Architecture Design Portfolio

1. Zoona Jerral
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
KSU Student in
MS Architecture Sustainable design
2016-2018

2. BRICK TESCELLATION HOUSE
It is geometry that allows us to translate the beauty of our cultural lifestyles and family values into our built environments, that is why
we see such a wide diversity in the spatial programs of homes from around the world. It is geometry that let us channelize the beauty
of the environment around us to meet our comfort level, and it is geometry alone that, when it reaches the beauty of its mathematical
perfections, can feed our spiritual desire for resolution around us as well. But why would we need all this beauty around us when we can
survive with the bare necessities as well. The answer to that is that no one was ever made to feel content with survival alone, we all need a
life to live. The message that we architects failed to deliver was that beauty and comfort are themselves part of the meaning of sustainability
as something that does not provide both is not likely to be loved and hence preserved or for that matter sustained by its users.
CLASSROOM
3'
DIR.
OFFICE
ASST.
OFFICE
CONF. ROOM
CONF. ROOM
COMPUTER HALL
AUDIO/VIDEO
RECORDING
KITCHEN CAFE
LAODING DOCK
MANG.
OFFICE
COMMERCIAL
KITCHEN
CAD/CAM SHOP
ARTS/CRAFTS STUDIO
KITCHEN CAFE
RETAIL
RETAIL
SHARED EQ.
REST
ROOM
REST
ROOM
JAN
CLOSET
BELOW
WORKING COMMONS
WORKING COMMONS
STORAGE
BELOW BREAK ROOM
WORKING
COMMONS
5'
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
THE MIX:COMMUNITY HUB TOPEKA
RESIDENTIAL UNITS
GEOMETRY GUIDES:
-OPTIMUM PV ANGLE FOR TOO
-FACING SOUTH
-E-W FACE WITH LEOVRES
-MAX 3 SIDE VIEW TOWARDS DOWNTOWN
INTERACTIVE COMMON TERRACES
INTERACTIVE COMMON TERRACES
PROMENADE
COWORKING SPACE
GEOMETRY GUIDES:
-OPEN SPACE CULTURE
-LIGHT AND VENTILATION FROM SHAFTS
MAKER SPACE
GEOMETRY GUIDES:
-OPEN SPACE CULTURE
-VISUAL CONNECTION WITH STREET
PROMENADE
GEOMETRY GUIDES:
-INTERACTION WITH COMMUNITY/ISOVISTS
FROM STREET
PRIVATE OFFICE SHAF
GEOMETRY GUIDES:
-LIGHT AND VENTILATION WELLS
OPEN SPACE CULTURE
VISUAL STREET CONNECTION
PROMENADE

3. AKHUWAT LOW COST HOMES(II)
DESIGN OF SUSTAINABLE HOUSING USING NATURAL METARIALS
Often when we think of low cost housing we think of the most efficient economic means of providing
shelter. What we fail to realize is that those who need low cost shelters also need physical as well as
emotional comfort with lower stress levels. This dwelling tries to provide not just a shelter but a family
home with both multiusage as well as privacytogether in one accomodation for a family. So that each family
member had an individual space along with family life in one compact dwelling. The prototype for such dwellings
is being worked on in collaboration with an NGO by the name of Akhuwat here in Pakistan,
which would like to build them in parts of Northern Punjab.

4. CADET COLLEGE CAFE
Deconstruction to my mind is the name given to removing all boundaries and eliminatingthe use of rules in architecture. Architectural creation can now
be based upon knowledgefrom any field in life. The barrier between subjective and objective being broken, any formof prior knowledge can be translated
into a built form. This is where abstraction or codificationfrom one discipline to another comes in. The plan that I have derived in this case is also
an abstracting exercise, one that codifies the existing master planning of a cadet collegecampus into platforms and frames, that capture the contours and
views of the mountainous region where it is placed. Critical regionalism for me involves unpicking elements from your context so that u finally
discover the genius of the place or the essence of the space you take inspiration from, for theambience you are constructing. Through the materiality of
rammed earth and the 3d formthat one has to penetrate to reach the core of this space I have also given my own version ofthe hospitable spaces traditionally
existing in this Northern region of Pakistan.Although we can also not forget that inspiration in outher words intuition is but the relationships
that one forms through what prior knowledge resides in his mind, therefore documentingsomeone else’s design intention while unpicking is
impossible. Unpicking hereonly refers to each persons individual interpretation for the essence of the place. I have onlyprovided a trigger for ones emotions
relating to traditional hospitable spaces through thisdesign. The intention is to make them fully aware of the region they are in, even within a
contemporary form.

