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Cannabis Bank Ratna Park, Kathmandu Nepal Competition (Group)

A native plant to the lands, cannabis has always been deeply tied in the country’s history, culture and landscape.

Not too long ago Ganja, as it is more affectionately known by, touched every part of daily life in Nepal.

Thriving in Nepal’s harsh landscape for centuries, the Nepalese have effectively utilized all parts of the Cannabis plant throughout their history. The buds and leaves were made into hashish which held religious and spiritual significance. Oils were extracted from seeds to produce medicine or be used as an ingredient in local cuisine. The fibres, or more commonly known as Hemp, were used to produce necessities used in daily life such as textiles, clothes, rope, bags and baskets. All these commodities derived from a single plant provided a convenient source of income and a reliable mean of survival for the Nepalese people. The plant that holds not only social and cultural significance, but also a survival value, was only outlawed as recent as 1973.

Parks can be found in some form in almost every city, town and suburb around the world. A park offers a sanctuary for both respite and activity, open to people of all ages, in a setting that connects them to nature. A public place

Exterior view of Dispensary in relation to Ratna Park

that nurtures physical and mental health gives the park a special social value that makes it almost symbolic of positivity, good health and well-being to a community.

Native flora call the parks their home and it does make us wonder would the Cannabis plant be found in growing in parks if not for its prohibition.

Locating a Cannabis Dispensary blatantly in a park would definitely cause some displeasure to some because of how taboo the subject of Cannabis is in society, let alone building a structure that celebrates it. However, if considered thoroughly and treated tactfully, one would be hard-pressed to find another location that offers as much as a park to have a Cannabis dispensary. Ratna Park was chosen as the site for the cannabis dispensary for its central location and proximity to several major nodes of Kathmandu. Ratna Park was chosen as the site for the cannabis dispensary for its central location and proximity to several major nodes of Kathmandu.

Follies are one commonly found built structures in parks, offering shelter, rest and a sense of place in a mostly open landscape. Similarly, the Dispensary in a park offers the same but topped off with a more plant-specific focus.

Cannabis has been used for medical treatment in Nepal throughout their history and this practice only ceased when the plant was outlawed. With new research shedding light on the medical benefits of cannabis surfacing and the increase use of medical marijuana as a form of treatment over pharmaceutical drugs, the return of cannabis as mainstream medicine used in both forms of treatments is imminent. The proximity of Ratna Park to these healing bodies places the Cannabis Bank in a great position to be in the middle of this great time of new healing.

These relationships/politics between the Cannabis Bank and the various contexts it is weaved into bestows an interesting dynamic that gives the project a unique intrinsic character to design in.

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Passive Cooling and Heating Dispensary Visitor Centre Flexible Hall

Reception Aministration Consultation Logistics Secutity

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Educating the public on the benefits of Cannabis and it’s various uses.

Selling hemp related products: textile, garments, oils, cosmetics, paper and household goods.

Cannabis related workshops.

Supports small local business

Visitor Hall, Storage, Receptoin and Consultation room

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Nepalese Parliament House and Ministry Office Tundhikhel, Kathmandu Nepal

Nepal, over the last two decades has gone through immense change and transformation. The Nepalese people have had a ringside seat to a massacre of royals, a decade long civil war, a people power uprising, return to absolute monarchy, they have witnessed deadly floods, avalanches, landslides and recently an earthquake.

This project takes into account these events and histories, not merely re-living it by remembering but transforming the memory into something entirely new and affirmative, introducing a sense of hope, something that has new possibility, the project aims at rediscovering Nepal’s past at the same time opening a door to a brand new architecture and a new sense of national identity that is deeply rooted in its values and tradition that connects the past and present. It is also an exploration of how an experience of a particular place and culture can be conceived as an important architectural instrument that starts to question how the reconstructed buildings and spaces incorporate daily life.

Section through the Parliament House

The formal strategy for the masterplan as well as the architecture is derived from the gestural notions of draping, cutting and stitching. These constructive metaphors are used as tools to generate new forms of living, moving and resting in space, a start to new ways of thinking, shaping and using space. On a macro level different parts of the urban fabric and infrastructure are stitched together by creating thoroughfares and walkways through and across the site.

