Selected Works 3.0: Hammad Ahsan

HAMMAD AHSAN

EDUCATION

2019-2020

M.S.AAD / CORNELL AAP, NEW YORK

MS. Advanced Architectural Design

2012-2017

B.ARCH / SCHOOL OF ART, DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE, ISLAMABAD

Architecture Thesis: Maza’ar, Urs, Mela, Tharpaal, PK

2011-2012

COMPUTER SCIENCE / NUCES, FAST, ISLAMABAD BSc. Computer Science Coursework

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ARCHITECTURE

2021 - 2023

PROJECT MANAGER, SENIOR ARCHITECT / MARTIN HOPP, NEW YORK

Project Manager, Senior Project Arch.: K-12 Mass Timber Projects

+1 646 327 2667

Arch.HammadAhsan@outlook.com

Mha62@cornell.edu

issuu.com/Werentuckl

TOOLS

Revit

Dynamo

Procore

Rhinoceros

Grasshopper

Autocad

3Ds Max

Sketchup

Unity Engine

VRay/KeyShot

Lumion

Unreal Engine

ArcGIS

Esri City Engine

Adobe CS

Microsoft Office

Diva/Urbano

Ecotect

Model Making

SKILLS

Design Development

Master Planning

Project Management

Project Scheduliing

Consultant Coordination

Construction Admin.

Contract Management

Cost Feasibility

Proposals & RFPs

Mass Timber Design

Design Sustainability

Documentation

Drafting & Detailing

Personnel Management

Grant Writing

Param./Comp. Design

AR/ VR / UX

3D Prototyping

Arch. Photography

Illustration

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

2023

BIG DREAMS, SMALL PROJECTS/ GREENBUILD CONFERENCE, D.C

Pre-Conference Environmental Carbon Webinar

2023

GUEST LECTURE SERIES / CORNELL AAP, NEW YORK

Discourse: Mid-Century Avant Garde Urbanism

2020 - 2021

PROJECT ARCHITECT / REL ARCHITECTURE, NEW YORK

Project Architect: Portfolio of Residential Apartment Renov.

2020

CONSULTANT / PAKISTAN NATIONAL PAVILION, VENICE BIENNALE

Collaborating Consultant: ARCHITECTEM, Venice Biennale.

2018 - 2019

PROJECT ARCHITECT/ UNISON, LAHORE

Project Architect: Design, Doc., Coord., Planning & Viz.

MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

2018 - Present

PAKISTAN COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTS AND TOWN PLANNERS (PCATP)

LANGUAGES

C++/C# PYTHON R

2017 - 2019

CONSULTANT ARCHITECT/ WF DESIGN & BUILD, LONDON

Consultant: Design, Doc., Feasibility, Viz. & Marketing

2016 - PRESENT

FOUNDING PRINCIPAL / STUDIO 404, ISLAMABAD

Design Principal: Multi-Discipline Experimental Design Collaborative

JOURNALISM

2012-2013

COLUMNIST / FUTURE CHALLENGES - BERTELSMANN, GUTERSLOH, DE

Social Policy in South Asia & Middle East Regions for the Think Tank

2011

ASSISTANT SUB-EDITOR / DATELINE ISLAMABAD, ISLAMABAD

Assistant Sub Editor & Centerfold Features

AWARDS AND HONORS

2022 - 2023

EVERGREEN CHARTER SCHOOL / MASS TIMBER AWARD, NEW YORK

WoodWorks SLB Mass Timber Building to Net-Zero Carbon Award

2019 - 2020

OLIVE TJADEN SCHOLARSHIP & DIRECTOR’S AWARD/ CORNELL AAP, NEW YORK

Academic Excellence

2016

DWARKA WAR MEMORIAL / DESIGN COMPETITION, KARACHI, PAKISTAN

2nd Prize

SELECTED PROJECTS

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

2021 - 2024

EVERGREEN CHARTER SCHOOL / LONG ISLAND, NY

Martin Hopp: Award Winning Mass Timber Charter School.

