RE-EXPLORING GULMIT

Architecture I Design I Arts

26th Oct – 4th Nov 2018

Advisory

GOLD (Gulmit Organization for Local Development)

GESWS (Gulmit Educational & Social Welfare Society)

TN02 Team

Faisal Arshad, Andre Meyerhans + Additional Resource Person

Students Graduates of Architecture, Design & Arts, Photographers, Videographers

Expected Group: 20 pax

TASK 01

Cataloging old settlement: Gulmit Qalha and the old water mills along the channel to Polo ground and surrounding historic houses/buildings around the Mir’s palace

·        Study of Gulmit Old Town - Revitalization aspect for Tourism Promotion

·        Identifying Building Re-Use Interventions for Tourism Promotion in Gulmit – Suggestions

Objective

·        Culture Promotion

·        Foundation Document for Comprehensive Documentation (Land Use Master Plan Contour Survey, Hamlets/ Settlements Demographics, Socio Economic Survey) in Future 

·        Identifying Conservation and Retrofitting of old houses, old Mum Gulbahor Mosque/Madrassa, the Old Pup Pooyi house, the old Pup yusufbek house

Expected Outcome

·        Professional Level Catalogue for Archive, Print & Social Media

·        Digital Interactive Tourist Map for Website & Social Media

·        Professional Videography Package (DJI Phantom 4 Drone, Go Pro Action Cam/ Gimbal Stablizer) for Social Media   

TASK 02

Reinterpreting indigenous discernible patterns in culture & re-crafting it to contemporary artifacts

Objective

·        Explore the processes and aesthetic thought involved in making of local crafts.

·        Develop strategies for both design and business to improve the process without compromising the quality of the crafted objects.

·        Reinterpret the crafts design wise to make them culturally relevant to today’s generation of locals as well as aesthetically acceptable for a diverse clientele base easily reachable through internet across the globe.

·        Interface with startups/ entrepreneurial

·        Community empowerment through merchandizing

Expected Outcome

·        Professional Level Catalogue for Archive, Print & Social Media

TASK 03

Initiation on Bulbulik Music School

Objective

·        Find a piece of land for Bulbulik School - Old settlement area/ Shailla or Old House/ Animal shed

·        Studying Pamiri Style of Architecture

·        Adaptability of Traditional Style into Contemporary Language

·        Finalizing Building Program for Social & Financial Sustainability

·        Preliminary Architecture Design

Expected Outcome

·        Project Brief

·        Preliminary Design Concept

·        Preliminary Cost Estimation

·        Project Document for Project Funding Pitch