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arisha shahid M.ARCH 2yr PROGRAM University at Buffalo, NY

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE

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WORK EXPERIENCE | QATAR

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MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE | USA

April 08, 2018 Brooklyn Bridge, NY

I have travelled, worked and lived in many different countries.

My quarter-century voyage has given me experiences that I cherish and carry wherever I go.

I have worked on multiple buildings, urban landscapes and waterfront projects. Each time, I have emphasised on making interventions at the existing problems through design solutions.

The void space between the existing thresholds, inhaited by different people, plants and species has so much potential.

Through my knowledge, work experience and skills, I aim to design spaces that could change the perspective of the void space that one inhabits.

2010 - 2015 Bachelor of Architecture | AMU | India

2014 - 2016 Junior Architect | AEB | Qatar

2016 - 2018 Master of Architecture | SUNY UB | NY, USA

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THESIS_final semester 2015_A • page 01 Program_Celebrating culture through structures

WORK EXPERIENCE_2014-2016_BIM and REVIT architecture • page 07 Studio_Architecture | Interior Design | Production Program_Residential | 38 F tower | Commercial | | Mixed-Use

COMPREHENSIVE STUDIO_fall 2016_A • page 13 [ EN ] closure Studio_Comprehensive Program_Offices and Incubator space URBAN DESIGN_spring 2017_A • page 21 [ RE ] stitching Technical Methods_Making and Mapping Buffalo Program_Making a design intervention in Buffalo URBAN DESIGN_spring 2017_A • page 27 CO [ existence ] Studio_Articulating the Edge Program_Mixed-use & transit-oriented development NATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION_fall 2017_THIRD PLACE • page 35 Weaving [ IN ] Sunnyside Conference_2017 Barbara G. Laurie NOMA National Student Design Competition - 49th Annual NOMA conference Program_Institutional & Land reclamation URBAN DESIGN + ECOLOGICAL PRACTICES_fall 2017_A[ ID ] entity Studio_Linking the Flats Program_Industrial and Re-activating the Land

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URBAN DESIGN_spring 2018_- • page 45 DIS [ COVER ] Studio_A Super-Greater New York Program_Designing the Western Waterfront Territory INCLUSIVE DESIGN_spring 2018_- • page 51 NUEVO THRES [ HOLD ] Research Seminar_New Normal(s) Program_Designing Adaptive Environments

00 THESIS Al Khor, Qatar Thesis project “Celebrating Culture through Structures”, submitted to the Architecture Department in Aligarh Muslim University (INDIA) for graduation.

Qatar being a developing nation in the Middle East, has potential to revive the cultural heritage among it’s major population of the expatriates. A Cultural Centre has been proposed to be developed on this site by the Ministry of Interiors.

Strategically located on the waterfront in proximity to the residential areas, this site provides opportunities to propose activities to connect and promote community engagement through culture.

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DISCIPLINE

| Tahsinur Rehman Warsi Chairman

INSTITUTION YEAR

| ZHCET, Aligarh Muslim University, INDIA | 2014

“CELEBRATING CULTURE THROUGH STRUCTURES” AL KHOR, QATAR

View of the plaza leading to the mosque

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The Cultural Center is placed in the center of the site with gallery spaces and auditorium.

Each of the Education blocks flank the Cultural Center. The form of this structure is dynamic and derived from the waves.

The octagonal halves help create segregated zones.

The Mosque is designed with the concept of bio-morphism. The shell form is the outer structural membrane.

Multiple folds of the shell generated cuts to make passageways providing access and letting light in.

Site Section across Mosque and Cultural Center

Site Section across Education Block

Site Section across Education Block and Cultural Center

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+15.00M LEVEL

MOSQUE DOME STRUCTURE

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FEMALE PRAYER HALL

+0.90M LEVEL MOSQUE

MALE PRAYER HALL MIHRAB (SPACE FOR PRIEST)

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CLASSROOMS CALLIGRAPHY HALLS A/V ROOM LECTURE HALLS PRAYER DEMONSTRATION ROOM CONNECTIONS TO MAIN BLOCK