2021 - 2024

GANEINU ACADEMY / QUEENS, NY

Martin Hopp: Urban Infill + Adaptive Reuse Early Learning Center

2020 - 2021

PORTFOLIO: APARTMENT RENOVATIONS / NY, NY

RELA: Portfolio of Upscale Apartment Renovations

2020 - 2021

BAGH: AGRICULTURAL RESORT / FAISALABAD, PK

Studio 404: Eco-Tourism Agricultural Resort for Local Development.

2018 - 2019

LAHORE BUSINESS SCHOOL / LAHORE, PK

Unison AU: University Campus, New UOL Business School.

2018 - 2019

OFFICE 101 / LAHORE, PK

Unison AU: Project & Design Lead, Corporate Samsung HQ Campus

2018

MEDICAL CITY / LAHORE, PK

Unison AU: Design Lead, UOL Teaching Hospital Complex Proposal.

2019 - 2021

SAXLEY COURT RESIDENTIAL / SURREY, UK

WFDB: Consultant Architect, 42 Unit Infill Residential Development.

2018 - 2019

EASTCOTE CO-DEVELOPMENT / LONDON, UK

WFDB: Consultant Architect, 10 Unit Mixed Use Development.

2017 - 2021

STEEPLANDS ROW HOUSING / LONDON, UK

WFDB: Consultant Architect, 24 Unit Below Market Development.

2017 - 2019

THE WEEKEND HOUSE / LAHORE, PK

Studio 404: Private Commission for an Urban Summer Retreat.

RESEARCH + DISCOURSE

2020

REPRACTICE, RETEACH / TOKYO, JAPAN

Architectural Storytelling: Comparative Narratives in Analogue Media.

2019

RESPONSIVE FACADES / NEW YORK

Parametric Facades: Responsive Robotic Skin and Facade Investigation.

2019

EXQUISITE CORPSE/ TAIPEI, TAIWAN

Urban Manifesto: Taipei’s Organic Urban Morpohology.

2019

THE FOOD JOURNEY/ NEW YORK

Data Based Experiences: Analytics Driven Food Cart Optimisation & UX.

2019

THE RESIN PROJECT/ NEW YORK

Material Research: Design Research Investigating Resin as Design Material.

2019

LIGHT PAVILION/ NEW YORK

Public Engagement: Community Generated Upcycling Light Bulb Pavilion

2017

MAZAR, URS, MELA / THARPAL, NAROWAL, PK

Urban Discourse: Temporal Scapes, In Memory of Anwar-ul-Haq Nizami

2016

THE WEST BANK BARRIER / GAZA, PALESTINE

Political Discourse: A Silent Protest, Transforming the Gaza Barrier.

DESIGN COMPETITIONS

2017 OBSERVATORY / PAMUKKALE, TURKEY

Studio 404: Minimalist intervention enhancing Pamukkale’s experience

2016

DWARKA: A WAR MEMORIAL / NAVAL MUSEUM, KARACHI , PK

Studio 404: Award Winnding War Memorial Competition Entry

EVERGREEN

Charter School | Long Island, New York

Project Architect & Project Manager | Martin Hopp 89,250 SQFT | $ 72 Mil. | SD - CA

An Award Winning ~89,000 SQFT Hybrid Mass Timber school building located in Hempstead, NY for a mission driven Charter School Organization with a commitment to building sustainable communities with sustainable carbon footprints, and social uplift within a low-income immigrant community of color. As one of the first Mass Timber K-12 Charter School projects in the Tri-State Area, providing key community infrastructure & serving over 750 students, the project proposes a hybrid CLT structure with high performance envelope and MEP systems to achieve an ambitious Net Carbon Zero ready LEED Gold building at cost, with a building program developed in extensive engagement with the students and the community.

The project seeks to develop resiliency, through not just building design but also building resilient communities through engagement, and education.Evergreen demonstrates that a Hybrid Mass Timber design can be achieved cost competitively with conventional structural systems and is ideal for institutional and community focused programs. The resulting building is healthier, with better finishes and benefits from lower operational costs. A targeted Hybrid Mass Timber structure provides significant benefits and can be cost neutral.

