NAJIA FATIMA PORTFOLIO
CONTENTS: RESUME ARCHITECTURE Autonomous Community King Street W. Social Housing PUBLICATIONS SHIFT 07 SHIFT 08 VISUAL ART US AND THEM Mera Pani - Conversations with water
NAJIA FATIMA (647)677-6511 25 Bedford Rd, Toronto najia.fatima@hotmail.com najiafatima.com Personal Profile Interdisciplinary practice- engaging in the world of Architecture and Art while delving into the themes of occupation, displacement and geo-political tension. Creative, enthusiastic and hard-working with excellent time-management skills. Languages: English and Urdu Select Experience Events and Outreach Coordinator Association of Part-Time Undergraduate Students at University of Toronto June 2018 - Present Toronto, Ontario Planned events while understanding the complex needs of different events, and diverse students. Responsible for updating content to the APUS website and social media platforms. Design and distribute APUS events’ and outreach materials, including The Voice Newsletter. Liaised with campus and community groups for events’ planning and outreach initiatives, including other student unions, activist groups and administration at the University of Toronto Editor-in-Chief SHIFT magazine September 2017 - May 2018 Toronto, Ontario Supervised a team of ten people, oranized the theme of the magazine and layed it out using Adobe InDesign. Set goals and deadlines for the team and reported to the faculty to ensure the timed publishing. Experienced in Risograph printing and online publishing platforms. Published two magazines in three months with a full course load. Exhibition Team - ‘Our Anatomies’ - Specimens and Fragments Daniel's Faculty End of Year show April 2018 - June 2018 Toronto, Ontario Worked with a team of twelve people to curate the end of year show for Doors Open Toronto for an estimated audience of 900 people. Sorted and divided 250 submissions into seperate rooms. Curated the room themed ‘Our Anatomies’ that housed twenty works over the course of one week. Handled and stored twenty artist’s work to curate in the assigned room. Curatorial Team - HereAfter Visual Studies Thesis Show September 2017 - April 2018 Toronto, Ontario Met with the artists and assisted them with their installation process. Designed and published 300 catalogues. Attended meetings and events to promote the exhibition Selected the theme and design of exhibits. Designed the logo, posters and other outreach material.
Selected Exhibitions and Festivals
2019 - ‘Regent Park Film Festival’ Virtual Space, Toronto, Ontario 2019 - ‘Once Upon A Water’ Toronto Artscape Gibralter Point, Toronto, Ontario 2019 - ‘Habibiz’ Way Past Kennedy Road, Margin of the Eras Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2019 - ‘Lifeworlds’ Muslim Justice Collective UofT, Toronto, Ontario 2018 - ‘HereAfter’ University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario 2018 - ‘ARTSIDEOUT’ University of Toronto, Scarborough, Ontatrio 2018 - ‘Resistance Through Art’ Munk School of Global Affairs, Toronto, Ontario 2018 - ‘IAW: Nakbah, Resistance, Return’ Anti-colonial arts and cultural night, Toronto, Ontario 2017 - ‘Using Muslimahs to Sell Stuff: Religion in Capitalism’ Toronto, Ontario Achievements
2019 - Artist in Residence: Once Upon A Water - Toronto Artscape Gibralter Point 2018 - Peter W. and Linda D. Hamilton Award for Social Housing, University of Toronto 2018 - ARTSIDEOUT Studio Award, University of Toronto, Scarborough 2018 - Daniel's Undergraduate Community Leadership Award, University of Toronto 2015 - T-Card Holders Award for Academic Excellence, University of Toronto Skills Proficient in Microsoft Office, Adobe Suite, Rhino 3D and AutoCAD Traditional Art and Architectural practices: Drawing, Drafting, Model Making Physical and Digital Archiving: Shelving and cataloguing collections Ability to operate heavy woodworking machines. Education September 2014 - April 2018 University of Toronto Honors of Bachelors of Arts, Architecture Honors of Bachelors of Arts, Visual Studies Graduated with High Distinction
ARCHITECTURE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY Instructor: Manar Moursi 2018 The goal was to provide the people with complete autonomy from institutions of power and create a self-sustaining community. I analyzed the communal aspects of the given site and created a central building for the inhabitants of the area. I incorporate an urban farm within the house along with a greenhouse on the south side of the building. The plan follows strict axial symmetry that centres itself around a vaulted dining hall on the first floor. The vault extends upto the second floor to reinforce this heirarchy of the space.
