Nawal Mohamad Architecture Portfolio 2014-2019 Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this comedy. - Alvar Aalto Contents

Resume 4

2017 Final BAS Design Project Artisan Center 5

Merchant’s House 11

2016 Bo Kaap House 16

2017 Envisaged City 22

2014-2019 Work Experience 25 Helen Gardner Travel Prize 27 Film Photography 28

| 3 NAWAL MOHAMAD University of Cape Town, BAS (Hons) EDUCATION EXPERIENCE MOST PROUD OF +27715797697 [email protected] Bachelor of Architectural Studies (BAS) Architecture Intern Helen Gardner Travel Prize Cape Town, South Africa University of Cape Town Stauch Vorster Architects nawalmohamad.wordpress.com 2015-2017 South Africa 2018 Cape Town, South Africa Selected from 20 applicants who completed the BAS program for best writing and research proposal in ar- • Key Courses: • Worked in a team with a focus on residential projects, chitecture. The award is given to the applicant who is Design and Theory Studio, Technology, History and scaling from social housing to upmarket apartments. most likely to bene t from overseas travel. My research Theory of Architecture, Theory of Structures, Manage- • Designed brochures for clients, designed proposals was conducted in India. (2018) ment and Practice Law, Representation for new sites, digitally modeled buildings and pre- pared local council drawings. Dell Young Leader • Managed site visits that required scanning for con- Level 5 TEFL Certi cate struction errors and logging it on the network cloud. Selected in the top 50 rst year students at UCT for The TEFL Academy, UK this scholarship after displaying leadership potential 2018 Online and the ability to overcome adversity. (2015-2017) On Site Construction Volunteer • Focus on language skills and teaching English to Architecture School; University of Cape Town Selected into UCT Architecture School learners of all ages and English levels. 2016 Cape Town, South Africa Selected from over 600 applicants to join a small class • Worked in a team under management of Mike Louw, of 80 students. (2015) National Senior Certi cate Senior Lecturer. • Contributed to the design of a water platform in the Bergvliet High School International CICLO Exhibition 2013-2014 South Africa informal settlement of Imizamo Yethu, encouraging access to bathing and washing. A selection of my photography was exhibited in Den- • Subjects included: English Home Language (82%), • Spent a further week on building and nishing touch mark to represent South Africa. (Peter Clarke Art Centre, Mathematics (65%), Life Orientation (82%), Geography es, building a retaining wall and platforms for wash- 2014) (77%), Life Sciences (89%), Physical Sciences (61%), ing, preparing mortar and laying bricks, painting, Visual Arts (84%),Portuguese: Second Language IGCSE designing shade cloths and creating routes of ac- (94%) cess. •Attended Peter Clarke Art Centre to study Fine Art REFERENCES Photography. •Recognised at the English Olympiad for outstanding PASSIONS writing in literature. Simone Le Grange University of Cape Town Lecturer Writing Painting e: [email protected] PROFESSIONAL SKILLS Photography Traveling Dewlene Africa Stauch Vorster Architects Digital Skills BIM Manager and Associate LANGUAGES e: [email protected] Adobe Photoshop Adobe Indesign English Adobe Lightroom Autodesk Revit Architecture Native Autodesk CAD Microsoft Offi ce Portuguese Technical Skills Pro cient

Laser Cutting Hand Drafting Hand Rendering

Model Building Conceptual Planning

4 | Resume Artisan Centre

District Six is a residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. Over 60,000 of its inhabitants were forcibly removed during the 1970s by the apartheid regime. The District Six area is situ- ated in the city bowl of Cape Town. Its rich heritage is de ned by a lively community made up of former slaves, artisans, mer- chants, and other immigrants. The slaves who were of Southeast Asian descent were brought to South Africa by the Dutch East India Company during its administration of the Cape Colony.

This is a building de ned by its exterior. It employs Le Cor- busian principles and its main focus is to engage with the existing mosque. It communicates in a humble way with the site by taking what is provided. In turn, a large plat- form creates nodes of engagement and through do- ing this it also allows for people who are not visiting the mosque to move seamlessly through the site from Constitution Street to CPUT (Cape Peninsula University of Technology).

