Jaweriya Zubair
Thesis Title:
Curating Multiple Spatial and Restorative Experiences using an Aural Promenade
Project Title:
Sound Bazaar
Location:
Along New M. A Jinnah Road, Saddar Karachi
User Group:
Everyday Pedestrians, Bazaar Vendors, Bazaar Customers
This thesis explores sound as an architectural tool to create spaces in the dense city of Karachi. In a noisy and chaotic context like Saddar, where you receive an overload of aural stimuli among the bazaars, the traffic, and the commercial activity, this project aims to reimagine a bazaar as a restorative aural promenade and curate a microcosm that allows the urban dweller to experience multiple different soundscapes and qualities to celebrate its ability to bring people together through shared spaces.
Jaweriya Zubair
Architecture
Thesis Title:
Curating Multiple Spatial and Restorative Experiences using an Aural Promenade
Project Title:
Sound Bazaar
Location:
Along New M. A Jinnah Road, Saddar Karachi
User Group:
Everyday Pedestrians, Bazaar Vendors, Bazaar Customers
This thesis explores sound as an architectural tool to create spaces in the dense city of Karachi. In a noisy and chaotic context like Saddar, where you receive an overload of aural stimuli among the bazaars, the traffic, and the commercial activity, this project aims to reimagine a bazaar as a restorative aural promenade and curate a microcosm that allows the urban dweller to experience multiple different soundscapes and qualities to celebrate its ability to bring people together through shared spaces.
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Section a-a': Section showing the 5 different soundscapes of anthrophony, quiet, biophony, geophony and harmony in the project.
Section b-b': Section showing the detailing of the treehouse bazaar
Section c-c': Section showing the relationship between the loud sounds of the aural playspace and the quietness of the meditative space.
Axonometric: Axonometric showing the main bazar circulatory spine, the connecting soundscapes and the transition spaces in between.
1. Anthrophony Views: View of the aural playspace which uses form to amplify the human sounds. View of the food vendors' space having colorful domes which amplify the sounds of the vendors and the human activity.
2. Quiet Space: View of the indoor cloth bazaar which is a much quieter soundscape from the last one. View of the 3 different layers that block sound in the meditative space.
Ground Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
