QAISER MUMTAZ 2017-2020 PORTFOLIO ARCHITECTURE
SYED
CURRICULUMVITAE
Contact +923345245944 | qaisermumtaz1@gmail.com | ISL, Pakistan
About Me & Personal Interests
Name
Syed Qaiser Mumtaz
Date of Birth
07 / 11 /1995
About Me
I aspire to broaden my skill set and architectural knowledge by commiting my potential to the fullest, on both individual projects and collaborative work. I aim to positively contribute to the future of the firm.
Interests
Animation | Music Compostion | VFX | Concept Art
Haptic Design | Masonry & Stone Architecture
Work Experience
Designation | Organziation
Instructional Member of Art Department | G.S.I.S School
Intern at HR department | Pakistan Internation Airlines
Animation Trainee | Unicorn Black
Junior Animator | Unicorn Black
Design Intern | d s gn d | xyz
Architectural Intern | Architect’s Bureau
Architectural Intern | CITE Architecture Planning & Design Group
Academic Qualifications
Qualification | Year of Completion
GCE O’level Examination | 2012
2A’s, 6 B’s Cambridge University (U.K) Global System Of Integrated Studies, Islamabad
GCE A’level Examination | 2014
2C’s, 1 D Cambridge University (U.K) Westminster School & College, Islamabad
Bachelors in Architecture | 2020
C.G.P.A - 3.25
School of Art, Design & Architecture
National University of Science & Technology, Islamabad
Duration
Sep 01st, 2011 – Oct 15th, 2011
July 01st, 2013 – July 31st, 2013
Feb 25th, 2015 – April 30th, 2015
May 01st, 2015 –June 05th, 2015
July 24th, 2017 – July 31st, 2017
June 25th, 2018 – August 31st, 2018
July 01st, 2019 – August 02nd, 2019
Skills Skills+
Language(s)
3D Modeling Sketching
Urdu | Native English | Fluent Ancillary
3D Printing Physical Model Building
Software
Adobe Creative Suite
Autodesk AutoCAD
Autodesk Revit & Maya
Rhinoceros 5 & 6
Grasshopper
Lumion 8 & 10
Blender 2.79 & 2.83
*References can be provided upon request
Thesis Project | Academic Projects | Competition Entry Committee Room #07 - National Assembly of Pakistan Function & Time through Materiality Restoration & Upgrade of Mall Road - Murree A Frame of Interaction with Historic building Facades Multiplex & Film School - NAFDEC Cinema Timelessness & an Enduring Memory Interior Design Live + Academic Project Urban Design Live + Academic Project Adaptive Re-Use Thesis Project CONTENTS Sedhiou, Senegal Cultural Centre - Kaira Looro 2018 Cultural Derivation Architecture Competition Team Project Contemporary Art & Heritage Museum - Taxila City Understanding Cultures through Circulation & Space Architecture Design Academic Project
THESIS PROJECT
THE GOAL OF THIS THESIS WAS TO PROVIDE A COMMUNAL SPACE THAT USES THE MEMORY OF A CITY IN AN EXPLORATION OF THE DICHOTOMY BETWEEN TIMELESSNESS & THE INHERENT OBSOLESCENCE OF ARCHITECTURE.
THE AIM WAS TO PRODUCE AN ARCHITECTURE OF ENDURANCE THAT GOES BEYOND NOVELTY, BY EMULATING BOTH INNOVATION AS WELL AS A FUNDAMENTAL EXPERIENCE OF SPACE THAT STANDS SELF-UNCONTRADICTED.
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VIEW FROM JINNAH AVENUE APPROACH
THE GOAL OF THIS THESIS WAS TO PROVIDE A COMMUNAL SPACE THAT USES THE MEMORY OF A CITY IN AN EXPLORATION OF THE DICHOTOMY BETWEEN TIMELESSNESS & THE INHERENT OBSOLESCENCE OF ARCHITECTURE.
THE AIM WAS TO PRODUCE AN ARCHITECTURE OF ENDURANCE THAT GOES BEYOND NOVELTY, BY EMULATING BOTH INNOVATION AS WELL AS A FUNDAMENTAL EXPERIENCE OF SPACE THAT STANDS SELFUNCONTRADICTED.
THE DESIGN PROCESS STARTED FROM THE IDENTIFICATION OF COMMON ARCHITECTONIC TRAITS, BOTH PHYSICAL & METAPHYSICAL, FOUND IN “TIMELESS ARCHITECTURE”.
CASE STUDIES & THEIR CONCLUSIONS LED TO THE SELECTION OF THE SITE OF INTERVENTION; THE ABANDONED REMAINS OF THE NAFDEC CINEMA, WHICH FULFILLED THE CRITERIA OF BEING TIMELESS ITSELF.
AN INTERVENTION THAT EMULATED THIS QUALITY WAS DESIGNED.
