MArch Architecture Application Portfolio (September 2021 entry) - Bartlett School of Architecture

MEHR LIAQAT ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO SELECTED WORKS (2016-2020) Reference No. 17019813

Architecture MArch (ARB/RIBA Part 2) September 2021 Entry

GOLDSMITHS CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS GALLERY, LONDON, UK MEASURED ELEVATION PENCIL DRAWING, 1:20

2020 Work Experience; Detail Drawings

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2016 Personal Work; Handmade Model 2017 - 2019 Academic Work; Miscellaneous Group Projects

2018 - 2019 Academic Work; Year 2 Design Proposal

2020 Academic Work; Thesis Design Proposal

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GRAPES FOR HENNY

THE CHILD’S HOUSE

TECTONICS: THINKING THROUGH MAKING

BENOY: TASHKENT PROMENADE

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FOR HENNY

A response to rural depopulation in the Stour Valley.

Life in the UK countryside is often viewed as idyllic, but nowadays contemporary rural inhabitants are facing increasing social challenges. Current land conservation efforts are being criticized for the preservation of rural landscapes as “cloned theme-parks and national wilderness parks regulated by the heritage industry1”. This approach results in rural depopulation and a loss of identity, but also risks the loss of valued landscapes whose charm has been defined by the thoughtful cultivation of farmers over centuries.

Based in the undulating hills of the Stour Valley, Grapes

for Henny explores how wine – consumption of which sheds inhibitions, acts as a social lubricant and promotes human interaction and bonding - can activate a landscape through a proposed University outpost specializing in Viticulture.

The project serves to reinforce the territory’s agricultural character by proposing a programme utilizing the terrain, that not only supports its production, but also reinvigorates a human activity that is native to the land.

Locally sourced materials will be used to build the vineyard, winery, and additional buildings that will serve to celebrate wine production and support student learning, accommodation and well-being, constructed to exploit and complement the existing sloped terrain.

Railways were particularly transporting heavy goods, s from London to Sudbury’s fa in return, Sudbury’s bricks Sudbury also started transp and wool to London, and rec fertilizer from London.

The diversity of this programme hopes to attract a wide range of visitors from the UK and afar. The proposal, on a site of outstanding natural beauty, will add a spirit of vibrancy and optimism that the site is currently lacking. By introducing a relatively self-sustaining new settlement, the thesis will challenge the social politics of land privatisation by providing an economically viable rural model - it will respond to the financial pressures in London to support a growing population, by serving as a precedent as to how landscapes can be engineered to provide affordable, sustainable places to learn and dwell in.

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White, Damian. Autonomy, Solidarity, Possibility: The Colin Ward Reader. Edinburgh: AK Press. 2011.

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Railways were particularly useful for transfering heavy goods, such as coal from London to Sudbury's factories, and in return, Sudbury's bricks to London. Sudbury also started transporting barley and wool to London, and received fertilizer from London.

The wool and grain received in London would then be exported to areas in Europe along the North Sea, notably the Netherlands, France and Scandinavia.

The wool and grain received would then be exported to m Europe along the North Sea, Netherlands, France and Sca

SUDBURY SUDBURY Sudbury produced the most agricultral

Sudbury produced the most agricultural goods along the Stour Valley, including goods along the Stour Valley, including wheat, barey, oats, bran and malt, which wheat, barley, oats, bran and malt, which was transported to Mistely. was then transported to Mistley.

HARWICH HARWICH Harwich would use local boatsuse to Harwich would local boats transport Cod and other fish to to export Cod and other fish to Northern ports andports the rest of Europe.

Northern and the rest of Europe.

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DEDHAM Dedham and Mistely also produced a few

Dedham and Mistley agricultural goods, such as coal, also flour and produced coal, flourwithand clover seeds, which was traded Sudbury. clover seeds, which was traded with Sudbury.

