Laiba Memon
Thesis Title:
Community Building Project
Project Title:
A Transitioning Foreshore: Rehabilitating the fisherfolk community of Rehri Goth through environmental, social and economic upliftment
Location:
Rehri Goth, Landhi Town, Karachi
User Group:
Fisherfolk community of Rehri Goth
Fish catch has been considerably compromised due to the depleting ecology and the toxic waste effluence from industries engulfing the fishing communities of Karachi, yet, communities continue to inhabit such altered landscapes due to their attachment to place. Karachi’s Rehri Goth has been particularly vulnerable to the slow depletion of catch therefore an architecture intervention in three phases is integral, namely; environmental, social and economic. The programmatic aim of the thesis is to formalize scavenging on site and to develop a market for waste whilst incorporating and repurposing obsolete fishing skills.
Laiba Memon
Architecture
Thesis Title:
Community Building Project
Project Title:
A Transitioning Foreshore: Rehabilitating the fisherfolk community of Rehri Goth through environmental, social and economic upliftment
Location:
Rehri Goth, Landhi Town, Karachi
User Group:
Fisherfolk community of Rehri Goth
Fish catch has been considerably compromised due to the depleting ecology and the toxic waste effluence from industries engulfing the fishing communities of Karachi, yet, communities continue to inhabit such altered landscapes due to their attachment to place. Karachi’s Rehri Goth has been particularly vulnerable to the slow depletion of catch therefore an architecture intervention in three phases is integral, namely; environmental, social and economic. The programmatic aim of the thesis is to formalize scavenging on site and to develop a market for waste whilst incorporating and repurposing obsolete fishing skills.
Plans showing the three zones.
South Elevation
Section AA’
Exploded axonometric and construction details.
Zone A: Waste collection area
Steps leading to the creek and adjacent walkways for waste collection.
Zone B: Fish drying on South West facade
Zone C: Court for financial literacy
