Rupesh Patel is an Assistant Professor at IPSA since 2013. He has done his Bachelors in Architecture from Indubhai Parekh School of Architecture in 2008 and Masters in Architectural and Settlement Conservation from CEPT University in 2013. He has been teaching Building Materials and Construction, Structures and Design Studio since then. He is a Research Assistant in IPSA Research and Development Cell and the Project Head from IPSA in Gandhi Heritage Sites Mission. He is also the Proprietor and leading architect of SPARSH, an architecture and interior design firm since 2008. In his teachings as well as in practice he focuses on the making of the building and is sensitive to human interaction with the built spaces.
Abhishek Panelia, is an architect based in Rajkot, graduated from Indubhai Parekh School of Architecture - Rajkot in the year 2015. He has been selected to present his academic work at Kurla Varkey Design Forum - 2014, where William Curtis, Osamu Ishiyama, Rafiq Azam, Bijoy Ramchandran and Shirish Beri were on the jury panel. Later he worked with Rathin Goghari Architects in Ahmedabad. After returning from Ahmedabad he started working as a freelancer and started teaching as an assistant at IPSA-Rajkot, under the guidance of Prof. Jayesh Shukla and Prof. Magan Umraniya. In the year 2017 along with the team he has participated in an international competition named The Black Taj, and stood as a second runner-up. Later in the year 2018 he established his architectural practice under the firm name called ARPA Design. He also conducts sketching and hands-on workshops in schools and colleges. He believes art is an integral part of human existence as he tries to understand the many layers of our cities with his interest in music, theater, sketching and craft. Abhishek Panelia is currently associated with the subjects like Workshop, Technical Drawings, Design Studio and Related Study Program.
