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.