The project broke ground in 2023, and is a recipient of the Woodworks Mass Timber: Building to Net-Zero Carbon Award, with project completion and handover in January, 2025.

Project responsibilities as Project Architect & Project Manager encompass all phases of design, coordination, documentation, permiting, contract negotiations and award, and construction administration, including all client, consultant, contractor, and field responsibilities.

HYBRID MASS TIMBER SOLAR PERGOLA

ROOFTOP SOCCER PITCH

MASS TIMBER GLULAM SHADING FINS

MASS TIMBER GLULAM FEATURE SPACE W/ CLT SAWTOOTH ROOF

LANDSCAPED COURTYARD

URBAN ROOF GARDEN

PROGRAM LEGEND

With almost ~115,000 SQFT of programmed space, the project envisages a Type III-A building with a double height gymnasium containing the sports facilities, with the classroom wing above it. The adjacent wing holds the music program at the cellar level over which the community and administrative programs are situated.

The cellar level and the ground floor emphasize the public and community facing programs, where the cellar level contains a double height gymnasium, music and orchestra rooms; the ground floor situates access, a landscaped courtyard, and houses administrative offices, with a running track over the gymnasium, and a double height multipurpose cafeteria, with a performance space, the food program, and the kitchen, and a raised mezzanine on the level above. All of these facilities are open to the community after school.

Floors 2 through 4 in the classroom wing house the formal education program, with the 4th floor being reserved for special classrooms, labs, a maker space, and a fab lab, and an accessible roof housing a rooftop soccer pitch. In the adjacent wing, the 2nd floor houses a mezzanine, containing a digital literacy library for the community after hours, an informal lounge for the students, a contemplative garden, and a separate urban agriculture garden to support the education program and healthy living amongst the students and the community. Floor 3 of this wing contains the business center and allied facilities for the school, with the roof above housing a multipurpose Mass Timber feature space meant to serve as a secondary cafeteria, and a community event space, to encompass a holistic, flexible, yet ambitious design and school program.

INTERIOR VIEW OF GYMNASIUM

EXTERIOR STREET APPROACH

EXTERIOR VIEW FROM COURTYARD

GANEINU ACADEMY

Early Learning Center | Queens, New York

Project Architect & Project Manager | Martin Hopp 46,000 SQFT | $ 15 Mil. | SD - CA

A 46,000 SQFT adaptive reuse and urban infill project, the Ganeinu Academy is an early learning center in a former synagogue that follows a Reggio-Emilia based teaching approach, a method that emphasizes social, hands-on, and student-directed learning. The project, developed in close partnership with the school, proposed a renovation plan for the existing ~20,000 SQFT synagogue building and a 26,000 SQFT expansion plan for the educational facility.

The project accommodates Ganeinu Academy’s growth projections, supporting their pedagogical program and mission to provide a Reggio-inspired Jewish education, and reinvigorates the dilapidated existing building, damaged badly during Hurricane Ida, with a focus on environmental and flood resiliency.

Working with a challenging and irregularly shaped zoning lot, a distinctive massing maximizing usable interior space was developed while accommodating the unique classroom designs the Reggio-Emilia approach demands. The master plan imagines a family of buildings that combine a school and community center that support the needs of students and their families, with future development on the tight zoning lot based on long term community projections.

The project was submitted for permitting in 2023, with development in multiple phases and project completion and handover of the first 26,000 SQFT expansion in Spring, 2025.

Project responsibilities as Project Architect & Project Manager encompass all phases of design, coordination, documentation, permiting, contract negotiations and award, and construction administration, including all client, consultant, contractor, and field responsibilities.

