A Portfolio Architecture and Urbanism
2015 - 2018 Haziq Ariffin Aspiring Urbanism Expert
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© 2018 Muhammad Haziq bin Ariffin
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To Mak and Ayah, for your lifelong love and support. To friends and all who inspire me.
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Experience
Achievements
VISUAL & GRAPHICS DESIGNER
VENICE BIENNALE FELLOW
Stellar World, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia February 2017 - September 2017
British Council, Venice, Italy October 2018
CO-FOUNDER
INTERNATIONAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
Tanikini (Agriculture Tech Startup), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 2016 – July 2017
Manchester School of Architecture, United Kingdom September 2017
PROFESSIONAL FELLOW, VOLUNTEERING FOR INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONALS
1ST PRIZE, ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION
Project WHEE, National Blue Ocean Strategy, Ministry of Finance, Malaysia March 2016 – September 2016
KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR ASEAN Work-Life Balance Conference 2016 November 2015 - March 2016
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
National University of Malaysia August 2015 - November 2015
the 8th International Conference on World Class Sustainable Cities 2016 September 2016
EXHIBITOR
Sentulworks exhibition September 2016
RESEARCH PAPER PRESENTER
3rd International Conference on Limits to Growth & Sustainability: Contemporary Issues & Perspectives December 2015
ORGANIZING CHAIRMAN
Qualifications MA ARCHITECTURE & URBANISM, DISTINCTION Manchester School of Architecture. United Kingdom September 2017 - September 2018
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONS) ARCHITECTURE Taylor’s University, Lakeside Campus, Malaysia August 2012 – August 2015
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME
The British International School of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia August 2010 – June 2012
Pause, Graduate Exhibition September 2015
GUEST PANELIST/EXAMINER
for Architecture Final Design Reviews Various points 2014 - 2016
PARTICIPANT
Undo-Redo Architecture Workshop, Bettercities March 2015
KL TOURISM AMBASSADOR KL City Hall December 2014 - May 2015
TAYLOR’S TERTIARY MERIT SCHOLARSHIP Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus, Malaysia 2012 – 2015
Skills
+44 774 643 5735 hazeeek@live.com hazeeek.wix.com/works United Kingdom
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects AutoCAD Sketchup Revit 3Ds Max Microsoft Office Creative Writing/Essay Writing
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SELECTED PROJECTS The projects included in this portfolio is a sample of works of various scales, typologies, approaches and scope. It is not the complete works of the author, but rather aims to entice, intrigue and inspire the reader. Enjoy.
In Praise of Food
Masters Design Thesis
New Islington Borders
Masters Design Project
Folk Art Exchange Centre
Undergraduate Design Thesis
Damansara Jaya Community Centre
Workshop - #bettercities Undo-Redo
Nova Genesis
Competition - UIA Hyp Cup 2014
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IN PRAISE OF FOOD
ACADEMIC - MASTERS DESIGN THESIS AWARDED DISTINCTION SUPERVISED BY EAMONN CANNIFFE, CLAUDIO CAMACHO, JULIE FITZPATRICK, JAMES DYSON COMPLETED AUGUST 2018 Singapore In recent years, there has been a resurgence of urban agriculture in many modern cities. Perhaps, this momentum was driven by fundamental needs, or as an effort to mitigate environmental issues, or to balance the diminishing number of rural farm workers, or perhaps the development of technology has allowed it to be a viable commercial endeavour. Although Singapore is the smallest country in Southeast Asia, it is significantly the most developed. In many respects, Singapore represents an urban laboratory in which several of the panaceas of contemporary town planning theory have been tested and successfully implemented. The thesis seeks to hypothesise further experimentation on this urban laboratory which seems an ideal environment for urban agriculture to thrive. It looks at Singapore as a local city as opposed to how it is conventionally framed as a global city. It explores a scheme implemented through Singapore’s public housing system in particular, as the system has been crucial in the formation of the city’s urban fabric. The thesis demonstrates the idea at a particular site in Kallang, the South of the city. However, it is to be taken broadly as a system to be implemented on a city-wide scale. It is an exploration of developing a city through an alternative approach in an attempt to demonstrate that freedom and multiplicity of choice is a fundamental right to be maintained in modern cities.