In the same way that the country is reincarnated with a new constitution and a new political system these monuments and temples that were destroyed during the earthquake are reborn as a new form in a new context through the process of draping. These new forms generated became the starting point for the architecture. Programmatically, the site accommodates the parliament house and ministry

Parliament Complex Masterplan, Kathmandu, Nepal

offices at the centre, a place where the citizens continue their debate and discuss on what Nepal is and what it should be. The Parliament house from a distance seems to be emerging out of the earth, symbolising the birth of a new consciousness. A National Library, education and learning centre, a place where knowledge is gained and where future leaders are nurtured, an arboretum, a lake and a large unprogrammed, undefined public park, these two become places for people to reconnect with nature and remember their relationship with the land, it also becomes a place for citizens from all walks of life to experience and use and if not exactly encounter each other in conversation, at least be seen and acknowledged as fellow citizens. Museum to preserve our rich traditional culture and history and a cricket oval that serves cricket as well as other sports.

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Garden of Wholeness

Transition Lake Constitution Road

National Library Ministry Offices

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These series of sketches, drawings and interpretive model are a way of exploring new forms that are still rooted in our culture. They become a starting point of creating three dimensional forms that start to suggest structure and use.

These forms are not static but dynamic in the sense that their use and meaning must be constantly created and recreated just like our society, the way we add value and meaning to buildings and spaces that are in constant flux.

In this particular series, the Sanskrit script is deconstructed and reconstructed to create a two dimensional abstract composition. This is then reformed into three dimensional forms taking into account the diverse landscape and landforms found in Nepal, from the plains, to the hills and the high mountains. The unconventional hybrid spaces created would incite new ways of interacting and moving in space that is constantly changing, transforming relationships between people and the constructed world, a start to new ways of thinking, living, shaping and using spaces.

Straight Outta Bentleigh, Politics in Architecture

Bentleigh, Victoria

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The political exists everywhere as long as there is a difference, a conflict, or an opposition to something. So the recognition of the enemy (understood not as inimicus but as hostis)3 becomes critical for the political to exist. Hence, to host the hostis the public realm becomes the foundation for the establishment of political thought and action.

1 The Courtyard that ate Bentleigh 2 Multipurpose Hall 3 Fountainhead Courtyard 4 Clockwork Courtyard 5 Reference Area 6 Library 7 Jimmy Nancy Reading room 8 Chimneys Cafe 9 Kitchen 10 Staff Lounge Area and Pantry 11 Storage 12 Gallery Shop 13 Library Reception and Enquire 14 Collection Storage 15 Back of House 16 Childrens Area 17 Office 18 Sauna Room 19 Don’s Court 20 Fitness Retail 21 Activity Room 22 Theater 23 Theater Foyer and Bar 24 Box Office 25 Function Room 26 Cloak Room 27 Plaza 28 Touring Exhibition Space 29 Indoor Stadium 30 Oval 31 Changing Rooms 32 Fore Court 33 The Castle

My proposition for Bentleigh emerges from this idea of difference. This division of value works on various levels. It brings to light the local communities’ reaction to the new housing policy and demographics change that is currently occurring in Bentleigh. Additionally and more importantly, my own attitude towards this change is manifested in the proposition. I certainly encourage change but a change that is not blind to local culture and history, a change that still speaks of its time, place and values. The current developments that are taking place in Bentleigh and the surrounding suburbs in Glen Eira are hideous. Like plain, lifeless stacked boxes or a blank book they lack character and personality, they are void of any stories about the place and its people. The proposal seeks to bring back these often-ignored stories and memories.

The notion of an architectural sublime and other notions of architecture’s ability to evoke emotions through memory can be linked to its ability to tap hidden or repressed memory of the unconscious mind, often creating uncanny experiences where the archaic is reinvented, giving new meaning to the old; making the unfamiliar all too familiar or vice versa. This proposal seeks to draw an architectural language and approach that is deeply rooted in the history, lived experiences, the shifts in culture, demographics and the current nature of Bentleigh and its people.

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Dolphin Park Masterplan, Sanatorium and Research Center Hobsons Bay, Melbourne Victoria, Australia

“We sto p proje ctin g our our s elv es and des ir es onto the bu sh . Instead, Aus t r alians s hould t r y t o und er stan d it as it is , and as it can be, while also own ing upto th e dam age t hey hav e done t o it , as well as to the people t heir ances t or s f ound there .” Th e Bu sh , Don W at s on In the sa me way Don W at s on des cr ibes The Bus h and th e Australia n people’s r elat ions hip wit h it , this m asterplan for a Dolphin Par k ex plor es t he stories we like to tell our s elv es about t he Dol p hins an d th ose we pr ef er t o f or get . Ther e is a lot abou t the be au ty of t he Dolphin, t he los s of it , and wha t we c an do t o get it back . I t is about us acknowle dging ou r wr ongdoing t o t he Dolphins .