+4.90M LEVEL

CLASSROOMS MULTIPURPOSE HALL RESEARCH ROOM

+0.90M LEVEL

ADMINISTRATION SECTION FINANCE AD REGISTRATION FACULTY STAFF CHAMBERS

EDUCATION BLOCK +15.00M LEVEL

300 PERSON AUDITORIUM GREEN ROOMS CAFETERIA

+8.90M LEVEL

LIBRARY CONVENTION HALL ADMINISTRATION CONNECTIONS TO EDUCATION BLOCK

+0.90M LEVEL

MAJLIS (SEATING AREA) FOR VISITORS GALLERY DIVIDED IN 4 ZONES FOUNTAIN

CULTURAL CENTER

North-West Axonometric View Site model

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The Majlis or the greeting room

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Gathering space

Reception Lobby

Majlis - Greeting space

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01 WORK EXPERIENCE Arab Engineering Bureau, Qatar Worked as a Junior Architect* in different design disciplines: Architecture Design, BIM (Building Information Modelling), Production and Interior Design.

I have devised and successfully implemented BIM conventions in residential and mixed-use projects, using Revit Architecture.

- QIMC Headquarters : Prepared floor plans for a 38 storey high tower located in West Bay. Organised schedules for the interior doors. Designed multiple options for the lobby spaces and also designed furniture.

- Residential and Mixed-Use projects: (2B + G + 4F) located in Fox Hills North District, Lusail Prepared technical drawings for schematic design submissions at LOD 300 & acquired approvals from the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning, Qatar. *Registered Architect by Engineering & consulting offices accrediting committee, MMUP, QATAR Registration number: 11348 (www.baladiya.gov.qa)

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| Building Information Modelling SUPERVISOR_Mohammed Imran Khan BIM Manager | Architecture Design SUPERVISOR_Mohammad Mahmood Architect | Interior Design SUPERVISOR_Dorota Nazervicz Head of Interior Design

INSTITUTION YEAR

| ARAB ENGINEERING BUREAU | 2015-2016

JUNIOR ARCHITECT ARAB ENGINEERING BUREAU DOHA, QATAR

QIMC Headquarters

Rendering done by in-house team at AEB

QIMC Headquarters Floor plan 19-22 | LOD 350 | Revit Architecture

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QIMC headquarters in the West Bay area of Doha, Qatar includes three towers, joined at the base, planned for hospitality, commercial and residential use.

Through BIM and Revit Architecture, I prepared design options for the lobby area with alternative retail and office spaces.

Using massing in Revit, I also prepared the glass installation for the double height atrium space.

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Retail Lobby Office Lobby

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This residential building (2B + G + 4F) is located in Fox Hills North District, Lusail, Qatar. The building is positioned with a minimal setback from the street to create a strong urban presence.

Through BIM and Revit Architecture, I prepared schemtic design LOD 300 drawings and got approvals from the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning, Qatar.

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East Side Elevation Colors to indicate the materials to be used

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University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY Designed an Incubator for Computational Biotech Ventures, located at 814 Main Street, Buffalo, NY

[EN]closure - AN INFILL OFFICE BUILDING BUFFALO, NY

The encouragement of innovative start-up ventures, funded through private foundations and public/private initiatives, has been significant in the revitilization of Buffalo.

This design project aimed on providing space for a Foundation which would venture capital for start-ups , incubator space and offices on a vacant parking lot.

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| Comprehensive Studio SUPERVISOR_Bryce Sanders Faculty at UB School of Architecture and Planning

INSTITUTION YEAR

| University at Buffalo, NY | Fall 2016

Incubator Space at 814 Main St EXTERIOR VIEW 14

[EN]closure

University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY

EXSITING Vacant Parking lot at 815 Main Street

TO DESIGN Incubator Space [ Infill project ]

RESEARCH • 8 in 10 workers are stressed at work 1 • 70% prefer green plants at their workspace 2

1 Gregoire, Carolyn. "The American Workplace Is Broken. Here's How We Can Start Fixing It." The Huffington Post. November 22, 2015.

2 Shahid, Arisha. Survey conducted at a Buffalo Billion initiative workspace 43North, located at 640 Ellicott St, Buffalo, NY 14203.

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CONTEXT Olmstead linear park system • Connectivity • Green space

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Incubator Space • Walkways promote connectivity

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Incubator Space lobby with kitchen garden • Green

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Creating Spaces and Moments A huge garden space welcomes each person entering the Incubator. This concept is inspired from the Olmstead linear park system in Buffalo.

Every startup is growing and linking to each other through the motion sensory walkways flanking over this enormous green space.

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Central Lobby space with connecting walkways SECTIONAL ELEVATION

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The Bio-tech program implies a biological metaphor, wherein complex and multivalent systems engage and interact as part of a unified organism.

