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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Urban Nomad (Third Year) 2. Extreme Conditions Pod (Third Year) 2. The Oasis (Third Year) 3. Spring Pavilion (Fourth Year) 4. Democracy in Architecture - YMCA (Fourth Year) 5. Urban Regneration - Purani Kotwali (Fourth Year) 6. Transparency in Architecture - PGRI (Thesis) 7. Photography 8. Publications
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THE URBAN NOMAD Third Year - Second Project (Individual) March 2011 Supervisor: Prof. Arfan Ghani arfan.ghani@gmail.com The urban nomad is the modern wanderer whose needs disallow him from staying at one place for long periods of time.The project explores a mobile shelter which such a wanderer can take refuge in while they travel. The design incorporates a spiral framework made from Nitinol, a memory metal alloy and a skin consisting of thin photovoltaic cells. The entire structure is held up by a pneumatic base and collapses to form a thin wheel-like cylinder.
Power Requirements Electric Fan: 50 watts Laptop battery charger: 65 watts Mobile charger: 40 watts Miscellaneous: 50 watts
Tranformation Maximum weight of structure: 55 Kg (40 Kg framework and 15 Kg Solar Fabric + Nylon) 800 watts for 1 second (equivalent to jump-start): 0.2222 Wh
Power Source Thin-film solar fabric: Output: 3 Watts/sqft Available surface area (exposed): 150 sqft Maximum continuous power output: 450 Watts Solar film connected to 500W Uninterrupted Power Supply Unit, with surge capacity of 1000W.
Nitinol
Nitinol is an alloy of nickel and titanium and posseses the properties of shape memory and superelasticity. The alloy can be trained to ‘memorize’ a certain shape and return to it under the application heat or electricity after being deformed. The shelter uses two tubes (for contraction and expansion respectively) containing strands of nitinol that have been trained to retain the shape of a sprial, assiting in the deployment and packing of the structure.
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THE URBAN NOMAD
THE SHELTER
PET Film covering top aperture (occulus)
Sealabable side aperture and entrance
Photovoltaic film canvas Two-way Nitinol Framework
Hypalon pneumatic base
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TRANSFORMATION 1. Mobility mode: Undeployed pod can be transported via various mechanisms.
4. The Nitinol framework expands via a surge of electric charge.
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THE URBAN NOMAD
2. 1. Initial orientation Volumetric for deployment, arrangement of with the base predetermined facingonto programs downwards. the site.
5. Fully deployed pod is reinforced and the solar film shell activates.
1. 3. Penumatic Volumetric base inflates arrangement via inflation of predetermined mechanism programs attachedonto to the the pod. site.
6. The Occulus is sealed with a PET film cap using a zipping mechanism
DRAWINGS
THE URBAN NOMAD
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EXTREME CONDITIONS
POD Third Year - Fourth Project (Individual) June 2011 Supervisor: Prof. Arfan Ghani arfan.ghani@gmail.com
The extreme pod project had the objective of designing a speculative pod that could support two researchers by providing them with essential utilities. Another aspect of the project was to include three transformation mechanisms of flight, adhesion and buoyancy. Requirements (for two) - A place to/for: - Sleep - Work (research or other) with library - Eat (and prepare/store food) - Socialize (for five persons) - Entertainment - Toilet/bath Required Systems - Transformation (for gliding, regardless of take-off) - Communication - Utilities - Organization - Flight - Buoyancy - Adhesion (regardless initial position)
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EXTREME CONDITIONS POD
INITIAL MODULE The initial pod design encompassed a module divided into quadrants with filleted edged for internal stability and a central core for utilities and an extension tube.
Tempered glass skylight
Attachment tube for solar and utility module
Vacum lifting plates (Anver ltd.)
Cockpit
NON-FUSALAGE POD ITERATION
TRANSFORMATION AND SYSTEMS The pod employs three different transformation mechanisms: 1 - Detachable wings which are attached to the attachment tube for flight and dew catching. 2 - Limbs with vacume plates which attach the pod to vertical surfaces. 3 - A conduit which provides utilities to the pod when submerged in water.