The artisan centre is made to provide opportunities to com- munities and creatives. It has two workshops, one sculptor stu- dio, one painter studio, apartments for the artisans as well as offi ces. There are two galleries to display their work. The cen- tre also has a small restaurant for visitors to enjoy. All of these Long Section spaces are engaged through the external courtyard. A bridge 1:400 connects each building and forms the heart of circulation. The engagement with the outside speaks back to the mosque and is such that the memory of the mosque is ever-present.

When not used for prayers, the courtyard becomes a social space for people to enjoy for as long as they like. In this sense, the artisan centre is always open.

Artisan Centre | 05 Castle of Good Hope

CPUT Precedent: Lina Bo Bardi

Site Lower CBD

1:5000 Site Plan Process Work

Circulation De ning Edges Interior Edges and Sun Path Public Spaces Points of Interest

1:1500

06 | Artisan Centre 1 9 2

0 2

00 Ground Level 01 First Level

4 4

9 9 3 8 6 7

0. Delivery Area 02 Second Level 03 Third Level 1. Sculptor Studio 2. Workshop 3. Painter Studio 4. Gallery 5. Offi ce 6. Foyer 1:500 7. Restaurant 8. Apartments 9. Existing Mosque

Artisan Centre | 07 A B C

cafe

275mm RC slab

plastered soffit ceiling finish

76x76mm rhino make cornice

visitor centre Short Section 1:200

275mm RC slab plastered soffit ceiling finish

prayer platform EXTERIOR

North-West Elevation A B C 1:25 @ A1 1:200

08 | Artisan Centre E F G H

gallery

50mm galvanised steel sections between plate and hollow section at 1000mm centres

100mm galvanised steel hollow sections to form trellis for green wall

275mm RC slab

76x76mm rhino make cornice

South-East Elevation gallery 1:200

275mm RC slab plastered soffit ceiling finish

social platform EXTERIOR

South-West Elevation 1:200

sculptor studio

1:25 @ A1 North-East Elevation E F G H 1:200 Artisan Centre | 09 Public | Semi Public | Courtyard Galleries Private | Semi Public | Offi ces Foyer Apartments Restaurant Studios Public | Workshops Existing Mosque

View Towards Mosque View From Bridge

Street View From CPUT

10 | Artisan Centre Merchant’s House

The Bo-Kaap (“above the Cape” in Afrikaans) is an area of Cape Town, South Af- rica formerly known as the Malay Quarter. It is a former township, situated on the slopes of Signal Hill above the city centre and is a historical centre of Cape Ma- lay culture in Cape Town. Bo-Kaap is known for its brightly coloured homes and cobblestoned streets. The area is traditionally a multicultural neighbourhood, and most of its population is Muslim. According to the South African Heritage Resourc- es Agency, the area contains the largest concentration of pre-1850 architecture in South Africa and is the oldest surviving residential neighborhood in Cape Town.

Situated in Bo Kaap, Cape Town, this mixed use building attempts to cre- ate a connection with the busy CBD and a neighbourhood in danger of gentri- cation. This project is on a communal site where several merchants of Bo Kaap will run their businesses on street level and their homes on the upper levels.

At Ground Level, the merchant runs a hairdresser with a basement for storage and wet services for laundry. At First Level, the functions are split into a semi public offi ce and a private bachelor apartment. For further exibility of functions in future, the plan mirrors itself. At the Second Level, the merchant’s home is found. It can accommodate a family of four. At the Roof Level is a terrace for all users of the building, further providing a personal play area for the family. All these functions are neatly clipped onto the circulation core.

Couryard Elevation 1:100

Merchant's House | 11 Bo Kaap Quarries Sun Path and View Points of Interest De ning Edges 1:1000 CBD Site Circulation

Site Merchant’s House

Buitengracht St

Main Rd. Rose St Site Plan 1:5000

12 | Merchant's House Short Section Hout St View 1:100

Merchant's House | 13 Disclaimer on drawing variances: The Studio project was taken into the Technology course and adapt- 1 2 3 4 5 6 ed as per course requirements. Tech drawings were created in AutoCAD. boundary boundary

D.1 D.2

F.L 109.5 D.5

D.3 D.4

living room bedroom bedroom

F.F.L 106.5

plastered soffit ceiling finish

76x76mm rhino make cornice

balcony office apartment balcony

F.L 102.7

F.L 102.7 F.F.L 103.5

plastered soffit ceiling finish

hout st. reception pvt. station hair salon waiting area courtyard

F.L 100.2 F.L 100.2 F.F.L 100.25 F.L 100.0

plastered soffit ceiling finish

W.C. basement

F.F.L 97.80

1:25 @ A0 1:5 @ A1 14 | Merchant's House 1 2 3 4 5 6 Salon View -01 Basement Level 00 Ground Level 01 First Level 02 Second Level 03 Terrace Level 1:250

The rooms are north facing and overlooking the courtyard. The living room absorbs north sunlight through the window of the roof and also acts as a Semi Public | Terrace layer of transparency watch- ing children playing above.

