Portfolio - Zahra Muhith

PORT FO LIO

zmuhith@gmail.com

+44 793 107 4033

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahra-muhith-5398ba21a/

ABOUT ME

I am a highly motivated and proactive individual with a passion to excel in the proffessional and academic environment.

I aspire to put my knowledge and skillset to use whilst gaining an understanding of experience within the field of Architecture. I aim to expand my current skillset whilst maintaining my drive for creativity and desire for constant self-improvement.

I can assure that I approach challenges with confidence and having the opportunity to familiarise myself with construction sites and conversations with different Architects, I aspire to tackle any professional or academic challenges I may face.

EDUCATION

University of Westminster (2021 - Present Day)

BA Architecture (2nd Year)

Beal Sixth Form (2019 - 2021)

A - Fine Art

A - Media Studies

B - English Literature

Beal High School (2014 - 2019)

8 GCSE’s from 4 - 9, including Maths and English

SKILLS

- Adobe Acrobat: InDesign, Photoshop, PremierPro

- Rhino

- Vectorworks

LANGUAGES

- English

- Bengali

- Intermediate Arabic

CONT ENTS .01

01. Play Project

Encouraging ambition and awareness in childrens play. A building designated towards kids.

Children’s concept of play and physical ambition has negatively changed over the recent years. In the contemporary world, it can be agreed that children do not explore or physically enjoy playing outdoors as much due to the hightend

Their lack of the ability to analyse a hazard and to overcome and tackle challenges decrease which prevent childrens risk aversion which can have long term implications in adulthood.

Designing a building which is specifically designated towards childrens play where they are able to explore and tackle different challenges within the design as well as enjoying physi-

LOCATION: Elephant and Castle, Castle Square

Axonometric projection of floorplans

02. The Playground

An open environment for kids to explore, with a relaxed place for parents to enjoy the outdoors.

LOCATION: Elephant and Castle, St Marys Churchyard

In order to measure the sound around Elephant and castle, my partner and I used a decibel meter to assess the sound levels by measuring sound pressure, which gets converted into an electrical signal. We found that the sound levels were higher around areas of tra c.

03. Rose Workshop

LOCATION: Kew Gardens

I designed a rose workshop accessable to the public, where they would be able to create their own potpouri, and rose water using the roses they handpick from the area.

As the location of this workshop is in Kew Gardens, this interactivre space would be an exciting feature in the Botanical Gardens.

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Hand drawn Plan and Section