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The Commercial Zone
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The Permaculture Plot
The Community Allotments The Duck Island The Garden Nursery The Food Hub
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Micro site analysis
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Conceptual ecosystem
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Massing strategies 8
Exploration of different retention strategies 9
Original master plan
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Proposed master plan Proposed master plan - shown at ground level
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Original masterplan - Access
Original masterplan - Vehicular & Service
Original masterplan - Privacy & Zoning 14
Proposed master plan - Access
Proposed master plan - Vehicular & Service
Proposed master plan - Privacy & Zoning 15
Shaping the landscape
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Adaptive reuse
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Active sustainable strategies - bees & algae
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36 m2
81 m2
36 m2
27 m2 54 m
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36 m2
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36 m
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54 m2
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27 m2
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81 m2 36 m2
18 m2 27 m2
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Passive sustainable strategies - allotment allocation
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Purpose built - the garden pavilion
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Year 1 - 2 Vegetable crops & planting of fruit trees, flowers & herbs
Year 3 - 5 Fruit trees & palm trees mature whilst still growing vegetable crops
Year 5 - 15 Regular harvests from fruit trees, soil health is opimum
Year 15 and beyond Flourishing food forest in the city
Planning for ecological succession
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The Garden Nursery
provide infrastructure to start a functioning nursery, germinate seeds and conduct research
fruits tree, flowers, herbs can be grown on the landscape
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spaces with a pleasant atmosphere provide a place for informal education and knowledge sharing
Permaculture Paradise
a green roof keeps the space cool and filters rain water before it is collected
a space the residents can truly make their own
the structure enables the growing of a green screen of vegetation
the pavilion is raised up from the ground to allow for cross ventilation and keep away from the damp ground when it rains
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New Landscapes
a transition from hard to soft materials and also demarcates the dedicated space for growing
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the community allotments can be used by an individual, a household or even a group of friends and be customised according to their needs and interest
the pathway is raised to ensure that any water seeps down and flows away to ensure that pedestrians can walk comfortably without getting dirty
New Life
a new urban space on the roof
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Community & Vibrancy
central atrium with natural light on green growing column a spacious but humble space fhat frames festivities and everyday life
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fresh produce on display
Reshaping the Edge
a transition from the green landscape to the water
making the river lively with activities will give it a sense of ownership
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NEW ISLINGTON BORDERS
ACADEMIC - MASTERS DESIGN PROJECT SUPERVISED BY EAMONN CANNIFFE & JAMES DYSON COMPLETED DECEMBER 2017 Manchester, United Kingdom New Islington Borders is a design for Manchester’s first car free urban village and attempts to fulfil the potential of the New Islington master plan. It is a mixed use development that capitalises on its proximity to the City Centre and emphasises the quality of its public open spaces. The proposal is the result of site visits, comprehensive site and contextual analysis of the Central Retail Park and adjacent neighbourhoods in New Islington and Ancoats, group discussions, precedents studies from a range of housing prototypes and several master plan drafts. This was a project undertaken as a collective group work in the 2017/2018 MA Architecture & Urbanism cohort at the Manchester School of Architecture. Personally, I was involved in the initial research of the site’s historical significance, developing a strategy and establishing a manifesto, contributing to the overall development of the master plan as well as producing one of the perspective views.
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Sustainability Through sensitive planning, architecture, use of materials, landscape and technology, New Islington Borders aims to achieve a holistic, sustainable community that emphasizes the careful use of resources, low carbon footprint and minimized harmful emissions.
Green & Blue Infrastructure
Context The dynamics of New Islington Borders with its surrounding mixed use, commercial, historic and residential precincts is of prime importance. The masterplan has been envisaged to engage and interact with its contextual influences through an integrated master plan with active street frontages and a network of open spaces, among other strategies.
Landmark
Community New Islington Borders celebrates diversity and provides a safe, inclusive environment for people across different backgrounds. The masterplan aims to provide affordable housing and commercial spaces in close proximity to the City Centre, thereby uplifting the communities in and around the area. Safe & Sound
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Car Free
Urban Village
Active Sustainability
Connections
Inherently Inclusive
Responsive Sustainable Development
User Friendly
Diversity Matters
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Vista
Market Square
Promenade
Park
Boulevard
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FOLK ART EXCHANGE CENTRE
ACADEMIC - UNDERGRADUATE DESIGN THESIS SUPERVISED BY SHANG-RUI LIU AWARDED DEAN’S LIST COMPLETED JULY 2015 Ipoh, Malaysia The Folk Art Exchange Center is designed to serve as an active and vibrant repository center. It not only houses the folk art of Malaysia in a traditional gallery format but also showcases the process of making the art through workshops and interaction with the artists. The main objective of the project is to reinstate a healthy and curious attitude towards the Malaysian culture, amongst foreigners and locals alike. Malaysia is a country abundant and saturated with culture, to the point where it is underappreciated. This diversity is spread throughout the states and the idea is to enable a forum for exchange where people from one state can learn about the art and culture of another state. It aims to be an educational, cultural and touristic hotspot. Artists from around Malaysia will be invited to tenure at the center for a period of a few months. They will be given accomodation at the center and are expected to conduct workshops for the center in exchange. Adequate spaces will be provided to allow for a variety of art medium to be touched on ranging from 2D work to literary work to the performing arts. This will inevitably lead to the creation of art work which can then be sold to provide an economic incentive for the center. It will also provide a strong support for the gallery of works which will be housed at the center. The center promotes the interaction between artists and the public, between the arts and culture to further advance its stance in the art world.