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Stour Valley Trade Development STOUR VALLEY TRADE DEVELOPMENT: From Medieval Times to its Closing in the 20th Century

From medieval times to its closing in the 20th century, the River Stour Navigation Company served the

transportation of goods between Sudbury, Dedham and Mistely - settlements along the Stour Valley. The development of the railway during the Industrial Revolution in the mid 19th century brought great competition to the Navigation Company, however, and eventually trading across the River stopped after the World Wars.

GRAPES FOR HENNY: THESIS DESIGN PROPOSAL

MID 18th CENTURY - INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

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As far as medieval times, archaelogical evidence suggests that the River Stour was navigable. The first record of evidence of the River Stour Navigation was in the 18th century, with the construction of locks between Manningtree and Sudbury.

A chronological development of the settlements along the Stour Valley, UK, representing the medieval, mid 19th century and contemporary periods.

During the 19th century, around the time of the Industrial Revolution, the Great Western Railway brought great competition as a navigation source to the River Stour.

Although trade was taking place across the extent of the River Stour, the Railway facilitated the transport of heavy goods, such as bricks and coal, and allowed goods to be transported at much faster rate than along the River. This was particularly useful for goods that were traded along the Stour Valley to London, which would then be exported to foreign markets.

EMERGING INFRASTRUCTURAL LAYERS The Stour Navigation trading came to a halt in the mid 20th century, but now the waterways serve as recreational and industrial heritage sites. The development of roads also serve as recreational sites for trail walkways.

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A chronological development of the infrastructural layers of the Stour Valley, UK, including Rivers, notably River Stour and their tributaries, railways and stations, and roads

England Coastline Stour Valley Extent Stour River Railways Roads

EVOLVING LANDSCAPE PATTERNS (TERRITORIAL BOUNDARIES & LAND OWNERSHIP)

STOUR VALLEY HUMAN SETTLEMENT EVOLUTION The evolution of all these settlements is the result of both farmers and industrialists cultivating land over centuries to support the production of their goods. Studying how infrastructure and landscape patterns evolved alongside the expansion of these settlements became a point of departure in designing the proposed settlement.

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HISTORIC SITE CONTEXT, CIRCA 1850 A.D.

DÉRIVE FROM LONDON, UK TO GREAT HENNY

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CONTEMPORARY SITE CONTEXT

GREAT HENNY, CONTEMPORARY SITE

SETTLEMENTS AROUND LOCAL, URBAN TOWN

EXISTING SITE CONTEXT CIRCULATION & PROPOSED SITE APPROACH

TOPOGRAPHIC RELIEF OF CONTEMPORARY SITE

(SITE MODEL AT 1:2,000 BY: JAMES KIMBLE)

GREAT HENNY SITE ANALYSIS In response to a remote site location, a relatively self-sufficient new settlement is proposed. The close proximity to the River Stour will ensure the sustainable production of farmed goods, while the site’s accessibility from the nearby urban town will encourage visitors from afar to come and visit the site of outstanding natural beauty.

SITE HISTORY & ANALYSIS: HOW A HUMAN SETTLEMENT EVOLVES

MISTLEY & EDME MALTINGS DEDHAM FLATFORD MILL

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STOUR VALLEY: A READING OF THE WIDER SITE TERRITORY A SERIES OF SITE VISITS DOCUMENTING LOCAL AND VERNACULAR STRUCTURES, SETTLEMENTS AND LANDSCAPES

HISTORIC, INDUSTRIAL Mistley has been an active industrial site since the 1700s. Since the first quay was built in 1720, trade took place from there up to Sudbury. Shipbuilding took place around the same time, and there are still traces of this activity on site today with the beautiful abandoned moors. Boats can be seen across the River Stour as well, and the spectacular and dramatic views of the landscape and waterscape are valued by locals.

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In the late 19th century, factories produced maltings in Mistley. Barley was imported from London, turned into malt, and exported via the Thames barges. It was reported that 20 barges could be viewed along the Quay at once in the 1930s.

