Ali Sarmad Khan 2009-NCA-ARCH-001
Architectural Design Portfolio
Fourth Year Architecture Feb 2012 to Dec 2012
Contents
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The Spring Pavilion
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Young Men’s Christian Association
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Purani Kotwali Regeneration
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Rescue 15 Headquarters
5
Miners’ Housing Society
The Spring Pavilion
JOINERY
Spatial Dynamism
Project I - Group Project
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.
- Threaded hook - Wood piece with grooves - Dual clamp reinforcement
Features - 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 is that information is embedded in folds in space. - Information embedded in the material (bamboo) and form (tensile integrity) of the final pavilion can be explored by the user.
- Threaded hook - Cylindrical wooden piece - Singular hose clamp reinforcement
- Being internally stable, the encompassing mesh of tensile and compressive members would not be constrained to one particular orientation but would stabilize on multiple axes depending upon the arrangement of the members.
Khewra Housing Society
- The structure would be light enough to allow its users to continuously relocate it from one site to another throughout the college premises, gathering information adding to the folds.
- Leather patches sewn on both sides of fabric - U-shaped steel component - Threaded hook - Reinforced with cable tie
Parallel Processes
Permanent Bending
Bending Exploration
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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
Democracy in architecture The Young Men’s Christian Association Relationships
To redesign the Lahore YMCA while considering existing programmatic
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Project II
Staff Offices I
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Administrative Recreational (Soul) Toilets Food/Services (Body) Educational (Mind)
Planar Program Distribution
requirements.
Rationale Space that:
Step 2a Adjoining spherical volumes create unique haptic spatial experience.
-Is Approachable, Accessible, -Is Honest, Transparent, -Facilitates Democracy (Tahrir Square),
Registration
Step 2
1 Step
Central Circulation Spine
Step 4
Step 3 Fenestration, Openings and Final Details.
-Functions on the principles of a Republic, -Does not force its will upon the occupants.
Features -Universal accessibility to all programs, -Circulation spine that connects all spaces,
Volumetric arrangements of predetermined programs onto the site.
Consolidation of volumes and addition of complementary circulation volumes.
Final arrangement of volumes adjusted with central spine.
-Undivided, continuous space.
Continuity of Space & Vertical Circulation
16 Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam (The Mall) Case Studies
Richard Rogers: Pompidou Centre, Lloyd’s Bldng. Bjarke Ingels (BIG): Tallin Town Hall, Estonia Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt
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Triangulated Fenestration
Exposed Utilities (Functional Aesthetic)
DRAWINGS
Site
Elevations
SW
NW
NE
SE
Master Plan - Pilot (Phase I)
Urban Regeneration Purani Kotwali CHOWK
Project III
Chowk Purani Kotwali
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.
Chitta Gate Masjid Wazir Khan
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.”
Urban Implosion
LEGEND
Semi-covered ground level protect’s from Lahore’s harsh summer sun.
- Multi-level urban planes.
Modular Features: 1. Steel/Titanium members, 10’ all sides. 2. A number of skins. 3. Attached to (also provide reinforcement where necessary) 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.
- Urban Implosion.
Phases of Development(Evolution of Hyperstructure):
An Arcological Perspective - Supplement the inherent arcological inclination of the site. - Energy independence and economic independence. - Fundamental right to mobility.
- Vertical Development.
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.
Site
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 addition 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.
Circulation
Rejuvenation Zone
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L2
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L1
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L0
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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Distribution
Landuse Buffer
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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
Landuse
6 - Vertical Circulation (Interior) 7 - Four-way alloy joinery 8 - Three-way alloy joinery 9 - Vertical Circulation (Exterior) 10 - Concealed Exits
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6 Single Unit (Masonry)
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Three-way alloy joinery (close-up)
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34'-10" 41'-5" 71'
CASE STUDIES
The HyperRational Process: Rescue 15 Headquarters
9' Wide
9' Wide
6' Wide
37'
Plan at 20’
Exploring current debates in architecture and developing an architectural argument.
8 House, Copenhagen, Denmark BIG
World View
That the universe is a machine that works on the laws of rationality, therefore, all architecture produced should be an extension of this rationality.
SITE
105'-7"
Plan at 5’
Plan at 35’
Individual Program Units
RATIONALE
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Lahore Civil Lines Extension, Queen’s Road.
DRAWINGS
186'-1"
Seattle Central Library OMA
Project IV
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Southern Elevation
Independent development of floor plates.
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Northern Elevation
AREA: 20251 sqft PERIMETER: 611 ft
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KEY
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1 Wapda House
3 Bank Alfalah
5 Pakistan Today Office
7 Plaza Cinema
2 Charing Cross
4 Freemasons’ Lodge
6 Nawai-e-waqt Office
8 Red Crescent Society
9 LG Plaza
11 Intelligence Complex
10 Civil Lines Complex 12 Zoological Gardens
13 Summit Minar Major Vegetation
Green Areas Obstructions
CIRCULATION Physcial connections between successive floor plates.
232'
SHELTER
Triangulated Encompassing Shell Master Plan
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Architectural Symbiosis Residential Facility for Mine Workers
Project V
To explore resource efficiency, spatial design for healthy living and community dynamics of mine workers.
Features
Site: Bangla Pahari, Khewra Chakwal District
Bangla Pahari
Hempcrete
Bedroom Unit
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Toilet Unit
Steep Gully
Kitchen Unit Baithak Unit Lounge Unit
Moving Water Body
Choona Pahari
Hempcrete is a mixture of hemp hurds (shives) and lime (possibly including natural hydraulic lime, sand, pozzolans or cement) used as a material for construction and insulation. (Source: Wikipedia)
Type A - Small Family (5 Individuals) Type B - Large Family (8 Individuals) Type C - Extended Family (12 Individuals)
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Minor Pedestrian Circulation (3 feet wide) Pedestrian Circulation (7 feet wide) Vehicular Circulation (15 feet wide)
Properties: Carbon Negative, 15% Density of concrete, Compressive strength 1/20th of concrete
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- Conjunctive symbiosis between mine and site. - Strengthening of relationship between host and client for more resolved community dynamics. - ‘Points of Symbiosis’: The points in space where symbiotic relationships are the strongest.
LEGEND
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C
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Entrance - Symbiosis between inside and outside.
B
Old ‘Bangla’ - Symbiosis between past and present.
C
Highest Point - Inter Village Symbiosis
Utility/Commercial Centre
Modular Components (Hempcrete Walls)
Administrative/Institutional Centre
Gully
Contoured Park Parking
Choona Pahari
MASTER PLAN
7.5’ 5’W 5’ 5’ 2.5’ 10’ 2.5’
Modular Transformation of Initial Plans 15’ 5’D
Lounge
15’W
Kitchen Drawing Room Dining Room
‘Baithak’
Bedroom
PROGRESSION Toilet
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