Site Study the 1970’s Rebellion
Changing street names
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1970’s Activism
The site was an active ground of protests throughout the 1970s and declared independance and renamed itself The Republic of Rathnelly. Today, the walk in Rathnelly keeps the history of the protests alive.
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COTTINGHAM ST MICHEAL SNOW
COTTINGHAM STREET
RATHNELLY ST.
REPUBLIC OF RATHNELLY
Vault
Resident Units
Green House
Dining Hall
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INTROVERTED HOUSING BLOCK Instructor: Nima Javedi 2017 The project was conceived by a simple statement: A Wall. A wall that cuts off the rapidly gentrifying neighbourhood of King St. West, Toronto and fosters within itself a self-sustained community targeted towards the low-socio economic population of the city. The residential units hug the interior of the wall with balconies as the main mode of circulation, thus becoming the streets and a hub of activity. The design creates a central courtyard that houses the amenities therefore acting as a key player to life inside the building.
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Publications SHIFT07 Published-January 2018. SHIFT is the official undergraduate magazine for Architecture and Visual Studies. The objective of the magazine is to bridge the themes of Art, Architecture and activism. This issue focuses on the impact of design through the theme of demand and supply. It addresses the homogeneity of contemporary urban design that manifests itself in tall office towers and luxury housing in the city. Environmental degradation in today’s economy and the spectacle of terrorist attacks in muslim majority countries also takes a focal point in the magazine. Printed in Risographic paper it includes the work of Alex Lui-Impact series, Ria Perrault-Trash, Olivia Tjiawi-In Search Of, Tala Alatassi-More than 22 victims, Adriana Sadun-Las Penas, Emily Lawrason-Staging Significance, and features photography by Marienka Bishop-Kovac.
SHIFT08 Published-April 2018. In 2017 the Daniel’s faculty relocated to One Spadina. SHIFT08 celebrates, and sometimes critiques, our move this historic address. Through this magazine the students responded to the wavering elements of Architectural pedagogical practices. This issue gave us an opportunity to garner feedback from the students regarding the environment and culture of architecture school. This magazine includes the work of Tarek Mokhalalati, Katherine Hunks, Olivia Tjiawi, Namita Singh, Jasper Choi, Emily Lawrason, Dante Camarda, and features photography by Sebastian Beauregard.
VISUAL ART My art practice brings together the traditional art practices from Pakistan with the contemporary mediums that I’ve explored in Toronto. I explore cultural relations that influence the treatment of South Asian bodies and landscapes. Over the years Pakistan has endured various attacks. I address these attacks in my work and reclaim our identity. US AND THEM Instructor: Joanne Tod and John Massey Installation, 2018 When war strikes and people are killed, they leave traces of their life behind. Their presence lingers in their empty spaces and their forsaken possessions. In my installation I bring back the relationship that people have with their belongings. The footage of a Drone attack from 2016 that destroyed civilian properties is projected on a domestic space which resembles a lounge. The space is curated to speak of the innocent lives impacted by the warfare in the occupied Waziristan, Pakistan. vimeo.com/272063056
Video footage of the attack
Installation Space
Installation Space
Mera Pani - Conversations With Water Toronto Artscape Residency Performance, 2019 This performance addresses South Asia’s recent water devastation and highlights the militarization of Punjab’s major rivers which results in the lack of access to water for the public. I perform the traditional women’s dance moves with a matka - a South Asian water vessel at the lake. Once inside the water, these dance moves transform into a struggle to fill water from the lake. The push and pull of the crashing waves and the endeavor to fetch water depicts the tense relationship between people and their waters. It also explores women’s labour in the act of fetching water as they are the primary users of matkas. Upon my the arrival to the shore I discover that the matka is filled with grenades instead of water, an act that explores the militarization of water.
Still from the performance
Stills from the performance
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