The scars of the industrial activity are also still present today, exemplified by the EDME factory just outside of the Mistley train station.

LANDSCAPE Our first walk along the Stour Valley consisted of a walk from Mistley train Station, through Manningtree, all the way to Flatford Mill, which took about an hour and a half. This walk provided an overview of the landscape character of the Stour Valley, which consisted of arable farmland, patchworks of pasture, with mainly meadows or hedgerows that exist on either side of the River Stour and the few wet ditches we walked along.

Throughout the walk, there were a few groups of animals, such as cattle, sheep, cows and occasionally horses, which lends an understanding of how agricultural settlements dominated the landscape at various points in history. Today, there are still a few traces of farm houses dispersed around these settlements, however it seems as though most of the large field areas are unused.

There was an overall sense of tranquillity throughout the walk, with various panoramic views of the undulating hills and River that dominate the territory.

The network of a few quiet rural lanes and dispersed areas of inhabitation contribute to this atmosphere, contrasting the more bustling activity from more populated cities and urban areas.

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AGRICULTURAL, VILLAGE The Mill was originally involved in producing cloth and wool (exact date unknown, roughly c. 1000), originally called Flatfordmelle. The Mill continued to ‘full’ - “an ancient process by which cloth woven from raw sheep’s wool is cleaned in a mixture of water and fullers earth” - until about 1700 when the cloth industry started developing in larger towns in East Anglia. People began moving to these larger towns, especially during the Industrial Revolution, and the traditional wool and cloth producing industries began to decline.

From 1742 to 1846, Flatford Mill was owned by the Constable family. During this time, the Mill operated between two floors, mainly producing flour. There was also a string of lighters (commercial barrages) in the River Stour between Sudbury and Mistley. Locks and bridges were eventually installed along the River to facilitate the transport of goods. Along the River, wheat, barley, malt, flour, bricks, and chalk were imported from Mistley, (some of which had arrived from London to Mistley), and iron, oil, coal, and night soil would then be exported to the two areas.

Willy Lott’s House, Grade I listed, to “reflect its importance ‘as part of the Flatford Mill group’ and ‘its significance in the work of artist John Constable’”.

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Stour Valley painting, John Constable, c. 1830 River Stour Tributary Topographic Section EDME Maltings, Photography EDME Maltings, Photography EDME Maltings, Measured Drawing EDME Maltings, Photography Dedham, Photography

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GREAT HENNY: MODELLING THE EXISTING SITE ESSEX, CO10 7LU RURAL ESSEX AGRICULTURAL LAND, WITH ROMANTIC STRETCHES OF ROLLING HILLS. The site overlooks groups of surroundings agricultural farms and electric pylons in the distance. This very rural, brownfield site is lacking a distinct architectural character at the moment.

INTENTIONS FOR DESIGN PROPOSAL The immediate site surroundings, and wider readings of the Stour Valley offer suggestions as to how the history can be used to reinforce a historic architectural character, which, infused with personal reactions to the site and research, introduce a new, and updated architectural character that will serve a contemporary audience.

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KEY WINERY - A SERIES OF UNDERGROUND CELLARS FOR WINE PRODUCTION (IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF PRODUCTION): 3, 4, 5 - WINE AGING 6 - WINE BOTTLE STORAGE 7 - WINE BOTTLING 8 - WINE PACKAGING (FOR DELIVERY) 9 - COMMUNAL SINK WINERY - MACHINERY STORAGE UNITS 1 - SERVICE LIFT (BARREL 2 - STORAGE OF FORKLIFTS 10 - STORAGE OF FORKLIFTS OFF-SITE & VINEYARD

COLLECTION) (SERVES INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION) & FARM TRACTORS (SERVES WINE DELIVERY MAINTENANCE, RESPECTIVELY)

