NATASHA AMLADI
(RE)CLAIM THE FEN-LAND
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University of Cambridge, UK (BA. [Hon.], Architecture, 2007-2010) Yr 3_Studio 3 - Ely: The Fenland Tutor: Piers Taylor and Meredith Bowles Fall 2009 + Spring 2010 Grade: First Class, Honours (1.1) Notes: Work Published; Blueprint Magazine (‘Best Student Projects in Britain’, Sept 2012, p.43)
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A continuation of ‘moments’ within the watery fens, this youth retreat for inner city school children forms a key connection between the island and the boggy marshland beyond. Bridging these two environments the building begins at the waters edge and stretches into the previously ignored fen-land of Ely; fragmenting and dispersing into the vast adventurous terrain. The youth retreat provides views towards the town centre and views towards the fen-land allowing the children that visit to explore both realms of Ely. The building as a whole is low lying in order to feel embedded within the ground and work symbiotically with the flat planes of the fen-land, rather than dominate the landscape. The natural landscape should be enhanced by the youth retreat, not overshadowed..
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Longitudinal section Plans Material study Elevation Construction detail (section) Exterior render Mixed media models at various scales
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MAUSOLEUM : MUSEUM
Columbia University, GSAPP Advanced Studio IV - Megacities Tutor: Kazys Vernalis Spring 2013 Grade: Pending A Monument to the Museum: A Monument to Memories - The evolution of the museum, reflects the evolution of the city. Similarly, the evolution of a civilization (its people/culture/wants/ desires/grievances), reflects the evolution of a city. In 2063, the museums of Bos-Wash have fallen into disrepair; destroyed in a series of floods and climatic events have resulted in the loss of a building typology that served not only as a cultural node within the city, but also as an emblem of the city; the evolution of museums reflect the evolution of a city over time - so how do we now create a new structure that memorializes these lost museums and continues to document the future evolution of the city from 2063, onward. If all memories stored by civilians over the course of their lives are digitally uploaded to a shared database, they can be referenced by future generations as a means to interrogate the past. If both the changing generations of civilians and the evolving building type of ‘museum’ reflect the evolution of the city, the structure I am proposing seeks to now combine in a Museum to Memories. The new structure memorializes the lost museums, which in turn memorializes the city, which ultimately memorializes its people. fig 1.
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Analysis of the income and expenditure of museums across Bos-Wash Analytical drawing of the facade ‘rehang’ of the National Gallery East building The Lost Views of the future BosWash, c.2063, and diagram of the mega-museum The Mausoleum of Museums; making memories manifest through a series of sensory spaces Axonometric of sensory Spaces
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Columbia University, GSAPP Core Studio III - Housing Tutor: Hilary Sample Fall 2012 Grade: P (in partnership w. Cindy Hwang) Notes: Work submitted for ‘GSAPP Abstract’
HOUSING +/- HEALTH
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Identifying the ‘food desert’ of East Harlem, the studio investigated the potential development of a housing complex that tied together residential programme, culinary education and the ‘courtyard typology whilst maintaining a sense of porosity within a high density housing scheme. The building was layered in such a way that public programme at the base provided the fulfilled the everyday needs of residents (covering a wide spectrum of ages and family dynamic) whilst a local food market worked together with a hydroponic system incorporated into the residential units in order to make available affordable and fresh produce to local residents.
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VERTICAL GROWTH_ ROOF TOP GREENHOUSES
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Unit Aggregation diagrams Typologies: section diagrams Longitudinal section Interior of unit Public programme diagram Hydroponic system diagram Exploded axonometric of housing + public programme ‘cluster’
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fig 6. WARM WEATHER CROPS: Start seedlings in March-April, transplant in May. Done by late August: SPACE REQUIREMENTS Tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, broccoli, beans, peas-- 1 sq foot Cucumbers, cabbage, squash, melons------ 2 sq foot
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COOL SEASON CROPS: Two growing seasons: Early spring (February 20); and early fall (August 30): Broccoli & cauliflower Cabbage & bok choy Lettuces Spinach
ADR I+II SCRIPTED MEMORY MACHINES
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Columbia University, GSAPP Advanced Drawing and Representation Encode//Store//Retrieve Tutor: Josh Uhl, Laura Kurgan Fall 2012 + Spring 2013 Grade: Pending Fall 2012 - 21st Century Museum, Kanazawa, Sanaa (Japan); investigating scripted views created within the museum Fall 2012 - The National Gallery East Building, Washington D.C, I.M. Pei, (USA); Investigating incisions cut into the monolith in order to create prescribed views that extend across the National Mall. Both projects seek to investigate the idea of shaping the memory of the visitor through a series of scripted and purposefully framed views.
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21st Century Museum Section 21st Century Museum model Site analysis of East Harlem’ sightlines: rearranging the urban fabric to create scripted views Analysis of scripted views in the National Gallery East Building: Rearranging exhibition spaces to harness undiscovered vignettes of the National Mall
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EXTERNAL EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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Work carried out as a freelance designer in London, UK at Universal Design Studio. A leading design practice specializing in retail, exhibition and public space design. fig 1.
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Google Web Lab, Science Museum, London Role: Designer: Project Description: An exhibition in partnership with Google exploring the idea of a responsive exhibition. Visitors, both present in the museum, and accessing the exhibit remotely anywhere around the globe, can interact with one another through a series of interactive exhibits that seek to make the internet visible
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Writing Britain, The British Library, London Role: Lead Project Designer Project Description: An exhibition at The British Library, May - August 2012. The exhibition explores English literature and the landscape; the effects of writers on their surroundings and the subsequent reciprocated effect of the landscape on society. Here we have divided the exhibition into six sections which each explore different rural and urban landscapes; the characteristics of which are echoed through the spatial organisation, the use of vertical and horizontal planes of varying transparencies and the use of varied lighting techniques.
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Google Web Lab ‘The Avatar Wall’ Google Web Lab ‘Interior view’ Google Web Lab ‘Percussion’ Writing Britain; entrance Writing Britain: ‘Lost London’ Writing Britain: ‘The Docks’ Writing Britain: ‘Rural Dreams’ Writing Britain: “The Wild’ Making Modern Communications, Science Museum, London Making Modern Communications, Science Museum, London
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