Portfolio (Wiqas Ahmed)

WIQAS AHMED

1 - UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

3 - 1095 AVE OF THE AMERICAS4 - EROSION CORROSION5 - RAYNOR AVE EXTENSION

2 - COMPETITION (Waterfront)

6 - COMPETITION (Greatest Grid)7 - D&T Workshop

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as Brown/18/Fabius \ Horace Johnson/Lafayette \ Samuel Perkins/18/Lysander \ Henry Allen/15/Manlius \ Hezekiah Hersey/77/Manlius \ Benjamin Bakeman/Onondaga \ Daniel Day/Onondaga \ Peter Day/Onondag

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iana Livingston/45/Syracuse \ Caroline Logan/32/Syracuse \ German Logan/40/Syracuse \ Jermain Loguen/60/Syracuse \ Elizabeth MacDolling/Syracuse \ James MacDolling/23/Syracuse \ Louisa Mac

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illiard/45/Cicero \ John B

rown/38/C

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ailey/23/Syacuse \ Jam

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arrison Francis/28/Syracuse \ Jerem

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iana Livingston/45/Syracuse \ Caroline Logan/32/Syracuse \ German Logan/40/Syracuse \ Jermain Loguen/60/Syracuse \ Elizabeth MacDolling/Syracuse \ James MacDolling/23/Syracuse \ Louisa Mac

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1UNDERGROUND RAILROAD: Syracuse, New YorkMuseum & Archives

The project is a museum and archive space dedicated to Underground Railroad routes that passed through Syracuse during the time of slavery. Located on Clinton square the project provided a unique opportunity to engage the public and the square.

The project is divided into to open vs closed spaces. Open are the public spaces includ-ing winter garden, café, auditorium, and lob-by which engage the Clinton square with its use of transparency (glass) and a smooth transition between spaces. The closed spaces are the archives and gallery spaces that draw inspiration from dark and narrow spaces that slaves used to hide. Design Collaboration: Wiqas AhmedMatthew Tannenbaum

Façades became tools to educate people about the history. The façade facing the Clinton Square is left blank for video projec-tions and art installations. The Face to the south is divided into a time line showing the percentage of freed slaves in various New York Counties.

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Diagram created in Revit

N SYSTEM I - SECOND FLOORNTS

N SYSTEM II - THIRD FLOORNTS

N SYSTEM III - BASEMENTNTS

Fan Room 1: Lobby, Basement, & Cafe

Fan Room 2: Galleries & Winter Garden

Fan Room 3: Auditorium

Basement: Structure Basement: Auditorium Basement: HVAC First Floor: Columns

Third Floor: Columns & Walls Third Floor: Framing & HVAC Fourth Floor: Columns & Walls Fourth Floor: Framing & HVAC

The Face to the south is divided into a time line showing the percentage of freed slaves in various New York Counties.

First Floor: Framing & HVAC First Floor: Glass Second Floor: Columns & Walls Second Floor: Framing & HVAC

Winter Garden: Columns & Walls Winter Garden: HVAC Winter Garden: Framing Winter Garden: Glass

Rendering created in Revit with line drawing overlayDiagram sequence (below) created in Revit

Competition EntryRe-imagine the water front condition along the east side of Manhattan, New York

Final board: 2’x9’ (right)

Individual Project

Rendering (left): Rendered and modeled in Revit Archi-tecture with photoshop ma-nipulation at the end

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Population Divide based on demographic Data

Path of Intervention

Inserted Program

Bike Lane

Shaded seating area or public bathrooms

Number of parking spaces converted intogardening areas per city block

Number of garden spaces on the Water Front

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Program Locations

Vertical Connections Liminal Zone

Various programmatic elements are inserted into the ‘liminal’ zone

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Boat Rentals & Stepped access to the water

Swiming poolBasketball court &Bridged access to the esplanade

Basketball court &Bridged access to the esplanade

Art GalleryOutdoor Preformance Area &Stepped access to the water

Sculpture Garden

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Park &Boating rentalsFishing spot

Community Gardens & Bike lane

Edge conditions fromthe demographics dataand the vertical connectionsare overlaid to create theproposed ‘liminal’ zone

Outdoor Preformance Area &Stepped access to the water

Art Gallery Bike pathCommunity Gardensat the water front

LIMINAL Zone In-Between

“... neither here nor there ...” - Homi K. Bhabha

“The … liminal space, in-between the designations of identity, becomes the process of symbolic interaction, the connective tissue that constructs the difference between upper and lower …

“This interstitial passage between fixed identifications opens up the possibility of a cultural hybridity that entertains difference without assumed or imposed hierarchy.”