EXISTING 20,000 SQFT SYNAGOGUE BUILDING TO BE RENOVATED

ROOFTOP VEGETATED GARDEN W/ COMMUNITY POOL BELOW

SLOPED ATRIUM GLAZING

PROPOSED 26,000 SQFT EXPANSION W/ LEARNING FACILITIES ACCESS

ROOFTOP PLAY AREA

MASS TIMBER SOLAR PERGOLA W/ BASKETBALL COURT

VIEW FROM BACK ROOF GARDEN

PROGRAM LEGEND

The propoedl design creates nearly ~64,000 SQFT of program space between urban infill & adaptive reuse for the school in a carefully phased development, with an additional 10,000 SQFT of program space to be added in future growth over two phases.

The existing mid century synagogue is being adapted to the new program, renovating the existing cellar ball room into a gymnasium & community event space, with the addition of a kitchen and servery. A Mass Timber pergola addition on the roof serves as a multi purpose outdoor play area. The existing prayer area and classrooms have also been renovated, and an elevator is being added to the building.

The infill development, housing most of the program, organises itself around an exapnsive feature atrium, bringing light down into all the classrooms. The cellar also houses the community pool, cafeteria, and the gross motor skills room. Elementary classrooms are situated in the cellar, with older classes on the ground level, and special classrooms on the second floor.

Landscaped green rooftops serve as playscapes in a space constrained site, and refocus on sustainability and resilience; with flood resilient material selection in a high performance envelope preparing the school for a future climate impacted future.

Tactile material selection, and experiential space and place making encourage activity and experience based learning in the spirit of the Reggio-Emilia principles the school adheres to, providing high quality learning spaces in a community driven school & program.

MOUNTED WEBNET RAILING

SHEET METAL PARAPET COPING

IRMA PLAZA DECK ROOFING

WOOD SHADING LOUVERS

LOW-E DOUBLE GLAZED WINDOW

HIGH PERF. ENVELOPE W/ BRICK CLADDING ON CMU MASS WALL

FLAT SLAB CONCRETE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM

CMU PLANTER

PLAZA DECK

TYPICAL FACADE WALL SECTION

LIGHTWELL COURTYARD

MASS TIMBER SOLAR PERGOLA W/ BASKETBALL COURT BELOW

BUSINESS SCHOOL

University of Lahore | Lahore, Pakistan

Project Architect | Unison Group AU 500,000 SQFT | $ 25 Mil. | SD - Early CA

The client brief called for a 500,000 SQFT university campus building with master planning for a business school with all allied facilities, including services, back of house, auditoriums, cafeterias, and an expansive library.

The design brief stressed visual access, open and democratic central spaces while responding to the high demands and foot traffic of an institutional campus. The project master plan included revitalizing a disused sports field as the project backdrop, introducing public cafeteria spaces as an intervention to the university’s urban fabric, and activating cross campus linkages.

Particular attention was paid to ensure the design met all performance requirements and exceeded the client’s expectations. As a result, careful attention was accorded in ensuring an environmentally performant, visually light, porous design with large atria, attention was equally and meticulously paid to all design aspects, resulting in a holistically executed project through all stages of design and implementation. A large team of Architecture, MEP, Structure, and associated disciplines was brought in house for a BIM based Integrated Project Delivery, coordinating and executing a comprehensive and holistic project delivery.

While site work & foundation work began in 2019, the project was put on hold through COVID-19, and formally broke ground in January 2022.

Project responsibilities as Project Architect encompassed all phases of design, documentation, BIM project standards development, coordination across all in-house disciplines, external consultants, in-house CM team, IPD coordination, & early CA, including all client, consultant & contractor facing responsibilities.

ATRIUM W/ NORTH LIGHT

SOLAR PANELS

STAIR CORE

HORIZONTAL BRISE SOLIEL SHADING

RUGBY/ FOOTBALL FIELD

VEHICULAR RAMP DOWN TO BASEMENT PARKING

ACCESSIBLE ROOF LOUNGES

PEDESTRIAN ACCESS RAMP

LEGEND

The program is tied together with a large central atrium with a processional feature stair extending across a seven floor campus building creating expansive open spans that tie the design language together and provide natural light and ventilation and introduce moments of interior spectacle and breathing spaces of respite.

