-99

TH-0708

TH-0703

TH-0701

TH-0695

TH-0684

TH-0680

TH-0678

TH-0677

TH-0675

TH-0669

TH-0655

TH-0650

TH-0649

TH-0644

TH-0643

TH-0642

TH-0639

TH-0637

TH-0635

Shah, Arpan

Desai, Renu

Derasari, Snehal

Mehta, Jignesh

Tayyibji, Riyaz

Pandya, Mehul

Ghosh, Arnab

Mehta, Ronak K.

Vajaria, Amit

Iyer, Anand

Zachariah, Priya

Gupta, Rupali

Mehta, Vandini

Berry, Shagun

Jain, Meeta

Gandhi, Deval

Ranade, Shilpa

Purdhani, Sunita

Diwakar, Darshan G.

Jain, Meghal

Inquiry into modernism and the notion of place: between dichotomy and differences.

Meaning in the built environment: communication through physical cues in the environment.

City : expression of human domain.

Structuralism and architecture : a synchronic and diachronic study.

Conceptural and the real : an understanding of an urban experience : Ahmedabad.

Information theory and perception.

Vernacular architecture : a study of concerned aspects and its reflections in contemporary Indian architecture.

Architecture of funerary monuments : a study of english and dutch tombs in the late seventeenth century at Surat.

Palimpsest, interpretation of images reflecting Indian context in symbolic and realistic ways.

The presence of the past for the future : understanding architecture as individual world-view based on social age-spirit.

The category of the regular : modes of knowing and architectural production in the age of reason.

Structure of the narrative and architectural ideology : the contemporary Indian case.

The raison detre of architecture.

An exploration into the process of creation in nature and architecture.

Understanding architecture : its significant dimensions and reflection of complexities.

Spatial ostentation of colour : manifesting the embodiment of visual form.

Limits of interpretation : understanding architecture through the notion of Paradigms.

Postmodern ideologies : its manifestation in housing.

A study of transitional spaces : constancy and change : the palace complex, fatehpur sikri and the Indian institute of management, Bangalore.

Idea of an ideology : the significance of an ideology in architecture.

2002-03

2002-03

2002-03

2001-02

2001-02

2001-02

2001-02

2001-02

2001-02

2001-02

2001-02

2001-02

2000-01

2000-01

2000-01

2000-01

2000-01

2000-01

2000-01

TH-0787

TH-0783

TH-0773

TH-0770

TH-0767

TH-0765

TH-0761

TH-0760

TH-0759

TH-0752

TH-0751

TH-0744

TH-0741

TH-0739

TH-0737

TH-0728

TH-0724

TH-0718

TH-0717

Patel, Spatak

Patel, Jigar

Chauhan, Priyanka

Lele, Meeta

Varma, Nikhil

Naik, Ekta

Mehta, Rooshank

Bhavsar, Kuntal B.

Joshi, Rutul

Parthasarthy, Lakshmi

Dalal, Parikshit

Ramachandran, Kamya

Kallianpur, Vikas

Kalsariya, Sunita

Pandya, Roma

Raaj, Batul

Kumar, Sameer

DMonte, Samir

Sutaria, Ratna

Understanding the parallels between ruins and works of selected modern architects in the context of fragmentation.

Critical regionalism : architecture of its time & place.

Sacred Sun : a study of solar symbolisms in Indian architecture.

Tectonic form : expression of structure and construction in architecture.

Place, a study in the Indian context.

Perception : a comprehension.

Architecture and paradigm : understanding the contemporary.

Redefining gothic.

Explorations in the concept of meaning : search for meaning in the traditional dwelling.

Intension and architectural expression : an understanding of Indian temples.

Offerings of the ground : recreating the idea of the terrain by architectural manipulations of the horizontal plane.

Terrain vague : an exploration onto the urban voids of the contemporary city.

Darkness in architecture : a study of South Indian temples.

Appropriating ones space : process and result in the Indian context.

The mythic dimension in architecture : understanding the structure of an architectural experience.

Revitalizing art and architecture : a study of Dadaism as an attitude.

Architecture in a Late-Capitalist Society : a study in the Indian Context.

Fragmentation of form : a study of the use of fractal geometry, chance, and dynamical systems in the design of form.

Understanding the change in the meaning of space from its SpatioTectonic context.

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Year 2003-04

Thesis Number TH-0797

Name of Student Ruparelia, Mitul J.

Thesis Title Concept of form : a relative study in architecture and western classical music.

Year 2008-09

Thesis Number TH-0951

Name of Student Parekh, Sudiksha S.

Thesis Title Graphic statement through colour : its intervention and influences in architecture. .

2007-08 2008-09

2006-07

2006-07

2006-07

2005-06

2005-06

2005-06

2005-06

2004-05

2004-05

2004-05

2004-05

2003-04

2003-04

2003-04

2003-04

2003-04

2003-04

TH-0928 TH-0950

TH-0910

TH-0898

TH-0897

TH-0889

TH-0874

TH-0873

TH-0864

TH-0852

TH-0851

TH-0848

TH-0836

TH-0826

TH-0824

TH-0819

TH-0804

TH-0802

TH-0799

Christy, Abhilash Mehta, Avnish

Lavanya, Kanuga

Thathapuzha, Sanal

Singal, Manan

Jungi, Pragnesh

Bhatt, Asit

Parmar, Sonal D.

Gurjar, Hardik

Jain, Anjali

Pilo, Amrit Eapen

Coutinho, Tina Simon

Bharat, Gauri

Patel, Sameer

Jaiswal, Vaishali V.

Chavda, Hiten

Singh, Siddharth

Trivedi, Ojas

Sikdar, Koyel

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Synthesis of an Image into Reality : understanding an innovative exemplary from the roots of traditions. .

An introduction to de stijil ideology and its architectural representation : in consideration of universality... With the social utopian philosophical approach to aesthetics.
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Colour : an element of urban image.

