Tutor \u2013 Asiya Sadiq*
\nAcademic year 2020-21, semester 1, Brussels
\nEngagement: Urban Cultures<\/p>\n
Designing Negotiable Public Architecture and Related Open Spaces<\/strong> \u201cPublic architecture and related open spaces are situated within the larger context of the city and the city is a living organism, within which all architecture, urban design, public open spaces and networks become integrated via formal and informal public engagement and an understanding of collective problem solving, finding innovative ways to reclaim and reimagine contemporary cities.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Asiya Sadiq and Christophe Polack, What Will We Do<\/strong> *Who Am I<\/strong> Tutor \u2013 Asiya Sadiq* Academic year 2020-21, semester 1, Brussels Engagement: Urban Cultures Designing Negotiable Public Architecture and Related Open Spaces Via Formal-Informal Interface in a Hyper Transforming Context Case of Saddar Bazar in Karachi – Pakistan \u201cPublic architecture and related open spaces are situated within the larger context of the city and the city […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/karachi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/karachi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/karachi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/karachi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/karachi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/karachi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/karachi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/karachi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/karachi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/karachi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/karachi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Via<\/strong>
\n Formal-Informal Interface in a Hyper Transforming Context<\/strong>
\n Case of Saddar Bazar in Karachi – Pakistan<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n(The Rising Tide Exhibition Catalogue, Curated Naiza Khan, 2010, Artists Statement)<\/p>\n
\nAddress challenges of social and physical inequities faced by public architecture and related open spaces design in fast transforming contexts. This studio will address the urban challenges, intricacies, complexities, and contextual realities of designing in a hyper transforming city like Karachi, a megapolis of 25 million. Karachi is a typical case of dualities triggered by formal design failures and informal design responsiveness which need recognition, recording and assimilation into the future designs of the city.
\nSituate appropriate public architecture and related open spaces design in a hyper transforming, super diverse, multifunctional context in the post colonial city centre of Karachi called Saddar Bazar. A marketplace contested by multiple realities and stakeholders, Saddar Bazar provides an exciting milieu for designing and reinventing the role of the designer. The ground realities of the area will be situated within global current debates like; globalization, neoliberalism, land scarcity and density, climate change, migrations, increasing populations, decreasing resources , multiple disparities, and impending pandemics like COVID – 19.
\nPropose innovative, sustainable and appropriate public architecture and related open spaces designs via spatial strategies and projects (architectural\/urban design\/development) to deal with the current challenges facing the architectural profession and professionals working in hyper transforming contexts like Saddar Bazar in Karachi \u2013 Pakistan
\nThe Proposed Spatial Strategies and Designs will Aspire to Uncover, Address and Design Public Architecture and Open Spaces Solutions for:
\n\u2212 Transforming socio-spatial relationships in fast transforming societies grappling with; super diversity, modernity and tradition, political contestations, economic disparities, and environmental concerns.
\n\u2212 Transforming private, public, and collective spatial configurations reflected in formal and informal, spaces, networks, and practices.
\n\u2212 Potentials of adaptability, flexibility, negotiability, resilience and incrementality as means of sustainability.
\n\u2212 The integration of negotiable strategies as an integral part of design.
\n\u2212 Encouraging bottom-up, low cost \/ tech and innovative design practices.
\n\u2212 Formal and informal interfaces in the design process as means of innovation.
\nWhat are the Expected Studio Outcomes
\n\u2212 A Rigorous Reading and Analysis of the Stipulated Context and Topic(s)
\n\u2212 Development of a Conceptual Framework \u2013 supported by case studies, references, discussions, and critical thinking
\n\u2212 Development of Design Objectives, Strategies, Design Schemes
\n\u2212 Development of a design project; ranging all required design scales and architectural and urban design details<\/p>\n
\nAsiya Sadiq Polack is an Architect \u2013 Urbanist \u2013 Academic with two decades of experience in researching, theorizing and teaching about the intricacies of design of public architecture and open spaces in hyper transforming contexts. She is currently PhD scholar and teacher at KU Leuven Belgium and an Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture and Planning, NED University, Karachi. Her ongoing tripartite professional practice has included; practicing, teaching and researching \/ theorizing in the field of architecture, urban design\/planning to adaptive reuse and revitalization of tangible and intangible heritage and design advocacy sustaining social and urban change. She has published and presented extensively at national and international forums.
\nasiya.sadiq@kuleuven.be; asiya@thearchitectspolak.org;\u00a0 www.thearchitectspolak.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"