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BOOKLET SERIES
RESEARCH
Thesis Overview
1962 - 2012
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Contents
1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Categorisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A. Building Type: B. Urban Form and Settlement Studies D. Planning Studies: D.1. Housing D.2. Traffic D.3. General A.1. Institution A.3. General A.2. Houseform 3
C. Landscape Architecture and Recreation E. Architectural History and Theory F. Environmental Science H. Design Norms J. Architectural Elements M. Miscellaneous Topics
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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.
FA Booklet Series . RESEARCH . Thesis Overview 1962 - 2012 . 1
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.
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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.
Study of interaction spaces in academic institutions: case studies

P Kokularaj Year: 1987 Contents: Guide: Prashanta Da Introduction 1.Outlook ducation E eaching T earning L
ethods of Teaching M nteraction I
cademic Institution A 2.Historical Analysis nteraction Space I
mportance of Interaction I istorical analysis of studentH Teacher Relationship istorical Institutions H
3.Interaction Spaces in Contemporary Academic Institutional Buildings 4.Introduction to Case Studies Conclusion and Further Scope Bibliography 5.Case Study I CEPT Ahmedabad 6.Case Study II IIM Ahmedabad 7.Case Study III NID Ahmedabad
Illustration Credits and Sources
fig a: Haus Khas Madrasa fig b:Balcony Spaces

Role of the unbuilt spaces in clustered organizations : a study of Indian palace complexes
Rathin Ghoghari Year: 1990 Guide: P.S. Rajan Preface Contents:
Section A: Clustered Organizations and the Unbuilt Spaces 1.Organizations 2.Clustered Organizations 3.The Unbuilt Spaces and Clustered Organizations 1.Criteria of Analysis 2.Case Studies
Section B: Criteria of Analysis and Case Studies Palace Complex, Padmanabhapuram
Palace Complex, Udaipur city
Conclusions
Palace Complex, Fatehpur Sikri
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
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. Guide : Kulbhushan Jain
Section I : Geometric Formalism and Nature of the Land (Base Study) Nature of the Land Sacred Centre Jain Religion Order of the Architectural Setting
Geometric Formalism of Built Form (Indian Religious Context)
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Section II : Geometric Formalism of Jain Temple; and Jain Tirtha(Western India) Jain Cosmology Jain Temple Jain Tirtha Objects of Worship and Concept of the Temple Cultural Context of Western India
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Section III : Satrunjayagiri Jain Tirtha Location and History Reality of the Land Sacrality of the land Temple Complex description and drawings Growth of the temple complex Order of the architectural setting
Sacred land, Rituals and Built form configuration
Inferences Appendix Glossary Bibliography
Sources of Illustration
fig a: Satrinjayagiri Temple Complex fig b: Spatial configuration in Vachan Pol
Study of the house form of the temple town of Nathdwara

Mohit Keni Year : 1993 Contents: 2. 1. Guide: Miki Desai
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Nathdwara Climate People
Geographical Location Flora and Fauna Historical Account
Sociocultural Setting Social Intercourse Religion Rituals Belief System Marriages Arts Recreation Industries
Family Structure and Kinship Organization
3.
Chapter 3
Nathdwara : A Temple Town Organization at Town Level Haveli of Srinathji
Organization at Neighbourhood Level Organization at House Level Materials, Construction and Spatial Module Spaces of a Nathdwara House
4. 5. 6. 7.
Case Studies Analysis Conclusions
Glossary
Contemporary Changes
Bibliography
Sources of Illustrations and Photo Credits Acknowledgements fig a: Schematic Maps of Nathdwara settlement fig b: Sectional Axonometric of House Type
Understanding order and play through grammar of architectural elements in Fatehpur-Sikri

Sachin Soni Year: 2004 Contents: 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. Guide: Neelkanth Chhaya Introduction Method Sequence of Dissertation Limitations of Study Order and Play Play as Process From Order to Play
Grammatical System: Order of Assembly Play as Generic Order Grammar: Articulation and Modulation
Remarks Rupture of Scales Notes Bibliography
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Language: Principle for Organization
fig a: Assembly of a Frame-infill wall fig b: A typical page
Understanding the architecture of Buddhist monastery at Likir, Ladakh

Anar Memon Year: 2006 CHAPTER 1 Contents: 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Guide: Pratyush Shankar Introduction Region: A profile of Ladakh Develpoment of Buddhist architecture
CHAPTER 2
Buddhist Architecture in Ladakh Case study: Monastery at Likir, Ladakh Documentation drawings Religious study
Later period (1400 A.D onwards) Monastic settlement of Likir: Understanding the socio-economic structure Architectural description and framework of analysis Response to climate Rituals and spaces
CHAPTER 3 1.
Introduction to the Early Period (1000 AD to 1300 AD), context and influences
CHAPTER 4
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
1.Architectural description of the Temple complex at Alchi Drawings of Alchi Choskhor
2. Concept of Mandala reflected in the plan layout Plan layout
3. Religious transformation and its impact on monastic architecture 4. Political expansion Model monastery Potala palace, Lhasa, Tibet Boundary of the sacred
Mandala plan imitated in the form of the temple
Conclusion Glossary
From a temple complex to a monumental fort monastery
Growth of the monastery due to increasing necessities
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
fig a: Perception of form of monastery with respect to the distance from it fig b: Profiles of the monastery
Vernacular house forms of Sikkim: impact of materials, tools, skills, construction, lateral forces on the house form
Ankit Mistry Year: 2011 Introduction Contents: Guide: Vishwanath Kashikar Relevance of Study Methodology Aim and Objectives
Scope and Limitation
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Lepcha Community Chapter 3. Limbu Community Chapter 5. Analysis Inferences Chapter 4. Bhutia Community
1.Vernacular Architecture: An Introduction 2.Sikkim: An Introduction
1.Construction Process of Lepcha 2.Construction Process of Limbu 3.Construction Process of Bhutia
Conclusion
Illustration Credits Bibliography
fig a: Exploded Axonometric of Lerchan House fig b: Section of Bhutia House
Urban Form and Settlement Studies
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.
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.
Urban spaces in Indian cities

Bhagwanji Solanki Year: 1970 Preface 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Contents:
Guide: Kulbushan Jain Forces Generating Spaces in Indian Cities Nature of Spaces in Indian Cities Hierarchy of spaces Intransit Spaces Nodal Points
Space- Activity- Landuse- Density Relationship New Spaces
Impact of Technology on the Spaces The Validity of the forces generating old city spaces in the present context 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
Migrant squatters and its quality in urban environments

Snehal Shah Year: 1970 Contents: 1. 2. 3.
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
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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) 5. Proforma chart of case studies
Case Study- 5 Manek Chowk Danapith (prolonged reception situation) Observations- Conclusions- Aftermath
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: Guide : Kurula Varkey 1.
CHAPTER- I : Urban Morphology Typology; Hypothesis establishing Premises and Methodology. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Introduction Form- Morphology Concept of Type Anthromorphism to structure Morphological Analysis of the Urban Tissue 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.
CHAPTER- III The Indian Context; The Morphology of the Indian city; Morphological Typological Analysis of the Urban Tissue. 1. Introduction 4. Conclusions 2. The Indian City 3. The Urban Tisse: Southern environs of Manek Chowk, Ahmedabad
EPILOGUE
fig a: Diagram illustrating tolerances in urban tissue aggregation fig b: Conception of the world as a mandala
Politics of urban form : an exploration into the political connotations of the urban form of the city
Quaid Doongerwala Year: 1999 Contents: 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. Preamble Guide: Rahul Mehrotra Introduction The Fragmented V/s The Cohesive Politics and Form Political Connotations of Form Forces making the City The Democratic City?
The Contemporary City
The City as an Instrument of Politics
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Inherent Forces within the City
fig a: Photographs of marine drive; ghats in Benaras fig b: Ildefenso Cerdas Design for Barcelona
Urban place making in India : a study through theme and variations across scales
Ranjit Wagh Year: 2002 Preface 1. 2. Contents: Guide: Neelkanth Chhaya and Kurula Varkey Introduction 3. End Note 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
Case Studies
Framework of the study Royal Square, Jaisalmer
Appendix
Manek Chowk, Ahmedabad
Selected Bibliography Illustration Credits
fig a: Schematic diagrams representing Manek Chowk as the physical and ideatioral centre of Ahmedabad fig b: Case Studies
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.
Landscape in building environment : a study of various attitudes in different cultural contexts

Nandita Karanwal Year: 1991 Guide: R.J. Vasavda Contents: 2. 3. 4. 1. Introduction
Advent of Man
Central Civilizations- Agrarian ideal. Beginnings Egyptian Greek Roman France Western Civilizations- Calculated Nature Mycean Crete Middle Ages England Chinese Renaissance Paradise Garden Mughal Gardens
Mannerism and Baroque- Italy Urban DEsing Japanese
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Easter Civilizations- Garden of suggestion.
Bibliography
fig a: Shalimar Bagh, Kashmir fig b: Axonometric view

Landscape as a place in urban context

Chinar Thakore Year 1998 Preface 1. Contents:
Guide: Bindeeya Desai Section 1. Landscape and places in urban context 2. Idea of a place Place making factors Character of landscapes and places Place making factors
Section 2. Landscapes and places in history. In the Indian Urban context. Character of landscapes and places Types of landscapes and places
Types of landscapes and places
3. 4.
Case Study 1. Urban landscape in History, Kankaria, Ahmedabad.
Section 3. Landscapes and places in present. In the Indian Urban context. Historical landscapes and places in the present
5. 6.
Case Study 2. Historical urban landscape at present, Bhadra square, Ahmedabad Case Study 3. Contemporary urban landscape, Law Garden, Ahmedabad. Contemporary landscapes and places.
Summary Appendix
Bibliography
Illustration credits
fig a: Location and Surroundings of Kankaria, Ahmedabad fig b: Landforms as placemaking factors in Law Garden, Ahmedabad
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.
Traffic and traffic patterns in the city - Ahmedabad

Ravindra Kakadia Year: 1970 Guide: B.V Doshi Contents: 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 1. 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
Acknowledgement Bibliography Appendix
Conclusions and suggestions
fig a: Railways in Ahmedabad fig b: Traffic operations plan in the walled city of Ahmedabad
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
Man- Environment Aims- Objectives Methodology
Urbanization and its implication Scope- Limitation
Building Environment
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Elements of Housing Environment Housing Environment Relationship between housing environment, health and quality of life. Identification of Case study Background Housing needs and provision- Present day situation
3.
Case Study
References Appendix
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Conclusions
Analysis of Case Study
Study of Statistical data
fig a: Light and ventilation in the house unit fig b: Elevations of C type housing
Generators and determinants of town planning : Gondal state 1865 A.D. - 1944 A.D
Parth Shah Year: 1997 Contents: Guide: Miki Desai
2. Introductory profile of Saurashtra 3. Princely states of Saurashtra Expressions in Europe 1. 2. 3. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
CHAPTER 1: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 1. Town Planning History of India CHAPTER 2: URBAN DESIGN AND TOWN PLANNING MOVEMENTS IN EUROPE THE THEORETICAL INFLUENCE CHAPTER 3: THE STATE OF GONDAL 2. Bhagwatsinhji: The ruler Town planning in European cities Town planning expressions in India
1. Introductory profile of Gondal state
CHAPTER 4: CITY OF GONDAL THE TOWN PLANNING ATTITUDES AND EXPRESSIONS Introductory profile of the city Improvement of urban core The generators and determinants Land use Issue of Land development City limits The never-ending city Institutions Their locations making of the public places
Town planning in Gondal state basic principles, attitudes and the nature of built form
SUMMARY
POST SCRIPT APPENDICES GLOSSARY CREDITS
CONCLUSION AND EPILOGUE BIBLIOGRAPHY
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.
Directively correlated CYBERCOLIBRIUM : architecture as system open to information and energy

Jinraj Joshi Year: 1977 Contents: Guide: K.B Jain 2. Approach
1. Introduction 4. Change 7. Variety
3. Set of fundamental concepts 5. Determinate machine 9. Stability 6. Concept of directive correlation 8. Set of related concepts 10. Regulation in general and in Architecture 11. Law of requisite variety 13. Regulating the system 14. Amplification Bibliography 15. General model Appendix: Homeostat Acknowledgement 12. Error controlled regulator
fig a, b and c: Typical Pages from the thesis

Response to a tradition : a study of architectural attitudes during the British Intervention in India
Rahul Mehrotra Year: 1985 Introduction Contents: Guide: Anant Raje 1 A new beginning 3 The Bungalow 1 A New Beginning 2 The Anglo-Indian station
4 The Architect as a professional 1 The English Architect 2 Responses to a tradition
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 3 Contributions to a context 2 Professionalism and indigenous talent 4 The selected works of Claude Batley 1 Claude Batley and the question of tradition
5 Fragments notes towards a conclusion
Appendices B. C. F. E.
A.
Bibliography
D.
Claude Batley
Selected projects
Published writings Illustration credits
Jeypore portfolio contents
fig a: Detailed drawings fig b: Previous Schemes and present situation of the Backbay
Investigations in to architectural design : conceptions and processes

Viren Brahmbhatt Year: 1989 Introduction Contents: Guide: Kurula Varkey Book 1. Investigations into the Nature of an Architectural Object 1. 2. 3. 4.
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 Operative Principles in the Act of Making Act of Perception Act of Judgment Three Conceptions: A historic Perspective
Spatial conceptions and attributes of an Architectural Object
Book 2. Investigations into the Nature of Creative Thinking Section A. An Investigation into the nature of Creative Thinking 5. 6. 7.
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 Section B. An Investigation into Processes in Architectural Design Activity 10. Transformation 11. Transference
Section B. Creative Thinking: Operative Categories Creative Processes
fig a: A typical page fig b: Investigations into the nature of Creative Thinking
Understanding of the city : a human construct, as a process in time

Durganand Balsavar Year: 1991 Guide: Kurula Varkey Introduction Contents:
Section 1: The General Attributes: Premise and Method Introduction 1. 2. 3. 4. The Generic Dimensions The General attributes of Construct The General attributes of Time
Section 2: An Understanding of the City as a process in time In Summation A Study of the City as a Process in Time
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. Summary:
fig a: Structuring Matrix of Jerusalem fig b: Density-Porosity Studies
Search for an order: an inquiry into the contemporary direction in Indian architecture
Wakeel Khan Year: 1994 Approval Contents: Guide : R. J. Vasavada Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Organization Methodology
Aim and Limitations Part 1 : Premise of the Study A survey of Contemporary Indian Architecture Since 1947 Indian Architects in their Works during the 60s Developing a specific model of analysis
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Part 2 : Analytical Framework
Le Corbusier, Louis. I. Kahn : Indian Works and a lesson from History
Observations / Inference Reference to Quotes Bibliography Sources of Illustrations
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
Expressiveness and the language analogy in architecture