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KEY WINERY - A SERIES OF SPACES FOR WINE PRODUCTION (IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF PRODUCTION FROM RIGHT TO LEFT): 1 - PRIVATE ADMIN OFFICE w/ WCs TERRACING EQUIPMENT STORAGE GRAPE FERMENTATION & CLARIFICATION SERVICE LIFT (BARREL TRANSPORTATION) BARREL STORAGE EXHIBITION ROOM OF BOTTLED WINE WC CLASSROOM (TEACHING TECHNICAL WINE PRODUCTION)

2 - FORKLIFT STORAGE (INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION) GRAPE CRUSHING & PRESSING LABORATORY (CHILLING GRAPES) LABORATORY (GRAPE ANALYSIS) LABORATORY (FOR STUDENTS, GRAPE ANALYSIS) CLASSROOM (TEACHING TECHNICAL WINE PRODUCTION)

TOWER - LANDMARK FOR THE SITE CELEBRATING VITICULTURE 3 - LIFT 4 - COMMUNAL WC 5 - PLANT ROOM 6 - ENTRANCE LOBBY FOR SITE VISITORS 7 - PAVED GROUND w/ EMERGING GRAPE VINES 8 - WINE SHOP 9 - PLANT ROOM 10 - STAFF ROOM 11 - KITCHEN (SERVING INFORMAL EATING SPACES) 12 - COMMUNAL WC 13 - TERRACED VINEYARD 14 - TEACHING CLASSROOMS FOR STUDENTS 15 - ACCOMMODATION UNITS FOR STUDENTS 16 - DELIVERY OF BOTTLED WINE OFF-SITE

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Terraced retaining walls with collapsible, seasonal framing realise the vineyard as hanging grape garden grapes are grown and harvested, allowing site visito witness the process while overlooking panoramic view site. These terraces both revive the relationship be people, the engineered and natural landscape, and es a thread of cultural continuity in the site continui shaped by the thoughtful cultivation of farmers.

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VINEYARD CHARACTER

PAYING HOMAGE TO A SITE OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY

The overall character of the vineyard draws influence from the limonaie - lemon gardens along Lake Garda in Italy. In his essay, “The Lemon Gardens,” D.H. Lawrence described this architecture as, “rows of naked pillars rising out of the green foliage like ruins of temples: white, square pillars of masonry, standing forlorn in their colonnades and squares... as if they remained from some great race that once worshipped here.”

The Classical imagery used to describe these structures suggests that they are both grand and beautiful characteristics desired for the proposed vineyard, befitting a site of outstanding natural beauty.

TERRACED VINEYARD CHARACTER

FLAT ROOF - WARM DECK BRICK CAPPING LIME MORTAR, ROCKWOOL INSULATION, COPPER-ZINC

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VECTORWORKS EDUC METAL RAIN GUTTER, DIAMETER 140 mm

TOPSOIL & GRAVEL, 60 mm DRAINAGE MAT, 35 mm POLYMERIC ROOFING, 2 LAYERS ROCKWOOL INSULATION, 120 mm VAPOUR BARRIER SCREED LAID TO FALLS, 30 mm CONCRETE SLAB, 240 mm

WALL CONSTRUCTION CLAY MASONRY SPECIAL, TOP SURFACE TO FALL WALL TIES VENTILATED CAVITY, 40 mm ROCKWOOL INSULATION, 150 mm CLAY MASONRY, 290 x 140 x 65 mm *LIME MORTAR TO MASONRY JOINTS, 10 mm

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FLOOR CONSTRUCTION CLAY FLOOR TILES, 140 X 120 X 15 mm 17 *LIME MORTAR IN-BETWEEN MASONRY, 10 mm CAST IN-SITU CONCRETE FLOOR SLAB DAMP-PROOF MEMBRANE ROCKWOOL INSULATION, 40 mm