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Analysis of views
Analysis of surrounding architecture in typology, detail and color scheme
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Site context
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Proposed programme
Concept diagrams - vernacular inspiration
Site issues
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A series of design development diagrams
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The Gallery
A New Plaza
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View from the first floor ‘Serambi’/Piazza - day
View from the first floor ‘Serambi’/Piazza - night
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DAMANSARA JAYA COMMUNITY CENTRE WORKSHOP - #BETTERCITIES UNDO-REDO SUPERVISED BY CODA - COLLABORATIVE OFFICE OF DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE COMPLETED MARCH 2015 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Established since the 1980s, Damansara Jaya is currently represented by an exemplary community-based organisation in Petaling Jaya. The workshop aimed to produce alternative design proposals for what was to be turned into a homogenous multi-storey car park. The site is split into two parcels separated by a shopping mall. The notion of time played an inevitably crucial role in determining the relevance of the spaces provided. It is important that the spaces can provide for the proposed programmes but yet be adaptable for future needs. It needs to be used by the current generation but must also allow for future generations to call it their own. The design direction showcases a sensitive treatment to tectonics in architecture - in particular exploring the idea of dualism to conclude with an architecture weighted equally in form and function. This project is the result of a 2-week community design workshop organized by #bettercities and conducted by renowned Malaysian architects. In a team of 6, led by CODA, we were to produce a design in accordance to a given theme in urban development. We explored Branding & Identity.
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Key plan
Location plan
Conceptual diagram
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Design elements
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The Canvas - a flexible facade treatment
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Site topography
Vertical zoning
Vertical space arrangement
Subtraction of mass
Alignment to street levels
Visual connections
Natural ventilation
Alignment to sun path
Circulation
A series of design development diagrams
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Parcel A - Recreational Park
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Ampitheatre
Multipurpose spaces
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Parcel B - The Community Centre
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Ground floor plan
First floor plan
Second floor plan
Roof plan
A model of the proposed design
Conceptual perspective of central stairway atrium
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Conceptual section
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NOVA GENESIS
COMPETITION - UIA HYP CUP 2014 SUPERVISED BY IZWAN NOR AZHAR COMPLETED AUGUST 2014
Vital resources on earth are at a dangerous minimum, over population is a real issue and despite humanity’s best efforts, the harm we’ve caused is irreversible. With the amount of investment put into exploring Mars, An inevitable solution to continue our survival is to colonize the red planet. It may take several thousand years at best to completely terraform Mars and create a suitable, safe and healthy atmosphere. But at the pace technology is advancing, it may not be too long before we can live, contained within completely self-sustaining biomes. Here, each colony would have its own set of functionbased biomes interconnected via protective links which can be accessed using personal transportation. The central dome can be inhabited by approximately 100,000 people. Here, they live their daily life breathing fresh air supplied by the plants - refreshing compared to the surroundings. A vertically stacked planning of services, facilities and public spaces allow for a greater amount of greenery. The residences attach to the structure which simultaneously supply them with electricity and water. All this is a small stepping stone, however, to enable researches to fully understand and eventually completely terraform the planet.
A competition entry for the UIA Hyp Cup International Student Competition in Architecture Design 2014. The theme was Architecture in Transformation with a topic of Unexpected City. We imagined an unexpected city on the Red Planet, Mars!
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Let’s chat!
I would love to hear what you think, or to discuss any ideas. Have a browse through my website for more works. Haziq Ariffin hazeeek@live.com hazeeek.wix.com/works +44 77 464 35735 (UK)
© 2018 Muhammad Haziq bin Ariffin