Rabia Synopsis

OPTION # 1

PROPOSED TOPIC

FASHION TECHNOLOGY PARK

PROBLEM DOMAIN

As a developing nation, Pakistani social and cultural activities have witnessed a steep decline in the recent past due to unforeseen natural disasters, incidents of terrorism and civil unrest. This calls for an immediate action to ensure the protection, support and development of our image as a nation within country with the aim to introduce diverse opinions and ideas deemed essential for the cultural & social advancement of any society. In the long term, such a bold step can have direct and positive impacts on the worsening socio-economical situation within the country.

With the increase rate of terrorism attacks in our country, our socio cultural activities has restricted and people are forced to stay home and have lost interest in any such activities related to entertainment and fun.

 SOLUTION DOMAIN

Furthermore, this project aims to provide citizens with an alternative platform to positively channel their energies to seek much needed psychological and emotional relief in this rough period, through actively participating in local cultural and social activities. However, the support of such projects is critical for sustainable development within the country, as they promote popular discourses for social change.

Aim of the project is to provide an un-conditional platform to artists or youth of Pakistan through its web network and culturally oriented publications. It will express the emotional and psychological behavior of people

This project will provide opportunities for every individual and every organization related with Life Style, latest trends, different ways to overcome our current scenario, expression of your ideas etc. this project will give exposure to youth and freedom of expression.

The major problem thus arises is the excess of requirements and lack of spaces. This determines the need of a new fashion platforms with better media facilities, properly designed spaces most importantly the new and innovative set designing to match up to the standards . The demanding set of requirements will be listed through proper research.

OBJECTIVES

In order to encompass the wide scope of the project it is necessary to clearly define the design objectives.

• Creating a user friendly space and environment conducive to the creative activity taking place in the building.
• Creating the state of the art building employing all available modern technology in order to maximize the efficiency of the building.
• Using technology and design principles to minimize the energy expenditure in the building.
• Creating a self reliant complex catering to all the requirements of the fashion industry and media etc.
• To design a building with all state of the art functions to aid the activities taking place in the building.
• All spaces and activities must be understood and the sequences of the activities must be arranged in the design of the building.  
• Adequate spaces for outdoor activities must be provided.
• The building must be complete with all amenities and infrastructure.  
• All requirements of lighting and acoustics must be fulfilled as required.

SCOPE OF WORK:

The objectives of my project are

• To study the technical aspects of media, communication and fashion industry.
• To study the fields of acoustics, lighting and set designing while designing studios and different kind of institutional labs.
• The Fashion Technology Park will be a complex of building blocks suited to need of the challenges faced by the organization.
• The complex will be equipped with all optimum facilities that are required and the design will be enough to accommodate anticipated changes.
• The building must be designed with relevance to its location and all aspects of infrastructure, social interaction and environment must be considered.
• The outlook and faces of the building must communicate to the viewer that it is a fashion and media oriented building complex.

 INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT

The growth of the fashion industry is however still restricted due to lack of integrated infrastructure that would provide the industry a common platform to work with its various components.

It will be an integrated development catering to the fashion industry's requirements as a 'one-stop-solution’; the Project would be developed on a commercially self-sustaining format. The FTP would be a state-of-the-art development with landscaped open areas and circulation spaces. The Project has been envisaged in view of the current state of fashion and related industries in Pakistan and the integrated development would provide commercial, industrial and residential spaces. Entertainment, Food Courts, Parking, providing  best integrated facilities to Fashion & Life Style industry

INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE PROJECT

The park, in form and intent, integrates four domains of the intellectual, commercial, industrial and collective Endeavour.

One is building construction, the physical infrastructure, and the other is the business development, intellectual infrastructure.

We will have different zones in fashion Technology Park.

·         Commercial zone

·         Industrial zone

·         Institutional zone

·         Integrated landscape zone

PROJECT DETAIL

Design and Creativity Studio

·         Design studio with Colorist and Professional Designers

·         Textiles, Lifestyle Accessories etc.

·         Software’s and other supporting tools for Design Management.

Media and Communication Center

·         Advertisements, Multimedia, Graphics and Photography Labs equipped with latest tools.

Fashion Laboratories

·         Dying Labs & Quality Control Labs along with World Class Fashion Laboratories to keep check on product standard and international compliances.

Event Management

·         A well equipped professional team of fashion models, Choreographers, Event Managers & Other Supporting Staff to organize and manage Fashion Shows, Live Shows, Theatre, Street Shows, Exhibitions, Displays, Seminars & Video Conferencing

Fashion Library & Resource Center

·         Biggest knowledge centre,

·         Library and supporting craft resource centre for easy excess to all relevant fashion and textiles portals, literature and crafts.