- Homi K. Bhabha

The proposal looks at the existing edge condition between Harlem and Upper East Side based on racial, economic, and age demographics and proposes a middle zone (“liminal” zone) which will neither be in Harlem nor in Upper East Side but a condition somewhere in between.

The water front is part of a larger system or larger conditions within the city that have more of an impact on everyday city-life.

This ‘liminal’ zone opens up possibilities for interaction through the insertion of various programmatic elements (green). In addition to the programmatic nodes the path (yellow) itself holds various pro-grammatic elements such as community gardens, seating areas, and a network of bike lanes.

The integrated seating areas (left) become mini-catalysts for further interaction and for vendors to cluster around.

2COMPETITION: New York, New YorkWaterfront

Re-imagine the waterfront condition along the east side of Manhattan, New York

Final board: 2’x9’ (right) Individual Project

LIMINAL ZONE In-Between “... neither here nor there ...”The water front is part of a larger system or larger conditions within the city that have more of an impact on everyday city-life. The proposal looks at the existing edge condition between Harlem and Upper East Side based on racial, economic, and age demographics and proposes a middle zone (“liminal” zone) which will neither be in Harlem nor in Upper East Side but a condition somewhere in between.

The design is Inspired by Locations of culture by Homi K. Bhabha

“The … liminal space, in-between the designations of identity, becomes the process of symbolic interaction, the connective tissue that constructs the difference between upper and lower …”

Renee Green

“This interstitial passage between fixed identifications opens up the possibility of a cultural hybridity that entertains differ-ence without assumed or imposed hierarchy.”

Homi K. Bhabha



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This ‘liminal’ zone opens up possibilities for interaction through the insertion of various programmatic elements (green). In addition to the programmatic nodes the path (yellow) itself holds various programmatic elements such as community gardens, seating areas, and a network of bike lanes.



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31095 AVE OF THE AMERICAS: New York, New YorkFacade Project

The project was to redesign the façade of an existing building in New York City. The initial interest was in wind energy and har-nessing that energy through the façade.

This led to a series of extensive wind studies in Vasari and exploration towards new and unconventional technologies. Instead of using traditional round wind turbines we decided to use a wind belt. A prototype model was built to show the functional capability of the wind belt. Design Collaboration: Wiqas Ahmed Joe Wood

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VALLES CALDERA, NEW MEXICOEROSION CORROSION 4EROSION CORROSION: Valles Caldera, New MexicoVisitor Center

Design brief was a visitor center in the middle of Caldera National Reserve. The project looks at the extensive geologic history of the site and documents the changes over mil-lions of years (right). These changes are caused by natural forces such as volcanic activity and erosion due to water and wind. The proposal uses natural forces (water and sunlight) to exaggerate the passage of time and erosion to relate to that larger spirit of the landscape. Individual Project

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The circular plan catches the most runoff water from rain and uses it to exaggerate the erosion process of the informal compact dirt path. Lose stone wall allows some parts of the path to ex-aggerate faster than others making people conscious of the constant changes in the landscape.

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The site has several infrastructural barriers that separate the Syracuse University area and the Community towards the west. These infrastructural barriers are: highway, railroad, berm, and a couple of other roads. The proposal is to create more infrastructures that will weave through the existing barriers. Walkways, roads, and landscape features from the University side and the community side have been extended to meet in the middle. This extending of infrastructure creates accidental places for the program to be fitted into. The dead end road from the community side cuts through the berm creating a unique opportunity to place the program inside the berm facing the hard edge created by the cut. Furthermore the landscape features from the University side extend over the railroad and then fold down to create an auditorium.

Additional program is a small museum gallery that is inserted below the extended landscape. The gallery reaches out to the existing train station and makes it part of the exhibit.

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A monstrous elevated rail road and several other infrastructural barriers separate the city of Syr-acuse in two distinct halves, the University side and the town side. The project tries to bridge this gap by exaggerating the infrastructur-al conditions of the site.

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35RAYNOR AVE EXTENSION: Syracuse, New YorkSchool and Community Center

A monstrous elevated rail road and several other infrastructural barriers separate the city of Syracuse in two distinct halves, the University side and the town side. The project tries to bridge this gap by exaggerating the infrastructural conditions of the site. Individual Project




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Raynor Ave ExtensionThe site has several infrastructural barriers that separate the Syracuse University area and the Community towards the west. These infrastructural barriers are: highway, railroad, berm, and a couple of other roads. The proposal is to create more infrastructures that will weave through the existing barriers. Walkways, roads, and landscape features from the University side and the community side have been extended to meet in the middle. This extending of infrastructure creates accidental places for the program to be fitted into. The dead end road from the community side cuts through the berm creating a unique opportunity to place the program inside the berm facing the hard edge created by the cut. Furthermore the landscape features from the University side extend over the railroad and then fold down to create an auditorium.