The central walkways connect two office spaces as inspired from the linear parks from the Buffalo’s Olmsteadian park systems.

Dynamic section through the connecting walkways CROSS SECTION

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Views showing the central lobby space AXONOMETRIC SECTION

Connectivity to different Office spaces through Walkways LONGITUDINAL SECTION

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03 [RE]stitching Scajaquada Highway Mapped an urban phenomena in the city of Buffalo by exploring different maps and looking at these with the different lenses of ecology, repurposing vacant parcels and making the streets accessible to people.

Through this study, I emphasised on how the construction of a highway in Buffalo affected Land-Value, the Land-Use, the quality of life and other factors across the highway.

Scajaquada Highway, Buffalo, NY

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| Technical Methods - Urban Design Research SUPERVISOR_Shannon Bassett Faculty at UB School of Architecture and Planning

INSTITUTION YEAR

| University at Buffalo, NY | Spring 2017

Scajaquada Expy Streets Topography Contour

Scajaquada Expy Kensington Expy Streets Topography Contour

Kensington Expy Streets Topography Contour

Synchronic Profile and Data Mapping Done through ARC GIS and ARC Map 22

[RE]stitching

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BEFORE Olmstead Park system designed in 1870 1

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EXISTING • 1960 Construction of the Highway 2 X-PROPOSAL 3 To submerge the highway with trees

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and Vehicular accidents reported 4 • Air pollution

KOWSKY, FRANCIS R. BEST PLANNED CITY IN THE WORLD: Olmsted, Vaux, and the Buffalo Park System. S.l.: UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS PR, 2017.

Sarah, Goodyear, and CityLab. "There's a Deadly Expressway in the Middle of a Buffalo Park." CityLab. June 25, 2015.

Cadzow, Daniel and Booth, Justin. Cornell University ILR School. "Redesigning the Scajaquada Expressway - DigitalCommons@ILR." Shahid, Arisha. Mapped the population density, land value, land use across the highway using ARC-GIS and ARC_Map softwares.

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Area of Intervention

Connecting two sides by bridging them together at the same level

Bringing the lost Olmsteadian linear-park Humboldt Park back by introducing planters on the walkways Combining the layers of study and making the expressway more pedestrian friendly

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Scajaquada Expressway at the Agassiz Circle The idea is to restitch the two sides of the expressway by introducing walkways with planters to stimulate the once submerged Humboldt Park system due to the construction of the expressway in the 1960s.

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04 [CO]existence Articulating the Edge The western edge of University at Buffalo’s Main Bailey Campus presents a compelling urban condition.

ARTICULATING THE EDGE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DESIGN UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, SOUTH CAMPUS

Here, the institutional scale of the campus is juxtaposed with the infrastructural scale of the transfer station and the residential scale of the University Heights neighborhood. While the space has a distinct civic character, it lacks a coherent formal articulation.

Expansive surface parking lots on both sides of the street and the undistinguished commercial plazas exacerbate the sense of groundlessness.

As a studio, we investigated formal startegies to orchestrate the issues at various scales in order to reveal and maximize their latent potential, for each site.

I also worked on the extended version of the entire studio project during the summer of 2017. With Professor Erkin Ozay, and the UBRI - University at Buffalo’s Regional Institute, we developed a catalogue which documents the different projects in studio, pubished in University at Buffalo’s Master Plan during April 2018.

The project [CO]existence is also featured in Intersight 2018, the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning student journal.

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| Urban Design Studio SUPERVISOR_Erkin Ozay Faculty at UB School of Architecture and Planning

INSTITUTION YEAR

| University at Buffalo, NY | Spring 2017

Exhibition Installation, at Hayes 403, Hayes Hall, University at Buffalo

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[CO]existence Articulating the Edge

EXSITING • Island of surface parking • Traffic issues • Pedestrian accidents reported

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Also, subdividing the land parcel into smaller units helped in reducing the traffic pressure. Each area caters to a different mixed-use program, hence further organizing the traffic flow.

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05 WEAVING[IN] Sunnyside Sunnyside Neighborhood, Houstan, Texas 2017 Barbara G. Laurie NOMA National Student Design Competition - THIRD PLACE The proposal is based on the reclamation and weaving in of a derelict site in Sunnyside. Sunnyside is close to Houston yet with a declining population it is one of America’s most unsafe neighborhoods.

