AJMAL SUHAIMI ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
a dim light at the end of the tunnel wandering with the cruel company of time waiting for death to pass by day by day leaving a print before entering the ground the fear of dream with the glass being half empty from the eyes of the self comparing the self to the world a ship finding its way on the land when the sea was just by the corner unnoticed for being trapped in the deception as the skin getting dryer while the wrinkles being less shy the old is becoming young again hoping for the light of the candle to be blown than be blown itself as the purpose is long served when it was first being lighted.
-the world man-
PERSONAL DESIGN STATEMENT GROWING UP IN BLACK AND WHITE, I HAVE BEEN A LONG ADMIRER ON THE VISIUAL DESIGN OF HOW THE WORLD WORKS AS IT IS VERY BROADLESS AND LIMITLESS YET VERY WELL CALCULATED. THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS OF ME PURSUING IN THIS TYPE OF PROFESSION. HAVING EXPERIENCED THREE YEARS OF ARCHITECTURE DEGREE IN TAYLORS UNIVERSITY, TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS ARE VITAL TO ACHIEVE THE SATISFACTORY LEVEL OF THE DESIGN QUALITY. YOU CAN SAY THAT THE MORE TIME SPENT ON THE DESIGN THE BETTER. DESPITE THAT, IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT DESIGNING AS YOU NEED TO BE BALANCE IN TERMS OF THE ARTISTIC SIDE AND THE LOGIC BEHIND IT. ON TOP OF ALL, YOU GET TO LIVE IN IT AND SEE HOW OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCE YOUR MASTERPIECE. YOU CAN SAY WE ARE PLAYING GOD, BUT I THINK FOR THOSE WHO’VE BEEN PRACTISING THIS PROFESSION FOR DECADES, WE ALL CAN AGREE THAT HUMANS CAN NEVER ACHIEVE PERFECTION. BEING BROUGHT UP IN MALAYSIA, I NOTICED THAT WE DON’T REALLY HAVE A DEFINITE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE TO BE PROUD OF, WITH OUR TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL IDENTITY BEING MOSTLY DISCONNECTED WITH THE MODERN LOCAL DESIGNS AND EVEN THE ICONIC FIGURES HERE HAVING IGNORED OUR LOCAL IDENTITY. AS FOR ME CARRYING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE NEW GENERATION, I WOULD LOVE TO REVIVE OUR ARCHITECTURAL IDENTITY IN THIS COUNTRY AND TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY MORE APPRECIATIVE AND MORE GRATEFUL WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
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THE VINTAGE MARKET semester V
INSPIRED BY A LOCAL ANTIQUE MARKET LOCATED AT JALAN HAJI TAIB, TRIGGERS THE CLASSINESS OF CREATING A NOSTALGIC MARKET IN BRINGING BACK THE GLORY DAYS OF CHOW KIT. WITH THE EXPRESSIONS THE RAWNESS OF MATERIALS AND THE MIXTURE OF THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR IN CREATING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HUMAN INTERACTION AND THE SPATIAL EXPERIENCE BEING MAXIMIZED. THROUGH RETAILS OF ANTIQUES, CLOTHINGS AND CRAFTS AS THE MAIN SELLINGS LIKE THE OLD DAYS IN RECREATING THE ESSENCE OF CHOW KIT.
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SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE A-A THE VINTAGE MARKET | 3
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VINTAGE MARKET ROOF FLOOR
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VINTAGE MARKET FIRST FLOOR
VINTAGE MARKET GROUND FLOOR
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THE NAC semester IV
GIVEN THE TASK TO DESIGN A NATURE APPRECIATION CENTER, ONE OF THE MAIN CHALLENGE IS TO PRESERVE THE NATURAL SURROUNDINGS OF THE RAINFOREST HERITAGE.HAVING THE SITE LOCATED IN A RAINFOREST IN PERAK, THE CONCEPT OF LIVING IN NATURE IS QUITE NEW. THE MAIN TARGET IS TO EXPERIENCE A JOURNEY OF NATURE THROUGH THE SITE REVOLVING THE EXISTING BEINGS LIKE THE ORANG ASLI MODEL HOME TO INVOKE THE NATURE WITHIN US WITHOUT INTERRUPTING THE EXISTING STRUCTURES
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SOUTH ELEVATION NTS
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NAC DESIGN STRATEGIES
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SKETCHED PLAN STUDIES
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN NTS
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THE COMMUNAL SPACE
THE LEARNING SPACE THE NAC | 16
THE NAC AXONOMETRIC TOP VIEW
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THE SENITHEQUE final semester VI
VIEW FROM JALAN SEGGET
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AN EVOLUTION OF A LIBRARY WHICH IS INSPIRED BY THE ADAPTATION OF THE WAYANG KULIT TOWARDS THE MAINSTREAM SCENE MAKING THE PROGRAM PROMOTING THE ENDLESS GROWTH OF THE LOCAL ART SCENE. AN ART MEDIATHEQUE CENTER WHERE THE LOCAL ART LOVERS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTISE AND ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXPRESSION OF THE ART ITSELF FOR THE BRIGHT FUTURE OF JOHOR BAHRU.
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JOHOR BHARU
SITE VIEWS 1
A CITY ON THE RISE OF DEVELOPMENT, IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN MALAYSIA. THEY ARE MOSTLY WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR VARIETY OF FOODS AND CHEAP GOODS. DESPITE THE LARGE LAND, THE TOWN POPULATION IS NOT AS DENSE AS THE OTHERS. HAVING ITS POSITION LOCATED NEAR SINGAPORE, THE CITY OFTEN SUFFERS CONSTANT COMPARISON ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT. LITTLE EFFORTS WERE GIVEN IN MAINTAINING THE BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THE GOVENMENT HEADQUARTERS HAD MOVED OUT TO ANOTHER CITY
SITE VIEWS 2
SITE VIEWS 3
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THE ART MOVEMENT OF JOHOR BHARU SITE IMPLEMENTED BY THE LOCALS TO ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY
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THE PROGRESSION OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE TRADITIONAL ART FROM ADAPTING TO THE CURRENT TRENDS AND GENERATIONS TO OPENING UP TO ANY POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT IT COULD BE INDIRECTLY OPENING UP THE LIMITATIONS OF ITS GROWTH
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THE ART PROGRAMME DESIGN INTENTION
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SKETCHED SECTIONAL STUDIES
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN NTS
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN NTS
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PODIUM FLOOR PLAN NTS
SECOND FLOOR PLAN NTS
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SECTION A NTS
EAST ELEVATION NTS
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THE OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATRE OF SENITHEQUE
THE SENITHEQUE MULTIMEDIA LIBRARY THE SENITHEQUE | 28
VIEW FROM JALAN TRUS
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TO E N J O Y T H E ‘R U A N G’
ABOUT ME AHMAD AJMAL SYAHIR B. AHMAD SUHAIMI 0304459 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN ARCHITECTURE CLASS OF 2015 SEPT INTAKE TAYLORS UNIVERSITY LAKESIDE CAMPUS, SUBANG JAYA AJMALSUHAIMI@OUTLOOK.COM
