Architectural Portfolio 2020

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ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO MArch (Part II)

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Najwa Harzani

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A WONDERLAND OF ALLOTMENTS The Extended Allotments is a proposed vertical urban allotment in Cowley, Oxford integrated with its strategic surrounding context, mostly being schools and academies. The proposal celebrates two important cultural and historical essence of the city - allotments and the tale “Alice in Wonderland”. Taking inspiration from the fiction, the project is an opportunity to induce ecological awareness into education through the vertical allotments, by creating spaces that are reinterpreted into a more sensible “Wonderland”.

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Nature Walking reserve path

Multipurpose court

St Gregory School

Walking path

Florence Park

Section A-A Larkrise Primary School

Nature reserve

St Gregory School

Dominic Barberi Academy

Section B-B

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Ground Floor Plan

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Entrance Checkout & return counter Seed library Reading area Book stacks Indoor hydroponics Office

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Interchangeable learning space Reading area Rock climbing wall Caucus race ground

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Food class Food preserving ground

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Initial Concept Sketches - exploring form and function through a rationalised Wonderland

Drip hydroponics pump nutrient solution through tubes to the plants. The staggered system allows the solution to flow to the lower plants using gravity

Exploded Axonometric of Garden of Reading & Seed Library Solar energy and rainwater harvested to power drip pump and as an additional solvent for nutrient solution

At the base of the plant are drip emitters that allow the nutrient solution to drip at an adjustable flow, saturating the grow medium.

Biodynamic facade embodies a photocatalytic property - the active ingredient TXActive captures nitrogen oxide and convert it into inert salt under direct sunlight. This ingredient also makes it a self-cleaning facade

"The floor is lava" hammock reading area in the middle of the library to promote casual environment for youth

Higher exposed glass facade on South side of the building allows daylight to penetrate into the space.

The gap between the facade and structure circulates the internal air.

Seeds are kept in a dim and cool condition to maintain its longevity

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Joint details Tempered skylight glass Aluminum gutter Tempered skylight glass roof

Glulaminated timber Timber joist

Roof support Curved glulaminated timber column Skylight gutter detail

Biodynamic Facade

Steel plate Glulam beam Bolt & nut

Glulaminated beam timber column to beam detail Bolt & nut Steel plate Reinforcement bar Concrete footing Timber to concrete footing detail

Section A-A

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Passive design strategies

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Axonometric aerial view

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MODELLING THE FACADE Following the section drawing, the next task is designing a 1:20 facade through a model making process. A facade gives the opportunity for the external-internal relationship to be understood while designing through model making gives space for intuitive design to follow through.

A facade is a mediator: environmentally, socially and aesthetically. it is a means of expression both of the public realm as much as whatever it conceals and contains. The facade chosen to be redesigned is the Pegasus theatre. Building on previous disruptions by other students, the theatre is key as a finishing act to a moving theatre during the festival.

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DISRUPTING MODERNISM: ECOLOGICAL SOCIETIES The DS1 is a sharing studio focusing on the architect’s role and position in the current climate change agenda. Each week we are given different disruptions (i.e. possible future scenarios) for us to adapt to on a segment of Iffley Road, Oxford.

Comprising 15 students this year, one segment is initially assigned for each student which is subsequently exchanged every week. Therefore, each student gets the opportunity to develop or design on top of other member of the studio’s work -- reflecting a working situation in the practice.

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“Why Bother� article in the book Drawdown. Something as little as changing your eating habit and planting your own food can help make changes to the planet. Our meat consumption involves land for food and pasture, not to mention the greenhouse gases emitted by this industry.

Planting food is something simple that we can do on our own, especially when doing it in a community spirit and just in front of our own houses. Pollan put forward the idea of reducing our sense of dependence of capitalism-managed food production and processing, that it is one of the most powerful thing and individual can do. It teaches us to grow and go local. It teaches us to let go of the sense of ownership by exchanging our produces with our community. It teaches us that food has bruises and bumps sometimes, but that it is still fine.

In the long run, it can be seen as a win-win situation -residents are healthier from the food they eat and from the exercise they gain by planting. It improves the community -- people start getting to know and talking to their neighbours again, they start exchanging their food clusters and learn to manage their resources.

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on the idea of weaving the refugees into the community. To take it from a literal point of view, the act of weaving architecture itself can be seen as a medium to bring the refugees closer to the community i.e. starting conversations while weaving. Perhaps engaging in architecture is a medium for the refugees to informally learn the local language.

Hence, the proposal is a frame structure for the refugees and community to weave their own design onto, which then will serve as a share community space to supplement the facilities provided by Asylum Welcome.

