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Current Status: In Germany, Skype Interview, 15k RMB/month before tax Name: Farhan Age: 29 years old Working Experience: 2years Language(s): English Year of graduation: Graduated in 2016 from Dessau International Architecture School, Germany Degree: Master in Architecture Design area: Architectural design Field of specialization: Concept design Cities to work in: Any city
Cover Letter (Architecture) 2016 I am a recent Architecture Masters graduate from the Dessau International Architecture (DIA, Hochschule Anhalt) Graduate School at Bauhaus Dessau, Germany. I seek to work at a highly reputed workplace that could help me gain professional experience and groom my design personality in order to prepare me for my future career goals. Professionally, my most current experience has been working as a Junior Architect for the firm Design Concepts. As a Junior Architect, I was responsible for several projects including the Moreno Valley Housing, the Victorville Medical Complex, and a number of other residential and commercial projects including the Diamond Bar hillside residence. Whilst in Lahore, Pakistan, I worked as registered Architect for two years on a number of design development projects throughout the highly developed cities of the country. One of my lead projects under construction is the EOBI mixed-use development in Islamabad. As a freelance artist, I have also executed turnkey projects for interior design and production, and it has been a very rewarding experience. Academically, I have focused on large-scale community projects as they relate to the issue of low income housing and sustainability. One of my projects in the USA was with Professor Richard Beller for the Solar Decathlon Competition Project 2015 under the team orchestrated by California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo’s design program. I have focused on the passive and active nature of design. My thesis supervisor in Germany was Professor Gunnar Hartmann. The project focuses on alternative mixed-use patterns of redesign that further enhances sustainability on a social and economic level. In my previous semester, I was involved with a project reflecting the relation between senses and scenography, with Professor Ralf Niebergall. My projects are very much varied and my whole portfolio reflects a number of design ideas that blend with many different design problems. I am available on call or email as per your requirements, to inquire about my interest and to set up a convenient meeting time. My selective work samples are attached in this booklet and additional projects can be found at the links below:
https://portfolium.com/FarhanRiaz https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hlpycgfcbao3lyd/AAD6nGJ9kMCD_DkPPj7ez_ZJa?dl=0
Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to your response. Sincerely, Farhan Riaz
Redesign (M. Arch Thesis) 2016
There exists a constant state of motion and new or extended usages will always persist. Hence, architecture must face the challenge of how fixed situations in time adjust to new situations in future. I want to focus on the extended usage of a space. The term ‘adaptability’ in this scenario focuses on the idea of how a built structure can adapt to the increasing requirements of the users. The design proposal is to create a structure, a performance space within my context of study, which has the ability to adapt to future requirements. The perceivable changes of functional trends will define the duration of this adaptability. The problem has been answered through various design models reflecting adaptability under these changing requirements within different time situations in future. “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” (Alvin Toffler) The idea of redesign here is to transform a space of communal importance. The self-managed organization is dealing with a rapid change in the form of increasing user requirements. The design process aims to give value to the existing usage and to incorporate vitality through features adaptable to future consequences. The client, who continuously redesigns the role of the architect, is not wholly aware of this phenomena. The architect, who must challenge this definition of redesign, must give redesign the attributes of a sustainable usage. Hence, an analytical approach towards all scales of design must be implemented in the framework in order to produce a diverse study model which could serve as a didactic tool for the process of redesign.
Hybrid Housing 2015
This Ideas Competition had the aim of identifying a Mixed-use building located in Hamburg, Germany. The developed design ideas seek to provide answers to the issues of densification of the urban centre with use of varied residential typology mixed deeply with public presence and activities. The Hybrid building tests the limitations of Architecture and introduces adaptable design features which could cater to the increasing future requirements. All of these aspects are merged with the blending force of muultiple age groups which range from students, couples with no children, couples with children, elderly couples, and individuals. The Ideas Competition was a remarkable approach with its emphasis on ideas rather than a final product and it helped understand the potential of the site and the urban impact it could generate beyond the commercial aspects of the project which was served as defined programmatic requirements. The entry is very playful and bold in its approach and tries to regenerate each of the four neighborhoods of the building in a very interactive manner.