POWER CALCULATIONS Production Photovoltaic panels (solar panels): Surface area (wings + tails + top): 1000+500+100= 1600 square feet At 15 Watts per square foot: 15 x 1600 = 24000 Watts or 24 kW
Usage Turbines: 4@ 8 HP (Maximum) each: 23862 Watts Vacuum plates: 3.73 kW x 4 = 14.92 kW Workstations: 50 Watts x 2 = 100 Watts Lighting: 20 Watts x 2= 40 Watts
Flight Mechanism
Adhesion Mechanism
Buoyancy Mechanism EXTREME CONDITIONS POD
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DRAWINGS
SECTION A - A’
PLAN
SECTION B - B’
ATTACHMENT TUBE
FLIGHT MODULE
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EXTREME CONDITIONS POD
THE OASIS Office Building
Institute of Architects of Pakistan
Third Year - Fifth Project (Individual) November 2011 Supervisor: Prof. Arfan Ghani arfan.ghani@gmail.com
The project encompasses design the of a sanctuary, evoking images of a ‘destination’. Part of the project was to design in response to climate with predetermined climatic zones assigned. The goal was to design an office of the Institure of Architects, Pakistan in the coastal city of Gwadar, within a relatively dense urban fabric.
During dancing ceremonies, members of the Siddi community adorn themselves with traditional African tribal make up and jewellery as a homage to their lineage.
The Site
The Dhamaal consists of extravagant movements sometimes emulating animals and always incorporating multiple props (coconuts, spears) and to the beat of traditional African percussions instruments.
The implementation of the design was in accordance with critical regionalist practices with a translation of the folk dance (Dhamaal) of the local African origin Siddi (or Sheedi) community into architecture. All the while, maintaining the status of the site as an urban oasis via use of passive cooling systems.
Climatic Zone Coastal (High humidity, mild temperature)
Site Gwadar City, Makran Coast
Limitations Two 10 storey buildings (west) & One 3 storey building (north)
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PROCESS I The extremities of the Sheedi Dhamaal were recorded from three different performances video and then appropriated into three dimensional lofted forms, which were then appropriated into an architectural language through the use of study models and utlitiraian modifications.
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The study models helped resolve the spatial relationships between the derived members, thereby aiding the application of a skin.
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THE OASIS
THE PROCESS II
A layered shell consisting of layers of RCC clad on a rammed earth core is assembled between adjacent vertical members; because of the undulating nature of the surfaces, these layers are clad on top of a steel mesh core which provides further reinforcement. Apertures are then added according to wind directions and light conditions.
Bija Teer A haptic experience is induced via the curvilinearity of the interior and exterior walls which allude to the movements and subtleties of dance.
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PASSIVE COOLING SYSTEMS
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THE OASIS
DRAWINGS
GREEN ROOF DETAIL
LEVEL 1 (GF) PLAN
SHELL SECTION A-A'
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THE SPRING PAVILION
“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.” - Giles Deleuze - Information embedded in the material
Fourth Year - First Project (Group) February 2012 Role: Joinery Design, Concept Development,
(bamboo) and form (tensile integrity) of the final pavilion can be explored by the user.
Documentation and Assembly
“Tensional integrity or floating compression, is a
Supervisor: Prof. Faisal Sajjad
structural principle based on the use of isolated
- Being internally stable, the encompassing
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components in compression inside a net of
mesh of tensile and compressive members
continuous tension, in such a way that the
would not be constrained to one particular
compressed members (usually bars or struts) do
orientation but would stabilize on multiple axes
not touch each other and the prestressed
depending upon the arrangement of the
tensioned members (usually cables or tendons)
members.
- The project is an interpretation of the Pleats of Matter – a commentary on Gottfried Leibniz’s text on folds and folding (Le Pli) by the 20th century French philosopher Giles Deleuze
delineate the system spatially.” - Wikipedia
stating that information is embedded in folds in
- The structure would be light enough to allow
space.
Parallel Processes
its users to continuously relocate it from one Study Models
site to another throughout the college premises,
- Using the principles of tensional integrity or
gathering information - adding to the folds.
‘Tensegrity’ as explored by Buckminster Fuller in the 1950s, we set out to create an encompassing mesh that would satisfy both these facets of the project. - Information is embedded into the pavilion through its interaction with users, the composition of the environment and via
Permanent bending of some members via heat and pressure.
exposure to the elements.
