Halima Haq Portfolio

DESIGN PORTFOLIO 2023

HALIMA HAQ

PART 1

ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT

Resume

ABOUT

My passion in architecture encompasses several of my own interests, including sustainability, inclusion, and diversity. I have developed an interest in sustainable community-led regeneration that celebrates the heritage, character and spirit of local communities.

ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIENCE

Climate

Demonstrators

• A University of Westminster live build project in collaboration with Brecknock Primary School, in Camden

• Project coodinator for group of 4 peers + 30 students

• Collaborated with architects, stakeholders and the schools community

Foster Wilson Size Architects

• Duties included producing renders on SketchUp for theatre project, and attending site visits Involved in reviewing RIBA Work Stage 5

Corley Woolley Ltd. + Ben Adams Architects

Visiting the construction site and recording the conversion progress of an Art-Deco industrial warehouse, into an office block. RIBA Work Stages 5-7

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) + Fabrication Lab

• Laser cutting workshop in collaboration with SOM and Fabrication Lab which ended with an exhibition in March 2020. Created a model of Broadgate Tower

EDUCATION DESIGN SKILLS

University of Westminster

BA Architecture 2.1

Rhino 2D + 3D

Vectorworks 2D

Adobe Creative Suite

SketchUp

Hand Drawing

Model Making

UNCOMMON GROUND

“In Eddystone they stay, or Daubney could I say? Very different from your way, live the people of the estate. If you strip the carpet from your floors, or the ‘paper off your walls, beneath it you will find, remains they left behind.”

01. COLLAGE OF PEPYS ESTATE

02. ARAGON TOWER 1:1 WALL SECTION

—Three Towers Poem by Halima

UNCOMMON GROUND

The site, like the city itself, is a palimpsest. The fragments of building and scars in the ground are a record of the processes and events that have taken place.

My proposal aims to reactivate the site as a public space; restoring its original function but finding form in playful investigations of material and human agency. It seeks to re-assess the ways in which we engage with sites and objects that may be deemed archaeology.

01 EXHIBITION SPACE

The interior exhibition space resembles the archaeological site. Clusters of magical finds.

= Entrance

= Circulation

= Corridor + Colonnades

= Library + Workshop

= Community Cafe

= Exhibition Spaces

= Steve Burden Gallery

= Gift Shop

= Storage Spaces

= Staff + Security Rooms

= Community Garden

THE SUPREMATIST GRID

Gift Shop

Storage Spaces

Staff + Security Rooms

Like the key modernist art movement, Suprematism, I created my plans using abstract shapes and parallel lines. The site was mapped with relevance to modernism, the archaeological finds, and the direction of the streets and bridges.

