Patel Haritkumar Maheshbhai

AR2063

This project proposes a climate-responsive highway rest stop along the Baroda Expressway, designed to offer travelers a moment of pause and comfort. The architecture emphasizes thermal transitions, spatial rhythm, and sensory experience. Passive strategies such as natural ventilation, shading, and orientation shape the built form, creating spaces that adapt to the region’s climate. Through iterative development—including analysis, sketching, modeling, and testing—the design balances movement with stillness, public flow with personal retreat. It aims not just to serve a functional need, but to create an atmosphere of renewal along a fast-moving corridor.