Akbar Khan Portfolio by Akbar Khan

PORTFOLIO AKBAR KHAN

weaving curve connects points created on circle and rectangle

rectangular cell: no variation. circle: large amount of points created on circle and rectangle: low.

SELECTED WORKS

2023

CONTACT

(678) 451 - 8525

akhan401@gatech.edu

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ akbar-khan-7b9402211/

EDUCATION

August 2020 - Present (Expected graduation May 2024)

B.S. IN ARCHITECTURE

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA

EXPERTISE

||| PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Adobe Suite

Rhino and Grasshopper

Google Sketchup

Graphic Design

MS Office Software

Media Production

Brand Management

||| PERSONAL SKILLS

• Photography and Video Model Making

Freehand Sketching

AKBAR KHAN

BACHELOR’S CANDIDATE AT THE GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

EXPERIENCE

August 2022 - Present

Generation Now - Atlanta, GA

• Responsible for time-sensitive merchandise photo shoots. Helped to create marketing campaigns by developing strategy for targeting specific audiences through social media channels. Created engaging content for each platform to increase brand awareness and followers.

• Collaborated with marketing team to create social media campaigns to increase website traffic.

January 2018 - Present

CREATIVE MEDIA INTERN FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER

Self Employed - Atlanta, GA

Photographing for portraits, weddings, and other events, I learned to offer competitively priced packages to meet diverse budgets and the following skills

• Planned photo composition, analyzing subject to select angle, lighting and background.

• Maintained and updated image database and online image archives.

• Produced digital images and visual marketing materials for multiple marketing platforms.

August 2019 - February 2020

BILLING AND DATA INTERN

Oglethorpe Power Corporation - Atlanta, GA

Implemented and operated comprehensive data systems to balance optimization of data access with batch loading and resource utilization factors, according to customer requirements.

• Reviewed bills for 32 electric membership corporations

• Presented data analysis to individual and team members Performed system analysis, data analysis and programming, using variety of computer languages and procedures.

LEADERSHIP

• Business Leadership and Organizational Change Certificate

Georgia Tech Creatives - Co-Founder, Vice President, and Social Media Coordinator (@gtcreatives)

• Sustainability Ambassador - ECO At Georgia Tech

• Secretary - National Organization of Minority Architecture Students

• Social Media and Marketing Chair - Pakistani Student Association

Undergraduate Portfolio

STRUCTURE OF THE ORDINARY

After being raised in primarilt suburban neighborhoods, we are tasked with bringing attractive aspects of living in a neighborhood to family driven alternatives to a house on the ground.

CONSTRUCTING GEOMETRY

Create discernible objects through cultivation of card stock models of derived from the para-line drawings drafted in the previous project.

ASIA SOCIETY ATLANTA

DRAWING GEOMETRY

Construct a series of paraline drawings using a set of three projections including top, front, and side elevations for six different geometric objects.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 01 02 05 06

GOTHIC CONFIGURING

After thorough examination of the historic gothic window tracery and possible synthesis, a design proposal will be made to satisfy the needs of a fashion-driven design research academy located in San Francisco.

URBAN INTERACTION

Embark on a neighborhood district site in Atlanta, GA and design two dwellings for two different designers/makers while adhering to the guidelines of the residential subarea of Cabbagetown.

BODY, SITE, PROGRAM, AND STRUCTURE

Design a small pavillion as a communal space and create a narrative around the design that requires accomodation for up to five individuals standing, sitting, and an overnight experience for sleeping.

CAMPUS BUS STOP

Design a prototype bus stop/shelter for the STINGER service on the Georgia Tech campus. The design should provide shelter, shade and seating for waiting passengers, during the day and at night.

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MEDIA AND MODELING II

Using Grashopper Interface, Components, and other Parameters, create architectural structures such as folded roofs and 2D attractors.

PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHY

A collection of work that illustrates who I am as a photographer in order to take one of my passions a step further and on full display. This is a curation of portraits, landscape, and collage work that I have done in the past few years.

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CREATIVE PROJECTS

STRUCTURE OF THE ORDINARY

After being raised in primarilt suburban neighborhoods, we are tasked with bringing attractive aspects of living in a neighborhood to family driven alternatives to a house on the ground. Looking through strong precedents pertaining to communal circulation, lighting and views, and the porch, we use these architectural concepts as tools to construct an efficient apartment building housing up to 200 families.

From systems to tectonic considerations, we aim to answer the question “How can we design attractive family housing in the city?” through a logical synthesis from the unit out.