DOOR CONSTRUCTION TIMBER DOOR FRAME TIMBER DOOR PANEL DOUBLE-GLAZED GLASS PANELS TIMBER DOOR FRAME CAST-IRON DOOR HINGE & HANDLE (ALL OF WHICH REST WITHIN HEAVY DOOR FRAME OF SOLID LARCH)

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OUTDOOR GROUND & FOUNDATION WALL CAST-METAL CHANNEL DRAIN WITH GRILLE BRICK PAVERS, 120 x 80 x 15 mm FINE SAND, 40 mm FINE GRAVEL, 50 mm COURSE GRAVEL SUB-BASE, 300 mm CAST IN-SITU FLOOR SLAB CAST IN-SITU CONCRETE COLUMN CAST IN-SITU CONCRETE WALL BACKING

UNDERGROUND VAULT CONSTRUCTION CLAY MASONRY, 290 x 65 X 140 mm VENTILATED CAVITY, 40 mm DAMP-PROOF MEMBRANE ROCKWOOL INSULATION, 120 mm CLAY MASONRY, 290 x 65 X 140 mm *LIME MORTAR TO MASONRY JOINTS, 10 mm

UNDERGROUND FLOOR CONSTRUCTION CLAY FLOOR TILES, 140 X 120 X 15 mm CAST IN-SITU CONCRETE FLOOR DAMP-PROOF MEMBRANE ROCKWOOL INSULATION, 40 mm *LIME MORTAR TO MASONRY JOINTS, 10 mm

STRIP FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTION CAST IN-SITU REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOOOR SLAB DAMP-PROOF MEMBRANE COMPRESSIBLE RIGID INSULATION, 120 mm PROTECTION BOARD, 22 mm COMPACTED HARDCORE, 150 mm CLAY GROUND

As Kropotkin writes, “All countries should indigenous building materials industry, bas possible, on inputs of locally available na and promote the use of labour-intensive con

By conflating the local vernacular (clay mas contemporary approach to building materials (casting concrete in-situ), the proposal in of growing grapes to support wine productio as a test bed for growing new settlements.

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VITICULTURE AS A COMMUNAL ACTIVITY, FOSTERING A CONNECTION BETWEEN PEOPLE, LANDSCAPE AND WIDER SITE CONTEXT.

GREAT HENNY - PROPOSED UNDERGROUND WINE CELLARS The moody, cavernous cellars establish a rooted presence in the site, juxtaposing the brighter, emerging landscape in the distance.

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CHILD’S HOUSE

An alternative educational addition for Bromley Hall School, in East London.

Upon first entering the classrooms in Bromley Hall School, one cannot help but be captivated. The heights of the walls and the proportions of windows are humane and charming. The rooflight in each classroom is grand and beautiful, dramatizing the presence of light. Each classroom is offered a private, introverted courtyard, which is visible from the classroom interior, and an appreciation for the exterior environment is evident.

The design proposal was primarily influenced by these qualities of the Bromley Hall School classrooms. It incorporates a similar rhythm of windows across the spaces, and a similar roof structure to dramatize the entrance into the proposed school’s Home Base. The design also aims to celebrate the existing School by incorporating a similar spatial layout (three distinct volumes that overlook a central courtyard, and a services tower that resembles the chimney on the opposite side of the site), and similar building materials that follow the same hierarchy in structure.

Although I appreciated the introverted nature of the Bromley Hall School classrooms, I envisioned a much more generous, open space for the proposal. The teaching and learning spaces feature varying levels of privacy, including a kitchen garden surrounded by natural biodiversity, to encourage outdoor learning experiences. Climbing structures are also introduced along some of the proposed school’s façade, and along the brick wall adjacent to the building, as well as rooftop playing areas, to celebrate the energy of children.

These gestures serve to integrate playing with classroom teachings, so that education becomes an enjoyable, natural process, and a love for learning is instilled in a proposal aiming to liberate both the mind and body.