Solar Decathlon Competition 2015 2014
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon is an award-winning program that challenges collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive. The winner of the competition is the team that best blends affordability, consumer appeal, and design excellence with optimal energy production and maximum efficiency. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, returned to the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon in 2015 with a house designed for coastal California. As such, INhouse addresses the majority of its heating, cooling, and lighting needs architecturally. Its public and private “wings” are serviced by an active “core” that contains mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and monitoring systems. The private wing includes a master bedroom and a flexible library/ office/second bedroom. The public wing contains entertainment and dining spaces that open to exterior areas and the views beyond. The design development consists of the overall space-planning with regards to the “core” idea, as well as specialized iterations for finishes and materials for the entry. The intelligence of the “core” is expressed also as a design element which is interactive, intuitive and integrative. The INhouse, by Cal Poly, was placed third in the competition at Irvine, CA in 2015.
The Ribbon Concept
The i3 Concept
The Host Concept
The ‘Flip Block’ 2014
The idea of a CMU Block design generated from the standard approach of blocks available in the market today. We designed various tessellation patterns in Grasshopper and tried to understand the varied nature of patterns which could possibly occur from within the simplest CMU Block. The approach of this design was to incorporate aesthetic qualities, a strong play of apertures and a structural emphasis to achieve various desirable heights. Another key feature was the form itself which had to be so sensible that it could be easily produced in bulk through the machinery moulds. Together with AIR VOL BLOCK, INC. of San Luis Obispo, California, we were provided with quality cement and other material to test our ideas. The final design is distinguished in three depths of the same design and has the ability to incorporate structure as well, which makes it revolutionary as the only CMU Block with such an ability. The patterns can be created on a custom basis for any required wall due to the variation in depths for each of the three blocks.
Process
Create Your Future 2014
The aim of “Campus Bitterfeld-Wolfen e.V.� is to establish a learning-fromexperience-world for children and adolescents of the region to create their own future, to get in contact with the requirements on skills and knowledge in different professions, to discover latest scientific and technological findings, to reflect their own desires, dreams and preferences concerning their future life. This exhibition and experience world shall be implemented in the abandoned eastern wing of the former laboratory and administration building of the Agfa works. The exhibition the technological and scientific innovations are the main topics of the design, with an emphasis on scenography and its relation to human senses. The design proposal was very appreciated by the Wolfen committee and the distribution of the exhibits in each of the sensory categories made it an interesting project.
PCB Cricket Stadium Competition 2013
The competition envisioned the first Cricket Stadium in Pakistan to be built on the ICC Standards with a capacity of 50000. There were other requirements as well, such as Commercial activities, Cinema, Sports clubs, Practice fields and a 5-Star Hotel with two helipads. The site was very challenging and the topography varied around 40 feet in height at various locations within the site. The developed entry encaompasses all these limitations in an intelligent and complex way to reuse the existing topography and bring about creative solutions for the design implementation. The key feature of this design is the aisle section which itself is very much adaptable to the pragrammatic values and the overall concept of a unique structure. The entry was placed third, and is still used as a comparative model for the final site proposal and various online platforms.
Recreating the Urban Fabric of Lahore (B. Arch Thesis) 2011
Architecture has the ability to make us more aware of our surroundings by influencing how we experience or perceive a place. This awareness can also cue us into the role we play in a specific place. The importance in a person’s awareness of their surroundings is that if the designer can heighten this awareness, it is possible to instill a greater value. The question here is one that asks if architecture can take a more active role in the passing of our culture; generally, figuratively, and more specifically, by encouraging and strengthening what already exists. Careful consideration of context and surrounding as well as community needs are the forces behind the design development, both intending to recreate a place of transition and interaction; a place that both philosophically and programmatically intends to enhance the life of our culture by promoting social and civic togetherness. This project is also an extention to the Aga Khan Project, using their landscape proposal for the site, the historic heritage on the site, the second biggest mosque in the world, it is blended with various activities and the redesign and relocation of ‘Larri Adda’ (Grand Bus Stop). This proposal is an architectural solution that is constantly active and serves both the actor and the spectator.
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