QUALITIES OF TIMELESSNESS
Unifying charateristics among “Timeless” Spaces
CONCLUSIONS
Case Study Conclusions & Comparisons
BUILDING ANALYSIS - POST URBAN & BUILDING HISTORY RESEARCH
NAFDEC Exisiting Building Analysis & Identifying area of Intervention
FORM FINDING & PROGRAM INTEGRATION
Creating a formal language from the existing building + Application of tecnhiques used to emulate Timelessness
AXONOMETRIC MODELS Technical Details & 3D View
AXONOMETRIC MODELS Technical Details & 3D View
SOUTH EASTERN ELEVATION
Corten Steel Cladding Aging with time - Continuing New dialogue with Context
NORTH WESTERN ELEVATION
Corten Steel Cladding Aging with time - Continuing New dialogue with Context
DROP-OFF FACING JINNAH AVENUE
SOUTH EASTERN ENTRANCE
NORTH WESTERN ENTRANCE
DROP-OFF FACING NAZIM-UD-DIN ROAD
TEMPORARY EXHIBITION SPACE - GROUND FLOOR
TEMPORARY EXHIBITION SPACE - GROUND FLOOR
STAIRWELL FROM PERMANENT EXHIBITION SPACE - GROUND FLOOR
RECEPTION FROM SOUTH EASTERN ENTRANCE - GROUND FLOOR
TEMPORARY EXHIBITION SPACE - GROUND FLOOR
CONCERT HALL SERVICE AREA - GROUND FLOOR
DIGITAL LIBRARY - FIRST FLOOR
PROJECTION MAPPING EXHIBIT - FIRST FLOOR
TERRACE - SECOND FLOOR
PRODUCTION HOUSE CIRCULATION - FIRST FLOOR
CONCERT HALL GALLERY SEATING - FIRST FLOOR
CIRCULATION TOWARD LECTURE ROOM - SECOND FLOOR
ROOF/TERRACE - THIRD FLOOR
POST-PRODUCTION SPACE & PERFORMANCE AREA - SECOND FLOOR
CIRCULATION TO ROOF/TERRACE - THIRD FLOOR
PRE-PRODUCTION AREA CIRCULATION - THIRD FLOOR
CAFE’ & ARCADE - FOURTH FLOOR
STAIRS FROM TERRACE CONNECTED TO CAFE’ - FOURTH FLOOR
TERRACE - THIRD FLOOR
CIRCULATION TOWARD CAFE’ FROM ROOF/TERRACE - THIRD FLOOR
TERRACE - FIFTH FLOOR
CIRCULATION TOWARD MULTIPLEX SCREEN - FIFTH FLOOR
CULMINATIOIN POINT TERRACE - SEVENTH FLOOR
CIRCULATION TOWARD CULMINATION POINT - SEVENTH FLOOR
MURREE ROAD PRESENTS AN OVERARCHING SENSE OF DISJOINTED INDIVIDUALISM THROUGH THE EXISTING STREETSCAPE, WHERE EVERY FACADE FOLLOWS IT’S OWN GRID, IT’S OWN MATERIALITY AND IT’S OWN COMPOSTIONAL STYLE. GLIMMERS OF VERNACULAR MATERIALITY IS INCREASINGLY MASKED, IN THE EXISITNG CONDITION, BY GROWING SUPERFICIAL ORNAMENTATION.
THE PROJECT IS AN EXPLORATION OF INTRODUCING ADDITIVE ELEMENTS DERIVED FROM A COMMON PRE-EXISTING, SITE SPECIFIC, DESIGN LANGUAGE, USING TWO PROMINENT FACADES AS THE BOUNDS FOR THE INTERVENTION. URBAN DESIGN
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VIEW OF NEW HOTEL MARHABA FACADE
THE INTERVENTION SEEKS TO BRING FORWARD THE BARE, NATURAL AESTHETIC OF VERNACULAR BUILDING MATERIALS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SITE DERIVED MODULE, TO HOMOGENIZE THE SITE VISUALLY AND EXPERIENTIALLY.
NO SUBTRACTIVE ELEMENT IS INTRODUCED IN THE SITE, RATHER ANY DISLOCATION OF FUCNTION HAS BEEN REINTERGRATED INTO THE SITE, THROUGH THE INTERVENTION.
THE MODULE IS DESIGNED TO AFFORD VARYING MODES OF INTERACTION TO THE USER.
THIS INTERACTABILITY HAS BEEN INTEGRATED INTO EACH MAJOR NODE ON SITE.