9. COOL SCHOOL
Schools should offer a place where children can learn not only about the world but from the world. From new experiences and
new interactions, and understand new ways of expressing themselves. The form we have designed offers freestyle spaces
to the children so that they can build their activities around it and hence not only trigger but nurture their creativity
further as well. From alcoves treated cob interiors in the classrooms to the organic tumble down ramp in the play area, the
freedom that these forms provide to the though process of these children will make sure
they are ever ready to face the challenges of a similarly spontaneous world.

10. TELECOM TOWERS INTERIOR
If simplicity is achieved after an in-depth analysis ofdetails developed over centuries then such a simplicity will
surely hold a much deeper meaning and hence invoke amuch more profound experience. The traditional Japanese
philosophy relating to wabi-sabi seems to me the exactextract of this idea. Hence I would like to explain this
project with this note, which to me is a perfect descriptionof how to derive simplicity:
“Get rid of all that is unnecessary. Wabi-sabi means treadinglightly on the planet and knowing how to appreciate
whatever is encountered, no matter how trifling, wheneverit is encountered. “Material poverty, spiritual richness” are
wabi-sabi words.Wabi-sabi is exactly about the delicate balance betweenthe pleasure we get from things and the pleasure we get
from freedom from things.”Therefore everything here from te design of the chairs to
the design of the interior form and softscape that connectsthe interior, is a reduction to the basics, of forms found
in nature. So that we experience the spiritual richness ofnature in the man made world as well.

11. CADET COLLEGE RESIDENCE
I todays collision of diversity, individualityremains the single most valuable possesion for
a certain place. Therefore we need to use this individuality in our creative process and preserve
forms that are not only apt to be constructed in modern materials but also lead to a successful
marraige between these materials and rarecultural values which might be lost to internationalism
in a few more years
In this case this task was carried out by building homes forcadet college staff member from the mountanious northern
region of Pakistan. Homes with a program that preserves the special lifestyles they lead. Homes that, when excavated by
archeologists a 100 years later,narrate how each individual familyproduced their creative usage
within a central activity centre that in these cold regions is the sun room. And hence how they preserved their culture
for the future.
CADET COLLEGE RESIDENCE
I todays collision of diversity, individualityremains the single most valuable possesion for
a certain place. Therefore we need to use this individuality in our creative process and preserve
forms that are not only apt to be constructed in modern materials but also lead to a successful
marraige between these materials and rarecultural values which might be lost to internationalism
in a few more years
In this case this task was carried out by building homes forcadet college staff member from the mountanious northern
SCREED IN SLOPE
1'-0"
BEAM
1/2" THICK C.S. PLASTER
8" THICKFLOOR
6"
6" THICK SLAB
IN SIDE
18"
CONCRETE BLOCKS
EARTH
WINDOW
G.L
WOODEN FIN
FINISHES
18"
2PH POLYTHENE SHEET
OUT SIDE
91
4"
COMPACTED
SKIRTING
SECTION
OVER LAPING WITH DRIP COURSES
P.C.C. COPING
RUBBLE MASONRY
2 COATS OF BITUMEN10'-0"
3" CONCRETE PAD
8"
F.F.L
PLINTH BEAM
WOODEN FIN
1/2" THICK C.S. PLASTER
9"
3"
STONE WALL
CLAY INSULATION ROOF TILES
7'-6"
8'-0" X 12'-0"
14'-0" X 12'-0"
LOUNGE
12'-4"X12'-3"
DWG/DIN
ROOM
12'-6"X12'-0"
PORCH
RESIDENCE (Cat-I)
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
COVERED AREA =3000 SFT
ROOM
12'-6"X12'-0"
22'-9" X 14'-0"
ROOM
12'-6"X12'-0"
TOILET
6'-0"X6'-0"
10'-6" X 14'-9"
CAT-V (600 SFT)
GROUND FLOOR
PLAN
COVERED AREA
=1500 SFT
SCALE :-
KITCHEN
BEDROOM
15'-0" X 14'-0"
KIT.
6'-0"X8'-0"
BEDROOM
15'-0" X 14'-9"
LOUNGE
LOUNGE
12'-4"X12'-3"TOILET
6'-0"X6'-0"
KIT.
6'-0"X8'-0"
ROOM
12'-6"X12'-0"
15'-0" X 12'-0"
BEDROOM
15'-0" X 12'-0"
BEDROOM

