THESIS TITLE: Vernacular Interior Design: The case of Lyari, Karachi.
PROJECT TITLE: Recreational center with facilities and added FUNTIONS that were locally needed.
LOCATION: ICI Road, near ICI Pull, South of Lyari.
USER GROUP: Locals of the town.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Through the lens of Vernacular interior design, I am trying to explore and understand the essence of Lyari and capture it in a space that reflects it and is driven by the needs of the locals. Lyari is a place rich in culture yet is neglected most of the time and is still viewed from the same lens of violence by most people. I want to create a space that is for the people of Lyari but in the long run would bring much needed positive attention to the town.
Exploring the negative spaces and narrow/winding pathways in the urban architecture of Lyari.
Exploring the narrow passages, irregular patterns and stepped profile along with the bazar/market spaces to understand the elements that makes Lyari unique and different from the rest of the city.
Looking into pattern, decade old had crafted, found on the ceilings and balconies that give character to the space
Researching the interior plans from the house in Lyari to understand the winding pathways that makes the town so fascinating and the relation of these pathways from the streets to the interior spaces.
Programmatic analysis showing the origin of the program list from within the town after understanding the vernacular and needs of the locals.
Mood Board
Conceptual study to understand the ever so prominent stepped profile and its relation in an interior space with void spaces to create an interior that authentic to the town.
Master Plan
Reception plan and section showing the main entrance to the building and the pathways leading towards the left and right wings along with the mood board for the this area.
Section B-B’ showing the strategically added loft space to incorporate the stepped profile evident in the town of Lyari into the interior space and showing the narrow pathways with reduced height that enhances the main room with double height space. The screens designed with a modern touched derived from the patterns found in Lyari to give the space more character.
Pathway designed with ceiling derived from the patterns and led lights on the flooring which works as a navigation system in this building, like how the town has his own navigating ways with landmarks that an outsider won’t understand, so instead of have boards that read i.e. boxing room, you enter the space see the colour assorted for a specific room on the information wall and then follow the same colour lights on the floor which will lead to that room and would ultimatly make the frame of that specific room’s door. The walls of these pathways also work as gallery space to display the artworks created by the talented kids of the town.
Gym and training room are designed in such a way that the space has splash of colour like in the town, although the street are monochromatic their houses have vibrant and different colour for each rooms. The space also features graffiti and artworks from the town itself.
Dance studio with stepped profile having windows on the loft level that opens into the office spaces for the instructors to create an ambiance of a dikki space in the town. On the ceiling the canopy, a tribute to the open bazar spaces, seeping into the walls shows how everything is interconnected.
Walkthrough of the space
Loft space, a level added to the double heighted single floor building during the intervention, is designs in such a way that over the boxing area the instructor’s offices are places whose windows looks down to the ring, same are the offices for dance and art offices whose window falls on the similar functions below. The ceiling in the art studio is woven showing how intricate and interconnected everything in the town is.
Construction details of furniture and luminaire.
Material Board