Kartikeya Chhaya Year: 2010 Preface Contents:
Guide: Sohan Nilkanth Introduction Part 1. The Premise of the Study 1. 2. 3. Part 2. The Study 1. 2. 3. Part 3. Conclusion 4. Meaning Hiatus Summary
Perception and Difference Context and Meaning
Methodology
The Procedure
The Experimentv Ground
Bibliography Appendices
Meaning: An Unlimited and Open-Ended Process Hesitation Between the Sound and the Sense
Tri-Axial Geometry
Horizon
fig a: Sketches- Modhera fig b: Analytical Diagrams- Modhera
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.
Basic study of air movement within enclosure

Qamar Shaikh Year: 1960 Contents: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Guide: C.B Shah
Introduction Scope
Review of available literature Assumptions The results The Programme
The experimental setup Flow patterns
10. References
Conclusions Appendix A
Indoor average velocities
fig a: Effect of the proportions of Openings fig b: Typical Flow-Patterns

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 Choospln
10. Daycal 12. Net
11. Extday Appendix
13. Drawing Program
fig a: 3d grid of Daylight factors fig b: Top to down structure of the Net
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.
Architecture in a schizoid environment

Shirish Beri Published in: 1973 Guide: K.B Jain Contents: 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 1. Introduction: A, B
Chapter one: The background Chapter two: Understanding transience in its Architectural context Chapter four: Analysing the present situation Chapter five: Conclusions Chapter three: Architecture in its temporal sequence
Bibliography Appendix
Chapter six: recommendations
References Illustrations
fig a: A typical page fig b: Reversible Architecture
Analysis of streets : a socio-physical perspective

Tanvi Parikh Year: 1999 Introduction Contents : 1.
Guide : Nitin Raje Intent of Study Chapter 1 : Streets The terms, its history and various physical aspects 2. An Overview Chapter 2 : Social Organization Its effects on streets as a social space A Shift Social Interaction Usage / Activities Theory of territoriality Physical aspects of streets Spatial aspects
Concept of neighbourhood Public Private Realms
3.
Chapter 3 : Methodology for analysis Case Study 1 Dhal ni Pol area
The Theoretical Framework
Conclusions
Case Study 2 Gurukul Area
Appendices 1 & 2 Bibliography
fig a: Case study- Dhal-nipol fig b: Diagrams explaining Spatial aspects of an Individuals social activities
Design Norms
The theses explore the design criteria of specific category of buildings and evolve special design norms under the context of a situation.
Design norms for zoological gardens

Sharad Sheth Year : 1972 Contents:
Guide: R. David, P. Kannan, and K. B. Jain Acknowledgements Introduction Conclusion Physical Environment for Animals Mechanics of Exhibition Bibliography 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
THE SCOPE OF A THESIS
Physical Environment for Animals The medium of Exhibition Contact with Nature Animal Behavior Animal Training Other Features Education The role of Zoological Gardens Knowledge or ignorance of Animal Life
10. Ecology
fig a: A typical page fig b: Open exhibition area surrounded by a Moat
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.
Recycling examining the concept in the modern Indian context

Harish Parikh Year : 1977 Contents: 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. Guide: D.V Ekbote
Introduction
The Inductive approach and the Deductive approach Why recycling? Case studies What is Recycling? Plinth into a shop Examples abroad Recycling the Cities Haveli into a commercial centre Haveli into an office building
Recycling notes
Inferences
fig a: A typical page fig b: Order of spaces in the Haveli
Rebuilding rural Kutchh : an evaluation of post earthquake rehabilitation efforts

Prashant Patel Year: 2004 Contents: 1. 2. Guide: Samir Shah
Chapter 1: The Study Methodology Calamities
Aim and objectives of the study Scope and limitations House and socio-cultural relationship
Chapter 2: Introduction
3.
Chapter 3: Rehabilitation Approaches
Introduction to Kutch region Rehabilitation issues and approaches Introduction to the Latur approach
Calamity on 26th January 2001
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Chapter 4: Case studies
Approach of Gujarat earthquake rehabilitation Case study 1: Village Ludia Case study 2: Village Ukhadmora Case study 3: Village at Rudramata Case study 4: The Latur experience
5. 6. Credits
Chapter 5: Comparative analysis Conclusions / Glossary
Bibliography
Acknowledgement
fig a: Axonometric view fig b: Analytical diagrams of dwellings
Architectural Elements
These theses study specific architectural elements and their significance, variations and other design aspects within buildings or spaces.
Significance of steps and ramps in architecture

Radhika Doshi Year : 1981 Contents: 2. 3. 4. 5. 1.
Guide: Anant Raje
Introduction Evolution Case studies Summary Linking elements New attitudes
Bibliography Appendix
fig a and b: Typical pages from the thesis
Interpretative design efforts : mandapas of the Maru-Gujarat style

Harita Patel Year : 1993 Contents: 1. 2. 3. Guide : R.J. Vasavada Prefatory Note. Prelude. Introduction
Historical Precedents
Scopes and Limitations Methodology Evolution of the Hindu Temple Mandapas of the Maru Gurjara Temples Nrtyamandapa Sun Temple Modhera Sabhamandapa Nilkanth Mahadev Temple, Sunak
Interpretative Design Efforts
Maru Gurjara Style of Gujarat
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
Epilogue Plates
Appendix. Footnotes Bibliography
I. Visuals
II. Glossary of Sanskrit Terms
fig a: Cover Page fig b: Details of Plinth at Nilkanth Mahadev Temple, Sunak.
Architectural Appreciation
The theses explore the images of architecture as expressed through various works by different individuals and viewpoints and appreciation are articulated.
Work of Nari Gandhi

Rahul Gore Year: 1996 Foreword Contents:
Guide: Neelkanth Chhaya Nari Gandhi- Architect Early years 1.Life- A Brief Account Years at Taliesin Nari Gandhi- The person 2.Nari Gandhis Architecture Introduction His Design Philosophies Architecture Nari Gandhi and Clients About his Architecture Nari Gandhi and Spiritualism
Nari Gandhi as Maker of Organic Mountain Lodge for Mr.Daya, Lonavala House for Mr. and Mrs. Jain, Lonavala.
Case Studies
Residence for Mr.Suryakant Patel, Surat. House for Mr. and Mrs. Malik, Lonavala.
Nari Gandhis Place in Recent Indian Architecture Selected Bibliography
fig a: Explode axonometric of Mountain Lodge, Lonavala. fig b: A typical page
Strategies of a Maverick architecture : the case of HDEM and NOUVEL

Sarosh Anklesaria Year: 2001 Guide : N.H Chhaya PREFACE Contents:
BACKGROUND TO A MAVERICK ARCHITECTURE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. INTRODUCTION
AIM, OBJECTIVES, SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS CHAPTER ONE : HERZOG & DE MEURON PRECEDENTS AND INFLUENCES
CONFRONTING THE REAL ( Architecture and its role in the present context) Object) Space)
FORMAL QUALITIES AND OBJECT HOOD ( Inquiries into the form of an SPACE AND ITS PERCEPTIVE QUALITIES ( Inquiries into the sensation of SUMMARY
CHAPTER TWO : JEAN NOUVEL 7. 8. 9. INTRODUCTION PRECEDENTS AND INFLUENCES CONFRONTING THE REAL
10. FORMAL QUALITIES 12. SUMMARY
11. SPACE AND ITS PERCEPTIVE QUALITIES CONCLUSION & INFERENCES SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX OF PROJECTS APPENDIX ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
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Architecture of Raj Rewal : a critical inquiry into the reinterpretation of Indian tradition into contemporary expression
Mehul Patel Year: 2003 Introduction Contents: Guide : Madhavi Desai Aims and Objectives Methodology 1. Criteria of Selecting Case Studies Scope and Limitations Chapter 1: Indian Traditional Architecture 2. Indian Architecture: Brief Introduction Tradition and Values Study of Selected Traditional Architecture Architect Raj Rewal at Reinterpretation
Importance and Necessity of Reinterpretation Various Attitudes to Reinterpret Role in Contemporary Architecture
Chapter 2: Architecture of Raj Rewal Raj Rewal: An Overview His Reinterpretation in terms of Design Ideas and Philosophy
3.
Case studies
National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi Asian Games Village, New Delhi
Critical Inquiry Bibliography Abbreviations
Acknowledgements

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.
Ghummat : software unfolding the geometry of geodesic domes

Mahirshi Desai Year: 1991 Guide: Nitin Raje Contents : 2. 3. 1.
Co. Guide: K. P. Lavingia Introduction 4.
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 : Context of Geodesic Domes Dome Types Geodesics Architectural Manifestation Tensigrity Polyhedra
Chapter 2 : Principle behind geodesic domes Great Circles
5.
Chapter 3 : Design and Constructional Aspects Preliminary Design Considerations Construction Elements of Dome
Geodesic sub-division
Miscellaneous factor
6. 7.
Chapter 4 : Mathematics of Geodesic Domes Chapter - 5 : Illustrated Ghummat Problem Evaluation Output Application Defining the Dome Miscellaneous Information
Application of Ghummat
Appendix

Investigation of representation of generative systems through the digital medium

Gaganjit Ahluwalia Year: 2010 Guide : Bharat Dave Contents:
1. Medium and Process
Medium, Representation and Expression System and World View Thought process Form Algorithm The Design Process and A Generative System Representations of Generative Systems
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 Parametric Design Cellular Automata
Evolutionary Design
3. Case Studies in parametric design and illustrating a parametric solution Conclusions
Case Studies in parametric design Illustrating a Parametric Solution
4. Conclusions Bibliography
Image Credits
fig a: A typical page fig b: Screen shots from an animation
Artisan and the craft : exploring the relationship between artisan of Kosi region and material in the process of building
Tejas Patel Year: 2011 Contents: 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. Guide: Sankalpa
Abstract Scope
Introduction Chapter 1.
Aim and Objective Methodology Kosi Region and its Material o o
7.
Chapter 2.
Kosi Region Material in Kosi Region Interaction with Artisan Artisan with Building Process Out come of the Process
Process of Building Practice in Kosi with Artisan o o o
Appendix Glossary
8.
Conclusion
Bibliography
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. Abstract:
fig a: Diagram illustrating methods of construction fig b: Assembly of members
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.
Code of ethics in architecture

Aruna Patel Year: 1973 Contents: 2. 3. 4. 1.
Guide : S.M Parikh
Preamble
Introduction
A study in parallels and contrasts a comparative study on the four codes General conclusion Appendix Bibliography

Inquiry into the nature of Axonometric drawing

Indrajit Chatterji Year: 1988 Approval 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Contents:
Guide: Sen Kapadia Acknowledgements Introduction
Perception, conception and the problem of representation A concept of Axonometry A conclusion
Phenomena associated with the perception of axonometric drawing A history of axonometric drawing
Bibliography
Sources of illustrations
fig a: Axonometric drawing of Frankfurt Museum by Richard Meyer. fig b: Analytical Drawings
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.
Building Type: Instituitions

Year 1973 1975 1976 1977 1977 1977 1978 1979 1978 1981 1983 1984 1984 1987-88 1987-88 1988-89 1988-89 1989-90 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 Nagar, Kshama T. Desai, Miki C. Kadu, Satish Pandya, Jagruti K. Nilkanth, Sohan Shah, Pankaj T. Joshi, Ajit A. Thakore, Ashesh P. Ringwala, Ajay B. Meeta Kumar Kotecha, Dipak Thesis Title The system of proportions in Jain temples in Gujarat region (Western India). Monuments in urban surroundings. Study of mosques. Role of physical and natural elements on primary schools of villages. Study of building technology and structural systems of mosques. Study of hindu temples. Traditional temple theatres of Kerala : a study. Mosque as a civic institution in islamic architecture. Mosque : form, structure and regional influences. Study of an educational campus. Study of approaches of Islamic religious and mortuary complexes in Ahmedabad.
Hosseini, Reza Mohammed Shah Panchal, Prakash Kokularaj, P. Jaiswal, Shailendra Chadha, Vineet Patel, Ajaykumar C. Tayebbhai, Yasmeen
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad : a study of architecture. Hindu ritual movement : study of Sri Virupaksha Temple : Humpi. Study of the Church architecture of Gujarat : Nineteenth century / Protestant. Queens palace, Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur : an architectural understanding. Study of interaction spaces in academic institutions : case studies. Fatehpur-Sikri revisited : a new light on its planning principles. Study of mediaeval temple complex Krimchi : Udhampur, J-&-K-State.
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
Year
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
Gujral, Mohit Shah, Shital Patel, Jayshil
Study of Jehangir-Mahal, at Orchha : a representative example of Bundela architecture. Western theatre : an evolution to reality. Attitudes towards design of art museums.
Kaur, Jaspreet Modi, Vasant Patel, Susan Rai, Rituraj
Study of Raja-Bir-Singh-Deos palace at Datia : a representative example of Bundela architecture. Study of mosque architecture at Champanair. Study of outdoor spaces and activities in them in primary school. Study of activity spaces in Jain temple complexes.
Purani, Mayoor
Dasgupta, Shoummo Haideri, Abbas I. Makhesana, Vinod Datta, Sambit Ratnam, S.
Haveli of Swaminarayan-Temple, Ahmedabad : an architectural understanding. Study of the determinants of a building : case evaluation : Deogarh fort palace, Rajasthan. Study of contemporary architecture in India : institution in Ahmedabad. Geometric formalism and nature of the land : study of Shatrunjayagiri Jain Tirtha.
Purandare, Vishakha Vijayram, C.
Buddhist monasteries in Sikkim : an investigation into design principles and processes. The Hindu temple : Dravidian style.
Geometric delineation in the Nagara-Cella : a study of the temple of Ranakdevi at Wadhwan. Manifestation of a Saivite-Temple : Tiruvanamalai.
Nature of an academic institution : its manifestation in architecture : a study of three management institutions. 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.
Chauhan, Ishvarsinh Prasad, Ritu Khandwala, Sheetal Saxena, Sumeet
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
Year
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
Thesis Title
Cooper, Azmi F. Shah, Hemal
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.
Venperampil, Iype C. Gajjar, Shailesh
Making of unbuilt spaces : case study : National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi. Study of Swaminarayan-temple complexes in Gujarat. A study of the physical environment built for the centre for environment education.
Chopra, Sukesh
Lewis, Ainsley Ian Bhagat, Jaydeep Makim, Vaishali Pujara, Urvi Shah, Vatsal B.
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. 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. Purani haveli palace complex, Hyderabad : an architectural appraisal. Study of jain temple complex at MT.Girnar.
Narmawala, Shakil A. Attitudes and expressions in contemporary mosque architecture of Gujarat. Charyulu, O. Jyothi Agrawal, Alpa Patel, Ankita Tradition and its continuity in contemporary Indian architecture : case-studies : I.I.M., Bangalore and I.I.F.M., Bhopal.
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
Year
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
Menghani, Jitendra
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. 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. 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. 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. Study and revelation of polo temples : a conjectural analysis.
Srinivasan, Urmila Balwani, Shefali Varia, Deepa J. Dave, Priyanka Jhaveri, Nirmit Gohil, Bharat Joshi, Aparna
Jadav, Nimisha P.
Chauhan, Dhaval Panchal, Mitesh
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 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.
Dhulia, Mayank Memon, Anar Basrai, Zameer Goga, Adnan A.
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.
Raveendran, Ashok Raj
Search for the conceptual : a dialectical study of Unitarian Church and Parc-dela-Villette.
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
Name of Student Nanavatty, Veer R. Patel, Roshani B. Sheth, Sameeha Sharad Soni, Kinny D. Limbachia, Dhaval V. Patel, Roshani B. Aiyar, Srikrishna
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. Spatial construction : a study of spaces in museums, Ahmedabad. . Architecture of planetarium. .
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. Understanding the architecture of CEPT campus : themes, variations and growth over time. Imagery of non-visual space perception case study : IIMA
Parmar, Mayurkumar R. Choradiya, Nikunj Patel, Antara A. Vyas, Smit Y. Nathani, Madhu C.
Dafda, Jaikumar B. Mistry, Nirali M. Ahir, Nikhil M.
Study of architecture of learning and loving on campus from past to present (gurukul to present) in India Integration of nature : water and vegetation in work environment. .
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 Relationship between program and architectural form : a study of schools of architecture. . History of architecture of the Rajkumar college Rajkot from 1870 to 2009. 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.
Gajjar, Saurabh P. Noorani, Kasim
Patel, Pareshkumar R. Khimani, Shakeel Singal, Apoorva
Organisation and coherence in contemporary schools : a comparative study of Ahmedabad International School and Anand Niketan School.
Study of four modern academic libraries in India : generation of library form in the larger campus context.
Building Type: House Form