Deriving the nature of information transfer between Physics and architectural theory.

Contemporary Buddhist architecture : transformation and trends.

Architectural wayfinding system with sign as a tool.

Aesthetics: an objective search & a subjective analysis.

Response of architectural elements to the natural realm : sky, water and ground.

Water as a spatial element.

Transformations in time : understanding space in the context of light, seasons, movement and human habitation.

Tectonics of power : understanding architecture as an instrument of power.

Natural elements and the builtform.

Determinants of santal built environment focussing on the role of ritual and belief.

A critical look into revivalist trend in architecture : with reference to Ahmedabad.

Making of place and its existential aspect as expressed in vernacular built- form.

Process and architecture : studying the influence of vernacular on the contemporary architecture.

Process of de / framing : reflections on the non-programmatic.

Recalling the past in contemporary Indian architecture : a study of contemporary Indian architecture as inspired from the past.

Starkness : a process of exploration of its meaning and manifestation in Indian architecture.

2009-10 2009-10

2008-09

2008-09

2008-09

TH-0984 TH-0985

TH-0970

TH-0960

TH-0952

Kanuga, Krishna D. Chhaya, Kartikeya N.

Gohil, Pavitra

Vasavada, Bindi U.

Pancholi, Twinkle D.

2010-11

2010-11

2010-11

2010-11

2009-10

TH-1050

TH-1049

TH-1037

TH-1018

TH-0992

Shah, Sagar

Mishra, Abhinav

Mehta, Roma

Thaker, Ankita

Mehrotra, Puneet

Evolution of office architecture in Ahmedabad : mapping the change in office architecture with respect to the technological changes with time.

Continuity and change in Bhutanese architecture.

Conceptual clarity and experiential qualities in architectural expression.

Transfomation of space as a response to ritual. .

Understanding the nature of an architectura expression : a study of the monastery of La Tourette

Expressiveness and the language analogy in architecture

Experience of sky is the primary experience of architecture : study of relationship between sky and architecture of an idgah, a Jumma Masjid and a Dargah

Architecture as a manifestation of two realms.

Context and its influence on architectural decisions : understanding limits and potentials of a situation. .

Biomimetic approach to architecture : learning from the termites. .

Environmental Science
Year Thesis Number TH-0359 Name of Student Thesis Title

Year 1983

Thesis Number TH-0283

Name of Student Abhaykumar

Thesis Title Climatic response in built forms.

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1978

1977

1977

1977

1976

1975

1975

1975

1975

1975

1973

1972

1971

1972

1969

1969

1968

1968

1988-89

TH-0179

TH-0148

TH-0138

TH-0129

TH-0092

TH-0090

TH-0089

TH-0088

TH-0087

TH-0077

TH-0053

TH-0049

TH-0042

TH-0035

TH-0009

TH-0008

TH-0004

TH-0003

Patel, Mahesh G.

Patel, Popat D.

Shah, Parul B.

Gandhi, Ajay K.

Sitwala, Sailesh R.

Khajanchi, Hemant A.

Shah, Indravadan C.

Sutaria, Deepak H.

Modi, Harshad S.

Sutaria, Kalpana R.

Patel, Jayendra R.

Naik, Hemant Y.

Patel, Suresh R.

Thakkar, Sanat K.

Thakore, Jayshree

Shaikh, Qamar M.

Kamdar, Bhupendra P.

Shah, Jayant N.

Philip, Santosh

Solar energy in architecture.

Climatic evaluation of Ahmedabad region.

Natural light as a visual element of space in the interiors of public buildings.

Climatic evaluation of Jamnagar region.

Evaluation of climate : Rajkot region.

Regional evaluation of climate : Bhuj (Kutch).

Climatic evaluation of Veraval region.

Regional evaluation of climate : Surat.

Regional evaluation of climate : Baroda region.

Response to climate.

Factors influencing outdoor and indoor climate.

Climate and house form.

Climatic evaluation of central Gujarat (including suggestions for achieving thermally comfortable design).

Environmental management investigation into the impact of traffic on a residential area.

Basic study of air movement within enclosure.

Basic study of air movement within enclosure.

Influence of climate on building design.

Influence of climate on building design.

Software for daylight.

2010-11

2009-10

2009-10

2008-09

2008-09

2008-09

2005-06

2003-04

2002-03

1999-00

1996-97

1995-96

1993-94

1986

TH-1025

TH-0990

TH-0979

TH-0974

TH-0973

TH-0971

TH-0888

TH-0790

TH-0785

TH-0705

TH-0623

TH-0588

TH-0544

TH-0335

Gujjar, Alpesh C.

Sher, Rohin C.

Prajapati, Tanmay H.

Das, Tonima T.

Shukla, Nirati A.

Adhwaryu, Jigisha M.

Mistry, Sejas S.

Mody, Chirag S.

Anklesaria, Sarosh

Desai, Radhika

Wig, Deepesh M.

Meenakshi, K.

Chikram, P. S.

Anish Kumar

Thermal comfort in buildings : a comparative analysis of thermal comfort parameters in climate responsive buildings in Ahmedabad

Inquiry into adaptive thermal comfort : mapping the occupants perceived thermal comfort in five institutions of Ahmedabad

Energy effieciency in high rise buildings : a case study of Ahmedabad

Analysis of climatic influence on courtyard design for Ahmedabad climate

Study of design decisions influenced by climate and strategy formed by them.

Comfort and energy performance of office building in

Green buildings : a study of LEED Rating system.

Human comfort : an overview of environmental design methods with respect to traditional settlements.

Strategies of a Maverick architecture : the case of HDEM and NOUVEL.

Built form responses in self-built houses : a study of vernacular earth dwellings in hot arid desert climatic zone of India.

A study of the use of courtyards in energy efficient buildings.

Sub-terranean architecture : a bio-climatic approach to energy conservation.

Natural light in architecture : its emotive and evocative aspects.