12. STORAGE
ROOMS
MAINTAINANCE
ROOMS
KITCHEN
BAR
RECREATIONAL
AREA
INDOOR
RECREATIONAL
AREA
OUTDOOR
SEMINAR
HALL
AUDITORIUM
SEMINAR
HALL
RECEPTION
CHAIRMEN
PROVINCIAL
CHAPTER
RECREATIONAL
LOUNGE
AUDIO/VIDEO
BOOTHS
SEMINAR
HALL-B
SEMINAR
HALL
AUDITORIUM
RECEPTION
FM
WC
ML
WC
LIBRARY
AUDIT
OFFICE PRESIDENTS
OFFICE
SECT.
OFFICEADMIN
BLOCK PRINT
CORNER
EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS
BLOCK
FM
WC
ML
WC
VICE
PRESIDENT'S
OFFICE
CH.ARCH.EDU
OFFICE
PAST
PRESIDENT'S
OFFICE
DIRECTORS'
OFFICE
“OASIS”
Self-Sustaining Systems
The Truest form of architecture or the art of designing space, according to Sir Christopher Wren is one that bears the
“attribute of the eternal”. But this traditional wisdom is being lost somewhere in the midst of the consumer
culture of today, with the demand and consequent supply of signature fashions and signature styles.
The passion for standardization according to Alvar Alto had led us to a “rootless
internationalism” and this is what he spent a lifetime to correct. For this project I tried to take a break from
these standards, tried to look for what we can derive from purely basic needs of environment comfort. I tried to
organized an everyday routine of office work in amalgamation with an everyday need of environment comfort.
The result is a regimental program fit into the hapticity of natural materials on straight edges,
and curvilinear forms of wind catching surfaces.

13. “OASIS”

14. AKHUWAT LOW COST HOMES(I)
DESIGN OF SUSTAINABLE HOUSING USING NATURAL METARIALS
Often when we think of low cost housing we think of the most efficient economic means of providing
shelter. What we fail to realize is that those who need low cost shelters also physical as well as emotional
comfort with lower stress levels. This dwelling tries to provide not just a shelter but a family home with both
multiusage as well as privacytogether in one accomodation for a family. So that each family member had
an individual space along with family life in one compact dwelling. The prototype for such dwellings is being
worked on #in collaboration with an NGO by the name ofAkhuwat here in Pakistan, which would like to build
them in parts of Northern Punjab.

15. FARM HOUSE DESIGN
BRIDGE HOUSE
With the Bridge House a series of different outdoor spaces juxtaposed within
a pathway that carries all the indoor spaces, nurtures a true experience of a
farmers inside-outside life surrounded by its land.
This whole circulation loop guides us through a narration of the events that
constitute farm living. From the scattered growth in the orchard to the consolidation
and celebration of this produce in the courtyards, verandahs and
in indoor gathering spaces.
It is an architectural celebration of a programme, an architecture that doesnt
just lay a platform for a farmers life but celebrate the event that farm living is.

16. BRICK TESCELLATION HOUSE
The Truest form of architecture or the art ofdesigning space, according to Sir Christopher
Wren is one that bears the“attribute of theeternal”. But this traditional wisdom is being
lost somewhere in the midst of the consumerculture of today, with the demand and
consequent supply of signature fashions andsignature styles.The passion for standardization according to
Alvar Alto had led us to a“rootlessinternationalism”and this is what he spent a
lifetime to correct. For this project I tried to takea break from these standards, tried to look for
what we can derive from our traditions of brick construction. The result is a program, fit within
the organic hapticity of natural materials upon straight edges.the organic hapticity of natural materials upon straight edges.

17. FRACTAL HOUSE
So what is sacred architecture? How is it possible that such
an extension of human reason is describable in such an
extension of matter. Moreover, what is that elixir which
smoothens the transition from the corporeal back to thecelestial.
The answer for most lies in the images of ancient monuments
and majestic shrines. But what if for a moment we
try to reverse our binoculars, try and search for moremundane answers.
In light and its chiaroscuro for example, in shade and its safety,
In the layers and tescellations of both these and then the depth
you have to fathom to reach their source. Such was the effect of
the geometric tesscellation I experimented with in this project.
LIFT
BED
LOUNGE
DRESS
BATH # 04
DN
DEB
30-#HTAB
DRESS
STUDY
TERRACE
KITCHEN
UP
BED
UP
LIFT
STORE
SUNKEN REAR LAWN
MAID'S ROOM
LAUNDRY
GYM
BATH #-01
WR
SERVANT
SERVANT
UP
PASSAGE
SUNKENSIDESETBACK
TOILET #-02
3'-0"
BED
LOUNGE
BATH #-02
DRESS
UP
LIFT
DINING
FRONTLAWN
SUNKEN REAR LAWN
WET KITCHEN
DRY KITCHEN
PASSAGE
PORCH
POWDER
UP
DN
SIDESETBACK
DN
DRAWING
9"THICKR.C.C.WALL
9"THICKR.C.C.WALL
LIFT
TERRACE
DN
BED
BATH #-5
UPUP
UP
6"SUNKENSLAB
BASEMENT PLAN
SCALE = 1/8" = 1'-0"
NALPROOLFDNUORG
"0-'1="8/1=ELACS
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SCALE = 1/8" = 1'-0"
TOP ROOF PLAN
SCALE = 1/8" = 1'-0"