Year 1968 1972 1974 1975 1976 1976 1976 1977 1976 1977 1977 1978 1978 1978 1978 1979 1979 1979 Thesis Number Name of Student Contractor, Habib N. Shah, Yogesh Y. Dalal, Madhobi N. Shah, Shrenik N. Shukla, Hansal Desai, Rita C. Nagendra, H. V. Desai, Bipin R. Desai, Mahesh K. Thesis Title Study of old houses Ahmedabad. House form. Community and houseform.
TH-0005 TH-0045 TH-0067 TH-0083 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
Evaluation of a traditional habitat : case study Bohra community, Gujarat. Evolution of house concepts & its groupings in Ahmedabad. Re-examination of court : house, concept. 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. 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.
Patel, Gautam A.
Chhatpar, Shailini
Vajihuddin, Zohar R. Gandhi, Kautilya J. Patel, Bharat M. Desai, Punita Parekh, Ajit K. Aghelizadeh, Ataollah Patwa, Rajnikant J.
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.).
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.
Year 1982 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
Thesis Number
Name of Student Patel, Mahesh G. Patel, Laxman
Thesis Title Study of old havelis in Gujarat.
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
Srivistava, Sanchita Khambatta, Ismet Talwar, Vivek Kacker, Vipul Choksi, Manan Jog, Manohar
Vasavada, Kalyani J. Jain, Yashwant Rai
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. Design considerations for housing layouts.
Essential residence : understanding traditional Indian architecture in the image of Man. Traditional houseform in Bikaner, Rajasthan : a study. Traditional houseform in Bikaner, Rajasthan : a study.
Mathur, Rajat Kumar Pandya, Parthesh Ruchira, Palavajjhala Pandya, Devdutt J. Mehta, Anuj Shrivastav, A.
Spatial hierarchy in the Peshwekalin Wadas and its influence on domestic house : form.
Environmental choice and residential satisfaction : a case study of middleincome households in Ahmedabad.
Contemporary urban dwelling environment physical conditions in the dwellings of middle income housing, Ahmedabad. Impact of changes in culture on houseform : study of old and New-Delhi habitats. Organisational concepts of urban houseforms. Bungalow : a colonial house-form. Way of the house : an insight into its concept.
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.
Engineer, Roshani Patolia, Tarak Krishnan, Chitra Bagai, Radhika Kanekar, Aarati
Physical transformation processes with respect to design of a dwelling unit. Towards the sun : vernacular building : the Ladakh House. Sense of place in traditional dwelling environment.
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
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.
Gandhi, Paresh
Vamadevan, Sunil Divecha, Suneet Ullal, Pavitra S. Joshi, Falguni Keni, Mohit Jariwala, Neha Ray, Suparna
Mawkhroh, Aiban Shngain
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. Single family attached Dwelling type : a comparative study Ahmedabad.
Khimani, Devan Trivedi, Sachin
Attitudes to houseform study : an overview, Porbandar : a case for study.
Ekbote, Abhijit A. Pandya, Hetal Raut, Maithili Amin, Apurva Shah, Amishi D. Afzal, Mohammed Desai, Krisna Agarwal, Manu
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.
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. Metamorphosis of the house form in the walled city of Ahmedabad. Eighteen hundred thirty eight-Ninteen hundred ninty eight : constancy and change within the Muslim houseform : Varkund, Daman. Abstract and the manifest in vernacular built : houseform of Rohailkhand region, Uttar Pradesh.
Makwana, Hemant
Year 2002-03 2003-04 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
Thesis Number
Name of Student
Thesis Title
Kothiwale, Sujit Vijay Contemporary houses of Nasik-Pune region : influences of the regional Wada house-forms. Menon, Rajasekharan Barar, Rajat Shah, Shaili House : a cultural entity of the community case study of the Marwari house form. Study of designed flexibility in mass produced house.
Analysis of architectural form of a Banares house to describe a condition of its presence in its environment. 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. Study of Parsee houses in the region of Udvada.
Sorathiya, Vishal Gupta, Aditya Vadher, Mehul
Waghela, Mona J. Mawani, Vrushti Patel, Kruti J. Suri, Sagarika Kataria, Viraj
Prince, Catherine
Continuity & change in a traditional house form : case study : Chettinadu Mansions, Tamil Nadu. Polyvalence in the traditional dewelling : an enquiry into the adaptability of the Pol house, Ahmedabad. 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.
Chaudhry, Rika
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.
Hameed, Bhavana F.
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. .
Colonial bungalow in Ahmedabad : an enquiry into adaptability with change in ownership and lifestyle. .
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
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
Choksi, Jigneshkumar Karode, Neha S. Hore, Shoubhik Vigneswer, V. S. Mistry, Ankit S. Nayak, Amit V. Gandhi, Hiral Desai, Arjav
Suthar, Vijaykumar P. Evolution of house form in Kutch (based on changing materials and associated technology) Makwana, Sudhir K. Thomas, Amrita Anna House form at Siddhpur ( a study of an intermediate spaces). Comparative study of the residential architecture of the colonial towns at Pondicherry and Chadernagore. . 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. Influence of culture on the house form of Palanpur : case study of Jain vernacular houses. Vernacular house forms of Sikkim : impact of materials, tools, skills, construction, lateral forces on the house form. Constancy and change in making of a new pol house, still a valid place of living, old city of Vadodara as a case study.
Pathan, Mustaqeem Khan Mewada, Rashmin Bhasker, Megha
Study of colonial domestic architecture of M. S. University campus, Vadodara
Understanding and identifying type for the houses of the South Gujarat region
Building Type: Other

Year 1970 1973 1975 1976 1977 1977 1979 1981 1981 1982 1983 1983 1983 1983 1986 1986 Thesis Number Name of Student Kothari, Mahendra K. Shukla, Kartik Y. Shah, Sunil J. Sheth, Dilip Thesis Title Study of industrial estates in Ahmedabad. Palace complex.
Patel, Prabhubhai K. Pandejee, Jagrat M. Mulji, Dipak C. Modi, Pankaj Parekh, Hemrashmi I.
Structural and constructional aspects of water reservoirs and their relationship with religious buildings in Gujarat. Study of highrise buildings. Study of fall out shelter. Enclosed open spaces within the complexes of Islamic architecture : case study of Fatehpur-Sikri. Hierarchy of spaces : Amber Palace Complex. Hierarchy of spaces : Amber Palace Complex. Study of spaces in royal buildings : Mandu.
Design aspects in architecture responding to natural water bodies : sea, river, lake. Vernacular architecture : a response to environment : case study : Kerala. Architecture in the princely states of Kathiawad. 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.
Desai, Parthiv C. Parikh, Saurabh Kamdar, Alap
Vyas, Bankeem G.
Kalyanwala, Khushroo Soni, Arvind M. Patel, Bharat M. Goghari, Rathin Shukla, Samir
1989-90 1989-90
Role of the unbuilt spaces in clustered organizations : a study of Indian palace complexes.
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
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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.
Khandwala, Sonal M. Baradi, Manvita Parekh, Jignesh Jani, Sunil R. Patel, Kunal Sharma, Nirupama
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. 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. Understanding space and its experience : jahaz-mahal, sarkhej complex, mill owners building. Concept and experience : the rauza complex at Sarkhej, Ahmedabad. Water and architecture : a study of medieval water tank at Viramgam. Generators of spatial organization in a Rajput Palace Complex : Neemrana Fort Palace.
Gupta, Manoj
Dadachanji, Persis Balmuchu, Ranjit Seth Talati, Paulomi Patel, Niraj Mehta, Mitra
Architectural character and the urban setting : a study of the palaces in Indore. Fort of Kumbhalgarh : a representative example of medieval Rajput architecture. 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. 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.
Maheshwari, Neha Aras, Raman
Panthaki, Khushnu Panchal, Ujjval H. Parikh, Amee Soni, Sachin
Understanding order and play through grammar of architectural elements in Fatehpur-Sikri.
Year 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2006-07 2006-07 2006-07 2006-07 2007-08 2007-08 2007-08 2008-09 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11
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Name of Student Mukherjee, Ranjeet Joshi, Nirali Bhardwaj, Krupa Shah, Parin S. Kathe, Suraj Amin, Parul
Thesis Title Transience, Billboards and Emerging Building types.
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. 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. Study of colonial clubs as a building type 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.
Pandya, Sujal V.
Balaji, Mohan R. Mathew, John V. Gadani, Utsavi Patel, Krunal
Shah, Khushboo P. Chokshi, Shaili A. Barad, Praful M. Raina, Rahul S.
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. Design of zoos human interpretation of animal habitat. . Medieval defense architecture of Kumbhalgarh fort Mughal and Rajput harem architecture (1550-1750).
Architectural approaches in contemporary farmhouse and its departure from dwelling : examples of Ahmedabad
Urban Form and Settlement Studies