Academics and Training Center

·         Advanced studies and academic training in various spheres of Design.

·         Fashion Business management, Design Management, Retail, Visual Merchandising, Branding, Event management, Craft management, garment technology etc for the need of global business support.

Linkages & Representation

·         Collaboration centers to provide professional platform for tie up between Pakistan and international designers, exporter / traders and manufacturers.

Fashion Trends & Forecasting platform

·         Key Fashion Trends, Design and color forecasting with respect to product, seasons, market, segment and material trends around the globe.

OPTION # 2

PROPOSED TOPIC

Islamic Art Museum

PROPOSED PROBLEM

Technology is constantly changing the way we communicate. Some of these changes have been positive in nature. However, some of the changes have negatively impacted our ability to effectively send and receive messages. With globalization forcing us to keep up with the times or get left behind, it's critical that we understand these potential communication roadblocks as we incorporate new technology into our daily lives.

Technology makes life more complex. New forms of entertainment, such as video games and internet access could have possible social effects on areas such as academic performance.

Make part of people over concentrate on computering, then lost of friendly and face to face communication chance. Bad for eye watching if over look for long time.

In short, technology is dominant and gradually destroying our capabilities. Within this world of technology we have lost our culture and heritage. In this fast world of communication we have forgotten about face to face communication to exchange of different ideas. We are working like machines and have lost interest in our culture, heritage and our history which is our asset. Because we are so much indulge in these kinds of technology disasters.

SOLUTION DOMAIN

To avoid these technology disadvantages, we should provide a platform where people can communicate face to face and people can show interest in their history, culture, artifacts. This platform can bring a change in human behaviors, emotional context etc. We also can integrate both things together, technology and history.

The museum is mapped to offer a narrative that is tailored to a modern audience, offering visitors to the museum experience of a journey through time, across cultures, religions and eras.

The vision for the museum of Islamic art is rooted in the belief that education is the founding stone for the future of any prosperous society. Through a diverse range of educational materials, learning programmes and community events, the museum aims to create a platform in which public can explore the past, understand the present and play a role in shaping the future.

In Lahore we have many museums; they are serving people since many years. But much better museum can be designed for the young generation so that they can come to visit these places.

OBJECTIVES

In order to encompass the wide scope of the project it is necessary to clearly define the design objectives.

• Creating a user friendly, interactional and environment conducive to the creative activity taking place in the building.
• To build a relationship and partnership with museum and cultural institutes.
• To create a national resource for research, learning and creativity.
• To build a collection that is more than a mere assembly of masterworks; which reflects the plurality and diversity in the arts of Islamic world.
• Creating the state of the art building employing all available modern technology in order to maximize the efficiency of the building.
• Creating a museum which can be beneficial in order to provide complete information about Islamic religion.
• To design a building with all state of the art functions to aid the activities taking place in the building.
• Adequate spaces for all the functions will be provided in order to achieve maximum output out of this project.
• The building must be complete with all amenities and infrastructure.  
• All requirements of lighting and acoustics must be fulfilled as required.

SCOPE OF WORK

The objectives of my project are

• To study the Islamic history to get the better understanding of designing Islamic art museum.
• To study the fields of acoustics, lighting and set designing while designing the different galleries of different exhibition things.
• To prepare a design, keeping in mind the references taken from the past, i.e. the present museums incorporating it for the present needs and capable of future needs.
• The museum will be equipped with all optimum facilities that are required and the design will be enough to accommodate anticipated changes.
• The building must be designed with relevance to its location and all aspects of infrastructure, social interaction and environment must be considered.

INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT

A museum is a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment for the purposes of education, study and enjoyment.

There are so many types of museums on the basis of historical elements we have. The type of museum I’m going to take is Islamic Art Museum.

·         Islamic art encompasses the visual arts produced from the 7th century onwards by people (not necessarily Muslim) who lived within the territory that was inhabited by or ruled by culturally Islamic populations.

·         The huge field of Islamic architecture is the subject of a separate article, leaving fields as varied as calligraphy, painting, glass, ceramics, and textiles, among others.

PROJECT DETAIL

The museum of Islamic art houses magnificent collection of artworks dating from the 7^th to 19^th century, representing the full scope of Islamic art. It includes:

·         Calligraphic design is omnipresent in Islamic art. It  includes Qur'anic verses, may be included in secular objects, especially coins, tiles and metalwork, and most painted miniatures include some script, as do many buildings. Two of the main scripts involved are the symbolic kufic and naskh scripts.