[WEAVING IN] Sunnyside THIRD place in the National Level Student Design Competition Houston, Texas

WEAVING[IN] SUNNYSIDE was one of the 20 competition entries in the 45th Annual NOMA Conference held in Houston, Texas.

My role: I am the President of the NOMAs student chapter at UB. I also took lead and helped bring together the team and the work for the competition. As a team, we worked on the historical background, research and had multiple reviews with Brian Carter, the Faculty advisor of UB NOMAs. We presented at the conference and won third place for UB.

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| NOMAs Annual Design Competition FACULTY_Brian Carter NOMAs Faculty advisor at UB School of Architecture and Planning TEAM_Yifan He, Arisha Shahid, Samantha Su, Irene Turlan

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| University at Buffalo, NY | Fall 2017

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WEAVING[IN] SUNNYSIDE proposes a school consisting of a new academic campus, an athletic center and a cultural hub. The academic campus is at the centre of the site. The athletic center and cultural hub are alongside existing facilities - the public library & police station in the south and a community pool to the north.

A new ATHLETIC CENTER at the northern end of the site alongside existing baseball diamonds and community pool.

A new ACADEMIC CAMPUS at the heart of the site designed to provide indoor and outdoor learning spaces in SUNNYSIDE.

A new CULTURAL HUB close to the existing library and police station. Education woven with strands of workshops and community gardens.

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EXTENDING THE GRID FORMS STRANDS THROUGH THE SITE

NODES ON THE STRANDS FOR NATURE STUDIES, STORY TELLING, ART INSTALLATIONS & FIELD CENTERS

THE WEST SIDE OF THE SITE ENGAGES WITH THE CITY BY INTRODUCING AN ECOLOGICAL STRIP ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. FILTERS ARE SPREAD ACROSS THIS EDGE TO CONTROL AIR POLLUTION AND HUMIDITY.

THIS STRAND IS THE UNBUILT INFRASTRUCTURE . THE PUBLIC SPACE IS INTRODUCED TO THE SITE WITH A MULTI-USE STRATEGY. THE SPACE CAN BE USED FOR ART INSTALLATIONS, FOOD-MARKET OVER THE WEEKENDS OR OTHER EVENTS AND CONCERTS TO ENGAGE THE CITY WITH THE SITE WITHOUT ANY BUILT-INFRASTRUCTURE .

ECOLOGICAL STRANDS OF WATER RETENTION FIELDS & PLANTING THAT RECLAIM THE SITE & OFFER PUBLIC PROGRAMS

EDUCATION STRAND WOVEN INTO FABRIC AND LINKING IN EXISTING CIVIC BUILDINGS

THE ALTERNATING ECOLOGICAL STRIP IS INTRODUCED TO SAVE THE EXISTING TREES AND PLANT VEGETATION, FILTERING THE SOIL AND TOXIC WASTE.

WORK STRAND OF COMMUNITY GARDENS < GREENHOUSES & STARTUPS ALONG THE STREET

THIS STRAND IS THE BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE WITH DIFFERENT SCHOOL PROGRAMS, COMPLEMENTING THE EXISTING POLICE STATION AND THE LIBRARY.

THIS STRAND IS THE semi-BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE. THE CONCRETE WALLS WILL BE BUILT CORRESPONDING TO THE CITY BLOCKS ON THE EASTERN EDGE. THE COMMUNITY WILL DEVELOP GREEN HOUSE, START-UP INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING UNITS ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT RESIDENTS REQUIREMENTS

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06 [ID]entity Connecting the Flats, Cleveland, Ohio Designing the Scranton Peninsula, located in Cleveland, OH

[ID]ENTITY A LAND REVITALIZATION ON A TOXIC LAND CLEVELAND, OHIO

Despite multiple revitalization attempts, the Cleveland Flats district remains highly fragmented due to an incompatible mix of uses, active topography, and environmental challenges.

Through the design attempts in [ID]entity, Scranton Peninsula is envisioned to sustain itself as an independent entity, by creating ecological and urban cycles, benifiting the locals and the adjacent sites as well.

[ID]entity would also be an urban paradigm, a model that can be applied to other capped sites around the world.

