HPCE by Himanshu Parikh

02/05/2016

Project Indian Institute of Public Health Campus, Gandhinagar
Client Indian Institute of Public Health
Architect Ashok B. Lall
Value £6 million
Dates 2010 - ongoing
This institutional campus houses academic, administration and residential facilities for faculty and students on a greenfield site near Sabarmati river in Gandhinagar. The individual buildings vary from 2 to 7 storeys, stepped to suit the undulating site, and interconnected with link paths. Confined fly ash masonry load-bearing structures with hollow slabs, where the spans were high, were specially developed for this project to manage the scales, heights and the earthquake requirements consistent with the environmental concerns.

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16/04/2016

Project Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad
Client Centre for Environment Education (CEE)
Architect Mandala
Dates 1987
Structural design of the new 20,000 square meters campus of the institution, nestled into the contours in between the trees and built in exposed brick and concrete.

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This craft park and training centre was built in the aftermath of earthquake to accommodate promotion of arts and crafts of the region. In tune with the local practices, the buildings were built with rubble masonry, rammed earth and soil stabilised blocks with roofs constructed in steel. Again the s…

14/04/2016

Read more about Himanshu Parikh on Wikipedia:

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Himanshu Parikh was born in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. He graduated from Cambridge University, where he obtained both his bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering sciences with honours. He practised in Cambridge for ten years before moving to India in 1982. In India, he has done innovative work…

14/04/2016

Himanshu Parikh Consulting Engineers (HPCE) was founded in 1982 by Prof. Himanshu Parikh. After studying in Cambridge University he worked as a structural engineer in the U.K. for ten years on highly reputed projects, before starting his own practice in India. He has held various positions outside his practice, including professor at School of Planning, Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology in Ahmedabad, visiting lecturer at Cambridge University and member of Governing Council of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

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Himanshu Parikh Consulting Engineers (HPCE) was founded in 1982 by Prof. Himanshu Parikh. After studying in Cambridge University he worked as a structural engineer in the U.K. for ten years on highly reputed projects, before starting his own practice in India. He has held various positions outside h…