Design Portfolio Maham Neha A. Ansari MArch [RIBA Part II]
Maham Neha A. Ansari 80 C/II, Gulberg III, Lahore | maham.ansari03@gmail.com | +92 (0) 343 4859988
education
Master of Architecture (MArch - RIBA Part 2) | 2016-18 IUAV (UniversitĂ Iuav di Venezia) Venice, Italy + Kent School of Architecture, Canterbury, UK Course Selection: Atelier Aymonino (IUAV) + Unit III - Hafen (Kent) BA (Hons) Architecture (RIBA Part 1) | 2012-15 Kent School of Architecture, Canterbury, UK First Class Honours
experience
WAVe Workshop - rebuilding Syria [with TAM Associati] Participant | Venice | Jul 2017 Same, Same But Different - Group proposal to re-design the bombed neighbourhood of Qaboun, Damscus Aga Khan Cultural Service Pakistan [Aga Khan Development Network] Architectural Assisstant | Lahore | 2015-16 Documentation of the Lahore Fort Picture Wall (UNESCO World Heritage Site) using photo-rectification and REDM machinery / Learning to use the REDM Machine/Total Station + Digitization and damage analysis of selected tile mosaic panels from the 17th century KASA [Kent Architectural Students Association] Outreach + Sponsorship Representative | Canterbury | 2014-15 Organisation funds for the open lecture series and events organised by the architecture student committee, aiming to network with firms all over the UK for future events and potential sponsorship Oh + A Designworks Intern Architect | Lahore | Jun-Aug 2014 Development of a schematic project for SICAS School System Kindergarten. Design of model classrooms that provide a conducive learning environment to children, including customised furniture designed to fit the suggested spatial setting + Practiced the use of Sketch-Up and V-Ray for architectural visualization and client presentations Kamil Khan Mumtaz Architects Intern Architect | Lahore | Jul-Aug 2013 Development of a residential partition completed in 2003 to allow the owners the flexibilty to change the upper portion. The design for the partition included resolving issues for ease of access and designing a door with a geometric pattern. Learnt geometry used in Islamic architecture and construction, practiced through hand-drawing.
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Photoshop Pen + Paper
Sketch-Up InDesign
Auto-CAD Illustrator
EDM Machine MS Office
Painting Photography
REFERENCES
Wajahat Ali Senior Architect | AKCSP Lahore wajahat.ali@akdn.org
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Head of School Prize for BA (Hons) Architecture - 2015 2013 BA Architecture Portfolio of the Year - Top 3 Netball Team - Punjab Olympics 2011 - Gold Medal
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Academic Peer Mentor - Kent School of Architecture [2014 - 2015]
Michael Holms Coats Design Tutor | University of Kent M.W.Holms-Coats@trolley.com
Appointed to Student Council - Lahore Grammar School Community Outreach Representative [April 2011-12] Nima Maamobi Gale Community Library ▪▪ Reading to children, story-telling ▪▪ Teaching children, between the age group of 9-14, different Arts and Crafts, Origami ▪▪ Developed good communication skills with people from diverse cultures and educational backgrounds Alif Laila Book Bus Society ▪▪ Designed the Interior of an art room for the hobby clubs ▪▪ Developing teaching aids for preschoolers ▪▪ Achieved good communication skills, worked with older people from different educational backgrounds
The Towers of Disquiet Unit III ‘Hafen’ - Final Thesis Project 2017-18
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I Master’s quarters and personal
G Vertical timber cladding occasionally covering the window to allow for a curiousity for this
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H Master’s staircase concealed behind shelveing, and the only access to the master’s quarters
5 Collective drawing, innovation spacelooking towards all sides - reminiscent of a lighthouse and walker’s work
F Individual split level research spaces
E Faraday-cage-inspired Copper-lined laboratory for smaller group experiments
D Student staircase leading to the main study space 3 Mezzanine floor for group innovation and
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C Beginning of Master’s concealed staircase, behind seamless
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B Existing WW1 barrack concrete block structure on breakwater
A Inlet at -1m level to allow Salt water movement at
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Lifeboat House & Clock Tower
St James’s Church
- Built in 1866 and 1876 respec�vely - Lifeboat House built by the RNLI -The Clock Tower was built by George Devey with an adjacent marine bathing house - in 1892 the buildings were taken down and re-erected close to the original loca�on a�er the construc�on of the Prine of Wales Pier - Only the Clock Tower remains a�er bombing in World War 1.