Mass housing in the composite tropical climate : An analysis of Ahmedabad

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Socio - cultural and Anthropological Studies


Year Thesis Number TH-0033 Name of Student Thesis Title

Year 1992-93

Thesis Number TH-0515

Name of Student Vakharia, Apurva

Thesis Title Study of outdoor play spaces in housings at Ahmedabad. Ngalopa house in its socio-cultural and physical context.

1990-91

1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

1989-90

1988-89

1987-88

1987-88

1986

1986

1985

1985

1978

1977

1977

1977

1974

1972

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TH-0455

TH-0438

TH-0435

TH-0431

TH-0422

TH-0369

TH-0357

TH-0346

TH-0339

TH-0333

TH-0324

TH-0323

TH-0163

TH-0131

TH-0125

TH-0124

TH-0062

Khubchandani, Malini

Vaitha, Jayant A.

Lightwala, Mehmood

Dasgupta, Indira

Mandrekar, Deepa S.

Shanker, Shamini

Shah, Samir

Singh, Shaishav

Patel, Canna

Parikh, Ashish

Canara, Soloman

Pandya, Yatin N.

Balsekar, Gautam

Mewar, Haresh A.

Gandhi, Niroo

Gandhi, Niroo

Beri, Shirish

Surti, Sudhir N.

Behavioral response to architectural spaces : a study of institutional transition spaces : case studies : Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and Bangalore.

Human response to the built-environment : study of behavioural patterns in commercial centres.

Significance of behaviour study in architectural design.

Encounter of cultures in Begumpur : a study of evolutionary housing.

Correlation between forces and resultants in traditional and contemporary houseform : issues of social relevance.

City squares : a study of Chhoti-Chaupar, Jaipur.

Psychological profile of an architect : socialisation of professional beliefs : attitudes and values.

Padhars : an ethno-architectural study.

Effective environment in residential open spaces.

Comparative study of childrens activity in vertically and horizontally expanded housing schemes in Ahmedabad city.

Social and cultural influences on modern church design.

Slum as an artifact : the product of a way of life.

Study of human groups : corelation between human groups, communication patterns and the physical fabric.

Study of change in house form in response to changing family needs : cause and effect.

Study of response to and use of space in context of socio-economic parameters in housing programme.

Study of response to and use of space in context of socio-economic parameters in housing programme.

Architecture in a schizoid environment.

Effects of physical environment on social relations.

1995-96 1996-97 1996-97

1993-94

TH-0591 TH-0619 TH-0626

TH-0548

Pradhan, Prashant Kohli, Monisha Desai, Milan

Iyer, Priya

1998-99 1998-99

TH-0670 TH-0679

Uppaladinni, Bharati Parikh, Tanvi

1998-99 1999-00

TH-0698 TH-0712

Mehta, Supriya Dalal, Janki

2003-04 2006-07

2000-01

2000-01

TH-0814 TH-0913

TH-0731

TH-0722

Baranwal, Aparna Mashruwala, Mili S.

Pant, Vrinda

Kashikar, Vishwanath

2009-10

2009-10

2008-09

2007-08

2006-07

TH-0989

TH-0988

TH-0967

TH-0924

TH-0920

Vyas, Maulik V.

Dodiya, Mahedihasan

Patel, Prakash

Raiji, Pranav B.

Rajshree, Rajmohan

Learning outside the classroom : an enquiry into childs behavioral psychology to learning environments of schools .

Socio cultural manifestation of the built : ghar and maholla of Shia Jafari Mashayakhi Momins, North Gujarat

Role of lakes with its surrounding built edge : a study of socio cultural aspects.

Rambles : readings on nature, culture and architecture of a city unveiled : Ahmedabad.

Gendered spaces : study into the interrelationship of gender and space.

Making of ritual space : a case study of Nagar Brahmins, Gujarat.

Spatial expression of a gendered public space in the North Indian context : an inquiry into the making of a womens ghat and bazar in Mirzapur.

Space in motion : motion in space the space of the Brihadeshwara in the context of Bharatnatyam.

Sense of belonging : the character of community space.

Society as a changing system : understanding the polar nature within and its physical manifestations.

Role of Environmental Psychology in the design of environment : a study of behavioural reactions in immediate surroundings, within landscape settings; and its contribution to viable design decisions.

Analysis of streets : a socio-physical perspective.

Understanding of spatial dynamics of urban form made by culture, through time as an overlaying of cultures : the influence on the civic space of anachronistic civic institutions in the Indian city today.

Socio cultural factors : their manifestation in tribal architecture : a case study of dang district, South-Gujarat.

Human response to the imposed built environment : a post occupancy study of additions and alterations in mass housing schemes of Ahmedabad.

Missionary schools in darjeeling : a study of organization as a manifestation of attitudes, ideologies and social relationships of the institute with respect to the local culture.

Shahjahanabad : the dwelling environment : physical manifestation and its socio-cultural meanings.

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Year 2010-11

Thesis Number TH-1007

Name of Student Patel, Dhara

Thesis Title Nationalism and architecture : understanding a connection between architecture and nationalism in India.

Design Norms
Year Thesis Number TH-0002 Name of Student Thesis Title

2010-11 2010-11

TH-1010 TH-1033

Talsania, Isha D. Bhavsar, Shreya J.

2010-11

TH-1035

Pancholi, Brinda

Change in kinds of public places in Ahmedabad. .

Club as a social node : an inquiry into behavioural responses within given spatial condition, case of Ahmedabad

Housing : a setting for social behaviour : a study of the community spaces in high-rise housing as effective environment for social interactions.

1997-98

1990-91

1988-89

1987-88

1985

1985

1983

1983

1982

1975

1974

1973

1972

1971

1972

1969

1968

TH-0641

TH-0458

TH-0384

TH-0356

TH-0321

TH-0314

TH-0279

TH-0269

TH-0259

TH-0075

TH-0072

TH-0057

TH-0047

TH-0041

TH-0038

TH-0011

Naganur, Vagish S.