Year 1968 1968 1969 1969 1970 1970 1972 1971 1971 1974 1974 1985 1975 1976 1976 1977 1977 1977 Thesis Number Name of Student Patel, Shashikant Mody, Vinod N. Kothari, Paresh Anandjiwala, Krishna Chhaya,Trilochan M. Mangar, Ajit P. Desai, Kirit H. Shah, Rohit B. Thesis Title Constants in dwellings. (villages), Ahmedabad district, Gujarat State. Street pattern of Ahmedabad. Settlement study. Old and new areas of a city : a comparative study (Case study of Ahmedabad). Rural pockets in the urban structure, Ahmedabad. Urban spaces in Indian cities. Architectural controls. City graphics. Darbar squares : Nepal. Street form.
Solanki, Bhagwanji N.
Chokshi, Hemang B. Patel, Bharat M. Joneja, Anil Modi, Narendra K. Pandya, Kiran C.
Study of shopping streets in relation to various types of movements. Community structuring and its genrative forces. Multiplicity of values in city spaces. Townspace in culture-in-change. Association of urban form and activity : its role in the perception of an urban environment. Impact of houseform and streetform on the overall city form : a case study of Jodhpur city. Organizational patterns : social and physical.
Taraporewala, B. K. Shah, Kalpana H. Desai, Anuradha N.
Ranpuria, Narendra K.
Study of organisation of pattern of the tribal settlement and shelters : DANGS : with a view to evolving attitudes towards revitalising the community.
Year 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1979 1979 1979 1979 1977 1977 1979
Thesis Number
Name of Student Chavda, Rajnikant M. Shelat, Jaydev B. Dudhaiya, Vinay Bhola, Amrut C. Antao, A. R. A. Shah, Vipul M. Trichal, Omprakash
Thesis Title Structure and order in the built-environment : an appraisal of the desert citadel of Jaisalmer. Study of settlement form in Nilgiri district : South India. Study of a community structure. Evaluation of the grid as organizational principles in architecture. Forms and settlement patterns in the region of Goa. Study of dwellings of hill settlement : Nilgiri hills. Community spaces in newar settlements.
Rural settlements with special emphasis on indoor and outdoor spaces : a case study in Kashmir.
Mehta, Dipesh L. Sengupta, Samir Shah, Mayank S. Shah, Sudhir J.
Mistry, Niranjan V.
Situation and response in architecture : case study of Kathmandu Valley : Nepal. Architectural character of civic spaces within market place. Nomadic movements & settlements of the Rabari of Kutch. Changing facade of a city : a case study of Ahmedabad. Settlement patterns in the Urban region of Rajkot. Idea of an Indian town. Parsee habitat : a study.
Patel, Ramesh R. Husain, Habib
Valambhia, Bharatendu Desai, Yogeendra H. Dabu, Navroz N.
Morphology of a secred settlements : a case study Nathdwara (Rajasthan). Permanent pavement dealers : a study in the city of Ahmedabad. Study of a tribal settlement. Study of hill settlements : Dwellings of Kumaon.
Modi, Chandrakant V. Chandra, Subhash Patankar, Shrish Patel, Dilip D.
Study of hill settlements : Settlements of Kumaon.
Religious building (Temple) as nucleus of city : study of the impact of a dominant building on the city.
Year 1980 1981 1981 1981 1981 1982 1982 1982 1982 1983 1983 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1985 1984 1985 1986 1987-88
Thesis Number
Name of Student Patel, Prerna
Thesis Title Rural habitat : a study of settlements, houses, of the Mercommunity in past and present contexts. Townspace study of religious towns of Gujarat : visual aspects. Formation of an urban core : study of Ahmedabad. Street-scape: A study of Facades Appraisal of a new town in India : a sociological viewpoint on Chandigarh. Settlements of migrants : three case studies in East Calcutta. Modhera Sun Temple : a study of aspects of architectural expressions. Structural elements of an Indian medieval city : Vijayanagara. People, place and vernacular architecture : study of Lakhamandal, a village in cis-Himalayan region of Jaunsar, U.P. Study of two settlements in the village of Velim, Goa. Human response to contemporary urban open spaces : a comparative study of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. Dwellings of the Bohra community in Gujarat : a study of Vernacular habitat between A.D.1750-1900. Open spaces in Pol architecture : a study of chowks : Ahmedabad.
Suthar, Navin K. Patel, Mukesh Mital, Lalit Sampat, Rita Joshi, Neela Mathur, Kunal
Patel, Yamini R. Datta, Anirudh
Mahadevia, Darshini Bhatt, Kandarp Gracias, Jose Raje, Nitin
Some aspects of cultural ecology in architecture : the case study of two tribal settlements. House : a socio-cultural reality : an analysis of Koya built form Mapilla settlements of Kerala. Constancy and change in the urban dwelling environment of Ahmedabad. Development of contemporary architecture in Ahmedabad :a review. Inquiry into urban metamorphosis : Kashmir-gate :Shahjahanabad. Dynamics of Jhuggi dwelling : case study Shadipur depot, Delhi.
Hazra, Ashish Patel, Sonal Chokshi, Ketan Dalal, Biren
Rameshwar, Palavajjhala V. K. Patel, Sujata Bhagwati, Sonali Trivedi, Harsh
Evaluation of relative habitability of public housing : a study of Ahmedabad. Study of the fusion of Indo-Islamic architecture and colonial architecture with special reference to buildings of Baroda.
Year 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1990-91 1990-91 1990-91 1990-91 1990-91 1990-91
Thesis Number
Name of Student Dutta , Durba Thaker, Atul Duff, Arthur
Thesis Title House forms of a culture : Namboodiri Illams of Malabar. Dvaraka : place of pilgrimage and religious centre. Urban open spaces.
Pai, Sanjay M. Arora, Prem
Study of two major urban activity spaces in old Ahmedabad :Ratan-pol and Manekchowk.
Dwarka : a study in continuity and change in sacred built environment. Continuity and interspesions : a study of structuring of the urban fabric. Enquiry into the aspects of urban edge as an element of participation. Urban morphology & the concept of Type : a thematic & comparative study of the urban tissue. Chandni chowk : a study of change and transformation.
Sastry, Brinda Nanda, Vivek Patel, Rajiv
Gothoskar, Vineeta
Venkataraman, Anuradha Shah, Samir Nagarsheth, Dhara J. Rao, Dinesh Hariyani, Jayesh N. Shah, Kush C. Patel, Nanda Bafna, Sonit
Transformation of a princely town : development of the town of Dhoraji during the rule of Maharaja Shri Bhagwatsinhji of Gondal. Documentation of socio morphologic characteristics of a rural settlement : a case study at village Pansar. Effective cluster formation. Building typology and urban morphology : a study. Study of nature of spaces in slum settlements. Settlement and house form : Kulu-Valley.
Metamorphosis : a study of the transformation in the dwelling environment of an ethnic community. Isomorphs of cities : a comparative study of models, metaphors analogies and such other comparisons of the urban spatial form. Conservation of urban elements in a traditional indian city : a study of old city of Ahmedabad. Morphology of the urban block : a study. Understanding the nature of a city Delhi : a comparative reading with respect to time and scale. Study of the urban structure of Goan towns.
Doshi, Manish Narain, Rajiv
Desai, Monika J.
Noronha, Jose L.
Year 1990-91 1991-92 1991-92 1991-92 1991-92 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1993-94 1993-94 1993-94 1993-94 1993-94 1993-94 1993-94 1993-94 1993-94 1993-94
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Name of Student Muruganandan, S. Choksi, Manish Parikh, Reena Desai, Divyesh
Thesis Title Physical and associational qualities of landmarks in the Indian context. Landscape of the city : squares. Moti Daman : a portuguese administrative settlement : study of spatial organisation and civic spine. Urban spaces and city structure : a comparative study of the historical development of urban spaces in Delhi. Eighteen-Hundred-sixty-1940 : Baroda-urban transformation and renewal : a citys attempt at revitalization : an inquisition through its institutional architecture and institutional structure. Study of Gondal town : integrating past with the present. Porbandar : a study of its evolution. Coastal villages of Saurashtra.
Urban core : understanding its spatial manifestation in cultural context.
Mehta, Karan Vir Joshi, Sanjeev Patel, Rasesh Dorji, Ugyan
Parikh, Meghana S.
Urban public realm : a spatial manifest of culture : a study of the urban public realm of Ujjain.
Desai, Neeraja Kapoor, Ruchi
Traditional dwelling forms in Bhutan: a study of the Ngalopa House in its socio-cultural and physical context. Transformation of a typology : a study of a Pol in Ahmedabad. Determinants of urban structure : Ujjain. Maratha Vadas of baroda : a study.
Kulkarni, Prashant Andhare, Uday S. Moghe, Niketa Sobti, Manu P. Dighe, Atul Arora, Sumitra Bhatt, Mausami Kakad, Krishna Mehta, Tarang Mathew, Nisha
Aspects of urbanism in the world of islam : Lucknow an Indian Islamic city. Study of the process of change, Doshi-no-pado, Patan. 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 a town and its elements : Devgadh-Baria.
Change in a rural settlement due to forces of urbanization : the resultant urban village. Dwellings of the Bohra community in Surat : a discussion.
Year 1993-94 1993-94 1993-94 1993-94 1994-95 1994-95 1994-95 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97
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Name of Student Pathak, Apoorva Aneja, Bindu Roy, Pratap
Thesis Title Colonial urban development : 1868-1896 the case study of Bhavnagar. Pondicherry : an inquiry into the phenomenon of settlement. Urban space : structuring and imagery. The changing urban structures of Delhi : a study of district centres and their role in the new structure of the city. Landform influencing the morphology of the settlement : Amber. Nature and settlement pattern - Ujjain : A formal essay Form and variation in a Bengal village structures. Responses of builtforms to urban context.
Govindan, Aruna Ghosh Soumitro Mitra, Debashis Shah, Ashesh Ragade, Lena Patel, Seema Goklani, Bindu Mehta, Amishi Bhatt, Mehul Philip, Sunil Mitra, Anita
Mukherjee, Dipankar
Idea of a city : understanding the morphology and character of georgetown, Madras. Bohra settlement and houseform at Kapadvanj manifestation of a culture in built-form. Morvi : expression of a princely town. The market-place : a study of the changing trends in its spatial-patterns. Inquiry into the Making of an urban space : a case of fort area, Bombay. Sense of place : an understanding of the notions of urbanplace making in India. General study of canonical hindu town planning and Dandaka type town form according to vastu-shastra, with reference to Vadodara and Bhavnagar. Traditionality and transformation a study of change in theToda architectural tradition. City within the city, distinctions of urban form in the colonial city of Calcutta. Calcutta : its indigenous town : a reading from the dwelling. 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.
Dadhania, Pratik
Panchal, Umang S. Choudhury, Amitabha Shaikh, Ashfaq M. Naik, Ujjwala
Year 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1997-98 1997-98 1997-98 1997-98 1997-98 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99
Thesis Number
Name of Student Ghosh, Kajol
Thesis Title Dynamics in urban environment of a city : a study through commercial nodes of Delhi. Urban order as a cultural paradigms : an interpretation of the order in Ujjain. A study of early twentieth century architecture in princely state of Jamnagar. Wall as a metaphor in urban form. Production of space & urban form : Bombay 1930 onwards. Urban environment : a study of an urban block, Bohra community in Siddhpur town. Production process and the output product : analysis of the urban housing by the private sector commercial developer, in the city of Ahmedabad.
Arora, Shalini
Jhaldiyal, Shikha Chauhan, Rupal Goenka, Tanuj Sen, Ayan Shukla, Kandarp Kapadia, Kulin
Ka-Ka-ni mchod-rten at alch chos-khor early 11th,CenturyA.D. : a study of the forms intrinsic expression.
Agarwal, Manish Ghosh, Sudipto Nanavati, Purvi
The dialectic of policies, spatial form and social processes : a reading of the mill area in Mumbai. Space of Indian cities : from an absolute to an abstract space : the case of Jaipur as the non-familiar Indian city. Role of urban structure to the house form : a comparative study of towns - Mundra and Anjar, Kutch. Bhavnagar : urban and architectural history. A study of the urban renewal in the princely town of Jamnagar : during the early 20th century. Comprehensible order of relationships : a study of urban Jaipur. Urban public-realm : a methodology for analysis. Intimate space : locating the Indian urban experience.
Bhatha, Brijesh B. Mehta, Premal R. Jain, Kavita
Doongerwala, Quaid Sachdeva, Manish Raje, Shubhra Pereira, Lisa Shah, Urvi
Politics of urban form : an exploration into the political connotations of the urban form of the city.
Mukherjee, Anuradha
Sense of life in a traditional environment as created through its patterns : the case of the poles in Ahmedabad. In harmony with ecology : a study of the Dang shelterforms.
Manifestation of a culture in built-form : a study of bhil settlement and house-form at Panchmahal.
Year 1998-99 1999-00 1999-00 2000-01 2000-01 2000-01 2000-01 2000-01 2000-01 2000-01 2000-01 2000-01 2000-01 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02
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Name of Student Pancholi, Brinda D. Raj, Rohit Gulati, Manish
Thesis Title The concept and experience : an immediate street space of Banaras. Auroville experiment : polemics of ideology vs. exisrence within the simulation of a utopian myth. Generators of urban space of Ahmedabad : the processes at work. Space and society in a Rabari community. Of diversity in urban rite : manifestation in the homogenous built, Benares. Open-ended-ness of an Indian urbanity Bombay in my petri dish.
Gupta, Sourabh Parikh, Rishma Jamdar, Avni Sen, Rahul Mehta, Ketki Prasad, Sonia Merchant, Tanzeel Pande, Akanksha Gohil, Chintan Marfatia, Kavita
Mind-set and the urban condition : an interpretation of post-colonial Delhi.
Behaviour of streets : distinctions in street character as a component of physicality and activity in the inner city of Meerut. Urban edge as Mediator : understanding the experience of the Ghats in Banaras.
Attributes of PLACE : the the urban space in the traditional Indian city of Udaipur. Significant dimensions of an urban element : multivalent readings reflected in the suggestive redundancy of the city Study of open spaces in low cost urban housing. Emergence of order in urban form. Greyzone : an integral part of Indian urbanity. Territories and their manifestation in the built environment : a case of old city of Ahmedabad.
Jain, Krutarth H. Priyalakshmi, K. Jain, Puja Kaku, Bhavisha
Architectural components and their socio-cultural meaning, case study : Bundi, Rajasthan. Integrating new buildings within historic urban environs : issues and attitudes. Making of place : innate response to man and environment : Badami.
Macwan, Bhavna
Choudapurkar, Pallavi Mehrotra, Shagun
Self-structuring nature of an organic urbanity : a study of the spatiality of Banganga.
Indian urban space : making boundaries and centers : a study of Amdavad.
Year 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02 2002-03 2002-03 2002-03 2002-03 2002-03 2002-03 2002-03 2002-03 2002-03 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2004-05 2004-05
Thesis Number
Name of Student Mehta, Urmee
Thesis Title Public place as a construct of the urban process : a study of Mumbai.
Vadodaria, Keyur Dhananjai
Parmar, Sangramsinh Mistry, Hetal Sheth, Romil
[In]Human landscapes : a study of the fundamental aspects of spacemaking in the historic and the new city of Ahmedabad.
Understanding urban nodes : a study of the physical form of two nodes on C. G. Road, Ahmedabad. Market place as a civic node : a study of market places in Patan, Jaipur. Urban villages : urbanization : its impact on built environment and transformation. Revealing Bhuleshwar co-evolution of building image and urban systems. Understanding the behavioural aspects of extended transition in an urban street : a case of old city of Ahmedabad. Urban place making in India : a study through theme and variations across scales. Understanding a place : as an architectural manifestation study of Revdanda. City as an imprint of power. Pedestrian perception of urban environment : comparative study of Connaught place and Janpath. Study of evolution of city form : taking Jodhpur as the examples of traditional cities. Qualitative aspects of place : a study of Manek Chawk and Municipal Market, Ahmedabad.
Dholakia, Niti Kapadia, Anal Wagh, Ranjit
Urban geography of informal economic activity matrix of the city core : Ahmedabad.
Sachdev, Smriti Bhatt, Chirayu
The Contents and discontents of urban villages : an enquiry into their origins, structure and dynamics : a focus on Shahpur Jat.
Patel, Pragnesh Gupta, Manish Patel, Purvi Patel, Janki R, Piyush
Rana, Neeraj Singh
Patel, Yogesh
Urban space in suburban habitat (study of Satellite area - Ahmedabad city) Understanding patterns of organisation in rural settlement - a case study Dunawada, Patan. Understanding the nature of an architectural object : an inquiry into the work of Le Corbusier : studies on Villa Savoye and the assembly, Chandigarh.
Brar, Sukhmani
Studying the works of Hassan Fathy for their rootedness in the context.
Year 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2006-07 2006-07 2006-07 2006-07 2006-07 2006-07 2006-07
Thesis Number
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. Exploring British colonial square : Dalhousie, Calcutta : understanding architectural manifestation of power by eclecticism. City and its spatial structure : comparative study of Jaipur, Chandigarh and Navi Mumbai. Impact of colonialism on a traditional South Indian temple centred settlement. case study : Triplicane, Madras. Learning from inserts in traditional urban fabric : Ahmedabad. Study of temple town and its public realm : Dakor. Role of physical factors in determination of house form.
Rathi, Anjushree Shah, Saurin C. Kangad, Chandradeep Balaji, Kalpana Joshi, Shirish Mansuri, Imran
Study of urban commercial spaces and its transformation over time : an understanding through the study of Chennai city.
Parmar, Krushnakant Modi, Chintan S. Laheri, Niketa Patel, Haren Kunte, Keya K.
Understanding notions of layering in the making of a street : case specific to Paranjpe Street, Tulsibaug, Pune. Factors affecting urban patterns: a study of Ahmedabad. 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. Fortifications and gates - case of the fortified medieval city of Ahmedabad. - (a study across scales). Adaptation learning to live with change - case study of relocation of Gulbai tekra slums to Odhav.
Thakershy, Priyank Lavingia, Raj Naik, Mihir Seksaria, Vrinda Patel, Dhara
Community structuring and its generative forces : case study : Dharampur, Gujarat. Traditional water harvesting structures : a study of Ahmedabad region. Emergent structure of urban space, Bombay simultaneityreality of the city Vs. abstraction of planning.
Kapri, Shraddha Dey, Pradipta P.
Understanding of the early colonial city : manifest power as a determinant of urban form : the case of Diu. Manifestations of an order and its variations in the urban form : a case of Banaras and Shahjahanabad. Sense of making a home : a study of villages in Bolpur of West Bengal. Connaught place : an integrated urban space : an inquiry in the transformation of an urban space.
Parekh, Ujjaval R.
Year 2007-08 2007-08 2007-08 2007-08 2007-08 2007-08 2007-08 2007-08 2008-09 2008-09 2008-09 2008-09 2008-09 2008-09 2008-09 2008-09 2008-09 2008-09 2008-09 2009-10
Thesis Number
Name of Student Vissa, Ashwin
Thesis Title An inquiry into the spatial and social structure of a typical South Indian temple centred settlement. Reading the built fabric - bohra neighbourhood at Kapadvanj. Main street as public place. Interdependence between man and environment in making the region of Bangalore. Role of inclusive public spaces in the palimpsests of urbanity. Color : an element of urban image. Exposed reinforced concrete as a medium of architectural expression : a study of contamporary buildings in Ahmedabad. Experiencing the city : probing the nature of the process for western Ahmedabad. . Notion of dwelling envioronment study of adaptation to change reflected through time : a case study of Nagar Wada, Junagadh. . Diachronic spatial adaptation : tracing patterns of continuity and change : a study of dwelling clusters in Ahmedabad. .
Soni, Darshan D. Mistry, Parag V.
Karjatkar, Ashwin Jani, Tarak P.
Prasad, C. Vignesh Doshi, Purav
Sucindram : a study of morphology of the temple town in the context of its myth.
Kanuga, Lavanya Jain, Saurabh Patel, Nehal H.
Makwana, Nirav
Luhar, Prashant B. Panchal, Dhruva J. Sivith, Kumar Chetna, Binu
Understanding and analysing the dynamics of an urban and complexity of its re-habitation : a study of Gulbai Tekra & Odhav, Ahmedabad. . Study of house form and settement pattern case study : Modasa, Sabarkantha district. . Implications of urban form and control on the spatial construct of the mosque : Jaipur; a case of the geometric order of settlement. . Architectural thresholds welcoming collective affordances : learning form conventional urban housing in Ahmedabad. Ambaji : a study of temple town and its temporal aspects Understanding the morphology of LEH town Religiosity and builtform case : traditional house form of Gokarna, Karnataka Understanding the transformation and urabn structure of Mumbai space syntax methodology and analysis of the spatial configuration.
Bhattacharya, Himanish Acharya, Prachi Panchal, Mitul
Chandni chowk : the physical manifestation of the ideologies and forces acting on shahjahanabad. .
Jadav, Rashmita
Korgaonkar, Amey
Year 2009-10 2009-10 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 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11
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Name of Student Srinivasan, Padmapriya Mistry, Parag J. Modi, Tapan Y. Kinariwala, Denish Y. Shah, Vidisha K. Shah, Nikita Y. Gajjar, Dhaval Dave, Archie
Thesis Title Constructing place, meaning and identity : an enquiry into the bhutaneses Dzong in its socio-cultural and political environment Study of house form and settement of Bohra community at Palanpur : understanding the constant and the variation. . 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 elements and character of lake periphery for recreation. Study of interface zone on a street : (zone negotiating the public and private realm). .
Gandhi, Pathik N.
Understanding market as a convivial public place : study through understanding human responses in various spatial settings of markets in Ahmedabad. Settlement patterns in Indian context : understanding the structure of organizational system that creates meaningful collective habitats of Asarva, Ahmedabad. Study of market as an urban public place. Terrian vauge : marginal spaces in the urban fabric . Urban open publicspaces and critical analysis. . Streets : an identity of a city. (Ahmedabad). . Informal use of urban space, study of informal economic activities in an urban space : Ahmedabad. . Cultural landscape of Udaipur : manifestation of meaning through architectural expressions Study of the spatial structure of a temple town- Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh. Ground and built form : the case of Jodhpur. Enquiry into the built form and behaviour of city-level public open spaces in Shahajahanabad : 1648-2010.
Patnaik, Arvind Mehta, Janmay Desai, Milind J. Patel, Aditya J. Singh, Chetna
Kanani, Anuja Jaydev Gajjar, Deven R. Shah, Nikita M. Suthar, Dhaval Panchal, Sunilkumar
Slums as urban vernacular settlements : comparative study of self-built house forms. Pushkar : evolution, settlement pattern, and elements of sacred town.
Settlement pattern and house form (case study of Modasa Dist. Sabarkanth, Gujarat)
Year 2010-11
TH-1056
Thesis Number
Name of Student Narvekar, Richa
Thesis Title Architectural character of residential streets in Goa : the influence of Portugal
Landscape Architecture and Recreation