Gathering Information
Dynamic State
Dynamic Attributes
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THE SPRING PAVILION
Gathering Information
Conscious relocation + The Elements (Wind)
Dynamic State
Gathering Information
PAVILION DETAILS Parachute Fabric Bent Dry Bamboo
One of two primary tensile members
Pseudo Tensile Member, both compressive and tensile
Straight Dry Bamboo Primary compressive member
Sliced Bamboo Joinery Rubber Coat Fabric
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Nylon Rope
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Fail-safe Tensile Member
1 - Threaded hook 2 - Wood piece with grooves 3 - Dual clamp reinforcement
Fabric-Hook Joinery 2
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1 - Leather patches sewn on both sides of fabric 2 - U-shaped steel component 3 - Threaded hook 4 - Reinforced with cable tie
Full Bamboo Joinery
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1 -Threaded hook 2 - Cylindrical wooden piece 3 - Singular hose clamp reinforcement
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THE PROCESS
Experimenting with nylon ropes as a tensile member.
Incorporating compressive members.
The dynamicity of the pavilion allows it to not be affixed to one site but rather move to and from multiple sites, providing for a different spatial experience and orientation every time.
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THE SPRING PAVILION
A Democratic Program
Democracy in architecture The Young Men’s Christian Association
Internal Program Relationships
Changes on the whims of the majority, the spaces have to be flexible. Accomodates any change in activity, whether monthly or daily. To be governed from the Pak Tea House, a traditional academic haven. Pak Tea House is to be integrated into the program and absorbed by the YMCA.
Fourth Year - Second Project (Indiv.) March 2012 Supervisor: Prof. Faisal Sajjad faisalsajjad73@gmail.com
The objective of the exercise was to redesign the Lahore YMCA while considering existing programmatic requirements and the application of basic bylaws.
Specifications Fourth Year: Individual Project Total covered area: 21870 sqft Structural Footprint: 11581 sqft Percentage of site used: 47.68% (L:65%) Floor Area Ratio: 1:0.90 (L:1:2.4) Rear Clearance: 17’-9” (L:13’)
The educated rich who already have access to these facilities elsewhere find incentive in the academic environment of the Pak Tea House. Program divided into mind, body and spirit sub-programs to reflect the mission of the organization.
Site
Site details
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DESIGN PROCESS Hierarchical design methodology
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1. Volumetric arrangement of predetermined programs onto the site.
2. Consolidation of volumes & addition of circulation volumes.
4. Central circulation spine added & spaces readjusted.
5. Final consolidation of spaces and fenstration.
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3. Triangulation of independent geodesic steel structural systems.
6. Addition of details and installation of systems.
FEATURES
Y.M.C.A. Insignia Central Corridor (Spine) Exposed systems and utilities
Geodesic (Icosahedric) Steel Framework
Multiple Entrances Collapsible auditorium windows
Learning Observation Deck/ Rooms Museum Staff Toilets Offices II Parliament Administration Toilets Pak Tea Library House Storage Kitchen Indoor Games Restaurant Auditorium Conference Room Shop Lounge Staff Offices I
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Recreational (Soul)
Administrative
Toilets Food/Services (Body) Educational (Mind)
Planar Program Distribution
Adjoining spherical volumes create flattened circular openings and curvilinear surfaces, creating a unique haptic, spatial experience.
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VIEWS
Exposed Utilities (Functional Aesthetic)
Illumination
Continuity of Space & Vertical Circulation
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Triangulated Fenestration
DRAWINGS
Horizontal Section at 40’ Horizontal Section at 7’
Section A-A’
Horizontal Section at 18’
Section B-B’
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Elevations
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Urban Implosion:
An Arcological Perspective
Five Priorities:
Urban Regeneration Purani Kotwali CHOWK Fourth Year - Third Project (Indiv.) May 2012 Supervisor: Prof. Hafsa Imtiaz hafsa.imtiaz@gmail.com
• To provide incentives and infrastructure to supplement the inherent inclination of the site towards becoming a hyperstructure, thereby ensuring a smoother transition. • Energy independence and some degree of economic and political autonomy, to enhance the arcological nature of the site. • Fundamental right to mobility, rejuvenation zones, segregation of incompatible traffic types. • Development of multi-level urban planes, to counter adverse effects of high-rise development. • Urban Implosion and vertical development.