Private | Merchant’s House

First Floor Apartment View Merchant’s House View

Private | Bachelor Flat

Semi Public | Offi ce

Public | Hairdresser

First Floor Offi ce View Roof View Circulation Core

Private | Basement

Merchant's House | 15 Bo Kaap House

Situated in the city of Cape Town. The brief requested the designing of a public space as well as a home for a family that wished to celebrate the Bo Kaap and provide an opportu- nity for their business. My public space is inspired by Moroccan souks and the de ning of streets. The site is sandwiched between a strong urban edge and the mountain and quarry. With this in mind, I aimed to create a lter where the colonnades allow some greenery into the space and bring urban functions into it. Closer to the urban edge, the souks are found and moving through this narrow corridor, one is delivered into an opening for children to enjoy as a play area since the neighbourhood does not cater for children. Currently, the play area is the street. Also included, is a restaurant with a garden in it for parents or guard- ians to enjoy while overlooking the children. From a larger perspective, the public space has become a metaphor for a handshake of the urban and green areas of Cape Town.

Berg Lane View

16 | Bo-Kaap House Street Market De ning Edges

Fashion Store Cape Quarter

House

Restaurant Play Area Main Road

Public Areas Main Road Main

Quarries Site

Circulation

Views of Interest and 1:5000 Sun Path 1:2000

Bo-Kaap House | 17 Long Section 1:200

Hout Street Elevation 1:200

18 | Bo-Kaap House Private | Bedrooms

The house is located on the corner of Berg lane and Rose Street. thus it enjoys great sunlight from the north. The concept is about tting into open spaces and inhabiting them. I’ve created a language between Private | Bedroom the facade and the interiors by introduc- ing window boxes. The boxes have an inte- rior function extending the living room, desk space, window seats. there is a terrace on Semi Private | Deck Semi Private | Living Area the third level. The staircase acts as a core where all functions clip onto it. The last lev- el is slightly recessed from the bottom levels to be read as a parapet from the street.

Circulation Core

Short Section 1:150 Public | Retail Store

Bo-Kaap House | 19 00 Ground Level 01 First Level 02 Second Level 03 Third Level

1:200

Playground Market View Living Room View Terrace View

20 | Bo-Kaap House Hout Street Elevation 1:200

Courtyard Section 1:200

Bo-Kaap House | 21 Envisaged City

When envisioning the future of Bo-Kaap, one Ideally, a city for children would exclude ev- certainly does not imagine a city with an ery single car but in a realistic city there is over ow of cars and the musky smell a call for negotiation. As precedent, I stud- of pollution densely lling the air. ied Lisbon, Portugal and the small portion of In this project, I looked at how the city can remaining trams that run through its steep be reclaimed and returned to those it truly narrow streets. The trams limit car access in belongs to- children. For years, the culture of most streets ltering through to main roads. playing in the streets has been predominant My proposed strategy is to create a series of however with the exponential growth of cars green spaces that are parks for all age groups. in the Bo-kaap this is seemingly impossible. The pockets of parks between residential spaces are for the younger children and the larger parks on the outskirts of Bo-Kaap are for the older ‘daring’ children. These parks are

Skate Park Intervention on Buitengracht Street

22 | Envisaged City an extension of the streets becoming larger playgrounds. The streets too become greener and pedestrian friendly with green walls lining them. All streets in the Bo-Kaap are envisioned to limit access to cars. Buitengracht Street is a lter street that allows limited car access along with the tram route. Bree Street continues to be run by vehicles and unchanged for now. The idea is that eventually the trams will take over Cape Town and link to major bus and train routes until the car is eradicated. The proposed tram route has stops that allows users from the myCiti bus to board the tram and be able to venture into Bo-Kaap comfortably. The tram will run 24/7.

