1 The Symbol IVS is an institute of scholarship in the field of Visual Arts. The history of visual language within our heritage reflects dynamic continuity and a rich diversity of idiom. The elements drawn upon to symbolise the identity of the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture are based on the primary sources of life. Water symbolises knowledge, its acquisition and dissemination. Waves symbolise the cyclical motion of life. Tree symbolises the evolution and growth of thought and vision. The geometric patterns of the symbol unify space in a rhythmic order; while the sculpted Design and Photography: spaces symbolise the sky, the environment, Department of Communication Design and the limitlessness of human possibilities. Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture Zahoor-ul-Akhlaq Copyright © 2016 by Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture 1941–1999 No part of this publication can be reproduced without written permission of Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture ST-33, Block-2, Scheme-5, Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan UAN: 111-111-487 www.indusvalley.edu.pk [email protected] Printed at Rosette 2 3 Mission Statement In an age of rapid social, technological and aesthetic transition, we feel committed to educating our students with the ability to analyse and critique experience, to nurture their creative abilities so they become active, outstanding members of our society, both personally and professionally. We wish to go beyond technical instruction by placing emphasis on creative thought and action. Each department, despite its individual character functions in close collaboration with the others in order to develop an awareness of the essence of the visual arts, both traditional and contemporary. This underlying philosophy is reflected in our curricula. Through an interaction with diverse practicing professional artists, architects, academicians, scholars, archaeologists, art historians and designers, students are exposed to the importance of ideas, concept development, intuition and the value of research in the development of the creative process. We shall not feel content till we have succeeded in preparing our graduates to live in the world of tomorrow, enabled them to share in the responsibilities for social, economic and political problems and to apply their professional knowledge and abilities to the solution of such problems, so that besides being technically and aesthetically literate, they are above all, good human beings. Vision 2025 To impart education in art, design and architecture creating a culture of excellence in research and innovation, contributing towards a just and tolerant society and enable students to serve as instruments of positive change. Core Values A member of the IVS community: Has a passion for Learning. Strives for excellence. Is ethical. Has dignity and humility. Values criticism. Embraces diversity. Respects the environment. Works towards positive social change. 4 5 Mission 04 Statement Department of 08 Architecture Department of 28 Communication Design Department of 54 Fine Art Department of 72 Interior Design Department of 84 Textile Design Diploma in 110 Digital Film and Video Department of Architecture 8 9 Ephemeral architecture; Enhancing user experiences re-defining public space through non-linear spatial narrative In a public space, mobile elements such as people This thesis looks at story-telling in architecture. It and activities are the essence of a space. These explores how choices in spatial order leads to manip- experiences vary between permanent, semi-perma- ulation of experiential order, and provides a scope for Adnan Ur Rehman nent and impermanent happenings. The objective of user intervention to decipher different spatial experi- Anika Patras [email protected] this thesis is to examine the transformation of spaces ences multiple times. This thesis works with the local [email protected] 0336-3753088 through functions, with relation to permanent and narrative of popular dastan of “Tilism-e-Hoshroba” to 0341-2596072 semi-permanent experiences. The project aims to create an exhilarating experience of storytelling in a introduce the theatre as a response to the public public realm. park. Being a semi-permanent function that acts as a space container, the theatre creates varying relations with its surrounding; enabling an exchange between the user, the context, its functions, and finally, the space itself. 10 11 Interpreting the vernacular Centre for Community architecture to address social Development, Nagarparkar urban needs Vernacular buildings provide instructive examples The Community Centre in Nagarparkar (a small town of sustainable solutions to building problems in the in Tharparkar Desert with rich Thari culture and Jain modern context applied here in a dense urban set- Archaeological Pilgrimage sites) aims to enhance the Faaiz Abbasi ting. By learning from the old spatial arrangements socio-economic capacity of the local community to Fatema Irfan Ali [email protected] and screening methods, and applying them in the help them overcome issues related to poverty and [email protected] 0331-2014606 dense urban setting of Kharadar as a source of relief, economic marginalization; by providing them with +971-568-666752 architecture becomes a learning tool to be useful resources and training related to health, skills devel- within the community in various programs. This thesis opment and education. The architecture caters to aims to achieve fusion between old and new archi- the physical and climatic challenges of a desert and tecture and provide opportunities of social interac- the pressing issue of water shortage. It also takes into tion particularly for the women of the neighborhood account the changing social structure and culture, without compromising their aspect of privacy. encouraging the use of local labor and materials to develop a sustainable contemporary design lan- guage while drawing influences from the mythical past. 12 13 Enhancing Cognition through Stimulating vision through Architecture sensorial design Natural spaces emanate cognitive experiences which Sensorial design is essential in creating a more holis- generally lack in buildings. The inspiration for this tic experience of one’s surrounding. Visual dominance project came from the absence of cognitive learn- in architecture subdues the experience of a space. Khizer Hussain ing architectural spaces in the country. The project The approach to such design is to suppress sight Laraib Aslam Laghari develops in Jamshoro where its space is designed to and highlight other senses. However, this thesis aims [email protected] [email protected] make nature, architecture and cognition coexist for to explore how architecture optimizes the healing pro- 0332-8218041 0331-2211088 the wellbeing of the students. The project analyses cess; making it imperative that activating the senses and studies the spatial configuration, forms and at- only reinforces the vision. The typology chosen to mospheres of natural spaces that enhance cognitive evaluate a re-sensualized architecture is a therapeu- learning (William Browning, Joseph Clancy, 2006) tic space - A Hamam. and translates these patterns into architecture. The combination of the two, nature and architecture, will reflect on the mental activities of a human mind to improve learning through experiences. 14 15 Architecture in the Allegorical Facilitating anticipated Realm of Karachi sequential growth through the concept of Mat-Building An Allegory is an analogy open to interpretation. This thesis aims to explore the idea of growth in Allegories tend to explore architecture as a visual architecture in the existing sequential school program. literature. In the allegorical realm, architecture is a The intention is to take the existing school program Maham story read out loud, a play enacted to a variety of au- Muhammad Haris and to develop it into three phases. A phase grows dience, (the user). Deriving the allegorical analogy of [email protected] into another phase and each phase can grow itself Khursheed a ‘City within a city’ from Italo Calvino’s ‘Invisible Cities,’ according to the need and time. Through the concept [email protected] 0346-3299925 this project explores the allegorical realm of Karachi of mat-building, the building is sub divided into parts 0334-8255502 through a public library which becomes an interface so that the parts can be repeated to create the for public exchange and activity. The site becomes whole. It is about the construction of space, sequence an essential factorial of the ‘City within a city’ allegory, and time. and the program becomes an amalgamation of the requirements of the site and highlighted allegory. 16 17 Exploring Space through Placemaking: An exploration of Architectural Palimpsest livability Every space possesses traces that are reflective of This thesis aims to use place making as a tool to its past and in the context of Karachi, the traces of evolve an existing non-livable public space of the colonial past is evident. In my thesis, colonial histo- city into a ‘livable’ space through the exploration of 3 Naveera Syed ry doesn’t only evoke nostalgia, but also serves as fundamental layers of spaces, primarily, Necessary, Rida Ilyas [email protected] a source of knowledge to create new meaningful Optional and Social spaces. To create an optimized [email protected] 0331-2470021 relationships with architecture of the past, which is existence of different functions