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Our
Mission
Our mission is to elevate the landscape of architectural design by pushing the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and sustainability. We aim to create spaces that not only inspire but also seamlessly blend form and function, enhancing the lives of those who inhabit them. Through a commitment to excellence, collaboration, and forward-thinking approaches, we strive to set new standards in the industry,transforming environments and shaping the future of architecture.
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About Us
By leveraging advanced algorithms deeply rooted in Graph Theory, we want to unleash architectural creativity through automated floor planning. Tailored for architects, designers, builders, contractors, and developers, GPLAN optimizes efficiency by reducing the time and resources typically expended in manual design processes. We aim to drive automation and spark innovation in floor planning for AEC professionals, transforming the way architectural projects are envisioned.
A Game-Changing Approach
To Revolutionize
Architectural Design
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Our Story
2014: The Seed of an Idea
Prof. Shekhawat interviews with Prof. Mark Goulthorpe at MIT for a Postdoctoral Position, joining a project centered on the concept of "Design-Yourself-a-House." Although the project didn't progress due to funding issues, the innovative idea stayed with Prof. Shekhawat.
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Our Founder
Dr. Krishnendra Shekhawat
- • Founder at GPLAN
- • Professor at BITS Pilani
- • PhD Mathematics at University of Geneva
Prof. Krishnendra Shekhawat has completed his PhD in Mathematics from the University of Geneva under the guidance of Prof. Daniel Coray. During his PhD, he collaborated with Prof. Pierre Pellegrino on an Architecture Design Project. After completing his PhD, he joined the Department of Architecture (Design & Computational Lab) at the University of Lisbon as a Postdoctoral Fellow under the guidance of Prof. Jose Pinto Duarte. Presently, he is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani, India. Last year, he was appointed as a Scientific Advisor to Digital Blue Foam, Singapore. He has published many research papers focusing on the automated generation of floorplan layouts.
Raveena, Shekhawat, K. (2023) A Theory of L-shaped Floor-plans, Theoretical Computer Science, 942: 57–92.
Shekhawat, K., Upasani, N., Bisht, S., Jain, RN. (2021) A Tool for Computer-Generated Dimensioned Floorplans based on given Adjacencies, Automation in Construction, Vol. 127.
Bisht, S., Shekhawat, K., Upasani, N., Jain, RN., Tiwaskar, RJ., Hebbar, C. (2022) Transforming an Adjacency Graph into Dimensioned Floorplan Layouts, Computer Graphics Forum, 1–18.
Shekhawat, K. (2017) A computer-generated plus-shaped arrangement and its architectural applications, Journal of Computational Design and Engineering 4(4): 318-329.
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Our Team
Meet our Team
Passionate. Proactive. Expert.
We pioneer the future of architecture and floor plan innovation.
Constructing the World
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- Ex-Associate @Goldman Sachs
- Ex-Intern @Amazon
- MSc. Mathematics and BE. Computer Science @BITS Pilani
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- Smart Architectural Technologies Group, Department of Built Environment @ Eindhoven University of Technology