Jana, Shantanu

Vohra, Nasir Ahmed M.

Jain, Dinesh

Patel, Yogesh

Pardeshi, Rajendrasinh

Shah, Aanal

Malani, Hirendra K.

Thanawala, Jal

Singh, Gurudev

Gupta, Dipak Kumar

Shah, Kamlesh H.

Shah, Kalpana S.

Gokhale, V. S.

Sheth, Sharad N.

Jhaveri, Sharad R.

Bhatt, Jayendra N.

A study of the siva temple at sander : understanding characteristic features of 11th century temple architecture in western India.

Design norms for the dairy plant.

Study of design norms for libraries of educational institutions.

Design norms of airport passenger terminal complex.

Design norms of cardiac hospital.

Design norms for the intercity bus terminais

Investigation in planning parameters for tourism developments.

Design guidelines to the parks for the disabled.

Design norms for institutions for mentaily handicapped children.

Scaling and proportioning aspects.

Economy and planning efficiency of office buildings.

Norms for hospital planning and design.

Evolution and principles of furniture design in India. Guided by Doshi,B.V.

Analysis of design factors for building hardware (fixtures).

Design norms for zoological gardens.

Design norms for secondary school.

Design norms for a cotton texile mill.

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Renewal/ Rehabilitation/ Conservation


Year Thesis Number TH-0019 Name of Student Thesis Title

Year 2001-02

Thesis Number TH-0745

Name of Student Lakhia, Abhijeet

Thesis Title Strategies for conserving residential neighbourhoods : Ahmedabad pol 2000.

1989-90 1989-90

1988-89

1987-88

1982

1982

1978

1977

1977

1977

1975

1975

1970

1970

1970

TH-0396 TH-0399

TH-0390

TH-0343

TH-0271

TH-0250

TH-0161

TH-0154

TH-0153

TH-0105

TH-0082

TH-0081

TH-0029

TH-0021

Mukul, Ashwin Mani, Devyani

Kadam, Rajiv

Chinai, Samir

Pandya, Bankim

Tatu, Anand J.

Gandhi, Naresh M.

Parikh, Harish C.

Avrani, Shirish

Mehta, Daksha V.

Chavda, Vidyadhar G.

Shah, Alka A.

Parikh, Hemendra G.

Pathak, Chandravinod

Thakore, Valmik M.

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2000-01

1999-00

1994-95

TH-0734

TH-0711

TH-0565

Satta, Saket

Pathan, Ayub

Attar, Mubaraka

Study of an architectural response to sustainability : high-rise office buildings designed for natural ventilation.

Studying adaptive resue of building dockyard: a case for Bombay.

Sustainability in the built world : an overview.

Evaluation criteria used in the assessment of buildings for their conservation.

Study of some surface water structures of medieval period in Gujarat : an urban conservational viewpoint major case study : Kankaria tank, Ahmedabad.

Elements that constitute Sarkhej complex, Gujarat : a study towards conservation.

Towards conservation in the walled city of Hyderabad.

Conservation of old buildings.

Urban identity and conservation.

Recycling of materials & components examining the present Indian context.

Recycling examining the concept in the modern Indian context.

Study of vernacular architecture of Ukai region and its implication on rehabilitation programme.

Rehabilitation of villages in major irrigation projects.

Catastrophes and community rehabilitation : study of shelters.

Catastrophes and community rehabilitation : study of community.

Redevelopment of urban core.

Inquiry into construction industry at construction firm level.

Density and its effects in living conditions.

2010-11

2009-10

2007-08

2006-07

2004-05

2004-05

2004-05

2003-04

2003-04

TH-1043

TH-0999

TH-0930

TH-0914

TH-0842

TH-0841

TH-0838

TH-0813

TH-0812

Dalal, Niyomi P.

Mata, Anand A.

Bhatnagar, Nidhi H.

Suthar, Bhushan Ghanshyambhai

Parekh, Vishal

Dastidar, Shahana G.

Errol, Reubens jr.

Ramanan, Gayathri

Patel, Prashant

Green over gray : energy efficient strategies for buildings. .

Inquiry into the usage of recycled waste materials by urban poor, case studies of squatter settlements of Ahmedabad. .

Urban conservation : a perspective for the Indian walled city.

Studying the adptability of mass- produced units for its dwellwers in post-earthquake situation.

Reuse : an alternative for built heritage : a case for Shekhavati, Rajasthan.

Architectural conservation in India.

Barcelona pavilion to the rooftop remodelling : change in the notion [conception] of architectural form.

People participation and earthquake rehabilitation : a study of the affected areas of the Marathawada region.

Rebuilding rural Kutch- an evaluation of post earthquake rehabilitation efforts.

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Architectural Elements
Year Thesis Number TH-0023 Name of Student Thesis Title

Year 1990-91

Thesis Number TH-0447

Name of Student Balasaria, Lokendra

Thesis Title Study of court-concept, evolution and applications.

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1988-89

1988-89

1988-89

1988-89

1986

1986

1986

1986

1985

1984

1983

1983

1983

1982

1979

1977

1977

1970

TH-0392

TH-0385

TH-0371

TH-0365

TH-0340

TH-0338

TH-0334

TH-0332

TH-0315

TH-0302

TH-0280

TH-0276

TH-0270

TH-0241

TH-0213

TH-0158

TH-0106

Desai, Samir

Saeed, Zaki J.

Dungarwala, Phalguni

Patel, Nirali

Pranay, Deep

Mathur, Anuradha

Patel, Arvind

Sushree

Baxi, Kadambari

Mody, Rita B.

Parikh, Atul

Gandhi, Nikhil

Rastogi, Parth

Doshi, Radhika B.

Desai, Mahesh T.

Jayawant, Vandana

Raval, Parul

Shah, Jagdish K.

Deeg palace-complex : a study emphasising water as a special design element.

