Rishi Dev Architects & Associates is a multidisciplinary firm that provides a varied range of planning, design and execution services
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Project Management We offer project management services for selected projects to ensure quality, cost control and timely completion. Scope of services includes participation in the formulation of facilities program, selection of materials, staging of works, preparation of tender documents, evaluation of tenders, recommendations for award, preparation of a detailed time schedules, construction, site supervision, measurements of works completed, certification of bills for payment, final testing of all systems, completion of user manuals and approvals of as- built drawings. For the same purpose we have reputed associates who carry out these tasks on behalf of our firm or the client.
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Building Construction We have a team of contractors and engineers to carry out construction or interior jobs upto a certain scale and complexity. The team includes qualified professionals, engineers and project managers. A complete range of services for external and internal works are provided for civil, engineering, structural, plumbing, water-supply, air-conditioning, electrical and the other related disciplines. We do not just believe in knowledge through experience but also give equal importance to qualification in order to ensure economical and synchronized construction jobs. These services are only provided for projects of a smaller scale where the constraints are many for the client, the primary one being of costs. We undertake complete designing, construction and execution jobs of such projects in a unique way. In most of these cases, due to lack of funds with the client, the architecture suffers badly in terms of the compromises one makes. These compromises happen due to the hefty architectural and constructional consultancy fees the client has to bear along with the real costs of the building. For such smaller projects we provide cost-effective solutions in terms of recovering and merging the architectural fees from the profits made in the construction. This not only refrains the clients from disregarding the importance of an ‘order’ in architecture but also helps us to undertake and accomplish such impossible challenges which, in usual cases, ends up in compromises in the architecture of the building. Residential buildings, interior works and small scale renovations are usually considered in this category wherein we take a decision to undertake the job on a turnkey basis after much analysis, discussions and considerations.
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ur organization has in the past undertaken proof checking & auditing exercises for some mega scale projects wherein a qualitative and quantitative analysis has been required for many disciplines such as structural design, rehabilitation, execution and implementation of the project. We have a team of specialized engineers, environmentalists, planners and architects who are experienced to undertake such critical projects wherein special expertise is required to assess the condition of the building or the environment along with viable strategies and solutions. In some projects we also provide onsite execution services for the same after providing detailed estimations and working out a viable methodology. Even though it is within the scope of the services of an architect to get approvals from regulatory authorities/ agencies on behalf of the client, yet most architectural offices refrain from indulging in such liaisons and as a result the project suffers in terms of time and attention. To resolve this problem we have appointed experts and retired government officers who undertake such time consuming tasks on behalf of our clients, and provide the due diligence, follow-ups and communications with the various agencies involved for a very nominal professional fees. As a result our firm is able to expedite each project and save time, harassment and money for the client, by liaisoning on their behalf. Thus, our firm follows a strong philosophy and aims to harmonize itself with the metamorphosis of architecture in India and abroad. In order to establish that link with architecture we constantly try to manifest the strong demands of the contemporary times in accordance and along with the precedence we must draw from our pasts. That is the only way, we believe, to produce architecture and planning of any value.
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Environmental planning and Design Our firm specializes in sustainable development strategies, not limited to energy footprints or international LEED ratings or norms. We consider the challenge of sustainability at all levels of humans settlements. Hence, the reports we prepare for such projects not only include extensive Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) formats, but also considers sensitive site planning strategies. These include a vigorous process of primary surveys and analysis of the region, phasing for projects, designing of energy conscious architecture giving special importance to passive techniques, land use planning based on natural determinants, designing of self sufficient and sustainable networks & systems like constructed wetlands for sewerage recycling, water harvesting and other such technologies that requires a vigorous know-how of the environmental aspects of design. To be able to achieve these ambitious objectives we follow a four step iterative process of Diagnosis, Predictions, Design & Evaluation for each of our projects, till we reach a stage when the project can be executed. We also provide professional consultancy in assessment of baseline environmental conditions and parameters for projects of any scale. This includes Air, Water and Noise Quality Prediction Modeling using software like CALINE4 Gaussian dispersion model program, Arcview (GIS & Remote Sensing), Samuria 1.7 (Noise Quality Prediction Model) and so on. We have the complete resources, manpower and equipment required to carry out a detailed site analysis including quantified assessment of flora/ fauna, strata, soil/ water/ air/ noise quality, topography, hydrology, geomorphology and so on.
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Even though the basic services design and coordination is automatically provided for each and every architectural project we do, yet there are large scale projects which require a different scale and specialized know-how of engineering services. These include design of road networks, sewerage disposal systems, water supply networks, rain water harvesting system, HT and LT power distribution systems, substation schematics, external and internal electrical works, street lighting, special lighting for buildings and large open spaces and so on. For this task we run a parallel and independent firm which focuses only on this aspect of planning, design, management and execution.