To ‘revive’ the general area of Purani Kotwali near the Delhi Gate of the Walled City, Lahore with the aid of design interventions at an urban level.
Location: The Walled City, Lahore Pilot Project: Chowk Purani Kotwali Main Artery: Brass Bazar Road Coordinates: 31°35'2.13"N 74°19'21.13"E
Arcology “A portmanteau of "architecture" and "ecology", is a set of architectural design principles aimed toward the design of enormous habitats (hyperstructures) of extremely high human population density.”
Bionic limb analogy The metaphorical implication of a ‘bionic’ attachment suggests the expectation of ‘super human’ qualities. The attachment of a technologically superior infrastructure to an organic urban growth can perhaps incite the same wonder/expectation.
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Arcological Interventions • Specialized Markets that cater primarily to internal demand, not external. • Smelting plants, metalworks that manufacture unit materials for construction inside the Walled City. • Governing body that is completely independent of the Punjab Govt. and/or LDA. • Employment opportunities to residents to restrict commute to within the Walled City. • Localised means of food productions, poultry farms, vegetable gardens etc. • Local Power Grid System, making use of sustainable and renewable means like photovoltaic cells and wind turbines.
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Landuse The Brass Bazar road features commercial activity that ranges from an extensive variety of fabric merchants to intermittent condiment salesmen, dotted by ‘tuck’ shops and banks that cater to the immediate population. Residential use is limited to the first and second floors, primarily occupied the merchants and their families.
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1 - Attachment Module - Joinery embedded into superstructure 2 - Land-use Modules - As per requirement 3 - Pedestrian Causeway (L1) - Inter-planar circulation 4 - Transitional Ramp - Transitions from modular to existing 5 - Land-use Buffer - Joins two adjacent buildings/structures 6 - Land-use extension - Extension of existing structure
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7 - Vertical Circulation (Interior) 8 - Four-way alloy joinery 9 - Three-way alloy joinery 10 - Vertical Circulation (Exterior) 11 - Concealed Exits
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Masonry walls require no foundations because of frames.
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MASTER PLAN Phase II
LEGEND Landuse Circulation
Chowk Purani Kotwali
Rejuvenation Zone
Phases of Development
(Evolution of Hyperstructure)
Masjid Wazir Khan Modular Features: 1. Steel/Titanium members, 10’ all sides. 2. A number of skins. 3. Attached to existing structures, independent support. 4. Appenages connect urban planes. 5. Close gaps to be incorporated as pathways. 6. Pod based public transport infrastructure, based on same modular system.
Phase 1: Addition to façade/surface of existing infrastructure to create new land-use volumes and introduction of circulations causeways. Phase 2: Expansive additions to existing infrastructure and additions on top of existing infrastructure, land-use buffer zones introduced. Phase 3: All additions made are on new modular expansion, no contact with older infrastructure. Introduction of microclimate shell and rejuvenation areas. Semi-covered ground level protect’s from Lahore’s harsh summer sun.
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URBAN REGENERATION - PURANI KOTWALI
Chitta Gate
Landuse Buffer
TRANSPARENCY IN ARCHITECTURE
PAKISTAN GENETIC RESOURCES INSTITUTE
2005 Fifth Year - Thesis Project (Individual) January 2013 Supervisor: Prof. Tariq Khalidi
Election of Pope Benedict XVI
A New Media Watching the Watchmen
mtkhalidi@hotmail.com
Julian Assange addresses his supporters outside the Ecuadorian Embassy
SITE
Building Material
Punjab University Farmlands, Lahore
2013
Materials and Accountability
Election of Pope Francis
Attenuation
GENERAL CASE STUDIES PGRI - Islamabad, Millenium Seed Bank - Kew The project is an experiment in introducing a traditionally reclusive building type: a Seed Bank, into the public domain and thereby creating a transparent model for public buildings. It discovers the advent of WikiLeaks and its subsequent effect on social dynamics and proposes a change in architecture that supplements the aforementioned. By successfully implementing such architectural reforms, it may be possible to empower the public in ways that may have consequences beyond the realm of architecture.