In order to remove the car, there will be under- ground parking provided. The site provided is beneath the largest park on Buitengracht Street. The parks are situated in all open green spaces as well as current parking lots. The slope is taken max- imum advantage of, allowing for several activities. Intervention Sites One park will be a miniature skate park, one a garden for communal small scale farm- ing, and several will be playgrounds for the child utopia. Through this modest approach, creating these spaces will make Bo-Kaap more social and interactive between resi- dents, thus establishing an inclusive society. Process Sketches Process

Envisaged City | 23 3

10m 1 4 residential stoep tram route residences road residences stoep mosque pave- stoep longmarket street ment

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4 Rose Street 2 5 2 mixed use green reduced community mixed use pave- tram route pave- mixed use buildings lining vehicular centre buildings ment - reduces ment buildings road vehicular access and 1 increases pedestrian movement

6 Buitengracht Street

3 6 10m

mixed use tram mixed use rose street unoccupied safe road doctors’ buildings route buildings building street for playing pave- rooms vendors ment and stoep Typical Site Sections Key Site Plan Tram Stop 1:5000 Tram Route Green Interventions MyCiti Bus Stop Section Locations

24 | Envisaged City Belhar Social Housing SVA International Pty (Ltd)

Invesigations and Proposals

Investigations are basic drawings providing in- formation on feasibility for site development. This is given to the client in the rst meetings to assist in the development decision. There were several investigations done on various sites through- Work Experience out Cape Town. This is one of the proposals I made under the supervision of my team leader. Graphic illustration for team presentation

Site Information Pick 'n Pay In 2018 I worked as an intern at Stauch Vorster Archi- Site 1 250 Main Road, Wynberg ERF Number: 67097 Zoning Description: General Business 5,

Transport 2 : Public Road and Public Parking Main Road tects in Cape Town. I worked in a small residential team Area: 488 m 2 and all my tasks revolved around housing. My tasks Site 2 254 Main Road, Wynberg ERF Number: 67098 Zoning Description: General Business 5 included preparing brochures that included drawing Area: 421 m 2

Note: Sites to be consolidated Main Road area plans, nding precedents, setting up area and Sum of Area: 909 m 2 d ton Roa Site 1 parking schedules and printing for team meetings. Welling Main Main Road

The housing projects varied between social housing, micro 254 Main Rd oad ley R apartments, student housing and upmarket apartments. Lang Typical Section Locality Plan © Google Earth Locality Plan © Google Earth

In the rst half of the year, I spent a large portion of my Site 2 time in the offi ce getting acquainted with the offi ce’s preferred drawing tool- Revit. I attended weekly Revit training lessons and excelled in all assessments. As an individual in the team, I took instructions from my team leader to draw up many proposals for potential clients. As the year progressed I was tasked with site inspec- tions at the new Respublica Residence in Claremont for UCT. I snagged the site single-handedly and created snag lists to pass on to the contractors. When I was 00 Ground Level 01 First Level 02 Second Level 03 Third Level not on site I was assisting in a social housing scheme in Worcester, drawing countless drainage plans for council.

Over the next few pages are some of the projects I was involved in and my contributions as an individual.

Schedules

Locality Plan

Work Experience | 25 Upscale Apartments Site Inspections & Snagging Previously an offi ce building in the centre of Cape Town, now being renovated to include micro-apartments, a gym, of- My task was to nd construction defects and compile ces, a social platform, and a penthouse. SVA was responsible for the architectural layout and council submissions. My a neat list to provide to the contractor for correction. task was to compile and draw all necessary drawings. Renders and interior layout were done by a diff erent company. Below are some of the construction errors I found.

Typical Floor Layout DetailDrawings

24692 m² 0

ERF No. 2325 ERF No. 2336

Long Street Internal and External View

ERF No. 4163

ERF No. 4195

ERF No.ERF 4164 ERFNo. 4192 Boundary Line ERFNo. 4193 ERFNo. 4194 F ERF No.ERF 4161

340 G ERF No. 4227

ERF No.ERF 4162 285

ERF No. 4165

Proposed Extention ERF No. 4204 ERF No. 4196 New Roof Slab Boundary Line Boundary

ERF No. 4235 P K H Boundary Line A

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6 6 M J 360 Castle Street ERF No. 9465 Strand Street O Boundary Line Boundary N Alterations and ERF No. 7243 Additions to Proposed Extention