Residential open spaces : a study of Muslim residential areas in hot climatic region.

Study of platforms : a defining and modulating element in architecture.

Gateways : artefacts of civilizations.

Facades : an element of architecture.

Limits of a horizon : the idea of maidan.

Bracket : a significant element of woodwork in the traditional houses of Ahmedabad.

On entrances : a symbolic aspect.

Intepretations of ornamentation in Indian architectural history : with a study of the decorated column.

Architectural elements in sacred environments : the underlying philosophy.

Facade in the built environment.

Elements of fortification : a study of Vijayanagar and Champaner.

Role played by materials and building techniques in the development of elemental forms.

Significance of steps and ramps in architecture.

Courtyard as an element of built form : case study of Bundi.

Study of the wall and the column : seen as elements of spatial defination in the context of culture and change.

Natural light as a visual element of space in the interiors of public buildings.

Study of standardized elements and their specific uses in developing the characteristics of the houses within the fort-wall of Ahmedabad.

2010-11

2007-08

2006-07

1999-00

1996-97

1995-96

1993-94

1992-93

1992-93

1992-93

1992-93

TH-1034

TH-0940

TH-0916

TH-0707

TH-0610

TH-0593

TH-0557

TH-0521

TH-0511

TH-0509

TH-0498

Bhatt, Kaustubhi

Kalsi, Ekaggrat Singh

Dhoot, Bhairavi Kishore

Patel, Milind

Vyas, Kananshree

Jani, Bakul

Gandhi, Sandip

Patel, Harita L.

Machhar, Pragna

Nauratra, Rajeev

Chaudhry, Yash.

Doorway as a spacemaking element

Stepwells of Gujarat : study of the growth of the formal components.

Act of imperial facade making :a study of street fronts of fort area, Bombay as urban artifacts. fort area, Bombay as urban artifacts.

Study of colonnade as an expression of public domain.

Openings : a study of their architectural significance and their role as character motifs.

Temples at roda Maha-Gujarat style, c. late eight-early ninth century A.D. reading of plinths as significant base.

Study of traditional elements and design language of faade in houses of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.

Interpretative design efforts : mandapas of the Maru-Gujarat style.

Study of entrances : Dravidian temples.

Pavilion : an insight into an open architectural structure.

An enquiry into the making of a facade.

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Architectural Appreciation
Year Thesis Number TH-0063 Name of Student Thesis Title

Year 1992-93

Thesis Number TH-0527

Name of Student Shah, Madir S.

Thesis Title From literal to virtual : a study of the work of Ando, Mies and Kahn.

1984 1986 1984

1980

1980

1974

TH-0210

TH-0207

1992-93 1992-93

1991-92

1991-92

1989-90

1989-90

1987-88

1986

TH-0490 TH-0503

TH-0483

TH-0472

TH-0404

TH-0401

TH-0349

TH-0341

TH-0330

TH-0297

TH-0295

Balachandran, Anjali Puri, Rajinder Bakeri, Achal

Shetty, Rajmohan

Sodhan, Manisha C.

Approach to critical architectural appreciation. Le-Corbusier : towards a synthesis.

Inquiry into the aspect of rationale in architecture, substantiated with an analysis of the works of Alvar-Aalto.

A comparative analysis of the guiding principles in the works of Andrea Palladio & James Stirling.

Jayakrishnan, G. Patel, Vaishall

George, Kurian

Doctor, Mona

Oscar, Ribeiro Da Costa

Pandya, Haresh

Dalal, Pradeep R.

Kapadia, Kiran K.

Parikh, Tejal

1992-93

1992-93

1992-93

TH-0520

TH-0513

TH-0510

Karnawat, Girish

Shodhan, Kartikeya

Bhatt, Anand

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Analysis of atheneum : an evolution of analytical framework for formal composition.

Evolution of architectural language in the works of a contemporary Indian architect : B.V.Doshi.

Dynamics of meaning within an architectural form : Le-corbusiers Villa Savoye.

Tadao Ando : architecture in harmony with nature.

Explorations in to an approach to architecture : studies of the buildings of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and the architect Louis-I-Kahn.

Manifestation of pluralistic values in architecture : an inquiry.

Form, structure and energy : a study of the Great Pyramid and Matrimandir.

Giuseppe Terragni : the danteum project : an understanding.

Borrominis visual approach to architecture.

Art of the ensemble : Le-corbusiers Legislative Assembly building, Chandigarh : 1951-1964

Lost identity : an appraisal of Sir Edwin Lutyens with particular reference to his work in India.

Study of Lakshmi-Vilas Palace, Baroda : an architectural appreciation.

A study of Le-corbusiers domestic architecture : case study Shodhan and Sarabhai Villas, Ahmedabad, India.

1998-99

1998-99

1998-99

1998-99

1998-99

1997-98

1997-98

1997-98

1996-97

1996-97

1996-97

1996-97

1996-97

1996-97

1996-97

1996-97

1995-96

1995-96

1995-96

1994-95

TH-0690

TH-0674

TH-0671

TH-0666

TH-0663

TH-0652

TH-0648

TH-0646

TH-0633

TH-0629

TH-0624

TH-0618

TH-0611

TH-0608

TH-0605

TH-0604

TH-0594

TH-0581

TH-0573

TH-0569

Panchal, Kunjal

Prajapati, Dinesh

Mankar, Rohit

Balakrishnaiah, Vikram

Shah, Sagar N.

Shah, Aashit P.

Nagia, Rohit

Desai, Rina B.

Shah, Sujan

Akruwala, Chirag

Sancheti, Sonal

Gore, Rahul

Dayal, Deepti

Shukla, Raman

Nandani, Sanjay M.

Chatterji, Sourav

Sinha,Tithi

Dhabuwala, Jignesh

Modi, Deepak

Mehta, Sapna

Architecture of Achyut Kanvinde : a study of houses in Ahmedabad.

