Safavid Surfaces and Parametricism

by

Derek Kaplan

in Archinect.com
December 2, 2011

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'... the first question is not: are we today capable of producing patterns of this sophistication? With our tools, we had better be, this and beyond. The more important question is: are we today capable of a process of aesthetic design refinement carried this far -- in which the specificity of intent drives the tools, as opposed to the tools filling an absence of specific intent? '




Breakdown of sub-pattern module distortions
(drawing by Derek Kaplan from article)

  


 




Photo by Derek Kaplan from article

  

Muqarnas 3-D Visualisation

Rendered 3-D Model by M. Umair (Architectural Assistant) 

Plan View 3-D Model by M. Umair (Architectural Assistant) 

Ribbed Dome & Muqarnas

Site Visit (11.7.2011) to an  underconstruction holiday retreat in Wah Village.

3-D Visualisation

Qalib-kari Mosquito-netting

Inspiration: Covered Iranina bazar structures

Inspiration: Trational Qalib-Kari Webbing designs

Initial idea for a metal structure for mosquito-netting.

Article in Dawn

Article about Sally Town Mosque & Baba Hasan-din Shrine Projects

Modern Monuments Built On Ancient Principles

By Majid Sheikh

(in Dawn, Lahore, Metropolitan Page, Sunday March 6, 2011)

As Lahore, especially its Walled City and its magnificent monuments, decay thanks to `blind official` patronage, the people just refuse to give up hope. This is the spirit that makes sure that this city stays alive, rejuvenates and creates new monuments that make us proud.
To discuss this spirit of hope, last week I dropped in unannounced at the office of 
Kamil Khan Mumtaz....

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Site-visit Baba Hasan-Din Mazar Lahore

Under construction Muqarnas at entrance of Baba Hasan Din/Hafiz M. Iqbal Shrine Complex. (Site visit 24.2.2011).

Muqarnas Detail

Muqarnas

KKM & Ustad Jafar

Fresco Work at Sally Town Mosque

Site visit 11.2.2011.
Fresco work & calligraphy is now complete in the central dome.