·         Painting has been a tradition since long time in Islamic art. The best-surviving and highest developed form of painting in the Islamic world is the miniature in illuminated manuscripts, or later as a single page for inclusion in a muraqqa or bound album of miniatures and calligraphy.

·         Ceramics are one of the most important elements in Islamic art. Islamic art has very notable achievements in ceramics, both in pottery and tiles for walls.

·         Tiling

·         Glass

·         Metalwork

·         Rugs and carpet

REQUIREMENTS

Basic requirements of museum are:

·         Permanent display galleries

·         Temporary display areas

·         Administration block

·         Proper sinages

·         Defined flow of users

·         Lecture rooms

·         Audio visual areas

MUSEUM will exhibit following kinds of Islamic art.

LANGUAGE OF ISLAMIC ART

·         Introduction

·         Calligraphy

·         Writing in art

·         The figure in art

·         Pattern

·         Pattern in art

·         Science in art

THE JOURNEY OF ISLAMIC ART

·         7^th to 19^th century art display

·         Early Islamic period

·         Early medieval period

·         Late  medieval period

·         Late Islamic period

·         Islamic art now

OPTION # 3

PROPOSED TOPIC

FIVE STAR HOTEL

PROBLEM DOMAIN

Environmental issues in Pakistan threaten the population’s health and have been disturbing the balance between economic development and environmental protection. As a great problem for the nature and nation of Pakistan. Current issues are water pollution from raw sewage, industrial wastes, and agricultural runoff limited natural fresh water resources.

Air pollution has also become a major problem in most cities. There are no controls on vehicular emissions, which account for 90 percent of pollutants. The National Conservation Strategy Report claims that the average Pakistani vehicle emits twenty-five times as much carbon monoxide, twenty times as many hydrocarbons, and more than three and one-half times as much nitrous oxide in grams per kilometer as the average vehicle in the United States.

The major problem of pollution is that it is destroying our environment, nature and other activities. People have no peace of mind in urban areas. Even recreational spaces like hotels, resorts, complexes, cinemas, and theaters are encroached by so many activities and affected by pollution so these places in urban domain are usually avoided by the users, because people want spaces where they can be comfortable and can enjoy nature, greenery and other natural resources for peace of mind. Sustainable development strategies must be considered.

SOLUTION DOMAIN

It is finding between organic gardening and a lifestyle based on simplicity. Both are enriched with experience and creativity. If we incorporate nature and recreational activities together we can achieve maximum sustainability and comfort for users.

For this purpose we can design resort or hotel on water front, or in hilly areas. This will decrease pollution and will make the environment ideal for visit or living. Beyond urban areas a hotel can be designed to serve people and their need at its best.

OBJECTIVES

·         Creating a user friendly space and environment conducive to the make environment luxurious for users.

• Creating the state of the building employing all available modern technology in order to maximize the efficiency of the building and also some touch from mughal period historic buildings.
• Using technology and design principles to minimize the energy expenditure in the building.
• Creating a self reliant hotel catering to all the requirements of the best living and recreational activities.

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INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT

A hotel is a place used for relaxation or recreation, attracting visitors for. Hotels are places, towns or sometimes commercial establishment operated by a single company.

PROJECT DETAIL

It will consist of:

·         Restaurants

·         Luxurious rooms

·         Suites

·         Swimming pool

·         Landscaping

·         Connection between natural elements and indoor activities

·         Golf course

·         Badminton court

·         Other sports facilities

·         Gymnasium

CONCEPT

Basically this project will follow some lines which are following:

·         Mixture of modern and historical building

·         It will have some fort like outer look like in mughal period

·         It can a fort hotel like we have some examples in agra India

·         It will face water to achieve soothing effect for user

·         Water will not be a part of building but it will integrate with building in many ways.

·         To achieve water front we can choose site near lake in most probably Islamabad.

METHADOLOGY

Design requirements of the project will be formulated by the following methods:

·         Client’s brief

·         Extensive literature

·         Interviews with journals, presenters and technicians.

·         Interviews with architects

·         Web researches

·         Visual survey and observations.

·         Comparison with the same buildings of this typology.

Note :

*  This methodology will follow for three options above.

LIST OF OTHER PROJECTS

v  Cultural complex

v  Rehabilitation of some part of Ichra bazaar

v  Cancer hospital

v  Multan airport

v  Theme park

v  Train stations

v  Urban transport

v  Bridges and communication towers

v  Corporate building

v  Convention and exhibition centers

v  Research centers

v  Urban entertainment centre

v  Aqua marine park

v  Automobile research and training institute

v  Bus terminal cum commercial complex

v  Bio-climatic tower