Understanding attitudes : furniture and architecture (study of furniture and architectural examples by Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier).

Architecture of Geoffrey Bawa : an intimacy of experience and expression.

Herman Hertzberger : an architect of human concerns.

A study of evolution of architectural principles in the work of Charles Correa.

Minimalism and architecture : an inquiry into the minimalistic approach in the work of TadaoAndo and Herzog and DeMeuron.

Architecture of Laurie Baker : regional identity in contemporary work.

Integrity in the works of Frank-Lloyd-Wright.

Study of spatial and experiential qualities with natural light in LeoPereiras work.

Felix Candela : architecture of structural forms.

Tradition and its influences in Japanese architecture : examining the work of FuminikoMaki.

Work of nari-gandhi.

Study of an Architects own house - from conception to manifestation, Balkrishna Doshis residence, Ahmedabad.

TadaoAndo : an understanding as a critical regionalist.

Understanding the concept of place : an inquiry into the works of Finnish architect : Reima Pietila.

Integration of landscape in the architecture of Joseph-Allen-Stein.

Tradition and reinterpretation : examining the works of Hassan-Fathy.

Study of scale and proportions and use of The modulor in the works of Le-Corbusier.

Contemporary Indian dwelling environments : study of Prof.B.V.Doshis works.

An approach to unity in architecture : a study of carlo scarpas work.

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Year 1998-99

Thesis Number TH-0699

Name of Student Patwa, Chandni

Thesis Title Evolution and expression of Form and Design : inquiry into the institutions by Louis-I-Kahn.

Year 2003-04

Thesis Number TH-0808

Name of Student Amarseda, Hetal

Thesis Title Interpretation of traditional Indian architecture in the contemporary scene : a study of the works of Charles Correa.

2003-04

2003-04

2003-04

2003-04

2003-04

2003-04

2002-03

2002-03

2001-02

2001-02

2001-02

2000-01

2000-01

2000-01

2000-01

1999-00

1999-00

1999-00

1998-99

TH-0807

TH-0806

TH-0805

TH-0803

TH-0798

TH-0795

TH-0775

TH-0774

TH-0764

TH-0757

TH-0748

TH-0740

TH-0733

TH-0721

TH-0713

TH-0709

TH-0706

TH-0702

TH-0700

Patalia, Nilay

Jambusaria, Payal

Vahanvati, Munir

Jariwala, Prashant

Dhulia, Charvi

Malpani, Saurabh

Pathan, Ayaz F.

Patel, Mehul

Chevli, Vikram

Mehta, Ekta

Vetoskar, Prashant

Panchal, Sejal

Desai, Urvi

Pandhi, Vivek

Biloria, Nimish

Haideri, hozefa

Dave, Shubhani

Bhalani, Jignesh

Shah, Snehal P.

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Effect of globalization on Indian architecture : comparing IIM, Banglore and NIFT, Delhi by Doshi.

Making of an image : works of Frank O. Gehry.

Response to context in the works of Jean Nouvel.

The residences of Geoffrey Bawa : an understanding of an approach.

Light as a design principle : a study of Andos residences and churches.

An approach to architecture : work of Alvaro Siza.

Loss of aesthetics : an inquiry into the sullying of baker phenomenon through institutionalisation.

Architecture of Raj Rewal : a critical inquiry into the reinterpretation of Indian tradition into contemporary expression.

Works of Kiran Pandya : an understanding as architecture of human concern.

Use of geometry as an organizational tool : case study of a house and three institutional projects done by Peter Eisenman.

Architecture of Leo Pereira.

A search for organic expression in architecture : an inquiry into the works of Frank Lloyd Wright and Bruce Goff.

The universal and the contextual : influence of Frank Lloyd Wright on contemporary Indian architecture.

[Not] just an other architect : study of an inventive approach to architecture : Rem Koolhaas.

Suprematism & its interpretation in contemporary architecture : with special reference to the works of Zaha Hadid.

A dialogue with the horizone... : the architecture of Luis Barragen.

Incorporating traditional methods of building to address the issues of identity in architecture : towards a new trend - case study : Bangalore.

After the moderns: an analytical study of the works of Richard Meier.

Structurist attitudes in the works of KenzoTange : a critical study.

2005-06 2005-06

2005-06

2004-05

2004-05

2004-05

2004-05

2004-05

2004-05

2004-05

2003-04

2003-04

2003-04

2003-04

2003-04

2003-04

TH-0857 TH-0859

TH-0855

TH-0853

TH-0850

TH-0849

TH-0840

TH-0834

TH-0830

TH-0828

TH-0822

TH-0820

TH-0818

TH-0816

TH-0815

TH-0811

Sharma, Amit

Yadav, Yashwardhan Singh

Ruparel, Mehul

Pandit, Hardik A.

Panchal, Vipuja V.

Money, Siddarth

Menezes, Fiona

Patel, Sanjeev

Agrawal, Sejal

Kamdar, Isha

Dave, Malay

Mehta, Purvi

Arora, Ruchi

Shah, Mitul

Sokhadia, Pragnesh

2009-10

2008-09

TH-0997

TH-0963

Herma, Siddharth

Shirke, Sangram

Agarwal, Kapil

Reinterpreting the contemporaneous in the Indian context : comparative analysis of the civic building by Raj Rewal and Charles Correa. .

Configurational analysis of the influence of Geoffrey Bawa on some contemporary Sri Lankan architects. .

Works of Christopher Charles Benninger.

Making of the masterpieces : understanding the evolution of architectural themes in Frank Lioyd Wrights works culminating in masterpieces.

Role of facade in a building : the works of Le Corbusier and HDeM.

Proportioning system as an ordering principle : an inquiry into the works of architect A. D. Raje.

Architecture of the spirit, making of assembly building at Chandigarh and Dhaka by Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn.

Generating architectural principles in works of Aldo van Eyck.

Technology with technique : an understanding through the works of Nicholas Grimshaw.

