THE QUESTION
Begin with the everyday.
New possibilities within an existing institution.
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MESA company profile / SLIC-09, portfolio pages 28–29
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MESA company profile / SLIC-09, portfolio pages 28–29
WORKPLACE / KARACHI, PAKISTAN
New possibilities within an existing institution.
How do you renew a working institution?
Read the storyARCHITECTURE. INTERIORS. BUILDING RENEWAL.SCROLL TO DISCOVER
01 / THE THINKING
How do you renew a working institution?
State Life · Building 09 / Work-in-progress photographyTHE RESPONSE
Bring the ideas together.
MESA’s State Life Building No. 09 work includes design adjustment, renovation planning and construction supervision. These archive photographs record interiors taking shape: glazed rooms, circulation and shaped ceilings brought together within an existing building.
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From the MESA project archive. The account is a design interpretation of the supplied material.
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From the MESA project archive. The account is a design interpretation of the supplied material.
THE DETAIL
Adaptive renewal.
Renewal is an act of coordination. Partitions, services, circulation and finishes must resolve into one spatial system. The images show work in progress, not a completed handover.
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These are work-in-progress images, not completed handover photographs.
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These are work-in-progress images, not completed handover photographs.
02 / LOOK CLOSER
Every view has a reason.
01 / WORK-IN-PROGRESS PHOTOGRAPHY
Adaptive renewal
New possibilities within an existing institution.
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MESA company profile / SLIC-09, portfolio pages 28–29
02 / WORK-IN-PROGRESS PHOTOGRAPHY
Coordination
Renewal is an act of coordination. Partitions, services, circulation and finishes must resolve into one spatial system. The images show work in progress, not a completed handover.
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MESA company profile / SLIC-09, portfolio pages 28–29
03 / WORK-IN-PROGRESS PHOTOGRAPHY
Institutional interiors
A closer reading of state life · building 09: material, proportion and the spaces between.
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MESA company profile / SLIC-09, portfolio pages 28–29
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THE NEXT CHAPTER
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