RehmanQadir - Architectural Portfolio

1 PORTFOLIO Abdul Rehman Qadir History & Critical Thinking in Architecture Contents 01 Thesis: NCA Campus Extension......2 02 In the Manner of Brunelleschi.........10 03 Central Business District...................12 04 Punjab Public Library............................14 05 Anti House..................................................18 06 Seaview Beach..........................................20 07 Passive Climate Control.....................22 08 Installation...................................................23 09 Artwork.........................................................24

01 THESIS

NCA CAMPUS EXTENSION

A new block in the historic Lahore campus designed using the ‘city’ as a metaphor to promote encounters between people

(Left: Latitudanal Section)

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(Right: Site Analysis)

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(Above & Right: Analysing existing spaces and buildings on campus)

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(Right: programs on the ground floor) (Left: Perspective from the campus) (Below Left: Perspective from east entrance)

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(Below: Plans)

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(Left: Latitudnal Section)

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(Above: Longitudnal Section)t

IN THE MANNER OF BRUNELLESCHI

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(Above Left: Initial models)

(Below Left: Final model Process)

(Above RIght: Model Perspectives)

(Below Right: Sections)

Designing a model inspired by the works of Brunelleschi

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Central Business District: Main Market, Lahore

A refutation of the project on the basis of sustainability

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(Le : Critique of the proposed central business district on the basis of sustainability)

(Above: An alterantive to the proposed model)

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Punjab Public Library

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(Left: Library concept)

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(Above: Conceptual Collage based on George Orwell’s writings)

Design for a library at the site of the mughal pavilion of Wazir Khan based on George Orwell’s writings.

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(Far Left: Conceptual collage) (Left: Schematic)

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(Above: photographs of pavilion)

Design to exploit the tension between two characters.

05 ANTI-HOUSE

(Top: Renders) (Above: elements derived from 9 square grid)

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(Right: Architectural Drawings)

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Photograph taken by Abdul Rehman Qadir, MMA, 07/07/2019

The untreated sewage which is being dumped into the sea water along with Chunky Monkey amusement park has made a serious impediment for the stakeholders at the sea view beach (whose livelihoods depend on it); rapid development & reclamation by private investors and corporations has led to the fragmentation of this public space.

Documenting illegal land reclamation in internship at Marvi Mazhar Associates

1984 1984 2010 2019 1990 1999 2010 2015 2019 international metropolis” Satelliteimage of Park on 22/02/2001 Satelliteimage of Park on 22/02/2012 Satelliteimage of Park on 22/02/2012 Satelliteimage of Park on 23/02/2017 receded and natural

untreated

water amusement

stakeholders livelihoods reclamation has led to Amusement Park 22/02/2001 Amusement Park 22/02/2012

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the sea

for the

Nights receded in the span of 18 years due to both human and natural activities.

Map of Type D & E: Amusement

Park

and Shinwari

Amusement Park 22/02/2001 Amusement Park 22/02/2012 Amusement Park. 23/02/2017

Map of Type D & E: Amusement Park and Shinwari Nights