Organised around it are the program briefs, accommodating undergraduate classrooms, multiple auditoria, large seminar halls, and collaborative graduate and research offices, with a design incubation center tying the academic programs, alongside the necessary administration, staff, and faculty facilities.

The library, meant to be a contemplative space, is situated on the uppermost floor with access to outdoor study lounges, and expansive views over the campus, with an outdoor cafeteria at the ground level situating organic activity in the campus.

ATRIUM NORTHLIGHTS

ROOF LOUNGE + LIBRARY

OUTDOOR ROOF DECKS

ROOF SOLAR PANEL STRUCTURE

ATRIUM PITCHED METAL FRAME ROOF

CURTAIN GLAZING

AUDITORIUM

GRADUATE CENTER

INCUBATION CENTER

SEMINAR HALLS

UNDERGRAD. CENTER

WELCOME CENTER

PARKING

PROCESSIONAL STAIRWAY

BALCONY LANDING

CORNER FACADE CONDITION

AXONOMETRIC THROUGH ATRIUM

INSUL. HIGH PERF. METAL STANDING SEAM ROOF VERTICAL

HIGH PER. LOW-E CURTAIN WALL W/ HORIZ. BRISE SOLIEL

ATRIUM NORTHLIGHTS

ELEVATOR CORE

CORNER FACADE CONDITION

ATRIUM STAIR ASSEMBLY

BAGH RESORT

Eco-Agri Resort | Faisalabad, Pakistan

Design Principal | Studio 404 | Concept - Early DD 10 Acres | Concept - Early DD

Commissioned as a large private estate in an agricultural setting, the project was reimagined and successful pitched to the client as an Eco-Agricultural Resort, creating jobs and stimulating a depressed local, rural economy with a monetisation plan putting the local culture, its tradition of hospitality, its vernacular and design language, front and center in a participatory, experiential, and ecologically sensitive sensorial design.

The client’s original brief called for a private estate with a personal residence [Haveli], a feature waterbody, traditional landscaped gardens & entertaining spaces for soirees, a pool, and stables for their horses.

Located amidst picturesque farmland, Bagh [Garden] integrates harmoniously with its surroundings: Traditional building methods and local materials & craft pay homage to the region’s heritage and vernacular, successfuly blending traditional design elements with contemporary comforts. Sustainability is a core focus in this critically regionalist design, with eco-friendly initiatives like rainwater harvesting and renewable energy reducing the project’s ecological impact.

The Haveli began construction in 2022, with the remaining development to be undertaken in multiple phases per the client’s capital schedule.

As the Design Principal, Bagh was developed in partnership with the Managing Principal as a total design exercise through extensive visioning sessions to develop a project design language, brand, marketing strategy, phased development & master planning, architectural design, features, detailing intent, layouts, and landscape design in collaboration with the clientfrom the Concept Design phase to Early DD, at which point the project was handed over to junior associates to take forward.

HORSE BARN

BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF MASTERPLAN

BRIEF

The reimagined proposal successfully presented to the client and approved, included a private Haveli for the client’s personal residence and a large man made lake with extended stay chalets framing the garden for guests to participate in year round agri-tourism in the adjacent farms with regularly scheduled participatory workshops.

This centerpiece, the man-made lake and interactive farm with various animals, offers guests a chance to engage in agricultural activities and reconnect with nature, offersing a serene escape, immersing visitors in traditional farming practices and cultural exchange. By supporting the local economy and promoting sustainable tourism, the resort developes a template showcaseing, the beauty of nature and fosters a sense of solidarity with the community.

A membership pool & spa experience for guests with a traditional landscape garden & a collonaded piazza for event spaces and soirees, a formal conference hall, and a year round restaurant celebrating local seasonal produce and cuisine, with a dedicated storefront selling locally produced preserves, herbs, and spices, complete the brief.

The stables were reinterpreted as an exclusive horse riding club - framing views to the restaurant. Together with the extended stay chalets and extensive programming, Bagh fosters a sensitive yet rustic escape from urban life.

