Guest Post by Sauban Habeeb Ahmed

 The corporate world is one with cut throat competition, raw energy, an official outlook and clear readable lines in the atmosphere that one can comprehend.

 Year of execution : 2006

Covered Area 68,000 sft

Project team : Pr.Ar. Nasir Iqbal ,Asst . Ar. Muhammad Saifullah

Scope of Services : Interior& Eng. Design with turnkey execution

The PTCL Ehtisilat office by Ar. Nasir Iqbal of Nasirs’ Design has been visualized and designed in a way that it maintains the visual flow of the viewer, and develops a sense of a corporate work environment, cold yet inviting, welcoming with its various sitting areas all balanced with hard and soft material. The impact of the raw finish of concrete in grey, with the strong vaulted false ceiling lines in deep metallic grey carrying the light points in a flow that maintains visual beacons and similarly merge and disappear when they are off creating a sense of simplistic elegance.

Similarly the waiting areas have been played in a way to keep the psychological harmony and sanctity of the place intact and give a “softer” touch to the otherwise sharp and elegant cold lines and finishes

The main theme that appears to be visible in this interior is the use of raw material in its true form , (i.e being TRUE to the material) , and the use of a “punch wall” as a direct contrast which balances out in terms of visual play and harmony

The true brilliance in Ar. Nasir Iqbals’ work shines through in the attention given to detail and the tailored made simple touches that enhance the feel of spaces, such as one may see the lighting fixtures in the work spaces

In the interior of PTCL one sees time and time again a true character of space as an entity all together with a distinct personality and a presence which demands an aura of its own.

The images show the play of Raw materials representing the true corporate culture through what can be termed as sleek design.

About the Architect

Architect Nasir Iqbal Graduated in Architecture From National college of Arts Lahore in 1990. HE assisted Ar. Shaukat nawaz Raja and Ar. Sikandar Ajam from 1990- 94 on various large project. in 1994 he won “Foreign & common wealth scholarship “  and proceeded for Post graduation at  Bartlette DPU , University college London- University of London UK. In 1999 Architect Nasir became the sole proprietor of Nasir’s Design. In 2003 Nasir’s Design was commissioned to design Faysal Bank Building at Jinnah Avenue  Islamabad , which in 2003 received the “ IAP NATIONAL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN”

Nasir’s Design was runner up in CDA headquarter building competition. Currently Nasir’s Design is engaged in Large scale projects like Mall 99 in lahore a 21 storey mix use project , Khudadad Heights 16 storey apartments , Institute of Avionics and Aeronautics Engineering and Air university complex in Islamabad .

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