Continuing traditions with an individual expression : works of Tadao Ando and Luis Barragan.

Studying the works of Hassan Fathy for their rootedness in the context.

Open-endedness : an inquiry into its manifestation in architecture : Fatehpur Sikri.

Reflections in architecture - a search for identity in Luis Barragans works.

Layering as a design notion in architecture : a study of the museums in Ahmedabad and Jaipur by Charles Correa.

A study of the architectural works of Gerard DaCunha.

Evolution of architectural principles in the works of Shankar and Navnath Kanade.

Use of collapsible elements to introduce another order of architectural expression in works of Santiago Calatrava.

Geometry and architecture : an inquiry into the geometrical approach in the work of Tadao Ando.

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Year 2010-11

Thesis Number TH-1008

Name of Student Mewada, Setukumar H.

Thesis Title Study of works of Atmaram Gajjar in Ahmedabad.

Technology: design tools, materials and construction techniques


Year Thesis Number TH-0048 Name of Student Thesis Title

2010-11

2010-11

2010-11

2010-11

TH-1040

TH-1029

TH-1019

TH-1017

Patel, Shirish

Rangholia, Chirag H.

Mistry, Vivek

Patel, Krunal

Indo-Saracenic architecture : in work of Samuel Swinton Jacob.

Modernism in India : an inquiry into the works of Achyut Kanvinde.

Giving identity to built from through courts studying the works of Charles Correa.

Structure and architecture : undersatnding their interplay through works of Mahendra Raj .

2005-06

2002-03

1996-97

1992-93

1990-91

1990-91

1986

1985

1984

1981

1979

1977

1977

1975

1974

1973

1973

1972

TH-0877

TH-0772

TH-0620

TH-0501

TH-0457

TH-0449

TH-0336

TH-0306

TH-0287

TH-0216

TH-0185

TH-0136

TH-0132

TH-0080

TH-0070

TH-0058

TH-0056

Patwa, Shivang

Chhatwani, Naresh

Champaka, T. R.

Rajani, Deepak

Shah, Setu

Shalini Kumar

Oak, Nikita U.

Mahadevia, Nirav

Patel, Pruthvish V.

Desai, Janak C.

Pandya, Ghanshyam

Patel, Shambhubhai P.

Mehta, Rajan B.

Mehta, Urvashi C.

Shodhan, Mona C.

Sood, Sanjiv P.

Bhatt, Vikram C.

Patel, Nimish. B.

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Graphic representation a tool for visualization in architectural design process : an inquiry into the integration of CAD, its benefits and drawbacks.

Learning from tradition significance of stone in contemporary Indian architecture.

Steel : an examination of integration of material, construction and resultant form in architecture.

Domestic facades in traditional woodwork : study of Maganbhai-niHaveli in Ahmedabad.

Study of construction in traditional architecture : focus on wooden houses of old city of Ahmedabad.

External intervention in rural building process.

Origin and development of woodwork in Gujarat.

Management of materials of construction in slums : a case study of Ahmedabad.

Influence of materials on architecture : a study of structural steel.

Developments in structural spanning.

Wooden construction system in Gujarat.

Study of technology in middle size housing built area between 46.5092.90sq.mtrs.

Materials construction techniques and dwelling form : Ahmedabad city.

Rural constructional technology.

Housecore prefabrication.

Investigations in building materials and techniques for low-cost housing on a method of evaluation.

Structure in architecture.

Materials and house form.

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Year 2005-06

Thesis Number TH-0895

Name of Student Dutta Roy, Anindya

Thesis Title Workplace design & productivity : a performance study of network, computer-mediated working environments.

Miscellaneous topics
Year Thesis Number TH-0031 Name of Student Thesis Title

1998-99 1991-92

2010-11

2010-11

2010-11

2010-11

2010-11

2009-10

2009-10

2008-09

2007-08

2007-08

2007-08

2006-07

TH-0659 TH-0474

TH-1054

TH-1051

TH-1046

TH-1039

TH-1022

TH-1001

TH-0980

TH-0946

TH-0943

TH-0929

TH-0927

TH-0912

Khakharia, Samir V. Trivedi, Sanjeev

Bhargava, Aashwin

Modi, Rajeshwari

Patel, Tejas R.

Debnath, Prasenjit

Parekh, Mansi

Maheta, Chahna R.

Ahluwalia, Gaganjit Singh

Athavankar, Ameya

Patel, Ipsit M.

Modan, Akbarnazim Y.

Gangani, Dharmesh P.

Shah, Jigar

2003-04

TH-0792

Jadav, Mrunalsen R.

Architecture of hybrid spaces.

Role of material in offering a built expression : a study of buildings in steel.

Software for lighting design : softlite : study of aspects of lighting design and development of software to evaluate a lighting system in given environment.

Collaborative design in second life : a study of second life as a platforms for collaborative architectural design practices

Understanding services : its evolution and its effect on design development.

Artisan and the craft : exploring the relationship between artisan of Kosi region and material in the process of building.

Kilivaathil... a study of use of timber in the traditional architecture of Kerala.

Peoples participation in housing construction : deriving lessons from past experience.

Earth construction techniques, influence of construction on manifestation of built form. .

Investigation of representation of generative systems through the digital medium

Reasoning for visual form : probing the nature of visio-spatial events using eye tracking. .

Study of contemporary earth architecture in India : utilization of earth as construction material in contemporary scenario.

Study of system of construction of traditional Ahmedabad houses : query in earthquake resistance.

Responsive built environment : a design and technological overview .

Exposed brick masonry : influence of a material on architecture.

1988-89 1988-89

1987-88

1982

1978

1978

1977

1977

1977

1977

1976

1975

1974

1973

1972

1972

1972

1970

TH-0364 TH-0388

TH-0355

TH-0253

TH-0171

TH-0162

TH-0147

TH-0141

TH-0127

TH-0122

TH-0103

TH-0076

TH-0065

TH-0055

TH-0050

TH-0046

TH-0034

Swaminathan, Arun Chatterji, Indrajit

Vyas, Yagnesh

Mehta, Amber

Bhatt, Ajay V.