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| Urban Design + Ecological Practice Studio SUPERVISOR_Erkin Ozay Faculty at UB School of Architecture and Planning SUPERVISOR_Nicholas Rajkovich Faculty at UB School of Architecture and Planning

INSTITUTION YEAR

| University at Buffalo, NY | Fall 2017

Defining the Scranton Peninsula with an ‘entity’ EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC DRAWING 40

Benzoyl and Naphthalene being the major toxic wastes on the soil of Scranton Peninsula since 1945, CAPPING the site seemed to be the most obvious option.

But, the capped sites should be inviting to the urban life. The Peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history of industrial land use, its active railway and the water channel seemed ideal for the industrial stone to be dropped on the capped site.

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Starting with the concept of grounding an anchor on the site with BREW[IT] and

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07 DIS[COVER] A Super-Greater New York As lower Manhattan has been reclaiming land since 1650, this reclaimed land has been the most affected with the storms, DIS[COVER] is aiming to weave a public-only spine into the water and the built fabric.

DIS[COVER] - REVISITING T. KENNARD THOMPSON’S 1918 MANHATTAN EXTENSION PROPOSAL NEW YORK, NY

The spine will work at different elevations from the ground as a protective barrier from the rising water levels and storm surges. At certain areas, the spine would become the node where public activities would take place, or an iconic River Museum could be located at the 60th street with the “New” New Jersey moment, where people can cross the state boundary hence making it a symbolic landmark in the coming years.

While blurring the lines between the visible and the invisible, these varying landscapes wildly aim to blur the boundaries physically and visually between the water, the waterfront, the ecology and the people, hence making the Hudson river waterfront not only aesthetically appealing but DIS[COVER]ing a solution for the unforeseen threats that the waterfront could have.

Precedent study (proposal): Grandiose Project for a Super-Greater New York, The World Magazine, 1918; Engineer T Kennard Thomson Precedent study (project): BIG-Designed Neighborhood to Activate Aarhus’ Waterfront, Denmark

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| Urban Design Studio SUPERVISOR_Gregory Delaney Faculty at UB School of Architecture and Planning

INSTITUTION YEAR

| University at Buffalo, NY | Spring 2018

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According to the NYC Department of City planning, both visitors and residents experience NYC as a waterfront city.

Although having 217 publicly accessible waterfront spaces, these can be experienced only when you are in close proximity to the coastline. On a larger scale, taking a nodal approach, through DIS[COVER], prominent structures are installed at the designated nodes on the waterfront, most of them visible through the linear streets even from the East river waterfront. This will draw people from within the city towards the coast. As individual parts, these strategically placed installations will serve as identifiers, which would help people locate themselves in the city by looking at multiples of 10th street.

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08 nuevo thres[HOLD] Adaptive Environment According to the demgraphics, the ageing American population is estimated to double from 65 to 98 million in 2060. The ‘NEW NORMAL(s)’ are this generation of older adults.

Through this seminar, we explored the unique physical and perceptual world of the ageing population. By cultivating empathy and enabling embodiment in design practice, we prepared a series of Spatial Hybrids, ‘Wiki-thons’ and Prosthetic environments.

NUEVO THRES[HOLD] RETRO[FIT] TO DESIGN AN ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR AN AGEING POPULATION BUFFALO, NY

NUEVO THRES[HOLD] is an attempt to hybridize technology and the environment to support the ageing popultion. It promotes the idea of ageing in place by Retro[FIT]ting the exisitng places with designed fixtures, panels and elements.

My role: I worked on the drawings and researched about how to create an adaptive environment for the ageing adults. I also documented the model and prepared the presentation boards for the New Normal(s) exhibition.

Precedent study (project): Arakawa and Gins’ Site of “Reversible Destiny-Yoro Park”, a public park, completed in 1995.

Precedent study (book): Arakawa and Gins’ “Architectural Body”

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| New Normal(s) Designing Adaptive Environment for the Ageing adults FACULTY_Sarah Gunawan Reyner Banham Fellow 2018 Group_Arisha Shahid & Ruchita Chandsarkar

INSTITUTION YEAR

| University at Buffalo, NY | Spring 2018

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NUEVO THRES[HOLD] NUEVO THRES[HOLD] is about understanding and manipulating the surfaces in the interior and exterior environments with a simple push-or-pull mechanism, to challenge the body and mind. This is done so that the body does not familiarise itself with the existing and the obvious, but is rather looking forward to exciting and new experiences.

The NUEVO THRES[HOLD] concept can be applied in any existing context.

Hence leading towards an additional dimension of RETRO[FIT]. This space is designed for the Hippie generation or as we say, the Young-Old.

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