Undergraduate Architecture Sample Work Portfolio

AQILAH AMRAN 14, Richmond Terrace, L6 5EA Liverpool, UK (+44) 07722576587 aqilahamran@gmail.com aqilahamran.vsco.co cargocollective.com/aqilahamran

QUALIFICATIONS BA (Hons) Architecture - RIBA Part 1, 2:1 Liverpool John Moores University 2011 - 2014 A Levels (Mathematics, Art & Design, Music and ICT) Notre Dame Catholic College for the Arts 2009 - 2011

AWARDS ABRSM Piano Grade 1 to Grade 8 2009 - 2013 Artist of the Year Notre Dame Catholic College for the Arts 2011

REFERENCES Dominic Wilkinson Chairman of Education RIBA North West Senior architect at Austin-Smith: Lord LLP Lecturer/Senior lecturer at LJMU D.E.Wilkinson@ljmu.ac.uk Dr Robert G MacDonald RIBA, PFRSA, Reader in Architecture President Emeritus Liverpool Architectural Society R.G.MacDonald@ljmu.ac.uk

PROFILE A recent RIBA Part 1 graduate who is an enthusiastic and creative individual that possess an eagerness to learn and take on new challenges. I am able to work independently or as part of a team, with excellent communication and time management skills.

Currently seeking employment in an established profession environment, which could provide me with the opportunity to apply my theoretical knowledge and to develop my skills.

A focused, determined individual with the ability to learn quickly and the desire to be successful in the architecture profession.

WORK EXPERIENCE Retail Asisstant Argos, Plc April 2008 Door-to-door Sales Rising Star June - August 2012 Research Assistant LJMU November 2014

SKILLS CAD Skills AutoCAD Photoshop InDesign SketchUp Artlantis Studio Velux Daylight Microsoft Office Hand drawing and sketching Art Medium: Watercolour, acrylic, pastels, oil bar Physical model-making Languages: English and Malay

INTERESTS Photography Fine Art & Crafts Music Fashion Travelling

QUEEN'S AVENUE DWELLINGS This project is set in 2050, where it is predicted that the world population will increase up to 9.3 billion.

Due to the effects of climate change, for instance, desertification and sea level rise; experts predict this will result in 200 million eco-migrants by 2050.

My proposal is to provide both permanent and short-term accommodation for climate refugees in a high-density population allowing sustainable lifestyle and provide comfort for human habitation in an urban area. These housing are designed to rebuild a new community and help establishing future development.

THE WATER'S EDGE The project’s intention is to create public spaces in which for the audience to experience by going through a ritual of cleansing, relaxing and enjoyment. It also allows visitors to interact with the water, being the cultural and social centre of the city. Having the dialogue between the edges; the visitors will experience transition from land to water, temperature from hot to cold, and vice versa.

The main buildings are floating on water, surrounded by dock buildings and warehouses. The enclosed structure will contain saunas and baths, which are an important aspect of the winter bathing experience.

Front Elevation

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Front Elevation

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Rear Elevation

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Rear Elevation

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REFRACTION This project focuses on the idea of how light is being refracted in a space using crystal prisms, creating a rather spectacular spectrums of colour. This idea came about when I was in Rome, visiting Santa Maria di Aracoeli and mesmerised by how the church was hidden with treasures of light.

I began to explore and play with light and shadow which can affect an atmosphere within spaces. This leads to achieving the right lighting for my wunderkammer which can turn something stationary as a building into a dynamic element.

TRANSCENDENTAL LAND[E]SCAPE The aim of this project is to create a `retreat', allowing visitors to momentarily escape from stressful city life, everyday conviction in exchange for calmness and tranquillity. The spaces within the building provide a therapeutic experience that engages each of the body's senses moving through a sequence of meaningful spaces, as it is the case with pilgrimage. The retreat will allow for spaces of seclusion, silence and meditation as well as spaces for more physical, social and interactive activities. The challenge will be for the architecture to evoke a delicate sense spirituality and awareness in its visitors and deliver a physical setting where meditation, relaxation and other activities that unite the body, mind and spirit can be conveyed.

“It is essential sometimes to go to retreat, to stop everything that you have been doing, to stop your beliefs and experiences completely, and look at them anew, not keep on repeating like machines whether you believe it or do not believe. You would then let in fresh air into your minds.� – J. Krishnamurti

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1) 50mm of double glazing with low-E coating 2) Concrete sill with drip edge 3) Aluminium window frame 4) 50mm of pre-cast concrete cladding 5) Galvanised steel anchor 6) 40mm of cavity 7) Damp proof membrane 8) 90mm of mineral wool insulation 9) Vapour barrier 10) 30mm of grey cement screed 11) 300mm of in-situ reinforced concrete floor slab 12) Steel bars for structural reinforcement

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1) Infinity pool edge, deliberate intention for overflowing water 2) Reinforced concrete slab 3) Reinforcing steel bars 4) Screed and waterproof membrane 5) Drip channel 6) Cantilevered concrete beam supporting the slab

PHOTOGRAPHY

PAINTING

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