A critically regionalist approach meant a special emphasis on local craft, building technique, architectural vernacular, and sourcing ensured not just local engagement but also a contextually grounded, ecologically sensitive & responsive design - with a minimal environmental footprint. Similarly, a total design approach meant that a cohesive brand, including brand strategy, was developed for the client, with attention not just to detail but also capital development, ensuring a marketable design & community first, ecologically sensitive development.

This reinterpreted brief, through the lens of participatory celebration of the rural, rustic, and agricultural culture and tradition of the region, promoted the local micro economy, craft, skills, farm to table produce, cuisine, as well as jobs - aiming to establish a year round eco-tourism based economy instead of seasonal subsistence.

PROCESSIONAL CIRCULATION

STEEPLANDS ROWHOUSING

Row Housing Development | England, UK

A failed luxury row housing development project in the London exurbs was successfully re-imagined as a 24 unit below-market rate housing project for first time home buyers through strategic design and capital interventions, while keeping the high-end, upscale intent of the original development intact.

Undertaken as a turnkey design build exercise by the developer, the brief called for a careful revisiting of the original capital proposal, with extensive feasibility studies identifying low-cost high-impact design interventions, material selections, cost roadblocks, as well as focus audience, project marketability and affordability, within the scope of the approved project development for a positive ROI/unit to make the development possible without compromising the design intent of creating amenity filled forever homes.

Consequently, layouts were revised to introduce 1,2, & 3-bedroom apartments to increase the range of affordability, increasing the number of apartments to 24 to provide a positive ROI/unit. Private outdoor spaces were introduced, communal spaces were revisited equitably, material selections updated, and amenities considered to reflect cost. At the same time, a first time home buyers program in England was identified to work closely with to target young home buyers to profitably offer below market rate housing with higher quality & care of finish and design than the prevailing market.

The project broke ground in 2019 with construction completed Q1, 2022 & customer handover in late 2022. All units have been sold out and the development is fully owner occupied.

Project responsibilities as Consulting Architect for the client included capital & cost feasibilities, market research & financing opportunities, project redesign to achieve ROI profitability/unit, layouts, material & finish selections, amenity design, marketing strategy, and continued project support until completion.

ROOF SOLAR PANEL STRUCTURE

TRADITIONAL BRITISH BRICK FACADE W/ INSULATED CAVITY WALL CONSTRUCTION

OPERATIONAL CHIMNEY SHAFTS W/ THERMAL CONCRETE FLUE LINING

Consulting Architect | WF Design Build 38,000 SQFT | $ 10 Mil. | Redesign - Completion

Private outdoor spaces were introduced equitably for all residents, with a format of available apartment types from split level to single floor across 1, 2, & 3 bedroom units. Public spaces were redesigned around community with a landscaped communal garden, & impactful amenities including elevators, onsite parking, access control, individual climate zoning, and high end fixtures, finishes, and appliances, in a high performance envelope, all in accessible below-market rate housing.

Facade material selections were also updated with the shift to traditional brick grounding & recontextualising the development into the rustic English landscape, lending a sense of permanence and longevity to prospective residents. At the same time, wood finish accents, and large fenestrations were added to create contemporary, brightly lit, healthy, and inviting interior spaces, irrespective of apartment size, for all residents.

LOWER GROUND FLOOR GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR

STREET VIEW

BIRD’S EYE VIEW

OFFICE 101

Samsung HQ, Regional

101 OFFICES

LAHORE, PAKISTAN

Samsung HQ, Regional | Lahore, Pakistan

[Project Architect: Design Lead on Project Development]

Project Architect, Design Lead | Unison Group AU 350,000 SQFT | Concept - CD & Permitting

The client brief called for a regional HQ for the Samsung distributorship, corporate store, back end and client facing facilities, corporate offices, as well as leasable office space for long term occupancy tenants across remaining floors.