Year 1970 1973 1976 1976 1976 1977 1979 1981 1981 1983 1985 1988-89 1991-92 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1998-99 2005-06 2007-08 TH-0028 TH-0060 TH-0068 TH-0094 TH-0099 TH-0123 TH-0184 TH-0208 TH-0218 TH-0273 TH-0307 TH-0379 TH-0478 TH-0493 TH-0505 TH-0523 TH-0696 TH-0884 TH-0936 Thesis Number Name of Student Shah, Kalpana R Thesis Title River as a generator of environment. Outdoor community recreation.
Thakore, Virat V. Mehta, Vidhin B. Shah, Shefali M. Rajwade, M. M. Desh Bandhu Cham, T. T. Desai, Rashmi S.
Mehta, Rajkamal H.
Urban landmarks : a study of their role in urban organisations. Study of man-made, outdoor, urban environment. Study of the streetscape elements. Urban open spaces : an evaluation. Recreational urban open spaces.
Mehta, Hemant M. Joshi, Sharadbala Desai, Bindeeya Dave, Sonal
Use of natural environment by the Ancient Indians : with particular reference to horticulture. Recreational spaces : a case study of Baroda city. City-river connection study of ghats of Varanasi and Mirzapur. Study of hard landscape elements in public outdoor spaces.
Karanwal, Nandita
Comparative study of elements in architecture & landscape design.
Zumkhawala, Pranali Gandhi, Arun Thakore, Chinar Vyas, Devna P. Mithaiwala, Maitri D.
Landscape in building environment : a study of various attitudes in different cultural contexts. Integration of landscape in architecture : a study of Rajput-Palaces. Making of a romantic landscape : Braj. Landscape as a place in urban context. Importance of open spaces and landscape design in urban residential area. Plants in Indian place making : case study : Chandod : a pilgrimage place. Land form and built form : a study of the characteristics.
Planning Studies : Housing

Year 1977 1977 1978 1981 1969 1969 1969 1969 1970 1973 1974 1974 1977 1977 1978 1979 1980 1980 1980 Thesis Number Name of Student Desai, Hemangini K. Trivedi, Avani A. Shah, Gita C. Shah, Gita C. Vadi, H. L. Badshah, Akhtar Thesis Title Study of Chawls : case study Bombay Island. TH-0113 TH-0134 TH-0180 TH-0222 TH-0007 TH-0007 TH-0010 TH-0015 TH-0018 TH-0059 TH-0069 TH-0071 TH-0119 TH-0130 TH-0181 TH-0188 TH-0198 TH-0209 TH-0215
Sidhpura, Hasmukh M.
Study of open spaces for middel size housing 500-1100sq.feet.
Study of the living conditions of chawl dwellers in Greater Bombay.
Spatial manifestation of a cultural behaviour : Peking and Bhaktapur.
Village study, study of rural planning to establish village centre. (Rural activity centre) - Pt.-1. Village study, study of rural planning to establish village centre. (Rural activity centre) - Pt.-2. A case study of slum condition in Ahmedabad. Study of allocation of areas in ancient towns of Gujarat. Ancient Indian towns and their planning in canons and practice. A study and analysis of open spaces for low-cost urban housing. Study and analysis of indoor spaces in L.I.G. housing schemes.
Desai, Kirit C.
Multani, Girish L. Daroga, Kershi S. Raval, Bulbul J.
Naik, Shashikant M.
Panchal, Hemang A. Dave, Parisima K. Sen, Bhaskar
Choice of planting and its effect in urban residential areas of Ahmedabad region. Study of response to and use of space in context of socio-economic parameters in housing programmes : Ahmedabad city. Impact of site on residential building design in Gujarat. Rural housing : a symbol of socio-economic reality. Rural housing in Gujarat : last five years. Urban housing : objective realities for the poor. Flats as a part of urban housing : case study, Ahmedabad city : year 1970-1975.
Patel, Gopalakrishna M. Patel, Hasmukh N. Mehta, Barjor Gandevikar, Yogesh
Housing for middle income group : comparative study of working of different agencies.
Year 1981 1981 1982 1981 1983 1985 1993-94 1995-96 1996-97 1996-97 2001-02 2008-09
Thesis Number
Name of Student Munshi Viral
Thesis Title Popular housing : access to and exploitation of the resources.
TH-0227 TH-0228 TH-0239 TH-0242 TH-0252 TH-0320 TH-0560 TH-0595 TH-0609 TH-0625 TH-0750 TH-0975
Singh, Gurpreet Shah, Sunil R. Desai, Manu Balakrishnan, Pramod Patel, Pravin
Housing mobility processes : a case study of low-income households in Ahmedabad. Comparative study of low-cost housing projects : Low-cost housing competition, Urban-1979). Mass Housing : a review with man in mind. Evolution of row housing in Ahmedabad : specific reference to collective and individual houseforms. Flexibility in mass-housing : a post-occupancy evaluation of housing units with specific reference to physical alternations / additions and the building types. Architecture of generalizations : an inquiry into the basis of urban housing. Housing of the urban poor : a study of the informal sector in Ahmedabad.
Malik, Shubha Mathur, Anjali Desai, Kekul Desai, Jigna Kaji, Saloni
Study : middle income group co-operative housing schemes organised by private developers in Ahmedabad.
A study of relationship between housing environment and health case study : slum clearance tenaments, Surat.
Teni, Megha
Planning the urban form : a study of town planning schemes in Ahmedabad.
Study of relationship between user participation and user satisfication : case of post disastre housing in Gujarat
Planning Studies : Traffic

Year 1970 1970 1972 1977 1985 Thesis Number Name of Student Kadakia, Ravindra S. Patel, Pramod I. Shah, Kiran R. Fernando, Joseph N. Delhiwala, Bina R. Thesis Title Traffic and traffic patterns in the city - Ahmedabad.
TH-0024 TH-0026 TH-0036 TH-0126 TH-0305
Impact of major developing road on the city structure.
Growth exploitation : effects of density pattern and traffic on Bhagal Delhigate road, at Surat. Traffic generation characteristics of a residential suburbs : a case study of Azad Society, Ahmedabad. Pedestrian traffic in city centres.
Planning Studies : General

Year 1970 1971 1971 1974 1974 1975 1977 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1979 1979 1979 1980 1980 1981 Thesis Number Name of Student Harmani, Pravin B. Desai, Y. P. Vaidya, Jitendra V. Kadri, Zahid H. Dave, Rajesh V. Pandey, Ajit K. Patel, Parul N. Shah, Vinay K. Ajmeri, Abdul K. Barot, Anand A. Thesis Title Medieval town planning of India. Urban dynamics of Rajkot city. TH-0030 TH-0040 TH-0043 TH-0061 TH-0066 TH-0085 TH-0115 TH-0155 TH-0166 TH-0168 TH-0170 TH-0172 TH-0173 TH-0175 TH-0189 TH-0200 TH-0211 TH-0214 TH-0231
Community structuring in Gujarat : planning aspects. Influence of urban forces on village structure. Urban spaces. City districts : a case study of Udaipur city. Changing townscape of Surat city. Concept of open space. Principal approach of a city.
Environmental characteristics of Ashram road and Gheekanta road with reference to commercial and recreational activities.
Joshi, Ravindra S.
Rajagopalan, P. M. Yagnik, Vijay M. Shah, Pankaj B. Joshi, Kirit J. Bhansali, S. H. Shah, Snehal Kalianivala, Zarir
Restructuring of squatter settlements in Ahmedabad : guidelines for the provision of utilities. Restructuring squatter settlements : the city of Ahmedabad. Non-planned services in Ahmedabad.
Case of Ahmedabad improving squatter settlements issues of land and finance. Evaluation of industrial township case study : Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation and Indian Farmers Fertilizer Corporation. Upgarding squatter settlements : case study : Bombay. Chandigarh urban planning : a critical appraisal.
Study of medieval towns : Gujarat region : their form, physical structure and growth. Migrant sqatters and its quality in urban environments.
Patel, Suketu R.
Year 1982 1982 1982 1983
Thesis Number
Name of Student Nagarkatti, Arjun U. Bhatt, Mihir R. Gupta, Vineet Shah, Parth
Thesis Title Study of traditional street form : Ahmedabad.
TH-0238 TH-0249 TH-0251 TH-0284 TH-0656 TH-0823
1997-98 2003-04
Thakker, Himanshu N.
Growth process of a small size town of Gujarat : case study : Khedbrahma. Spatial changes in fringe village of Ahmedabad city : case study of Isanpur. Inquiry into the nature of the urban public realm. Modulation zones in urban built environment. Generators and determinants of town planning : Gondal state 1865A.D.1944A.D.
Kawarchhatri, Virsingh
Architectural History and Theory