The jo urn ey a cro ss t he land is car ef ully cur at ed to remind visito rs of t he s t or ies of t he pas t , bot h w ith th eir re latio nship wit h t he land, t he people, the a nima ls (dolphin s in t his cas e) and lif e it s elf .

It is a bo ut re disco v er ing all of t hes e wit h new lig ht , with h ope a nd wit h opt im is m t o m ak e clear w hat o ur ide ntity is a s a r ace as well as a nat ion.

The m aze a t the en t r ance look s at what t he f ir s t set t ler’s e xperie nc ed when t hey encount er ed t he b ush a nd the na tive people; conf us ed, dis or ient-

ed and confronting. Visitors experience with the Dolphin change as they move though the park t a p p i n g i n t o t h e v a r i o u s s e n s e s . Wi t h i n t h e p a r k are other amenities such as an amphitheatre, water treatment plant, an educational centre, a sanatorium and a research laboratory. The last two programs explores the idea of Dolphin Therapy and how we as a species can benefit from the Dolphins in an ethical and just manner.

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T h e de si gn for the research lab oratory uses the pa i n ti n g, M i n otaur with d ead mare in front of a c a ve a s a so urce for the d esig n. Rather than it’s m e a n i n g o r symb olism, here the comp osition a n d po stu r e of each of the fig ures are taken into a c c o u n t a s the starting p oint.

T h e str o n g stance of the Minotaur in contrast to th e fr a i l po sture of the mare is used to g uid e the n a tu r e o f th e structural elements; strong heavy c o n c r e te a t the b ottom and lig ht steelwork su ppo r ti n g the accommod ation p od s ab ove the m a i n l a bo r a tory. The sp ace in b etween the p od s a n d th e m a i n b uild ing is seen as the g ap s in be tw e e n th e fig ures as well as the veil of the lad y o n th e r i gh t who has an overall filtered view of th e e ve n t ta king p lace. S imilarly anyone staying i n th e se po ds would have a thoroug h view of the do l ph i n po o l s and the surround ing environment.

Dolphin Research Center Hobsons Bay, Melbourne Victoria, Australia

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Basel Pavilion of Culture Basel, Switzerland Competition (Group)

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T h e a i m o f th i s pr o po sa l w a s to de si gn a pa vi l i o n th a t w o u l d be b old and dyn a m i c , r e fl e c ti ve o f a r t a n d i t’ s i m pa c t i n c u l tu r e a n d so c i e ty while maki n g a sta te m e n t o f Ba se l ’ s fl o u r i sh i n g a r t sc e n e .

T h e m a i n c i r c u l a r str u c tu r e , th r o u gh th e u se o f pa r ti ti o n s, a l l o ws for the pa vi l i o n to be a ve r sa ti l e spa c e th a t c a n h o u se fu n c ti o n s r a ng ing from e xh i bi ti o n s, to ta l ks a n d r e c e pti o n s w i th o pe n fl o o r pl a n . N i c hes on the w a l l a r e o r i e n te d to w a r ds Ba se l ’ s va r i o u s po i n ts o f i n te r e st a nd p rovid e a pa ssi ve m e a n s o f i n fo r m a ti o n w h i c h vi si to r s c a n a c c e ss i n te rnally and e xte r n a l l y. T h e r o o f r e pl a c e s th e gr e e n spa c e th a t th e pa vi l i o n rests on.

It’ s c o n n e c ti o n s to th e str e e t a n d to th e T i n gu e l y F o u n ta i n Pl a za allows for a c ti vi ti e s to be spi l l e d o ve r i n bo th di r e c ti o n s. T h e m o u n ds a n d valleys on th e l a n dsc a pe pr o vi de i n c i de n ta l spa c e s w h e r e pe o pl e c a n i n teract and th e c o l o u r s o f th e tu r f o n l y fu r th e r e n h a n c e s th e vi br a n c y a n d bold ness of th e Pa vi l i o n .