Thresholds Creating Nodes of activity along Murree Road
Intimacy Fluctuating width of Road
Near unobstructed View Visual connection b/w tail & head of path
ELEVATION STUDY
Collage depicting changing elevation & Possible zones of Intervention
DESIGN APPLICATION
Interactive windows + Fair-faced local Wood & Stone finishing
HOTEL MARHABA Facade Study Analysis & Grid study
LINTOTT’S RESTAURANT Facade Study Analysis & Grid study
HOTEL MARHABA FACADE REDESIGN Elevation & Perspective
LINTOTT’S RESTAURANT FACADE REDESIGN Elevation & Perspective
SCOPE IDENTIFICATION
Axonometric showcasing Opportunity & Risk
SEATING DECK Section & Axonometric
SEATING DECK Plan & Layout
URBAN FURNITURE
Seating + Kiosk + Lighting + Waste Disposal
ARCHITECTURE DESIGN
THE PROJECT REQUIRED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MUSEUM OF HERITAGE IN THE CITY OF TAXILA, PAKISTAN. THE ALLOWED AREA OF INTERVENTION WAS EITHER THE SITE OF THE EXISTING MUSEUM AT A KEY NODE OF THE CITY OR A WORLD HERITAGE SITE, “BHIR MOUND”, THAT SAT ADJACENT TO THIS EXISTING MUSEUM. TO AVOID DAMAGE TO BHIR MOUND DUE TO POSSIBLE ARCHEOLOGICAL REMAINS, THE INTERVENTION WAS MADE TO THE SITE OF THE EXISTING MUSEUM, WHICH WAS MADE SURE TO BE PRESERVED AS PART OF THE DESIGN.
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VIEW OF RADIAL EXHIBITION SPACE
THE DESIGN INTENT WAS TO DERIVE EXPERIENCE FROM THE BUDDHIST IDEOLOGY OF KARMA. THE ARCHITECTURE IS TO REVEAL PATHS & PRESENT CHOICES TO THE USER & REWARD THEM WITH AN EQUAL EXPERIENCE. CHOICES ARE DIFFERENTIATED BY THE LENGTHS OF THEIR CIRCULATION PATHS; THE FURTHER YOU CHOOSE TO WALK, THE BETTER EXPERIENCE PRESENTED.
THE PLAN & GRIDS ARE DERIVED FROM THE COMBINATION OF RADIAL GEOMETRY FOUND IN EARLY BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE OF TAXILA, LIKE THAT OF DHARMARAJIKA, AND LINEAR GEOMETRY OF BUDDHIST MONASTARIES BUILT LATER, AFTER SEVERAL OTHER CIVILIZATIONS AND THEIR ARCHITECTURE HAD BEEN LAYERED ONTO THEM.
Bhir Mound
Exisitng Museum
Intervention
PTDC Stop
Central Urban Node
GROUND FLOOR PLAN Public & Service Approach + Parking | Using Exising Museum to Initiate Circulation
Existing Museum Analysis
Understanding Grids & Circulation
“TAXILA” LINKS BACK TO IT BEING CALLED “THE STONE CITY”, ON TOP OF IT’S STONE CRAFT STILL BEING PRACTICED, A FOCUS ON MATERIALITY AUTOMATICALLY LED THE DESIGN.
Form & Material
Overlapping Old building & New
Massing ModelUnderstanding Overlapping Masses + Exterior Fenestration & Volume Study
SEEKING TO ELUMATE A SENSE PATRIOTIC TIMELESSNESS, A NEED AROSE TO ADDRESS THE INTERVENTION IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE AND UNIFORMITY. THE EXISITING INTERIOR DID NOT HAVE A SENSE OF HOMOGENEITY. THE CARPET DEMANDED REGULAR CLEANING DUE TO USE.
INTERIOR DESIGN
MARBLE WAS ALSO CLADDED ONTO THE WALL, IN A PALETTE THAT SAT NEUTRALLY WITH THE REST OF THE SPACE.
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VIEW TOWARD CHAIRMAN SEATING
THE SCOPE OF INTERVENTION REQUIRED RETAINING THE CENTRAL DESK; THE FINISHING WAS CHANGEABLE.
THE CEILING WAS DESIGNED TO UNIFY ALL PLANES THE SPACE WAS COMPOSED OF.
THE DESIGN ADDRESSED THESE ISSUES AS WELL AS OTHERS REGARDING SEATING, CONCEALING HVAC EQUIPEMENT NEAR WINDOWS ETC.
Exisitng Situation + Issues Excessive marble wall cladding + Carpet maintenance
New Interior Elevation Minimal vertical wooden paneling + Lighting
New Interior Section Re-Finished Desk + Wall Fixtures for Ambient Lighting
Rendered Ceiling Plan Wall Cladding continuing into False Ceiling
COMPETITION ENTRY
THE COMPETITION REQUIRED THE PLANNING OF A CULTURAL CENTER FOR THE CITY OF SEDHIOU, SENEGAL. IT AIMED TO RE-INVENT THE IDENITITY OF THE AREA AND TO REACH THE GOAL OF CREATING A LOCATION WHERE LOCAL CULTURES CAN HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE SHARED, PASSED ON AND ULTIMATELY PRESERVED.
AN ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE THAT STOOD AS WITNESS OF THE PEACEFUL RELATION OCCURRING AMONG LOCAL ETHNIC GROUPS AND PROMOTES, THE PRESERVATION OF LOCAL CUSTOMS WAS DESIRED.OUR TEAM OF TWO, SHOWCASED A SITE INTEGRATED DESIGN, WITH A STRUCTURE THAT RESONATES WITH THE ICONOGRAPHY OF THE COMMUNITY.
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VIEW FROM EASTERN APPROACH
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