Year 1988-89 1988-89 1970 1969 1970 1970 1971 1973 1974 1976 1976 1976 1976 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1978 Thesis Number Name of Student Wadia, Sarosh Thesis Title Study of zoroastrian fire temples.
Ranadive, Salil
Shastri, Shyamsunder K. Study methodology of design as described in the ancient-Indian texts on architecture (Dwelling houses). Sevak, Jyotish G. Chokshi, Jitendra R. Parghi, Bhargav N. Milisia, Ashwin Shetty, Yashwant R. Mehta, Kamal M. The system of proportion in the Hindu temples of Gujarat region. System of proportion in the Hindu temples of Gujarat. Architectural elements generated by climate. Form and architecture. Growth and architectural form.
Era of change : 1860-1890, the colonial architecture of Bombay.
Khadpekar, Vivek S. Sharma, Diwakar N. Parikh, Pragnesh Chhaya, Neelkanth Gopalkrishnan, S. Virani, Barkat T. Joshipura, Jinraj D. Riswadkar, Nitin Chauhan, Muktirajsinhji N.
Strategic variations attempted in systems of proportion. Spaces and elements of transition. Organizational principles in Islamic complexes in India. Organizational principles in architecture. Aspects of symmetry.
Space and its use in traditional and contemporary dwellings: case study Ahmedabad.
Route of movement and its role in architectural design pedestrian. Principles of growth in architectural forms. Man-made spatial environment : a study.
Thakore, Paragi M.
Directively correlated CYBERCOLIBRIUM : architecture as system open to information and energy. Harmony as an organisational principle in architecture.
Year 1977 1977 1979 1979 1980 1981 1981 1981 1981 1981 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1983 1983 1983 1983 1983 1982
Thesis Number
Name of Student Shah, Parul B.
Thesis Title Study of change, its comprehension and the evidence of change in the dwelling forms. Correspondence between built-form and community pattern. Horizontal as a constituent element in Architecture. Natural light and perception of built form. Ideals and education in architecture. Ideological roots of movements in architecture.
Sutaria, Rajesh Dave, Bharat
Massand, Mahesh G. Kanzaria, Ramesh Vinod Kumar Velani, Dilip Raje, Uma Hathi, Rustom Wala, Hemant Jani, Jagdish
From traditional to contemporary : a study of Turbulant phases.
Visual perception : a study in relation to the internal conditions of perceiver. Study of linkages in group architectural forms. Study of transition in architecture. Study of eclecticism in architecture.
Visual perceptive aspects of interior design : a comprehensive study of living room interiors.
Sejpal, Shraddha Devanshu
Dalal, Abhimanyu Mohan, Ravindra Patel, Ayub H. Patel, Vishnu Dave, Atul S. Modi, Ashvin Modi, Himanshu J. Chandershekar, B.
Inquiry into architectural activity under transformation : an articulation of issues and methods. Appreciation of architecture : case ATIRA Ahmedabad. Geometric discipline in architecture. Study of scale in architecture. Indo-Islamic architecture of Gujarat : with special reference to regional influences. Study into impact of photography on architecture : as a visual medium. System of proportioning in South Indian temples. Axis : study of its design expressions in architecture. Penetration into transcendental archetypes, Depicted in architecture.
Year 1984 1984 1984 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1986 1986 1987-88 1987-88 1987-88 1987-88 1987-88 1987-88 1988-89
Thesis Number
Name of Student Vyas, Alka
Thesis Title Synthesis in architectural design : a study of approaches.
Patel, Bimal
Vora, Kartik Jain, Dinesh Vyas, Vinod
Patel, Meeta
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. Subterranean architecture : a forgotten tradition of Sultanate Gujarat. Continuity and change : revival of Indian architectural traditions :18501950. Penetration into architectural expressions associated with plan-forms and several structural details related to it of religious and monumental edifice of hindu and muslim. Kinetic architecture : a study. Study of two projects by Kahn examining their timeless quality. Eclecticism in islamic architecture : Mughal period. Defined open spaces and built forms : a visual harmony.
Dalal, Sohrab S. Gajjar, Rajesh Das, Shubhrajit Chokshi, Avani Gupta, Navin
Mehrotra, Rahul J.
Response to a tradition : a study of architectural attitudes during the British Intervention in India.
Datta, Ashwani Kumar Makhijani, Pradeep Chauhan, Shuchi Chopra, Preeti Mitra, Anasua Gupta, Vipin
Inter-relationship between painting and architecture :study within the context of the art movements of the early twentieth century and their roots. Tangible form : a study of the role of geometry in architecture. Continuity and space in Indian architecture. Genesis of architectural form. Re-consideration of constancy and continuity in modern architecture. Place making in the Indian tradition : Hindu philosophy and its manifestation in Indian built form. Symbolism and interpretation of the human body in hindu temples. Meaning of geometry in architecture.
Study of development of Buddhist architectural thought as reflected in Nalanda.
Agnihotri, Preeti
Year 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90
Thesis Number
Name of Student Mani, Minakshi Singh, Dalip Batra, Neelam Talati, Deval
Thesis Title Monument as an expression of its age : the study of an Indo-islamic mausoleum.
Venkataramiah, Sandhya Shah, Shekhar Rao, Tara
Enclosed urban open spaces according to the classical principles : a study of their visual aspect during the Italian renaissance.
Smmetry as an ordering principle : a study of the Italian renaissance architecture. Continuity and change : a study of attitudes to building in historic urban contexts.
Akalkotkar, Gopinath V. Brahmbhatt, Viren Amin, Sandeep Parashar, Amit Patel, Kireet Shah, Hemant
Vijayanagara architecture : temple forms of Hampi : its evolution and influences.
Hindu influence on Islamic architecture of Gujarat :1000A.D.-1500A.D. Study of colonial architecture with special reference to the buildings of Gujarat-college : Ahmedabad. Investigations in to architectural design : conceptions and processes. Archetypal feminine and its architectural manifestations : a study of Hindu sacred architecture. Traditional architectural attributes in contemporary architecture. Idea of ruin : readings into the breaking of form.
Ramifications of concept : the symbolic and functional aspects of movement in 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. Architecture for the mourning ritual of Islam : study of the ImambaraE-Asafi complex, Lucknow. Cube : an inquiry into the nature of a primary form. Clarity : an exploration in to making of buildings. Study of cubist concepts.
Andalib, Alvi Mohmed Desai, Falguni Achar, Anil Singh, Gurjit Chaudhry, Uttara
Spread and acceptance of architectural images and idioms : the case of contemporary Ahmedabad. Conceptual study of making of a Mausoleum : a representation of sufi philosophy in Indo-Islamic architecture.
Bharadwaj, Bhaskar S. Jolly, Poonam
Year 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1990-91 1990-91 1990-91 1990-91 1991-92 1991-92 1991-92 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1993-94
Thesis Number
Name of Student Gupta, Anjum
Thesis Title Typology of sacred centres. Chaotic habitats.
Chadha, Hardip S. Agarwal, Neeta Sharma, Sanjeev
Garden city concept : its origins, developments and the Indian experience. Architectural elements of spatial delimitation and their fundamental expression with a particular reference to Hindu architecture. Sense of centre and its manifestation in dwelling form. Experiencing pleasure through buildings : a study. Jain a temple architecture in Western-India. Understanding of the city : a human construct, as a process in time. Rhythm : a comparative study of its expression in nature and architecture. Understanding of functional, material and visual aspects of an architectural totality. Symbolism of the sun and its manifestation in Indian architecture.
Renganathan, Rajesh Agarwal, Poonam Joshi, Manoj Parikh, Urvi Mehta, Bijal Jain, Kshitij Balsavar, Durganand Kalagnanam, Renu Dave, Seema
Bhimani, Shefali Menon, Ajit
Westernization of domestic architecture in India : a study of Ahmedabad from 1818A.D-1940A.D. Architectural intentions and methods of composition.
Manifestation of a transitional space : a study of its changing nature in domestic architecture.
Ballaney, Shirley N. Alvi, Fahim Reza V. Jhawer, Ritu Parekh, Jayesh
Study of the philosophical aspects of South Indian temples with special reference to Guruvaur Temple, Kerala. Constants and particulars of Islamic Mausoleum : a comparative study of Indo-Islamic Mausoleums. Symbiosis on natural and man-made : a study of organic quality in nature and its influence on architectural design. Hybrid : its role in the evolution of architectural styles. Of context and modernity : the Indian framework : incursions into the architectural subject/object as cultural product in the contemporary condition.
Design intentions in colonial architecture : a study of urban institutions in Baroda 1875-1920.
Dutta, Arindam
Year 1993-94 1993-94 1993-94 1993-94 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97
Thesis Number
Name of Student Shah, Renita
Thesis Title Internal external inter-phase in building environment : with a particular study of Mughal architecture. Architectural anchorage into nature : a study of place making. Understanding architectural form : a study on its synthesis. Search for an order: an inquiry into the contemporary direction in Indian architecture. Architectural attitudes, intentions and nature of the expression : a study of colonial architecture in Madras in Late-19th-Century. Upanishadic-conceptions in the hindu temple : a psycho-cognitive perspective. Nationalist histories and architectural patronage. Out of the normative deviance in architecture.
Imran, Syed Mohmmed Agrawal, Bela Khan, Wakeel Datey, Aparna Basu, Devjit Oza, Nilay Arya, Anuj
Shukla, Vaishakhi
Water and architecture : study of traditional water system and water edges, Jodhpur. Architectural education : an understanding of a framework of architectural theory, an analytical construct of the design process. Architecture and language : structural linguistics in an architectural context. Rhythm : an expression of order an insight into its manifestation in Indian classical music and temple architecture. Deconstruction in architecture : a critical inquiry. Architecture in the expressionist frame of mind as typified in the works of BrunoTaut and ErichMendelsohn. Architectural response to the Sun : a study of contemporary architecture, Ahmedabad Originality in architecture : from conception to realization of a built form. The study of metaphoric expressions in architecture.
Jain, Devyani Sethi, Ajay
Shah, Vandana Shah, Hetal B.
Sharma, Aparna Ruparelia, Bhavesh D. Barbhaya, Dhaval Shah, Falguni Patel, Fenil Arya, Vijay Sheth, Manisha
Planning of a dwelling unit according to the Vastu Shahstra : a contemporary view. The sense of life in ornamented form an interpretative study inthe perception of the hindu temple. Understanding the role of revolution in the development of architecture.
Year 1996-97 1997-98 1997-98 1997-98 1997-98 1997-98 1997-98 1998-99 1997-98 1997-98 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1999-00 1999-00 1999-00
Thesis Number
Name of Student Jain, Meghal
Thesis Title Idea of an ideology : the significance of an ideology in architecture. Postmodern ideologies : its manifestation in housing.
Diwakar, Darshan G. Purdhani, Sunita Ranade, Shilpa Gandhi, Deval Jain, Meeta
A study of transitional spaces : constancy and change : the palace complex, fatehpur sikri and the Indian institute of management, Bangalore. Limits of interpretation : understanding architecture through the notion of Paradigms. Spatial ostentation of colour : manifesting the embodiment of visual form. The raison detre of architecture.
Berry, Shagun Gupta, Rupali Iyer, Anand
Mehta, Vandini
Understanding architecture : its significant dimensions and reflection of complexities. An exploration into the process of creation in nature and architecture. Structure of the narrative and architectural ideology : the contemporary Indian case. The category of the regular : modes of knowing and architectural production in the age of reason. Palimpsest, interpretation of images reflecting Indian context in symbolic and realistic ways. Architecture of funerary monuments : a study of english and dutch tombs in the late seventeenth century at Surat. Information theory and perception. City : expression of human domain. Vernacular architecture : a study of concerned aspects and its reflections in contemporary Indian architecture. Conceptural and the real : an understanding of an urban experience : Ahmedabad. Structuralism and architecture : a synchronic and diachronic study. Meaning in the built environment: communication through physical cues in the environment.
Zachariah, Priya Vajaria, Amit
Mehta, Ronak K. Ghosh, Arnab Pandya, Mehul Tayyibji, Riyaz Desai, Renu
The presence of the past for the future : understanding architecture as individual world-view based on social age-spirit.
Mehta, Jignesh Shah, Arpan
Derasari, Snehal
Inquiry into modernism and the notion of place: between dichotomy and differences.
Year 2000-01 2000-01 2000-01 2000-01 2000-01 2000-01 2000-01 2000-01 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02 2002-03 2002-03 2002-03
Thesis Number
Name of Student Naik, Neel V.
Thesis Title Cinema and architecture : understanding thought the concept of space : time and narrative. Understanding the change in the meaning of space from its SpatioTectonic context. Fragmentation of form : a study of the use of fractal geometry, chance, and dynamical systems in the design of form. Revitalizing art and architecture : a study of Dadaism as an attitude. Darkness in architecture : a study of South Indian temples. Architecture in a Late-Capitalist Society : a study in the Indian Context. Appropriating ones space : process and result in the Indian context.
Sutaria, Ratna
DMonte, Samir Kumar, Sameer Raaj, Batul Pandya, Roma
Kalsariya, Sunita Dalal, Parikshit Joshi, Rutul Naik, Ekta
Kallianpur, Vikas
The mythic dimension in architecture : understanding the structure of an architectural experience. Terrain vague : an exploration onto the urban voids of the contemporary city. Intension and architectural expression : an understanding of Indian temples. Explorations in the concept of meaning : search for meaning in the traditional dwelling. Redefining gothic. Architecture and paradigm : understanding the contemporary. Perception : a comprehension. Place, a study in the Indian context.
Ramachandran, Kamya Parthasarthy, Lakshmi Bhavsar, Kuntal B. Mehta, Rooshank Varma, Nikhil Lele, Meeta Patel, Jigar
Offerings of the ground : recreating the idea of the terrain by architectural manipulations of the horizontal plane.
Chauhan, Priyanka Patel, Spatak
Tectonic form : expression of structure and construction in architecture. Sacred Sun : a study of solar symbolisms in Indian architecture. Critical regionalism : architecture of its time & place. Understanding the parallels between ruins and works of selected modern architects in the context of fragmentation.
Year 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2006-07 2006-07 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Thesis Number
Name of Student Ruparelia, Mitul J. Sikdar, Koyel Trivedi, Ojas
Thesis Title Concept of form : a relative study in architecture and western classical music. Recalling the past in contemporary Indian architecture : a study of contemporary Indian architecture as inspired from the past. Process of de / framing : reflections on the non-programmatic.
Singh, Siddharth Chavda, Hiten Patel, Sameer Bharat, Gauri
Starkness : a process of exploration of its meaning and manifestation in Indian architecture. Process and architecture : studying the influence of vernacular on the contemporary architecture. Making of place and its existential aspect as expressed in vernacular built- form. Natural elements and the builtform. A critical look into revivalist trend in architecture : with reference to Ahmedabad. Tectonics of power : understanding architecture as an instrument of power. Water as a spatial element. Determinants of santal built environment focussing on the role of ritual and belief. Transformations in time : understanding space in the context of light, seasons, movement and human habitation. Aesthetics: an objective search & a subjective analysis. Architectural wayfinding system with sign as a tool. Colour : an element of urban image.
Jaiswal, Vaishali V.
Coutinho, Tina Simon Pilo, Amrit Eapen Jain, Anjali Gurjar, Hardik Bhatt, Asit
Parmar, Sonal D. Jungi, Pragnesh Singal, Manan
Response of architectural elements to the natural realm : sky, water and ground. Contemporary Buddhist architecture : transformation and trends.
Thathapuzha, Sanal Lavanya, Kanuga Mehta, Avnish Christy, Abhilash
Deriving the nature of information transfer between Physics and architectural theory.
An introduction to de stijil ideology and its architectural representation : in consideration of universality... With the social utopian philosophical approach to aesthetics. Synthesis of an Image into Reality : understanding an innovative exemplary from the roots of traditions. .
Year 2008-09 2008-09 2008-09 2008-09 2009-10 2009-10 2009-10 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11
Thesis Number
Name of Student Parekh, Sudiksha S. Vasavada, Bindi U. Gohil, Pavitra
Thesis Title Graphic statement through colour : its intervention and influences in architecture. . Biomimetic approach to architecture : learning from the termites. . Architecture as a manifestation of two realms. Context and its influence on architectural decisions : understanding limits and potentials of a situation. .
TH-0951 TH-0952 TH-0960 TH-0970 TH-0984 TH-0985 TH-0992 TH-1018 TH-1037 TH-1049 TH-1050
Pancholi, Twinkle D. Kanuga, Krishna D. Mehrotra, Puneet Thaker, Ankita Mehta, Roma Shah, Sagar
Chhaya, Kartikeya N.
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 Expressiveness and the language analogy in architecture Transfomation of space as a response to ritual. . Understanding the nature of an architectura expression : a study of the monastery of La Tourette Conceptual clarity and experiential qualities in architectural expression. Continuity and change in Bhutanese architecture.
Mishra, Abhinav
Evolution of office architecture in Ahmedabad : mapping the change in office architecture with respect to the technological changes with time.
Environmental Science
Year 1988-89 1968 1968 1969 1969 1972 1971 1972 1973 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1976 1977 1977 1977 1978 Thesis Number Name of Student Philip, Santosh Shah, Jayant N. Thesis Title Software for daylight.
Kamdar, Bhupendra P. Shaikh, Qamar M. Thakkar, Sanat K. Patel, Suresh R. Naik, Hemant Y. Thakore, Jayshree
Influence of climate on building design. Influence of climate on building design.
Basic study of air movement within enclosure. Basic study of air movement within enclosure.
Environmental management investigation into the impact of traffic on a residential area. Climatic evaluation of central Gujarat (including suggestions for achieving thermally comfortable design). Climate and house form. Response to climate. Factors influencing outdoor and indoor climate. Regional evaluation of climate : Baroda region. Regional evaluation of climate : Surat. Climatic evaluation of Veraval region. Evaluation of climate : Rajkot region. Regional evaluation of climate : Bhuj (Kutch). Climatic evaluation of Jamnagar region. Solar energy in architecture. Natural light as a visual element of space in the interiors of public buildings. Climatic evaluation of Ahmedabad region.
Patel, Jayendra R. Modi, Harshad S.
Sutaria, Kalpana R. Sutaria, Deepak H. Sitwala, Sailesh R. Gandhi, Ajay K. Shah, Parul B. Patel, Popat D. Shah, Indravadan C.
Khajanchi, Hemant A.
Patel, Mahesh G.
Year 1983 1986
Thesis Number
Name of Student Abhaykumar
Thesis Title Climatic response in built forms.
1993-94 1995-96 1996-97 1999-00 2002-03 2003-04 2005-06 2008-09 2008-09 2008-09 2009-10 2009-10 2010-11
Anish Kumar
Chikram, P. S.
Meenakshi, K.
Mass housing in the composite tropical climate : An analysis of Ahmedabad Natural light in architecture : its emotive and evocative aspects. A study of the use of courtyards in energy efficient buildings. Sub-terranean architecture : a bio-climatic approach to energy conservation. Built form responses in self-built houses : a study of vernacular earth dwellings in hot arid desert climatic zone of India. Green buildings : a study of LEED Rating system. Strategies of a Maverick architecture : the case of HDEM and NOUVEL. Human comfort : an overview of environmental design methods with respect to traditional settlements. Comfort and energy performance of office building in
Wig, Deepesh M. Desai, Radhika Mody, Chirag S. Mistry, Sejas S. Das, Tonima T. Sher, Rohin C.
Anklesaria, Sarosh Adhwaryu, Jigisha M. Shukla, Nirati A.
Prajapati, Tanmay H. Gujjar, Alpesh C.
Study of design decisions influenced by climate and strategy formed by them. Analysis of climatic influence on courtyard design for Ahmedabad climate Energy effieciency in high rise buildings : a case study of Ahmedabad Inquiry into adaptive thermal comfort : mapping the occupants perceived thermal comfort in five institutions of Ahmedabad Thermal comfort in buildings : a comparative analysis of thermal comfort parameters in climate responsive buildings in Ahmedabad
Socio - cultural and Anthropological Studies

