Jay Patel

Work by Jay Patel / Year 2 / @jayp.arch ‘The Wormwood Commune and Travel Co-Operative accommodate our local and international visitors to the Institute of Public Luxury. The Commune provides both communal and private living, with a tranquil courtyard, lavish ballroom and ethereal atrium, topped off with an imposing entrance tower. The new station follows a similar language to that of the commune, with stained glass vaulting and rhythmic circular columns. Using low-tech construction methods, both the commune and station embrace the existing materiality of the site, with bricks, stone and community-led design at the forefront.’ Part of the ‘Radical Hedonism ‘ Group (Imene Aida Merzougui, Jay Patel, Anna Kaminska) Group Manifesto: 'In a society freed from the tyranny of work, our architecture becomes ritual: a constellation of ever-shifting venues where festivals are not escape, but an integral part of a new kind of revolutionary and hedonistic resistance. Experimental rhythms and radical joy swell through structures (un)built to make, break, and share. These venues are temples to play, defiance, and collective feasts.' #architecture #architecturestudent #ribastudent #archidaily #architectureportfolio

Playing the Building: Phase 2 The curves become refined, and the arrangement of the strings becomes more complex, with crossovers. The void in the first story becomes more defined. Model at 1:100

Playing the Building: Phase 1 The abstraction of curves from a Double Bass leads to the formation of spaces formed by inverted curves connected to the ground plane by strings. Levels rise from this, forming an audience area on the first floor and the musicians accomodation on the second floor with a roof terrace. Model at 1:50

Testing Strings Using Guitar strings and winding them to create tension. This forms the conceptual driver for the building, the idea that one can 'play the building'. Model Not To Scale

Dividing space with strings Models not to scale

Musical Structures Model not to scale

Playing the Building Located in Dalston, the proposal seeks to become more than a building, but rather an instrument. Photoshop 420 x 594mm

A Samosa-Hut The Folkestone Samosa Hut is inspired by the triangle-shaped savory snack, and abstracts this form to create an architecturally strange timber-structure. The abstract roof-scape informs the external wall of the hut, which in turn informs the interior. The user experience is one which harks back to the Indian tradition of sitting on the floor. Low- rise, movable triangular shaped seats accomodate diners, who have an unobstructed view of the kitchen allowing for aromas to spead all around the hut. Model Scale 1:50

Day in the life at Folkestone Pen and Pencil on Paper 420 x 594mm

Fashion in The City A series of eccentric suits. 1. The Map Suit - inspired by the plan view of maps 2. The Empire State - inspired by themes of the Empire State Building 3. The Chrysler - inspired by Art Deco themes of the Chrysler Building Watercolour and Pen on Paper 210 x 297mm

A Gloomy Day on the Southbank Pen on Paper 210 x 297mm

Gloomy Day in London with a touch of me Ink and Pen on Paper 210 x 297mm