The client brief called for a regional HQ for the Samsung distributorship, corporate store, backend and client facing facilities, corporate offices, as well as leasable office space for long term occupancy tennants across remaining floors

A voided flat slab plate was proposed to maximise open span leasable area, and creating large open spaces for maximising client value as local zoning regulations minimised usable FAR. The voided flat slab system was especially designed for the project to accommodate open a large span grid, ensuring a column free design. This allowed for multiple, reconfigurable floor plans, giving the client agency over future design flexibility, and partial or full leasing, as the corporate campus grew or shrunk cyclically.

A voided flat slab plate was proposed to maximise open span leasable area, and creating large open spaces for maximising client value as local zoning regulations minimised usable FAR

Keeping the column free reconfigurable open plan as a key client pitch, a monolithic core was designed incorporating all services, elevator lobbies, fire escape, access control and back of house. This allowed for all services and allied facilities to be concentrated into the structural core, freeing up the rest of the design.

A nimble client driven flexible design with permutations of five configurable floor plans and varying degrees of access control meant that the client had the freedom for future design mobility and expansion within the proposed envelope while meeting existing demands of the brief.

A nimble client driven flexible design with configurable floor plans and varying degrees of access meant that the client had freedom for future design mobility and expansion within the proposed envelope while meeting existing demands of the client brief.

The project was submitted for permitting to the AHJ in 2019, with expected development to follow.

Project responsibilities as Project Architect & Design Lead encompassed concept design & development, design resolution, cost modeling, and all phases of design, documentation & coordination across all inhouse disciplines & external consultants, including all client, consultant & contractor facing responsibilities.

PENTHOUSE CORPORATE FLOOR ABOVE

SOUTH-FACING FACADE SPANDREL PANEL

CORPORATE ‘PENTHOUSE’ FLEX. FLOOR PLATE

VERTICAL CORE

VOIDED SLAB COLUMN FREE OPEN FLOOR PLATES [TYPICAL FLOOR 2-5]

EGRESS STAIR

CONFERENCE ROOMS

COLLABORATIVE SPACES

FloorLevel-05

SERVICE CORE

ELEVATOR CORE

OPEN PLATE LEASEABLE FLEX. OFFICE SPACES

CORPORATE ‘PENTHOUSE’ FLEX. FLOOR PLATE OPEN PLATE LEASABLE FLEX. OFFICE SPACES

FLAGSHIP CORPORATE EXPERIENCE CENTER

CORPORATE OFFICES

TypicalFloorPlan

CORPORATE EVENT SPACE

SECTION

PARKING DOWN

FLAGSHIP CORPORATE EXPERIENCE CENTER

WEEKEND HOUSE

Summer Retreat | Lahore, Pakistan

Design Principal | Studio 404

6000 SQFT $ 1.5 Mil. | Commission - Turnkey

A private commission designed as a summer retreat for a client, the design brief demanded well appointed living spaces reflective of the aspirational lifestyle the client desired, expressive of their upward social mobility. Expressed through large double height spaces affording views into the verdant landscaped surroundings, the proposal employed scale to provide a larger than life set for the client’s every day life to play out on.

A large open plan great room, with double height spaces and views into the rolling lawns, as well as the pool, results in a porous fluid space that remains light and airy, whereas the provision for a private lounge begins to create seductive pocket spaces and a separation of activities. The bedrooms, tied into the larger circulation, are each afforded private views into the lawns, as well as private amenities.

Material and interior finishes, surface tactility, and clean design lines, resulted in a project that remained understated whilst still reflecting an elegant opulence. Together with a critical regional modernist approach towards the architectural language, the proposal resulted in a successful interpretation of the design brief and the client’s aspirational desires.

The project broke ground in 2017 and was completed and delivered to the client in Q1, 2019.

As Design Principal, the Weekend House was developed in close collaboration with the client as a total design exercise, and delivered as a turnkey project with all responsibilities from concept development. through design resolution & coordination, construction documentation & permitting, construction management & administration, to project delivery, including all client, consultant & contractor interfacing.

PROFESSIONAL WORK