-Norman Church built in the 11th century - Offcial mee�ng place of the courts of the Barons of the Cinque Ports - Restored in 1869 and fi�ed with an organ - The old building was severely damaged during the First World War but was restored in 1931 - During the Second World War teh old building was damaged again and the tower collapsed in 1951, a�er which it was preserved as a �dy ruin.
Roman Lighthouses -Twin Lighthouses built in Dubris, Roman Dover to guide the Classis Britannica into the harbour - Only one survives in Dover Castle and was made part of the Saxon Church as a bell-tower in the 1200s - 12m wide, internally square and externally octagonal - May have had 8 stories initally, although on 4 stories survive - Par�ally rebuilt in the 1400s and in 1580 - Founda�ons of the second were discovered at Western Heights in the 1800s
Victorian Lighthouses
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- Lighthouse 1 built in 1909 - Height: 16m - Light-reach: 6 Nau�cal Miles - Lighthouse 2 built in 1909 - Height 21m - Light -reach: 18 Nau�cal Miles Customs House ‘Bredenstone’ Ruins of the Second Roman Lighthouse
City Centre
St James’s Church
‘Eastern Pharos’
‘Tidy Ruin’
13m tall structure of the First Roman Lighthouse
- Prefabricated structures; s�ll in use
- Ini�ally built in 1866 but was lost by 1907 - A plan for a new Customs Watch House was commisioned in 1909; designed by Arthur Pite - A�er the end of World War 2, there was a surge in the use of the Dover Port for crossing the channel and commercial shipping - This meant that the need for a Customs Watch House fell away - Since then, it has been used as offices
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Atelier Aymonino ‘SKYSCRAP-IER’ - New York Waterfront Development Project A
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Ground Re-modelling (Public Spaces) - Open-air Cinema
Ground Re-modelling (Public Spaces) - Revamping the Playground
Ground Re-modelling (Public Spaces) - Intervention on Existing Building
Ground Re-modelling (Public Spaces) - Neighbourhood Playground
Ground Re-modelling (Public Spaces) - Community Urban Farming
Ground Re-modelling (Public Spaces) - Community Park
Spatial Networking (Connectivity) - Over-spill Parking Spaces
Ground Re-modelling (Public Spaces) Skatepark and Graffiti-art space
Spatial Networking (Connectivity) - Boundary Re-design and Parking space
Intervention on an Existing Building
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Ground Re-modelling (Public Spaces) - Outdoor Exhibition Space
Re-vitalization of Urban Voids
New Parking Spaces
The revitalization of the Sunset Park area by using the urban voids was divided into 3 main themes: ‘Ground Design’ (Flows); ‘Ground Re-modelling’ (Public Spaces) and Spatial Networking (Connectivity). ‘Ground Design’ fundamentally dealt with the flow of the pedestrian and bicycle-using commuters. The redesign of te
Ground Re-modelling (Public Spaces) - Re-use of Abandoned Spaces
Spatial Networking (Connectivity) - Inter-street connections
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Focal points
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Port and Transportation facility
University
Residential
Commercial, linked to BAT
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New system of clusters 1st Ave 2nd Ave 3rd Ave 4th Ave
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The urban fabric of the waterfront development reinterprets the grid by incorporating in its fabric, the corridors and the four piers, each with a designated function - Commercial, Residential, University and Port/Transportation Facility. At the head of these new piers are public spaces that could serve as a focal point and an engine of the city’s movement towards the waterfront through the urban axes. Along these new axes, it is imagined that the corporate and commercial fabric can integrate into the residential fabric, forming clusters of mixed use spaces placed not only on the axes parallel to the waterfront but as a mesh that acts as a cloak of services and recreational spaces around residential blocks. Major public services such as healthcare, schools, cultural and entertainment services could be placed on the intersection between the major existing trade routes and the new project guidelines. Therefore, this new urban layout narrows the service gap and strengthens the relationship between the Sunset Park neighbourhood and its waterfront.