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T h e m a ste r pl a n fo r th e Ga sw o r ks si te asp ires to be a l a n dm a r k i n L a u n c e sto n , pr o vid ing the pu bl i c w i th va r i o u s o ppo r tu n i tu e s for social i n te r a c ti o n a n d a c ti vi ti e s. T h e pl a n r e sp ects the h i sto r i c a l c o n te xt o f th e si te a n d c e r tain p arts a r e r e i n te pr e te d to e n h a n c e th e si te p lanning a n d c i r c u l a ti o n .

Launceston Gasworks, Launceston, Tasmania

M o st o f th e o l d bu i l di n g i s ke pt i ntact and j u xta po se d w i th th e n e w e l e m e n ts that g ive vi si to r s a se n se o f th e o l d a n d th e n e w . The Ag ora i s th e m a i n pu bl i c a r e a w i th a l l th e activities su r r o u di n g i t. T h e c a fe a n d th e ska te b owl are pl a c e d a t th e e dge fa c i n g C i m i ti e r e St. to eng ag e w i th th e pu bl i c .

T h e c e n tr e w i l l c o m pr i se o f h i gh qu a l i ty, functional spa c e s e n l i ve n e d by dyn a m i c r e l ationship s be tw e e n th e va r i o u s a spe c ts o f th e p rog ram, i n c l u di n g: th e e xte r n a l c i vi c spa c e s; desig n and pr o du c ti o n stu di o s; e xh i bi ti o n , te a c h i ng sp aces, r e ta i l spa c e s; a n d spa ti a l pr o vi si o n s for the pu bl i c fo r so c i a l i n te r a c ti o n a n d pa r ti c ip ation.

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The Agora, market place

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Connecting the CWG Building and the Vertical Retort

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Boyd House Launceston, Tasmania Australia

“ T h e h o u se h a s n o t o n l y ph ysi c a l bu t a l so psyc h o l o gi c a l sa n c tu a r y. It h a s be e n a gu a r di a n o f i de n ti ty” Ju h a n i Pa l l a sm a a T h e Bo yd’ s h o m e a i m s to pr o vi de n o t o n l y a ph ysi c a l sh e l te r bu t a sh e l te r fo r th e m i n d a n d so u l . T h e h o u se i s pl a n n e d a c c o r di n g to a h ypo th e ti c a l fa m i l y o f fo u r w h o e n j o y o u tdo o r l i vi n g bu t a l so w a n t th e c a pa c i ty to c l o se do w n a n i n do o r l i vi n g spa c e to ke e p w a r m i n th e w i n te r th a t m a xi m i se s so l a r ga i n .

T h e h o u se i s de si gn e d ta ki n g i n to c o n si de r a ti o n th e o r i e n ta ti o n o f th e su n du r i n g th e su m m e r a n d w i n te r m o n th s, th e pr e va i l i n g w i n ds a n d th e vi e w o u t to W e st L a u n c e sto n . It i s a l so a r r a n ge d to a l l o w th e fa m i l y to di sc o ve r th e i r o w n pa tte r n i n u si n g th e h o u se a n d e ve n tu a l l y c a l l i t a h o m e .

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LEGEND 1 Storage and Garage 2 Living 3 Dining 4 Kitchen 5 Laundry and Storage 6 Toilet 7 Kids Bedroom 8 Vegitable Garden 9 BBQ 10 Library 11 Storage 12 Sandpit 13 Childrens Play Area 14 Driveway

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Liffey Falls, Tasmania, Australia

Kazi Studios, Design Studio Kathmandu, Nepal

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Freelance interior design work

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Ka zi Stu di o s i s a yo u n g c r e a ti ve de sig n stud io fo c u si n g o n gr a ph i c a n d w e b de si gn . The client w a n te d a spa c e th a t r e fl e c te d th e comp any’s spi r i t - o pe n n e ss, e c c e n tr i c a n d fu n a t the same ti m e . W i th th i s i n m i n d th e o ve r a l l de si gn takes a w h i m si c a l th e m e w i th m u r a l s o f c h a r a c ters (Hairy M o n ke y, D r u n ke n Ya k a n d H a i r y to a st) . The stud io h a s a n o pe n pl a n w i th m i n i m a l pa r ti ti ons; where pa r ti ti o n s a r e n e e de d th e y a r e do n e creatively w i th fr e e sta n di n g c o l o u r fu l bo a r ds de p icting the to po gr a ph y o f N e pa l .