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Historic Aerial Drawing of Bromley Hall School (c. 1960) Bromley Hall School and Proposed Extension Model, 1:200 Bromley Hall School Proposed Extension, North Elevation 1:200 Bromley Hall School Proposed Extension, Site Roof Plan 1:200 Bromley Hall School Proposed Extension, East Elevation 1:200 Bromley Hall School Proposed Extension, Ground Floor Plan 1:100

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BROMLEY HALL SCHOOL: MODELLING THE EXISTING CLASSROOM MODELLING THE CLASSROOM INTERIOR PRESENTS INTERNAL ATMOSPHERIC QUALITIES AS A TOOL FOR ANALYSIS, AND DEVELOPING AN ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PROPOSED EXTENSION The grand pyramid-like roof structures and large windows overlooking private courtyards sculpt an intense quality of light within the classrooms. However, the traditional use of building materials and dark colour scheme establishes a harsher, and potentially less welcoming environment for children, who, arguably, deserve a brighter, more colourful and stimulating environment to learn in.

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Large windows fill learning and working spaces with natural light.

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THINKING THROUGH MAKING

Studying basic principles in relation to primary construction methods, materials, tectonics and detailing.

The first of the three projects was a tectonic precedent study, developed and built collectively as a design studio (Year 2, Studio 2.1). The aim was to explore how architecture is realized through making - coordinated collectively through the process of material research and testing, preparation of shop drawings, and the delivery, preparation and assembly of these materials.

The methods employed in the assignment were deliberately focussed on physical making rather than theory, where we gained a deeper understanding through testing, experimenting and drawing our own conclusions.

The next project was an installation developed as part of A

Playful Landscape exhibition, that was on display in Store Street, Bloomsbury, London in Novemeber 2017. This tower was developed and built collectively as a design studio (Year 1, Studio E). Made up of timber battens and plywood boards, the urban landscape intervention offered busy London pedestrians a space of reprieve and quiet contemplation.

The final project was a group precedent study (Year 3, Studio 3.3) of Charlie Bighams’s Food Production Campus, designed

by Fielden Fowles, studied as part of my thesis design proposal; Both the site of the existing factory and proposed university outpost are UK-based, very rural and brownfield sites that were, up until recently, disused spaces with scars of industrial and agricultural activities.

The Food Production Campus reveal how a sequence of large, open plan spaces provide the flexibility for diverse spatial arrangements, that can accommodate for both technical production (ie. large machinery and capital) and communal gathering. This internal organization suggests how the public realm can unobtrusively interact with large-scale technical production spaces - an aspect I intended to incorporate in my own proposal.

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4 BENOY:

TASHKENT PROMENADE

Located in Uzbekistan’s capital city, ‘Tashkent Promenade’ is a retail-based masterplan, and is also part of Benoy’s broader masterplan for the city, designed to “be a self-sufficient collection of communities that will revitalise the Old City to the west whilst bringing renewed strength to the nation, positioning it as a genuine power-house in Central Asia. Standing proudly at the centre point of the Ancient Silk Road, Tashkent will once again become a global trading hub, leading the way as an international benchmark for human settlement, commercial success and sustainable development”.

As part of the project’s detailed design, I was involved in the creation of some of the technical drawings, including the overall ground floor plan (1), first floor plan, in addition to a series of detailed studies for the proposed sets of canopies (2).

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FELTING

Needle Felting is a personal hobby I engage with outside of academic work. It can be used to sculpt a variety of both 2D and 3D artwork, using solely a combination of textile material or fabric, and a single needle.

After following the work of Kay Petal, master felter, and her online tutorials that elaborate the work behind the famous ‘Felt Alive Wool Sculptures,’ I was inspired to create my own set of wool sculptures.

This particular sculpture was inspired by a trip to Salcombe Harbour, UK - a town that is a centre for sailing, and famous for its exceptional coastal views.

MEHR LIAQAT ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO SELECTED WORKS (2016-2020) Reference No. 17019813

Architecture MArch (ARB/RIBA Part 2) September 2021 Entry