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Raynor Ave ExtensionThe site has several infrastructural barriers that separate the Syracuse University area and the Community towards the west. These infrastructural barriers are: highway, railroad, berm, and a couple of other roads. The proposal is to create more infrastructures that will weave through the existing barriers. Walkways, roads, and landscape features from the University side and the community side have been extended to meet in the middle. This extending of infrastructure creates accidental places for the program to be fitted into. The dead end road from the community side cuts through the berm creating a unique opportunity to place the program inside the berm facing the hard edge created by the cut. Furthermore the landscape features from the University side extend over the railroad and then fold down to create an auditorium.


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WIQAS AHMEDARCH 682 - Media IIGRASSHOPPER

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Netizens is a research project primarily concerning the fields of technology and data infrastructure by implementing found information and creating networked information technology paths and spaces to encourage the engagement and interaction between people and information.The site for our research is within the boundaries of Houston Street to 17th street in Manhattan, New York. This area is highly productive and conducive to experiment as it is sprawling with young netizens from young working professionals to the many university students.

In New York City public space is very limited, Netizens Project allows people to assemble and organize in the virtual realm which then leads to a take-over of the streets, by the people to claim it as public, in the physical realm. The Netizens Project consists of permanent Information Nodes, which provide information to the people, and Netizen App, which connects people based on similar events being organized around the city.

Information Nodes contain media poles, kiosk, and large screens which not only provide people with information but also receive feed-back from the people using the Netizen App. Moreover the Netizen App provides people with data and information about the city which would otherwise be very difficult to access, such as, the location of every surveillance camera, public wifi, cell phone towers, etc.

Making this information readily available and helping people organize will create unpredictable flash events through-out the city which will redefine public space and produce a constantly evolving and changing grid system. Our interest lies in the concept of “Human-computer Interaction,” how people interact with technology and how is it an integral part of our lives.

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Sidewalk- Making this information readily available and helping people organize will create unpredictable flash events through-out the city which will redefine public space in a variety of volumes.

NODE- Information Nodes contain media poles, kiosk, and large screens which not only provide people with information but also receive feed-back from the people using the Netizen App.

DKNY-The Netizens Project allows people to assemble and organize in the virtual realm which then leads to a take-over of the streets, by the people to claim it as public, in the physical realm.

Facebook, twitter and flickr usage in Manhattan. Layers of data infrastructure intertwined

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Greatest Grid Competition

Re-imagine the grid system of Manhat-tan; Competition held in celebration of the 200 years of Manhattan’s Grid

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Re-imagine the grid system of Manhattan;Competition held in celebration ofthe 200 years of Manhattan’s Grid Design Collaboration:Wiqas AhmedDavid CaballeroJanet Lee

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The American gridded streets are a form of public space and to re-imagine the grid system means to re-imagine the public space.

The project is essentially an app for smart phones that allows people to see hidden data about the city such as: free wifi locations, security camera locations, cell phone towers and other public information. This allows people to connect the virtual realm to the physical realm

Netizen project recognizes the duality of public space, one being physical and the other being virtual. The proj-ect speculates the effects of bringing unlimited virtual knowledge into the physical realm and where does archi-tecture stand in this picture.

The project concluded that easy flow of information from the virtual to the physical and then back to virtual will re-define public space by making public space unpredict-able. Public space is where large number of people are and by giving people the ability to gather spontaneously anywhere on the city streets gives tremendous power to the people and the democratic process.

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SizeCentral Park, total acres: 843New York City, total area in square miles: 301Manhattan, total area in square miles: 23.7Manhattan, length: 13.4 miles (21.5 km) longManhattan, widest point: 2.3 miles (3.7 km)Manhattan, narrowest point: 0.8 miles (1.3 km) The Bronx, total area in square miles: 44Brooklyn, total area in square miles: 81.8Queens, total area in square miles: 112.2Staten Island, total area in square miles: 60.2

PopulationNew York City: 8,214,426Bronx: 1,361,473Brooklyn: 2,508,820Manhattan: 1,611,581Queens: 2,255,175Staten Island: 477,377

BusesNumber of buses (2009): 6,300Number of routes (2009): 244Average Weekday riders (2009): 2.3 millionYearly riders (2009): 1.58 billion

MTA New York City TransitSubwayNumber of routes: 26Subway cars (2009): 6,400Subway stations: 468Average weekday riders (2009): 5.1 millionYearly riders (2009): 1.58 billionMiles of track: 835MTA New York City Transit

TaxisLicensed medallion taxis: 13,237New York City Taxi, 212/676-1000FerryPrice of Staten Island Ferry: FreeTrips per day: 104Yearly Riders (2009): 21 million

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