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Crowd gathered outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in support of Assange after the issue of his arrest warrant.
72% of Pakistanis have access to cellphones (60% Smart Phones) and therefore arguably the internet.
Wireless Signal Penetrability Chart
Transparency in the Public Domain Architecture in the age of WikiLeaks
Policy and Architecture INCOMPATIBLE POLICY/PROTOCOL
COMPATIBLE POLICY/PROTOCOL
Education through Exposure
- Typical Library Program - Free Entry - Democratic Values - Decentralized Administration - In the Public Domain
- Surveillance Office Program - Strict Administrative Heirarchy - Complete Isolation from Public Eye - Unpopular in public opinion
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- Porous Circulation - Proximity to Public Space - Complete Visual Accessiblity - At a prominent location - Library specific spaces
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LIBRARY FULLY INTEGRATED INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
If for example, a library is taken over by a totalitarian government, which decides to appropriate the building to act as a surveillance office, the architecture of the library can theoretically make such intrusions impractical and inefficient; the library is thereby rescued by virtue of its architecture and remains in the public domain, continuing to serve a purpose that is in the interest of the general public.
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Factory
Formally constructed mandatory courses taught for decades without revision at times, with little to no choice on part of the student.
CATION THROUGH EDU E XP OS UR E
High School
Information Boards
Visitors gain further knowledge about the origin of the products that they consume.
University Courses still taught hierarchically but students have the opportunity to attain education independent of formalized courses.
Post Office
Knowledge dispersed as a secondary measure, a consequence of exposure to public.
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The primary purpose of a museum is that of the dissemination of Seed Bank knowledge, the Those who had no interest in secondary purpose is the technical fields of botany recreation. may find a new hobby.
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MODES OF TRANSPARENCY
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THE SITE
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THE PROJECT Facilities that support the preservation and preparation of seeds. Such institutes are generally colloquially referred to as just ‘Seed Banks’. The PGRI, is such a facility. Seed Banks are ‘genetic’ banks that physically store samples of seeds, they may vary from seeds of food crops (as a precaution in the case of a global catastrophe) to a rare species of plant (for the preservation of biodiversity).
Agricultural Research Wing Pakistan Agricultural Research Council National Agricultural Research Center Pakistan Genetic Resources Institute
17 Staff, 10 Supporting Staff Public space designed for 100 persons at maximum capacity. 5 Departments within the technical facility
Proposed Transparency
THE SEED EX. THE KNOWLEDGE COMPLEX
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Desirability (w.r.t dissemination of unique knowledge)
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Shops Zarai Taraqiati Bank
2000 sqft
Chai Khana
2200 sqft
Services
3000 sqft
The Seed Exchange
11000 sqft
Federal Ministry of Food, Agri and Livestock
CHAY KHANA
900 sqft 1400 sqft
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1480 sqft
Introduction & Seed Health
1770 sqft
Seed Preservation
1900 sqft
Administration
2200 sqft
In-Vitro Preservation
2580 sqft
Exploration and Collection
2730 sqft
Germplasm Evaluation
3280 sqft
Data Management
4050 sqft
Foreign Experts
5100 sqft
Gene/Seed Bank
The Knowledge Complex
Introduced Program
Modified PGRI Program
Total: 20500 sqft
Total: 25090 sqft
DESIGN PROCESS
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ZONING AND MASTERPLAN
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DRAWINGS
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DRAWINGS III
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POTENTIAL CLIENTS
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PHOTOGRAPHY
PEOPLE
The Walled City, Lahore
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Sulemanki Headworks, Punjab
PLACES
Lipa Vallery, Kashmir
National College of Arts
Noor Haveli, Walled City, Lahore
Sulemanki Headworks, Punjab
Tolipeer, Kashmir
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PUBLICATIONS
The Festive Shopper (Welcome 2012) Newsprint Issue
The Festive Shopper (Farewell 2012) Newsprint Issue
The Occasional Shopper (Issue 5 - March 2013) Magazine Issue - 24 Pages (Not all spreads are shown)
The Festive Shopper (Welcome 2013) Newsprint Issue
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PUBLICATIONS
We should work for simple, good, undecorated things, but things which are in harmony with the human being and organically suited to the little man in the street. - Alvar Aalto