Year 1972 1974 1977 1977 1977 1978 1985 1985 1986 1986 1987-88 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1990-91 Thesis Number Name of Student Surti, Sudhir N. Beri, Shirish Gandhi, Niroo Gandhi, Niroo Thesis Title Effects of physical environment on social relations. Architecture in a schizoid environment.
Mewar, Haresh A. Balsekar, Gautam Pandya, Yatin N. Parikh, Ashish Patel, Canna Shah, Samir Canara, Soloman Singh, Shaishav
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. Slum as an artifact : the product of a way of life.
Study of change in house form in response to changing family needs : cause and effect. Social and cultural influences on modern church design. Effective environment in residential open spaces. Padhars : an ethno-architectural study. City squares : a study of Chhoti-Chaupar, Jaipur.
Study of human groups : corelation between human groups, communication patterns and the physical fabric. Comparative study of childrens activity in vertically and horizontally expanded housing schemes in Ahmedabad city. Psychological profile of an architect : socialisation of professional beliefs : attitudes and values. Encounter of cultures in Begumpur : a study of evolutionary housing. Significance of behaviour study in architectural design. Behavioral response to architectural spaces : a study of institutional transition spaces : case studies : Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and Bangalore.
Shanker, Shamini Dasgupta, Indira Vaitha, Jayant A.
Mandrekar, Deepa S.
Lightwala, Mehmood
Correlation between forces and resultants in traditional and contemporary houseform : issues of social relevance. Human response to the built-environment : study of behavioural patterns in commercial centres.
Khubchandani, Malini
Year 1992-93 1993-94 1995-96 1996-97 1996-97 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2000-01 2003-04 2006-07 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2009-10
Thesis Number
Name of Student Vakharia, Apurva Iyer, Priya Pradhan, Prashant Kohli, Monisha Desai, Milan
Thesis Title Study of outdoor play spaces in housings at Ahmedabad. Ngalopa house in its socio-cultural and physical context. Shahjahanabad : the dwelling environment : physical manifestation and its socio-cultural meanings. 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. Human response to the imposed built environment : a post occupancy study of additions and alterations in mass housing schemes of Ahmedabad. 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. Analysis of streets : a socio-physical perspective. Socio cultural factors : their manifestation in tribal architecture : a case study of dang district, South-Gujarat.
Uppaladinni, Bharati Parikh, Tanvi Dalal, Janki Mehta, Supriya Kashikar, Vishwanath Pant, Vrinda Baranwal, Aparna
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. Society as a changing system : understanding the polar nature within and its physical manifestations. Sense of belonging : the character of community space. Space in motion : motion in space the space of the Brihadeshwara in the context of Bharatnatyam. 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. Making of ritual space : a case study of Nagar Brahmins, Gujarat. Rambles : readings on nature, culture and architecture of a city unveiled : Ahmedabad. Learning outside the classroom : an enquiry into childs behavioral psychology to learning environments of schools .
Mashruwala, Mili S. Raiji, Pranav B. Patel, Prakash
Rajshree, Rajmohan
Gendered spaces : study into the interrelationship of gender and space. Role of lakes with its surrounding built edge : a study of socio cultural aspects. Socio cultural manifestation of the built : ghar and maholla of Shia Jafari Mashayakhi Momins, North Gujarat
Dodiya, Mahedihasan Vyas, Maulik V.
Year 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11
Thesis Number
Name of Student Patel, Dhara
Thesis Title Nationalism and architecture : understanding a connection between architecture and nationalism in India. Club as a social node : an inquiry into behavioural responses within given spatial condition, case of Ahmedabad Change in kinds of public places in Ahmedabad. .
TH-1007 TH-1010 TH-1033 TH-1035
Talsania, Isha D.
Bhavsar, Shreya J. Pancholi, Brinda
Housing : a setting for social behaviour : a study of the community spaces in high-rise housing as effective environment for social interactions.
Design Norms
Year 1968 1969 1972 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1982 1983 1983 1985 1985 1987-88 1988-89 1990-91 1997-98 Thesis Number Name of Student Bhatt, Jayendra N. Jhaveri, Sharad R. Sheth, Sharad N. Gokhale, V. S. Shah, Kalpana S. Singh, Gurudev Thanawala, Jal Shah, Aanal Jain, Dinesh Thesis Title Design norms for a cotton texile mill. Design norms for secondary school.
TH-0002 TH-0011 TH-0038 TH-0041 TH-0047 TH-0057 TH-0072 TH-0075 TH-0259 TH-0269 TH-0279 TH-0314 TH-0321 TH-0356 TH-0384 TH-0458 TH-0641
Design norms for zoological gardens.
Shah, Kamlesh H.
Analysis of design factors for building hardware (fixtures). Norms for hospital planning and design. Scaling and proportioning aspects. Economy and planning efficiency of office buildings. Design guidelines to the parks for the disabled. Design norms for the intercity bus terminais Design norms of cardiac hospital. Design norms for the dairy plant.
Gupta, Dipak Kumar Malani, Hirendra K. Patel, Yogesh
Evolution and principles of furniture design in India. Guided by Doshi,B.V.
Design norms for institutions for mentaily handicapped children. Investigation in planning parameters for tourism developments. Design norms of airport passenger terminal complex.
Pardeshi, Rajendrasinh Vohra, Nasir Ahmed M. Jana, Shantanu Naganur, Vagish S.
Study of design norms for libraries of educational institutions.
A study of the siva temple at sander : understanding characteristic features of 11th century temple architecture in western India.
Renewal/ Rehabilitation/ Conservation

Year 1970 1970 1970 1975 1975 1977 1977 1977 1978 1982 1982 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2000-01 Thesis Number Name of Student Thakore, Valmik M. Shah, Alka A. Thesis Title Density and its effects in living conditions. Redevelopment of urban core.
Pathak, Chandravinod Parikh, Hemendra G. Mehta, Daksha V. Avrani, Shirish Parikh, Harish C. Tatu, Anand J. Chinai, Samir Kadam, Rajiv Pandya, Bankim Mukul, Ashwin Mani, Devyani Pathan, Ayub Satta, Saket Attar, Mubaraka Chavda, Vidyadhar G.
Inquiry into construction industry at construction firm level.
Catastrophes and community rehabilitation : study of community. Catastrophes and community rehabilitation : study of shelters. Rehabilitation of villages in major irrigation projects. Study of vernacular architecture of Ukai region and its implication on rehabilitation programme. Recycling examining the concept in the modern Indian context. Urban identity and conservation. Conservation of old buildings. Recycling of materials & components examining the present Indian context. Towards conservation in the walled city of Hyderabad.
Gandhi, Naresh M.
Elements that constitute Sarkhej complex, Gujarat : a study towards conservation.
Study of some surface water structures of medieval period in Gujarat : an urban conservational viewpoint major case study : Kankaria tank, Ahmedabad. Sustainability in the built world : an overview. Studying adaptive resue of building dockyard: a case for Bombay.
Evaluation criteria used in the assessment of buildings for their conservation. Study of an architectural response to sustainability : high-rise office buildings designed for natural ventilation.
Year 2001-02 2003-04 2003-04 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 2006-07 2007-08 2009-10 2010-11
TH-0745 TH-0812 TH-0813 TH-0838 TH-0841 TH-0842 TH-0914 TH-0930 TH-0999 TH-1043
Thesis Number
Name of Student Lakhia, Abhijeet Patel, Prashant Ramanan, Gayathri Errol, Reubens jr. Parekh, Vishal Dastidar, Shahana G.
Thesis Title Strategies for conserving residential neighbourhoods : Ahmedabad pol 2000. People participation and earthquake rehabilitation : a study of the affected areas of the Marathawada region. Barcelona pavilion to the rooftop remodelling : change in the notion [conception] of architectural form. Architectural conservation in India.
Rebuilding rural Kutch- an evaluation of post earthquake rehabilitation efforts.
Suthar, Bhushan Ghanshyambhai Bhatnagar, Nidhi H. Mata, Anand A. Dalal, Niyomi P.
Reuse : an alternative for built heritage : a case for Shekhavati, Rajasthan. Studying the adptability of mass- produced units for its dwellwers in post-earthquake situation. Urban conservation : a perspective for the Indian walled city. 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. .
Architectural Elements
Year 1970 1977 1977 1979 1982 1983 1983 1983 1984 1985 1986 1986 1986 1986 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 Thesis Number Name of Student Shah, Jagdish K. Raval, Parul Jayawant, Vandana Desai, Mahesh T. Rastogi, Parth Parikh, Atul Mody, Rita B. Sushree Gandhi, Nikhil Doshi, Radhika B. Thesis Title Study of standardized elements and their specific uses in developing the characteristics of the houses within the fort-wall of Ahmedabad. Natural light as a visual element of space in the interiors of public buildings. Courtyard as an element of built form : case study of Bundi. Significance of steps and ramps in architecture. Facade in the built environment. Study of the wall and the column : seen as elements of spatial defination in the context of culture and change.
Role played by materials and building techniques in the development of elemental forms. Elements of fortification : a study of Vijayanagar and Champaner. Architectural elements in sacred environments : the underlying philosophy. On entrances : a symbolic aspect.
Baxi, Kadambari Patel, Arvind Patel, Nirali
Intepretations of ornamentation in Indian architectural history : with a study of the decorated column. Limits of a horizon : the idea of maidan. Facades : an element of architecture. Gateways : artefacts of civilizations.
Mathur, Anuradha Pranay, Deep Saeed, Zaki J. Desai, Samir Dungarwala, Phalguni
Bracket : a significant element of woodwork in the traditional houses of Ahmedabad.
Study of platforms : a defining and modulating element in architecture. Residential open spaces : a study of Muslim residential areas in hot climatic region. Deeg palace-complex : a study emphasising water as a special design element.
Year 1990-91 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1993-94 1995-96 1996-97 1999-00 2006-07 2007-08 2010-11
TH-0447 TH-0498 TH-0509 TH-0511 TH-0521 TH-0557 TH-0593 TH-0610 TH-0707 TH-0916 TH-0940 TH-1034
Thesis Number
Name of Student Balasaria, Lokendra Chaudhry, Yash. Patel, Harita L. Jani, Bakul Nauratra, Rajeev Machhar, Pragna Gandhi, Sandip
Thesis Title Study of court-concept, evolution and applications. An enquiry into the making of a facade. Study of entrances : Dravidian temples.
Pavilion : an insight into an open architectural structure.
Interpretative design efforts : mandapas of the Maru-Gujarat style.
Vyas, Kananshree Patel, Milind
Study of traditional elements and design language of faade in houses of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. Temples at roda Maha-Gujarat style, c. late eight-early ninth century A.D. reading of plinths as significant base. Study of colonnade as an expression of public domain. Doorway as a spacemaking element Openings : a study of their architectural significance and their role as character motifs. Stepwells of Gujarat : study of the growth of the formal components.
Dhoot, Bhairavi Kishore Kalsi, Ekaggrat Singh Bhatt, Kaustubhi
Act of imperial facade making :a study of street fronts of fort area, Bombay as urban artifacts. fort area, Bombay as urban artifacts.
Architectural Appreciation
Year 1974 1980 1980 1984 1986 1986 1984 Thesis Number Name of Student Sodhan, Manisha C. Shetty, Rajmohan Bakeri, Achal Parikh, Tejal Puri, Rajinder Balachandran, Anjali Thesis Title A comparative analysis of the guiding principles in the works of Andrea Palladio & James Stirling. Inquiry into the aspect of rationale in architecture, substantiated with an analysis of the works of Alvar-Aalto. Approach to critical architectural appreciation. Le-Corbusier : towards a synthesis. A study of Le-corbusiers domestic architecture : case study Shodhan and Sarabhai Villas, Ahmedabad, India. Art of the ensemble : Le-corbusiers Legislative Assembly building, Chandigarh : 1951-1964 Borrominis visual approach to architecture. Giuseppe Terragni : the danteum project : an understanding.
TH-0063 TH-0207 TH-0210 TH-0295 TH-0297 TH-0330 TH-0341 TH-0349 TH-0401 TH-0404 TH-0472 TH-0483 TH-0490 TH-0503 TH-0510 TH-0513 TH-0520
1987-88 1989-90 1989-90 1991-92 1991-92 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93 1992-93
Kapadia, Kiran K. Dalal, Pradeep R. Pandya, Haresh Doctor, Mona George, Kurian Patel, Vaishall Bhatt, Anand
Study of Lakshmi-Vilas Palace, Baroda : an architectural appreciation.
Lost identity : an appraisal of Sir Edwin Lutyens with particular reference to his work in India.
Oscar, Ribeiro Da Costa Jayakrishnan, G.
Form, structure and energy : a study of the Great Pyramid and Matrimandir. Manifestation of pluralistic values in architecture : an inquiry. 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. Evolution of architectural language in the works of a contemporary Indian architect : B.V.Doshi.
Shodhan, Kartikeya Karnawat, Girish
Dynamics of meaning within an architectural form : Le-corbusiers Villa Savoye. Analysis of atheneum : an evolution of analytical framework for formal composition.
Year 1992-93 1994-95 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1997-98 1997-98 1997-98 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99 1998-99
Thesis Number
Name of Student Shah, Madir S. Mehta, Sapna Modi, Deepak Sinha,Tithi Dhabuwala, Jignesh Chatterji, Sourav Shukla, Raman Dayal, Deepti Gore, Rahul Shah, Sujan Nandani, Sanjay M.
Thesis Title From literal to virtual : a study of the work of Ando, Mies and Kahn.
An approach to unity in architecture : a study of carlo scarpas work.
Contemporary Indian dwelling environments : study of Prof.B.V.Doshis works. Tradition and reinterpretation : examining the works of Hassan-Fathy. Integration of landscape in the architecture of Joseph-Allen-Stein. TadaoAndo : an understanding as a critical regionalist. Work of nari-gandhi.
Study of scale and proportions and use of The modulor in the works of Le-Corbusier. Understanding the concept of place : an inquiry into the works of Finnish architect : Reima Pietila. Study of an Architects own house - from conception to manifestation, Balkrishna Doshis residence, Ahmedabad. Tradition and its influences in Japanese architecture : examining the work of FuminikoMaki. Felix Candela : architecture of structural forms. Integrity in the works of Frank-Lloyd-Wright. Study of spatial and experiential qualities with natural light in LeoPereiras work.
Sancheti, Sonal
Akruwala, Chirag Desai, Rina B. Nagia, Rohit
Shah, Aashit P. Shah, Sagar N. Mankar, Rohit Balakrishnaiah, Vikram Prajapati, Dinesh Panchal, Kunjal
Architecture of Laurie Baker : regional identity in contemporary work. Minimalism and architecture : an inquiry into the minimalistic approach in the work of TadaoAndo and Herzog and DeMeuron. Herman Hertzberger : an architect of human concerns. A study of evolution of architectural principles in the work of Charles Correa.
Architecture of Geoffrey Bawa : an intimacy of experience and expression. 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).
Year 1998-99 1998-99 1999-00 1999-00 1999-00 2000-01 2000-01 2000-01 2000-01 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02 2002-03 2002-03 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04
Thesis Number
Name of Student Patwa, Chandni Shah, Snehal P. Dave, Shubhani Haideri, hozefa Biloria, Nimish Pandhi, Vivek Desai, Urvi
Thesis Title Evolution and expression of Form and Design : inquiry into the institutions by Louis-I-Kahn. Structurist attitudes in the works of KenzoTange : a critical study. After the moderns: an analytical study of the works of Richard Meier. 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. [Not] just an other architect : study of an inventive approach to architecture : Rem Koolhaas. A search for organic expression in architecture : an inquiry into the works of Frank Lloyd Wright and Bruce Goff. Architecture of Leo Pereira.
Bhalani, Jignesh
Suprematism & its interpretation in contemporary architecture : with special reference to the works of Zaha Hadid.
Panchal, Sejal Mehta, Ekta
Vetoskar, Prashant Chevli, Vikram Patel, Mehul
The universal and the contextual : influence of Frank Lloyd Wright on contemporary Indian architecture. Use of geometry as an organizational tool : case study of a house and three institutional projects done by Peter Eisenman. Works of Kiran Pandya : an understanding as architecture of human concern. An approach to architecture : work of Alvaro Siza. Response to context in the works of Jean Nouvel. Making of an image : works of Frank O. Gehry.
Pathan, Ayaz F. Dhulia, Charvi
Malpani, Saurabh Vahanvati, Munir Patalia, Nilay
Architecture of Raj Rewal : a critical inquiry into the reinterpretation of Indian tradition into contemporary expression. Loss of aesthetics : an inquiry into the sullying of baker phenomenon through institutionalisation. Light as a design principle : a study of Andos residences and churches. The residences of Geoffrey Bawa : an understanding of an approach.
Jariwala, Prashant Jambusaria, Payal
Effect of globalization on Indian architecture : comparing IIM, Banglore and NIFT, Delhi by Doshi.
Year 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2008-09 2009-10
Thesis Number
Name of Student Amarseda, Hetal Shah, Mitul
Thesis Title Interpretation of traditional Indian architecture in the contemporary scene : a study of the works of Charles Correa. Evolution of architectural principles in the works of Shankar and Navnath Kanade. A study of the architectural works of Gerard DaCunha.
Sokhadia, Pragnesh Arora, Ruchi Dave, Malay
Geometry and architecture : an inquiry into the geometrical approach in the work of Tadao Ando.
Mehta, Purvi
Use of collapsible elements to introduce another order of architectural expression in works of Santiago Calatrava. Layering as a design notion in architecture : a study of the museums in Ahmedabad and Jaipur by Charles Correa. Reflections in architecture - a search for identity in Luis Barragans works. Open-endedness : an inquiry into its manifestation in architecture : Fatehpur Sikri. Studying the works of Hassan Fathy for their rootedness in the context. Continuing traditions with an individual expression : works of Tadao Ando and Luis Barragan. Technology with technique : an understanding through the works of Nicholas Grimshaw. Generating architectural principles in works of Aldo van Eyck. Proportioning system as an ordering principle : an inquiry into the works of architect A. D. Raje. Role of facade in a building : the works of Le Corbusier and HDeM. Works of Christopher Charles Benninger.
Kamdar, Isha
Agrawal, Sejal Patel, Sanjeev
Menezes, Fiona
Money, Siddarth
Panchal, Vipuja V. Pandit, Hardik A. Ruparel, Mehul Sharma, Amit
Yadav, Yashwardhan Singh Agarwal, Kapil
Architecture of the spirit, making of assembly building at Chandigarh and Dhaka by Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn. Making of the masterpieces : understanding the evolution of architectural themes in Frank Lioyd Wrights works culminating in masterpieces. Configurational analysis of the influence of Geoffrey Bawa on some contemporary Sri Lankan architects. . Reinterpreting the contemporaneous in the Indian context : comparative analysis of the civic building by Raj Rewal and Charles Correa. .
Shirke, Sangram
Herma, Siddharth
Year 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11
Thesis Number
Name of Student Mewada, Setukumar H. Patel, Krunal Mistry, Vivek
Thesis Title Study of works of Atmaram Gajjar in Ahmedabad.
TH-1008 TH-1017 TH-1019 TH-1029 TH-1040
Rangholia, Chirag H. Patel, Shirish
Structure and architecture : undersatnding their interplay through works of Mahendra Raj . Giving identity to built from through courts studying the works of Charles Correa. Indo-Saracenic architecture : in work of Samuel Swinton Jacob.
Modernism in India : an inquiry into the works of Achyut Kanvinde.
Technology: design tools, materials and construction techniques