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The architectural services provided by us are always in congruence with the interior designs. In our approach we involve many factors and parameters in the conception and manifestation of an architectural piece. Anthropometrics, the context of the building, climate, and functions at different times of the day and in different seasons, the historical precedence of the region, the economic feasibility, the style, people and their aspirations are some of the many guiding principles which lead us to our “concept” and henceforth the spaces. As a result all our buildings reflect the overall context, setting and an identity of their own. The comprehensive services offered include preparation of concept after many discussions, design development in many stages, cost estimations, working drawings, tendering, and supervision and so on. We take the task of design and coordination of different services like structural safety, plumbing, electrical services, HVAC, fire fighting, telecommunication, security systems and so on upon us, and as a result help in creation of architecture which meets it perfection and all expectations.
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Interior design services include planning of spaces after understanding of ergonomics and anthropometric requirements of spaces, functions, people and their aspirations. We strongly believe that design of interior spaces is not just efficient placement of furniture or aesthetics, but is direct reflection of a desired lifestyle which has to be planned sensitively and with care. Thus all our interior designs aspire to enhance & exploit the sensuality of spaces which concern the human senses and are controlled by color, shade, texture, sound, smell and so on. Site supervision during execution of works is thus most important part of interior design services we provide. Like architecture the process of arriving at the final product is very comprehensive, exhaustive and vigorous.
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‘Vaastu vidya’ was a discipline followed in ancient India. Its aim was to provide a harmonious living habitat to all creatures. It encompassed the rules and the ‘nature’ of all things in existence. This is very important as by inherent nature humans, in the name of development and progress, destroy the environment and disturb the ecological balance in more than one way. Thus the aim of ‘Vaastu vidya’ was to guide the planners and designers in a way that the expansion and development that was done did not disturb the natural cycles and bore the users all the benefits from nature. This science, which is much misunderstood and misused today, was structured so that it can automatically take care of many of the design related aspects, such as aesthetics, style, structure, engineering, spatial & ritual order of spaces, functions, climate, astrology, astronomy, ecology and many other hidden dimensions in nature that are not visible to us otherwise. Since there are many controversies related to Vaastu vidya in our times, our organization has done much work to revive this discipline. We have guided our clients with information and enough reasoning to justify the basis of the principles we follow in this science. There is no principle in this discipline that is without a justifiable and scientific reason. After observing much surprising reactions from the people whom we interact with, we are also in the process of publishing our research. Thus, Vaastu always remains an integral part of our designs, and we do our best of efforts to make the people more aware about the importance of this science traditionally called Vaastuvidya.
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Ekistics is a science which deals with comprehensive planning of all scales of human settlements starting from a house unit to the world city called Ecumenopolis. The scope of ekistics as a discipline is different from both architecture as well as planning at a very principial level, yet includes the scopes of both. The relevance of ekistics is increasingly becoming indisputable within the contemporary global communities, with the forms of settlements becoming indistinct amidst the multicultural contexts. It is becoming impossible for any norms to be holistically defined because of their ever increasing proscriptive and complex layering. As a result the entire human race is facing cultural lags of different scales and kinds. Many counter cultures emerge leading to demographic complexes which ultimately distort and add complexity to form and structure of the settlements. The global nature of settlements plagued by contextual variations and exclusiveness makes settlement planning at all scales virtually impossible for planners or architects. This gap between the architects and planners and their sub fields lead to yet another kind of misbalance which cannot be resolved by either. This is where the comprehensiveness of ekistics as a distinct and emerging discipline comes into the scene. Ekistics is an evolution of the disciplines of planning and architecture. The disciplines of planning and architecture are becoming too centric, isolated, limited, obsolete and ineffective, while the need of the hour is a comprehensive, holistic view, analysis and vision of the entire settlement at different scales. Ekistics connects, synthesizes and goes beyond these scopes as were earlier followed by architecture and planning and presents a methodology which is exclusive and imperative in settlement planning as a whole, not excluding the intangible layers of cultures, economics, ecology and so on. We adopt the same approach in projects of such sensitivity, nature and scale. The technical methodology followed in such projects prescribes studies, surveys and approaches which are usually not followed in architecture or planning. Under this genre we undertake projects like social, economic, environmental, ecological, spatial or demographic planning. This also includes large scale projects like national plans, regional & sub regional plans, zonal & sub zonal development plans, master plans, local area plans, river front development, environmental planning, development plans, zonal control regulation analysis, feasibility studies, formulation of quantitative facilities program, urban design concepts & guidelines, transportation planning, socio economic planning and so on.
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