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Villa Evesest, Restaurant Kathmandu, Nepal Freelance interior design work

T h e d e s i g n f o r S h a n g r i - l a R e sta u r a n t ta ke s i n s p i r a t i o n f r o m t h e o l d b a m b o o str u c tu r e i t r e p l a c e d . T h e o l d d e s i g n h a d a ta c ti l e n a tu r e t o i t w i t h i t ’ s b a m b o o f r a m e s , s tr a w w a l l s a n d h a y r o o f s , w h i c h t h e c l i e n t w a n t e d to r e ta i n a n d h a v e b e e n c a r r i e d o n i n t o t h e ne w de si gn w i th t h e b a m b o o c e i l i n g a n d e a r t h l y ma te r i a l c h o i c e .

Most of the old bamboo a n d fu r n i tu r e w e r e refurbished and re-used.

T h e r e s t a u r a n t i s d i v i d e d i n t o th r e e pa r ts, th e m a i n i n d o o r d i n i n g a r e a , a n o u t do o r a r e a a t th e e n t r a n c e a n d a m o r e i n t i m a t e o u tdo o r a r e a a t th e r e a r . H e n c e , g i v i n g p a t r o n s a n a r r a y o f di n i n g e x p e r i e n c e s . T h i s i n d o o r - o u t d o o r a ppr o a c h a l so a l l o w s f o r c r o s s v e n t i l a t i o n d u r in g th e su m m e r months.

F o o tba l l h a s always b een a p op ular sp ort in N e pa l , bu t the client (a remarkab le sp ortsman h i m se l f) to o k a step further b y op ening the fi r st i n do o r futsal court. Orig inally the b uild ing h o u se d a n i nd oor b asketb all court, conference r o o m , sto r a ge sp aces and restrooms. These were c o n ve r te d i n to an ind oor futsal court, shower r o o m s, a r e tail outlet and a cafe. The aim was to c r e a te a comp act yet hig hly efficient and fu n c ti o n a l ve nue.

Futsal Arena, Indoor Sports Kathmandu, Nepal Freelance interior design work

Al l th e pr o gr ammes and functions surround s the c o u r t m a ki n g it the core. With the use of nets i n ste a d o f w alls the entire venue b ecomes one l a r ge c o n ti n u ous sp ace rather than various small spa c e s. T h e themed murals ad d to the alread y vi br a n t n a tu r e of the ind oor sp ace when in use.

Dhumji Festival, Khumjung, Nepal

Man selling DVD’s Kathmandu, Nepal

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Poster for Funky Fresh ELEMENTS Graphic Design A week long Hip-Hop and Urban culture workshop and shows in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Brochure for Singi Travels Graphic Design A Travel and Tour company based in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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St. Paul’s Church Upper Serangoon, Singapore

Concept Proposal & Journey of Light Exhibition (Group)

T h e a c t o f worship has almost always b een syn o n ym o s with the use of natural lig ht. The e sse n c e o f natural lig ht in itself is somewhat sa c r e d a n d has an up lifting , jub ulant messag e o f h o pe , h e aling and restoration. The d esig n fo r St. Pa u l ’ s Church was d erived taking into c o n si de r a ti o n various asp ects such as context, fu n c ti o n a l i ty and the community.

T h e m a i n a i m of b uild ing a comp letely new h o u se o f w o rship was to reach out to a wid er h o r i zo n a n d s erve the community. Natural lig ht i s e xte n si ve l y used to maintain the sacred ness o f th e spa c e , and to elevate the p resence of God w i th i n th e spaces.

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Meditation Room

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National Art Center, Toyko, Japan

Poster for Journey of Light exhibition,

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Lasalle College of the Arts Singapore

Journey of Light An exhibition of spatial exploration into the subtle yet intense qualities of light in spaces of worship Opening September 8th 6.30pm Exhibition runs 8th - 20th Sep 10am - 6pm LASALLE College of the Arts 1 McNally Street Earl Lu Gallery Basement 1

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The Glass House Hort Park, Singapore Hospitality

The Glass House is a sustainable, organic restaurant and retail outlet that strives to bestow diners with a diverse array of dining experiences.

The main aim is to find a right balance between a commercial restaurant and an environmentally friendly one. It is also set to alter the image of the restaurant industry as well as transform the way in which people dine out.

Various antonyms were used as the driver for this project, such as insertion and extraction, stacking and interlocking. Using these the spaces are explored and exaggerated to give customers a unique dining experience.

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Pencil on Paper 59.4 x 84.1 cm

ORCHAY! Thank you in Manange (a dialect from Northern Nepal)

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