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market

Public kitchen and food

arts area

Outdoor performance and

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underutilised backyards

Collective urban garden in

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Refugees accommodation

meeting space

Information centre and

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FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT The fourth disruption is Iffley Road Festival Fortnight. The festival celebrates what the community values and enjoys, and steers away from resorting to shopping as a form of entertainment. The proposal is for a deployable structure to cater to demand in the dance festival. Events can be on the street, in the back garden, in open semi-public buildings, or in private buildings and in any combination of these.

To test this idea, the context assigned is Segment 2 of the Iffley Road. Included in the boundary limitation are residential areas and part of the Magdalen College School sports ground.

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interactive floors to attract people to move / dance

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bouncing balls as part of dancing prop

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QUEEN’S ST POP-UP ART GALLERY A pop-up art exhibition in Covered Market Oxford for Katie Taylor, a local artist. The design and planning process involved site visit and measurement, meeting with the client to discuss art pieces to be exhibitied, her aspiration/vision for the gallery, and architectural development. The proposed design is a space that complements the art piece in its own way, enhancing and not overpowering. The student received a Distinction for this design exercise.

Understanding Katie and her exploration of the body and memory, this design proposal takes on a similar approach, with bodies being animal meat. The design process took on a collageand model-making approach.

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Concept collages

Physical massing model

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Artist’s work explores themes of memory, fragility, and borders

Memories of the market from photographs and newspapers of early 20th century - a ghost of the past In 12th century, the market centered on Carfax and extended into surrounding streets.

Its geographical orientation is adapted into design.

Arches make up myriad of grand civic monuments and classical luxury villas, manifesting status of power, grandeur and wealth The Oxford Mileways Act 1771 was primarily concerned with making city road’s safer and wider, and allowed for demolition of remaining city gates for this purpose

The artist’s work intends to represent the unnamed and forgotten, the misrepresented ones. The main concept design, arches give these people the symbol of power Initial Concept Model The North Gate of Oxford which featured arches as a strong architectural element

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Display shelves & art pieces

Plan

Secondary structure

Primary structure

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Elevation

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The Covered Market has been around since 1774 and is still active today. Imposed based on then newly implemented Oxford Mileways Act 1771, the market is birthed to clear street markets in Fish Street (St Aldate’s) and Butcher Row (Queen Street). Originating from the Carfax, the spreading of the street market captures attention of the authorities which coerce these informal trade centres under one building - the Covered Market.

The market has gone through a long history of renovations and changes to come to where it is, and now it is threatened by the death of the High Street.

The architectural installation aspires to align with the artist’s intention of bringing awareness to issues of displaced people. Mirroring the effect of spreading street markets beginning from Carfax, this gallery aims to capture people’s attention by gradually consuming the Covered Market, and resuscitates it.

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SUNCHEON ART PLATFORM The designer led a team of five to the Suncheon International Architectural Competition. The design process of Suncheon Art Platform took approximately three weeks to be completed for the competition, engaging with historical and urban context of Suncheon and creating a unique urban realm for the growing Korean city.

As a group of students, the designer was responsible in managing the team i.e. delegating tasks, and setting the course of the workflow while being directly involved in design research, layout planning, 3D designing and modelling and post-production and composition. Although not shortlisted for the competition, the drawings have been exhibited at DATUM:KL, an international conference attended by over 2,000 participants.

The design concept takes inspiration from the traditional huts along the Suncheon Old Gate.

Transitioning from the Old City archetype to the urban environment does not mean culture and tradition are to be completely abandoned. The proposal is an epitome of bringing the old into the new, a fusion of eras via reinterpretation, an evolution of the past days.

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Early concept sketches — formal inspiration from the tradtional huts

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Site plan

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Zoning

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First floor plan

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Perspective views of YeonjaRu and lecture theatre of the projects. Yeonja-Ru connects the river bank to the main complex of the art platform.

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North elevation

South elevation

Multifunctional double skin facade to insulate from the cold north winds; a backdrop for visual projection mapping; and a screen shading for the ramp circulation in the summer

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RUMPUN AFFORDABLE HOMES Rumpun Affordable Homes is yet another result of a renowned competition the designer participated in 2016. Organised by the Malaysian Institute of Architects at the national level, the designer along with four other team members took home the first prize award by capitalising sustainability hence a long-term affordability in the design.

Rumpun redefines the typical affordable homes typology in Malaysia, that affordable does not equate poor quality in materiality, spatial ambience and sociability. The design took into account importance of passive design and further enhanced with active green strategies and recycled material.

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3D component

precast staircase

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precast window

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Section A-A

Section B-B

Green Building Index

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BANDING CULTURAL VILLAGE Pulau Banding Ecotourism Banding Island, being inhabited by Orang Asli mostly of the Semang tribe rather portrays the true identity of the place itself. The indigenous people bear a million and one unique cultural values and tradition yet to be known to the world. However, due to the isolation of these people during the post-independence era and the rapid current of modernisation, these cultures and customs remain hidden from the public eyes and hearts.