Existing Roof Slab Roof Existing Exisitng Building New Roof Slab Slab Existing Roof Slab Proposed Roof Roof Proposed Top Pool ontop ontop Pool Top of exisitng Roof Roof of exisitng

L Boundary Line Boundary

ERF No.ERF 4168 B

Existing Roof Slab Alterations and

Additions to No.ERF 4237 RE Exisitng Building

Existing Roof Slab

5

5

6

2 E Boundary Line D 1 C Entrance

Burg Street

ERF No. 4423 ERF No. 9826 ERF No. 159564

ERF No. 9568

N ERF No. 4424

CS - Site Plan 1 : 200 Council Plan Section Through Building

Transhex Social Housing Rendering of Street Elevation

26 | Work Experience Imizamo Yethu Water Platform Helen Gardner Travel Prize ulates why each colony thrives diff erently today.

I discovered that Mozambique and India are directly connected, in the sense that Goans were given leadership roles in Mozambique. This changes the result as to why Goa and Mozam- bique responded diff erently post-independence.

Mozambique’s colonial architecture was de- stroyed in the harsh wars and road to inde- pendence. Buildings that were destroyed remain abandoned and unwanted. There has been no initiative to restore them, presumably because of the cost to rehabilitate old buildings. Mozam- Under the guidance of our lec- bique is developing its own architectural style turer, Mike Louw, our class de- with much less emphasis on the past and more at- signed a water platform at the tention on a prosperous future. There has been an beginning of the BAS second acknowledgement of the past and the response year. In the June holidays, we Abstract is to move forward with a new agenda for the fu- spent a week in Imizamo Yethu, a ture. The Portuguese exploited Mozambique and Time. Memory. Culture. Architecture. township outside of Cape Town, as a result, the emotional connection to keep me- The four elements in a healing soci- building a retaining wall (mixing mentoes is not as strong as what is seen in Goa. ety. Time passes and memories be- concrete, making the formwork come fallible. Cultures are inherited and reinforcement, and vibrat- Goa’s response is harmonious with the past. It was and moulded over generations. Our ing it), platforms for washing to ruled for centuries by other dynasties before the actions are de ned by moral val- be done- laying of bricks and Portuguese arrived. Its cultural identity is deeper ues. And only time heals our wounds. accurate preparing of mortar than the Portuguese in uence; Indian culture has Architecture speaks the loudest. was needed. In the last days, we been preserved and survived the Portuguese in painted the toilet cubicles and many ways, for example, the practice of off er- How are memories preserved and how hung the shading device. The ing marigold garlands is a Hindu tradition, yet do events in time shape the new mem- retaining wall collapsed halfway in Churches around Goa, the statue of Jesus ories? Travelling to India was highly through the casting process and can be found adorned with garlands. Goa was bene cial, providing a raw exposure to had to be remade but due to a seen as a valuable state; the point where East culture and a thriving society post-in- lack of resources, we only man- and West met. Goans were given many privileg- dependence. I visited several buildings aged to build it at half height. es and this resulted in a less parasitic relation- in Goa and traced its history in time We also designed a gradual ship in comparison to Mozambique. Today’s val- and I discovered a post-modern style path towards the shacks in the ue for cultural identity in Goa goes back to the that many architects are employing. background to facilitate the Portuguese in uence, and architecture has em- route for the elderly and children. ployed several elements from the time. Historical This research analyses the global reach The colourful platform attracted buildings have been preserved and the state is of Portugal. It looks closely at two col- many children to use it as an the largest contributor per capita to the Indian onies- Mozambique and Goa, India. extension to their playground. economy. Buildings recognize the past and in- The timeline starts when Portugal rst corporate the joyful spaces as seen in the typ- Featured Links: arrived at both colonies, unfolding the ical Indo-Portuguese house. It can be seen that http://tensilecables.co.za/imiza- changes they brought- both culturally Goa reacted positively to its history and hence mo-yethu-water-platform-in-di- and architecturally and ends with an it ourished at a faster pace than Mozambique. gest-of-sa-architecture analogy of post-independence. It spec- Also featured in : ARCHSA issue 86

Work Experience | 27 Film Photography Below is an overlay of landscapes in Cape Town and transparencies of extracts from books tracing the history of native Africans. On the right are photographs taken during my research in India. CICLO Project CICLO India

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