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Design crossings on the grid
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The Sunset Park neighbourhood and the waterfront were connected through a system of corridors that encouraged an environment that catered to more pedestrians, bicycles and shared commute, than to private vehicles. To facilitate this, the intersections of the corridors leading to the waterfrount and the major traffic arteries of Sunset Park (Gowanus Highway etc.) were redesigned to include vegetation, wider footpaths with seating spaces and recreational facilities such as designated areas for skating and basketball.
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I mm i s c i b l e M e m o r i e s Unit I ‘Great Expectations’ - MArch Y1 Project - 2016
Aga Khan Cultural Service Pakistan Documentation of the Lahore Fort Picture wall Conservation project: Documentation of the Lahore Fort Picture Wall Summer Palace accurately with the help of EDM machinery and high quality photography for photo-rectification. The project includes the presentation and promotion of this historical site by publishing pamphlets, signs and booklets, and thorough collection of data to eventually be used in the conservation process. The Lahore Fort ‘Picture Wall’ is a 1450ft long decorated section of Lahore Fort’s northern western exterior wall, with an average height of 50ft and was exquisitely decorated during the Mughal period by Emperor Jehangir in 1624 and completed under Emperor Shah Jahan’s reign in 1632. The Picture Wall is the world’s largest mural and is the main reason for the Lahore Fort being declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Each individual mosaic gives us an insight to life and entertainment in the Royal Courts through embellished brickwork, glazed tile and faience mosaics, filigree work and painted lime plaster.
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PICTURE WALL Isometric In Progress
Top: Wire-frame drawing of the PIcture Wall and adjacent structures made through EDM measurement machinery in real-time documentation Above: Section through the Lahoe Fort Summer Palace and Hall of Mirrors (EDM + AutoCAD) Left: The Lahore Fort Picture Wall and Examples of the tile mosiac panels on the wall;
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Surface Changes Crazing and cracking of glaze with no discoloration Discoloration of glaze due to deposits of dust, bio-film and inorganic chemicals Penetration of the crack in the glaze by cyano-bacteria leading to discoloration Heavy deposit & encrustation of biofilm (lichen, algae, microspores, cyanobacteria etc.)
Deterioration & Damage Analysis 0.5
Exfoliation & partial loss of glaze and astar
New Plaster (British Period)
Partial loss of glaze and biscuit (astar)
New Plaster (1950s)
Complete Loss of glaze with biscuit
New Plaster (1960s)
Spalling and pitting of body of tile
New Plaster 1970s
Breakout in body of tile
Recent efforts at "restoration"
Detachment of tile from base mortar
Tiles painted over
Detachment of tile and base mortar from the wall
Bullet Holes
Partial loss of tile
Other forms of vandalism
Complete loss of tile Complete loss of tile and base mortar
Picture taken: 04/04/2016 10:47am
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Interventions in the past
Partial loss of tile and base mortar
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Disintegration of Material
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Above: 1 of 38 panels digitized by tracing out each tile separately on AUtoCAD, and damage analysed by hatching each tile according to the type and degree of of deterioration
Urban sheerness Community Centre 3rd Year Final Project Community regeneration scheme for Sheerness Dockyards. to develop a space where different communities and ideologies overlap using visual connections to the Dockyard Church and existing highstreets.
Structural Isometric Isometric - Sketch Up + Photoshop
Interior Perspective [Hand-drawing + Photoshop]
Sections
Elevation - Hand-Drawing + Sketch Up + Photoshop
Market Street Perspectives - Sketch Up + Photoshop
OH+ A D e s i g n w o r k s Kids Kampus Johar Town Branch Summer Internship Project [2014] Model classrooms as spaces that provide a conducive learning environment to children, which also included customised furniture designed to fit the suggested spatial setting.
Covered Playground Perspective ( V-ray)
Activity Room Interior Perspective (V-ray)
Landscape + Architecture Therapeutic Gardening Centre 2nd Year Design Project 1 Landscaping to improve visitors health through gardening and structural concrete mesh mimicing the silhouette of the surrounding trees.
Hand-rendered Perspective
Hand-drawn Masterplan