This cultural village is introducing the lifestyle of Orang Asli to the public and giving them a chance to truly experience and feel the situation of the Orang Asli lifestyle, and at the same time preserving Orang Asli’s cultural sustainability.

Orang Asli is known to be close to nature. Nature plays a major role in their everyday lives, from their clothes to their houses , nature is a part of the essentials in their daily routine.

Hence to highlight the representation of Orang Asli in the design, plants - a part of nature are thoroughly adapted in the design. Different parts of plants are used in interpreting its function and its form is adapted - branches as circulation, leaves as the main activity area of production, and even pistil as an important hub for growth of the area.

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Site plan

Site analysis

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contour, thus making it blend well with the greenery of background behind it. The humble looking design is in harmony with the site itself, depicting the lifestyle of the orang asli - humble, and close to nature. In addition too that, the layout maximizes view, thus allowing its occupants to enjoy the beautiful vista of the lake regardless where they are

Nature reserves

Chalet unit zone

Master plan Resort master plan

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Pedestrian access to floating market

Buggy pickup/ drop off

The floating market

Main lobby and reception zone

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Orang asli is known to be close to nature. Nature plays a major role in their everyday lives, from their clothes to their homes, nature is a part of the essentials in their daily routine. Hence to highlight the representation of orang asli in the design, the leaf – a part of nature – is adapted thoroughly.

Plants are rather a vital element in the lives of orang asli. This can be seen in their houses, clothings, food supplies, accessories, medicines, arts and crafts and even tradition. For instance, the use of bamboo which functions as food containers, and coconut shells as spoons, while rattan and tree branches are for agricultural and hunting equipments.

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Chalet unit plan

Section through main building

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View towards the chalet units from the water

View towards main building

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HAVEN ON THE HILLSIDE Malaysia is well known as one of the most diverse-cultured country in the world, yet its people live in harmony in tandem to the functional fusion of the colourful cultures. Different lifestyles ranging vastly from the urban dwellers, to the modest outskirts of town and the unique and peaceful rural areas are all sprawling across the country. Not to mention the cultural variety of the many different races that have amazingly fused throughout the decades, creating a rather well-blended tradition.

The concept of ‘fusion’ is intended to bring elements of different backgrounds together and blended into one harmonious entity.

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In terms of design, it is the combination of nature and structure. The integration of greens and water bodies into the building gives a sense of closeness to the nature, despite the parametric, timeless feeling of the building design. Creepers are introduced to the fluid facade to add an even softer view of it.

Rooms and balconies facing the evergreen hills are for the visitors to indulge in both the cosy and comfortable rooms, and the tranquil and calm natural surroundings.

A decorative pool integrated with a series of greens is designed in the center of the building to further strengthen the connection between the structure and nature, that is not only externally but also internally. To accentuate that, the design mostly follows the natural contours of the site. This directily provide a distinction between the public and a more visitor oriented spaces by the levelling of the design based on the contours.

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Transverse section

Longitudinal section

North Elevation

South Elevation

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Interior perspectives of the room units: deluxe and family

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MUSEUM OF INDEPENDENCE Iconic Museum of Independence designed while working as an Architectural Assistant for a renowned architecture firm in Malaysia. The Museum was part of a bigger mixeduse development comprising a 118-storey office tower, three residential blocks, retail podiums and a central park.

While working on this project, the designer gained experience in integrating and coordinating the design with other consultants, developed layout plan, material specification, detail drawings, 3D models, renderings, and design report.

The design concept of the museum derives from the Five National Principles translating into five sculpturally curved walls. The light wells within the walls create a soft effect of diffused light into its sunken gallery space.

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LAMINATED CLEAR GLASS TO MANUF’S DETAIL

LAMINATED CLEAR GLASS TO MANUF’S DETAIL

G.I. STEEL FRAMES TO ENGINEER’S DETAIL

VERSILOCK PEDESTAL SUPPORTS

LED LIGHT SOURCE

STONE CLADDING LAMINATED FROSTED GLASS TO MANUF’S DETAIL LAMINATED FROSTED GLASS TO MANUF’S DETAIL

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EMERALD GREEN SALES GALLERY Proposals for a residential units sales gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The designer was responsible in formulating design layout, details and massing in 2D and 3D forms, liaising with technicians for submission drawings, and coordinating design and report requirements with clients for sign off.

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TRANSEAT MRT BENCH COMPETITION the bench takes inspiration from the unique interior fagade wall that makes the distinct identity of MRT Raja Uda station. The design and form finding process involves adding a contemporary feel deriving from elements of our Malaysian heritage, to the straightforward trapezoidal shape of the wall panel.

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NAJWA HARZANI BINTI EZUMI HARZANI MArchD (Part II) Oxford School of Architecture 2020

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