Year 1972 1973 1973 1974 1975 1977 1977 1979 1981 1984 1985 1986 1990-91 1990-91 1992-93 1996-97 2002-03 2005-06 Thesis Number Name of Student Patel, Nimish. B. Sood, Sanjiv P. Thesis Title Materials and house form. Structure in architecture. Housecore prefabrication. TH-0048 TH-0056 TH-0058 TH-0070 TH-0080 TH-0132 TH-0136 TH-0185 TH-0216 TH-0287 TH-0306 TH-0336 TH-0449 TH-0457 TH-0501 TH-0620 TH-0772 TH-0877
Bhatt, Vikram C.
Shodhan, Mona C. Mehta, Urvashi C. Mehta, Rajan B. Desai, Janak C. Oak, Nikita U. Shah, Setu Patel, Shambhubhai P. Pandya, Ghanshyam Patel, Pruthvish V. Mahadevia, Nirav Shalini Kumar
Investigations in building materials and techniques for low-cost housing on a method of evaluation. Rural constructional technology. Materials construction techniques and dwelling form : Ahmedabad city. Study of technology in middle size housing built area between 46.5092.90sq.mtrs. Wooden construction system in Gujarat. Developments in structural spanning. Influence of materials on architecture : a study of structural steel. Origin and development of woodwork in Gujarat. External intervention in rural building process.
Management of materials of construction in slums : a case study of Ahmedabad. Study of construction in traditional architecture : focus on wooden houses of old city of Ahmedabad. Steel : an examination of integration of material, construction and resultant form in architecture.
Rajani, Deepak
Champaka, T. R. Patwa, Shivang
Chhatwani, Naresh
Domestic facades in traditional woodwork : study of Maganbhai-niHaveli in Ahmedabad.
Learning from tradition significance of stone in contemporary Indian architecture.
Graphic representation a tool for visualization in architectural design process : an inquiry into the integration of CAD, its benefits and drawbacks.
Year 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2007-08 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2009-10 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 1998-99 1991-92 2003-04
Thesis Number
Name of Student Dutta Roy, Anindya Shah, Jigar
Thesis Title Workplace design & productivity : a performance study of network, computer-mediated working environments. Exposed brick masonry : influence of a material on architecture. Study of system of construction of traditional Ahmedabad houses : query in earthquake resistance. Investigation of representation of generative systems through the digital medium
TH-0895 TH-0912 TH-0927 TH-0929 TH-0943 TH-0946 TH-0980 TH-1001 TH-1022 TH-1039 TH-1046 TH-1051 TH-1054 TH-0659 TH-0474 TH-0792
Gangani, Dharmesh P. Patel, Ipsit M.
Modan, Akbarnazim Y. Athavankar, Ameya Maheta, Chahna R. Parekh, Mansi Patel, Tejas R.
Responsive built environment : a design and technological overview .
Ahluwalia, Gaganjit Singh Debnath, Prasenjit Modi, Rajeshwari
Study of contemporary earth architecture in India : utilization of earth as construction material in contemporary scenario. Reasoning for visual form : probing the nature of visio-spatial events using eye tracking. . Earth construction techniques, influence of construction on manifestation of built form. . Peoples participation in housing construction : deriving lessons from past experience. Kilivaathil... a study of use of timber in the traditional architecture of Kerala. Artisan and the craft : exploring the relationship between artisan of Kosi region and material in the process of building.
Bhargava, Aashwin Trivedi, Sanjeev
Khakharia, Samir V. Jadav, Mrunalsen R.
Understanding services : its evolution and its effect on design development.
Collaborative design in second life : a study of second life as a platforms for collaborative architectural design practices Software for lighting design : softlite : study of aspects of lighting design and development of software to evaluate a lighting system in given environment. Role of material in offering a built expression : a study of buildings in steel. Architecture of hybrid spaces.
Miscellaneous topics
Year 1970 1972 1972 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1977 1977 1977 1978 1978 1982 1987-88 1988-89 1988-89 Thesis Number Name of Student Patel, Hasmukh K. Mistry, Girish Thesis Title Study of the interaction between the clients and the architects in decision-making for residential space organizations. Mass production of standard (service) units in dwellings. The marginal propensity for investment in dwelling. Code of ethics in architecture. Development of highrise building in Ahmedabad.. Artificial lighting : design aspects. Flooring materials for textile industry : a critical examination.
Shah, Mahendra N. Gajjar, Kanti P.
Desai, Hemantrai R. Patel, Aruna R. Shah, Rajesh I. Gandhi, Hiren Bhatt, Ajay V.
Thakkar, Aniruddha R. Singh, Ravindra G. Patel, Gurusharan Sahijwani, Vijay Mehta, Amber Vyas, Yagnesh
Street Sleepers a study of the pavement dwellers with reference to the city of Ahmedabad 1972. Inquiry into housing conditions of industrial workers in Ahmedabad. Architect and plumbing services for highrise buildings. Fire protection for high-rise buildings. Building process problems : a study. Non-convex polyhedra. Planning efficiency of cinema theatres.
Badlani, Mahendra K.
Critical study of services for textile industry.
Swaminathan, Arun Chatterji, Indrajit
Statutory controls in apartment housing in Ahmedabad their implications and interpretations. Advanced : adaptive : technology : an architectural gain from the advanced technology of the aerospace, maritime and automotive industries. Inquiry into the nature of Axonometric drawing.
Year 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1990-91 1990-91 1992-93 1994-95 1995-96 1998-99 2001-02 2003-04 2003-04 2005-06 2005-06 2009-10
Thesis Number
Name of Student Shah, Anish
Thesis Title Modular office furniture systems : a total perception. Software for shadow throw of primary forms. Interiors and furniture for open plan type offices.
Modi, Tushar
Mukerjee, Ashishboron Jani, Vibhavari Jariwala, Neha Phadtare, Vinay P. Desai, Maharshi Sankalia, Tanu Kanabar, Jalpa Gupte, Shruti Patel, Rohit Das, Surajit Patel, Harsh
Construction economy in housing and its architectural application. Inquiry into the process of visualization in architecture : study in graphic re-presentation as tool for visualization. Ghummat : software unfolding the geometry of geodesic domes. Architecture of property development in Ahmedabad.
Anshuman, Sachin P. Maradia, Samarth
A decision support system for an architect in the rural housing situation in India. Telematic simulation and conception of the real : in current architectural conduct, relevence of the methods employed in structuring the televised hyper-real. Architecture and computer technology : study of the state of integration.
Media and architecture : deleuze media and haptic illusion with multiplicity of space-time in hyperspace. Implications of building regulations on design decisions of multi-storeyed structures. Study of the Play element in arrangemental systems.
Film architecture : a visual paradigm, questions of re-presentation and associations. Idiom of illustration : a chronological study of visionary techniques in un-built architectural representation between 1900 and 2005. .
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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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.
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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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3. List of Theses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

2 . FA Booklet Series . RESEARCH . Thesis Overview 1962 - 2012

Building Type : Instituition, Houseform and others

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Study of interaction spaces in academic institutions: case studies

ethods of Teaching M nteraction I

cademic Institution A 2.Historical Analysis nteraction Space I

mportance of Interaction I istorical analysis of studentH Teacher Relationship istorical Institutions H

Illustration Credits and Sources

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fig a: Haus Khas Madrasa fig b:Balcony Spaces

Section B: Criteria of Analysis and Case Studies Palace Complex, Padmanabhapuram

Palace Complex, Udaipur city

Palace Complex, Fatehpur Sikri

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Geometric Formalism of Built Form (Indian Religious Context)

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Sacred land, Rituals and Built form configuration

Inferences Appendix Glossary Bibliography

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

Study of the house form of the temple town of Nathdwara

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Nathdwara Climate People

Geographical Location Flora and Fauna Historical Account

Family Structure and Kinship Organization

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Nathdwara : A Temple Town Organization at Town Level Haveli of Srinathji

Case Studies Analysis Conclusions

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Understanding order and play through grammar of architectural elements in Fatehpur-Sikri

Remarks Rupture of Scales Notes Bibliography

Language: Principle for Organization

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

Understanding the architecture of Buddhist monastery at Likir, Ladakh

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1.Architectural description of the Temple complex at Alchi Drawings of Alchi Choskhor

2. Concept of Mandala reflected in the plan layout Plan layout

Mandala plan imitated in the form of the temple

From a temple complex to a monumental fort monastery

Growth of the monastery due to increasing necessities

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Scope and Limitation

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

1.Construction Process of Lepcha 2.Construction Process of Limbu 3.Construction Process of Bhutia

Illustration Credits Bibliography

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

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Urban Form and Settlement Studies

Urban spaces in Indian cities

Space- Activity- Landuse- Density Relationship New Spaces

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