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Wajiha Younis

Wajiha Younis

Islamabad, PK

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I. Architecture Studio:  It was an introductory project done in 2nd year of academics. The project was given for redesigning an existing architectural studio for making students to understand the skills of site documentation.  

 II. Architectural Vocabulary:  One-week architectural literature review and drafting exercise for understanding of basic architectural design elements and their vocabulary. 

III. Gazeebo Design:   Architectural design project for designing an interactive space with in the premises of National College of Arts. The purpose of project is to understand the local construction material and their construction methodologies. 

IV. Architect’s Office:   Designing a work space for architects by implementing creative modern design elements to introduce creative and friendly work environment. 

V. Delineation of Attenuates in our Society:  A family met a tragic accident while travelling from Lahore to Islamabad via Motorway. The family consisted of elderly parents, their son, his wife and 7-year-old daughter. The father got paralyzed waist down and the daughter-In-Law lost her sight. The project is to design a house for affected people. 

VI. Urban Food Gypsy:    A project is about to design a food gypsy keeping in mind transformation, adaptability, mobility and portability. The gypsy must have two functions one is living room for two persons and second is compact commercial kitchen. 

VII. Paradigm for Education Through Divergent Thinking:    Project of designing a boarding school for boys. It was a school for 600 students, out of them 100 were day scholars. It was a high school accommodating students of 7th grade to 12th grade. 
The site given for school was a contoured site in Abbottabad and requirements for the design proposal are to manage the natural topography and to produce an efficient proposal for children. 

VIII. Hospital Design: Healing Architecture for The Common Good:  A hospital was designed in a way that a healthy person also like to visit. Aim of the project is to design a hospital building, that is not only full of technologies, but can also provide a healing environment to the user. Proposed design was for users and patients, rather than a showcase of technologies. 

IX. Resort in Shogran:    The aim of the project to let people experience the real essence of the nature, relive their memories, translate them to every age and go back with stories and exposure and to provide them with luxurious, comfortable and interactive environment. Proposed design was done on the concept of “Biomimicry” that refers to the form evaluating from natural surroundings or animals, insects or plants. I had mimicked “Eagle” in the proposed design as it is the native bird of the Shogran Valley. 

XI. Urban Catalyst:    The old city Rawalpindi is rich with historical architecture but it lacks public amenities. The project is to design an interactive space for the public in urban context of Madina Market. 

XII. Connect . Disconnect:   The task was to design an Art and Architecture School building in NCA Campus that is similar to the context of old building of NCA Rawalpindi Campus. 

Proposed building was designed on De Stijl Movement. Facade and Plans showed the characteristics of De-Stijl Movement.  

XIII. Adaptive Reuse:    The project was about the Adaptive Use of the heritage site “The Rohtas Fort”. The fort is enrich with the historical background and architectural styles especially with Hindu and Mughal Architecture Styles. The aim of the project is to restore the historical site by proposing different programs and making it functionally active and suitable for user’s interaction. 

XIV. Avari Hotel:    Designed a 5-star hotel with all the luxuries provided to user according to the standards and services of 5-star category. 

XV. Vivid Shades of Surreal Island: A Traveler’s Paradise (Thesis Project):    The project was to introduce Pakistan with the beauty of Island and to create a relationship between people and sea. Providing people with a secure peninsula with living on an isolated, low-lying island with leisure activities in the grip of climate change. 
Luxury villas, 2 Themed hotels, water sports, gaming arena, under water tunnel, Mangrove boating Trails, Open Air Cinema were major design proposals of the project. 

 
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Status: School Project