ASIA SOCIETY ATLANTA

Taking as our inspiration the ancient definition of art as the mirror of nature, we propose a studio centered on the art museum as a site for research into the active and passive mechanical systems that properly support the storage, display, and experience of varied works of art. The art museum brief remains an excellent design research tool offering three distinct but related arenas for exploration:

- Aesthetic issues involved in a building type to experience visual and performance art.

- Technical issues in the marriage of art and science.

- Social/urban issues in the expectation that museums are both exemplary and didactic in their address to a broad public

0’ 10’ 30’ 60’ 120’ N SITE PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN MAIN LOBBY RECEPTION ART GALLERY LIBRARY THEATRE THEATRE LOBBY CAFE/DINING ADMINISTRATION RESTROOM MECHANICAL STORAGE/SERVICE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 3 3 12 9 10 10 4 11 11 11 N 0’ 10’ 30’ 60’

GOTHIC CONFIGURING

Of all architectural styles the Gothic is probably the one that is most successful in bridging the divide between structure and ornament. Where classical architecture first creates an abstract structure to then decorate it locally with curved scrolls, garlands and volutes, the Gothic uses thin elements (“ribs”) which can bend and flex to create a large variety of figures that combine into enormously complex webbed vaults, bundled columns or rose windows. The idea is not to develop a Neoneo-gothic to design our projects; we will slowly move away from the Gothic as a historical style to create our own sets of configurations and spatial organization. For our research we will be concentrating on window tracery (lancet windows and rose windows) of the English Decorated and the French Flamboyant styles.

Such an academy is not a typical school, and would harbor not only post-graduate design students but also practioners that have decided to leave their practice behind, either temporarily or for good, to deepen their research into design. The DRA is a platform for experiment, for learning as well as unlearning. Such an academy would not house a fixed staff; it would itself function as a harbor, where designers and teachers would meet to do high-end research for short or long periods, and seek discussion, study and renewal.

GOTHIC CONFIGURING

Such an academy is not a typical school, and would harbor not only post-graduate design students but also practioners that have decided to leave their practice behind, either

temporarily or for good, to deepen their research into design. The DRA is a platform for

Nodes From Compound Curves

Pre - Existing Shape Created Shape

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COMPRESSION REPETITION OFFSET 2 SHIFT DENSE ORNAMENTATION SPAN 1 2 SCALE

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Entry/Exit Opening Void Public Space Patch Private Space Regulated Circulation Rest Room Rest Room Data and Cust. Faculty and Student Fishbowl Gallery Gallery Touch Down Library and Reading Guest Room Bath Guest Room Bath Rest Room Rest Room Data/ Cust. Dry Fabrication Lab Wet Fabication Lab Material Printing Material Lab Interactive Seminar Paint Box Paint Box Auditorium Rest Room Rest Room Data and Cust. Faculty and Student Fishbowl Touch Down Faculty and Student Fishbowl Touch Down Rest Room Rest Room Data and Cust. Faculty and Student Fishbowl Material Lab Material Lab Supply Storage Admin Office 1 Office 2 Office 3 Guest Room Bath Guest Room Bath Studio Studio Classroom Classroom Rest Room Rest Room Data and Cust. Studio Auditorium Entry/Foyer Faculty and Student Fishbowl Touch Down Cafe and Kitchen Service and Loading Mechanical and Electric Rest Room Data and Cust. Rest Room Rest Room Rest Room Data and Cust. Material Lab Material Lab Black Box Black Box Material Lab Material Lab Material Lab Data and Cust. Rest Room Studio Material Lab Studio Studio Studio Rest Room

View From Entry Foyer View From Fourth Floor Escalator View From Eighth Floor Escalator

URBAN INTERACTION

After thorough examination of the district site and its guidelines, a design proposal will be made to satisfy the needs of two individual artists on a 3500 sq. ft. lot. The shotgun and cottage types are being prioritized, but an array of the vernacular types studied are applicable and can be used in combination. This proposal shall consist of client needs, technical drawings, and site analysis and diagrams.

BODY, SITE, PROGRAM, STRUCTURE

Using the same site location given in Project 2, the objective here is to design a small pavilion as a communal space and create a narrative around the design. The pavilion requires accommodation for up to five individuals standing, sitting, and sleeping including an overnight experience. The area must not exceed 85 sq. ft. and cannot be longer than 15ft in any dimension. After developing the deliverables for this project, not only my craft in drawings and models has improved but my ability to persevere through trial and error has as well.