Badlani, Mahendra K.

Sahijwani, Vijay

Gandhi, Hiren

Patel, Gurusharan

Singh, Ravindra G.

Shah, Rajesh I.

Thakkar, Aniruddha R.

Patel, Aruna R.

Gajjar, Kanti P.

Mistry, Girish

Desai, Hemantrai R.

Shah, Mahendra N.

Patel, Hasmukh K.

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Inquiry into the nature of Axonometric drawing.

Advanced : adaptive : technology : an architectural gain from the advanced technology of the aerospace, maritime and automotive industries.

Statutory controls in apartment housing in Ahmedabad their implications and interpretations.

Non-convex polyhedra.

Critical study of services for textile industry.

Building process problems : a study.

Planning efficiency of cinema theatres.

Fire protection for high-rise buildings.

Architect and plumbing services for highrise buildings.

Artificial lighting : design aspects.

Inquiry into housing conditions of industrial workers in Ahmedabad.

Development of highrise building in Ahmedabad..

Code of ethics in architecture.

Street Sleepers a study of the pavement dwellers with reference to the city of Ahmedabad 1972.

The marginal propensity for investment in dwelling.

Flooring materials for textile industry : a critical examination.

Mass production of standard (service) units in dwellings.

Study of the interaction between the clients and the architects in decision-making for residential space organizations.

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Year 1989-90

Thesis Number TH-0427

Name of Student Shah, Anish

Thesis Title Modular office furniture systems : a total perception.

1998-99 2001-02

1995-96

1994-95

1992-93

1990-91

1990-91

1989-90

1989-90

TH-0691 TH-0768

TH-0597

TH-0562

TH-0488

TH-0467

TH-0446

TH-0430

TH-0428

Anshuman, Sachin P. Kanabar, Jalpa

Sankalia, Tanu

Jariwala, Neha

Desai, Maharshi

Phadtare, Vinay P.

Jani, Vibhavari

Mukerjee, Ashishboron

Modi, Tushar

2009-10

2005-06

2005-06

2003-04

2003-04

TH-0998

TH-0883

TH-0858

TH-0827

TH-0791

Das, Surajit

Patel, Harsh

Patel, Rohit

Gupte, Shruti

Maradia, Samarth

Idiom of illustration : a chronological study of visionary techniques in un-built architectural representation between 1900 and 2005. .

Study of the Play element in arrangemental systems.

Implications of building regulations on design decisions of multi-storeyed structures.

Film architecture : a visual paradigm, questions of re-presentation and associations.

Media and architecture : deleuze media and haptic illusion with multiplicity of space-time in hyperspace.

Architecture and computer technology : study of the state of integration.

Telematic simulation and conception of the real : in current architectural conduct, relevence of the methods employed in structuring the televised hyper-real.

Architecture of property development in Ahmedabad.

A decision support system for an architect in the rural housing situation in India.

Ghummat : software unfolding the geometry of geodesic domes.

Inquiry into the process of visualization in architecture : study in graphic re-presentation as tool for visualization.

Interiors and furniture for open plan type offices.

Software for shadow throw of primary forms.

Construction economy in housing and its architectural application.

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RSP

GLIMPSES

KOTHARIA

KUDOL

UJJAIN

RAJPIPLA

THESIS

PUBLISHED THESIS 4

PUBLISHED THESIS 3

PUBLISHED THESIS 2

PUBLISHED THESIS 1

THESIS OVERVIEW 1962- 2012

OUTREACH

POST DISASTER INITIATIVES

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

CAMPUS HISTORY

THE CHANGING CAMPUS

MUG SHOTS

CROSS SECTIONS

PEDAGOGY

This booklet was put together during the SA50 publication workshop in December 2011, involving students guided by Muktiraj Chauhan and Manasi Pandey. The final layout and formatting has been done by Sinali Ratanlal and Sivith Kumar.

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ARTS AND CRAFTS

ARCHITECTURE

ENVIRONMENT

MAN AND SOCIETY

COURSE CURRICULUM

FA
THESIS OVERVIEW, 1962 - 2012
The Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University is celebrating its Golden Jubilee this year. Over the past 50 years the school has been home to a host of students and teachers, providing the setting for germinating ideas that have borne fruit both within the campus and in the world around. The booklet series provides an opportunity to tell this story not only to put the past in perspective but also to chart an informed road to the future. Any recollection of history is partial and can never do justice to the plethora of issues worth publishing. The booklet format allows the possibility of covering diverse issues like teaching and learning methods, ideals and ideologies, student works, institutional culture and contributions to society. The booklet format also allows us to look into the future by adding to and commenting on previous booklets.

SA50
Celebrating 50 years of School of Architecture, CEPT.

These booklets might appear small and simple but are made possible only through hours of hard work and inputs from a very wide range of people. The students of the Faculty of Architecture have worked on these booklets with a spirit and enthusiasm that are the hallmark of this institution. It was also heartening to see the alumni spending hours with these students without which we couldnt have talked of the early years of the school. The past and present visiting and core faculty members also deserve special mention for taking the effort to provide material for this endeavour.

The first part of this series focuses on five themes- Pedagogy, Research, Outreach, the Related Study Programme (RSP), and Campus History. Teaching and learning methods are addressed under the pedagogy theme whereas the research theme focuses on the research thesis programme in the tenth semester. The school has always been concerned about its connections with society at large and this is highlighted in the outreach and RSP booklets. The campus history series charts the long and colourful history of the campus and its people. Research has always been one of the core concerns at the Faculty of Architecture. This is highlighted by the inclusion of the research thesis as part of the curriculum in the undergraduate programme. Booklets in this series will cover work done by students as part of this programme and other research works initiated by the faculty members and the students.
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