Community Garden

Tools

VECTOR GROUND FLOOR PLAN

Technical Details

WALL TO DETAIL

Tools

ROOF KEY

1. Triple glazing (45 mm)

Facing interior: fibre-glass

2. Truss

3. Slate (110/115 mm)

4. Wood Battens (2 x30/50 mm)

5. Hemp thermal Insulation (180 mm) between beam (75/200 mm)

6. Steel I Beam

7. CLT Timber

WALL KEY

1. Corten Steel Sheet (6mm)

2. RHS Beam (100/200mm)

3. Rubble Stone Wall (400mm)

4. Sliding Doors Double Glazed (2x9 mm safety glass with 18 mm cavity)

5. Lime Plaster

6. Reinforced concrete foundation (400/350 mm)

Technical Details Page 6

RHINO 3D VECTOR WORKS

EXTERNAL WALL TO ROOF DETAIL

1. Corten Steel Sheet (6mm)

2. RHS Beam (100/200mm)

1. Triple glazing (45 mm)

EXTERNAL WALL TO FLOOR DETAIL

3. Rubble Stone Wall (400mm)

Facing interior: fibre-glass

2. Truss

3. Slate (110/115 mm)

4. Wood Battens (2 x30/50 mm)

4. Sliding Doors Double Glazed (2x9 mm safety glass with 18 mm cavity)

5. Lime Plaster

5. Hemp thermal Insulation (180 mm) between beam (75/200 mm)

6. Steel I Beam

7. CLT Timber

6. Reinforced concrete foundation (400/350 mm)

Tools

RHINO 3D VECTOR WORKS

1. Corten Steel (6mm)

2. RHS Beam (100/200mm)

3. Rubble Stone (400mm)

4. Sliding Doors ble Glazed safety glass mm cavity)

5. Lime Plaster 6. Reinforced foundation mm)

1. Corten Steel (6mm)

2. RHS Beam (100/200mm)

3. Rubble Stone (400mm)

4. Sliding Doors ble Glazed (2x9 safety glass with mm cavity)

5. Lime Plaster 6. Reinforced foundation (400/350 mm)

THE DESIGN PROCESS

The project explores and experiments with the architectural potential to rejuvenate, adapt and transform the urban context to propose communities that are proactive, inclusive and resilient. New futures have been imagined for a challenging area of Southwark, one of the oldest parts of the city, where the ancient and the hyper-modern collide.

RAPID RESPONSE MUSEUM

01 CONSTRUCTION MODEL

An architectural manifestation that combines the ‘old’ core structure and ‘new’ external stair, roof garden is the retrofit of an existing Victorian building.

02 CIRCULAR ECONOMY

The retrofit project involves re-using old interior pieces, recycling unwanted parts, and purchasing sustainable materials.

03 LONG SECTION

The museum will act as a community structure by rounding out the education, events, and activities available to the public. The different exhibitions highlight the effects of climate change.

CHILDREN IN THE CITY

A STEINER SCHOOL

The school I designed involved an analysis of Steiner school pedagogy, as well as an understanding of Forest school teachings that I observed firsthand. The learning pedagogy encourages children to learn and interact with their surroundings through their senses.

As a result, I chose an elemental building component to play this role: a ‘jali-wall,’ which performs several functions in a child’s day. It has textured brick that generates patterns and openings and is visually appealing, imparting a distinct aesthetic value while allowing natural ventilation and light flow.

WORK EXPERIENCE PROJECTS

ARCHITECTS:

Ben Adams Architects

ADDRESS:

2-13 Wells Mews W1T 3HE

PURPOSE:

The existing site was an ArtDeco industrial warehouse - used as a public car park. It has been converted into a new office block.

VALUE:

6 Million Pounds.

INVOLVEMENT:

RIBA Work Stages 5-7

SITE DIARY PROJECT

The site diary project allowed me to translate architectural construction and technical theory into practical terms. I understood how the site team operates, health and safety, building regulations, and planning applications.

MAY- JUNE 2020

Interior is stripped out

JULY- NOVEMBER 2020

PCA work and erect scaffolding

DECEMBER 2020

Install easy-joist system

JANUARY 2021

Windows added and lifts complete

FEBRUARY 2021

Plumbing and electrics fixed

MARCH - MAY 2021

CAT-A Fitout and interior complete

ARCHITECTS:

Foster Wilson Size Architects

ADDRESS:

29 King St, King’s Lynn PE30

1HA

PURPOSE:

The project will restore the Grade Listed 1 Guildhall of St George revealing its rich and surprising heritage.

INVOLVEMENT:

RIBA Work Stages 2-3

ONE WEEK WORK EXPERIENCE:

At this architectural practice, I had the opportunity to create an interior SketchUp Model to produce a render of the Guildhall Theatre. The purpose of the model was to visualise different design concepts and seating layouts.

Project 5 - St George’s Guildhall

ARCHITECTS:

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)

BROADGATE TOWER

Laser cutting workshop in collaboration with SOM and FabricationLab. It involved creating a model of an existing building with various layers.

Project completed with Humaydah Fabiha.

Project 6 - Broadgate Tower