Final Year Projects (FYPs)

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CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2026-06-30) Syed Arif; FA21-BAR-042; LHR TP 10183; Moeez Hassan
This thesis has explored the link between music and architecture through a Conservatory of Music designed on Pine Avenue Road, Lahore. The main purpose is to create modern cultural institutions, where the sound is the main generator of spatial organization, material choice, and user experience, in opposition to the classic functional zoning conventions in the architectural practice. The main idea is the development of sound intensity that characterises the project in three overlapping zones: Education (low to medium), Production (high controlled), and Performance (dynamic high). The gradient provides an architectural progression from quiet, focused learning spaces, to precise, technical recording studios, to enveloping, reverberant concert halls. Each zone is architecturally tuned to its own acoustic needs, while keeping functionality and spatial continuity. This thesis is built upon the famous quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Architecture is frozen music.” It explores how fundamental structures of music, such as rhythm, melody, harmony and form, can be expressed in physical compositions of space. The rhythm is repeating modular classrooms and structural bays. Melody is the sensation of moving through the building one way. Harmony is the equilibrium between the solid and the void, between the light and the shadow. The overall master plan is organized in the logic of musical form. The spatial and conceptual strategies are developed from case studies of precedent projects such as Breathing Brick, Karachi, School of Music, Bucharest, House of Music, Aalborg and Stretto House, Texas. These precursors are examples of successful combinations of acoustic logic, material expression, and music-inspired design thinking. The transition spaces work as acoustic pauses, and the master plan develops a spatial crescendo from silence to sonic climax. The thesis concludes that architecture can be “frozen music” indeed, translating rhythm, silence, and intensity into a meaningful sequence of physical and experiential sequence, creating a new cultural landmark for Lahore.
Harmonic Horizon (A Music Campus - translating music into architecture)
(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2026-06-30) FAIZAN AZIZ; FA21-BAR-013; LHR TP 10165; Moeez Hassan
This thesis proposes Translating Sound into Architecture & Form: A Music Campus for Pakistan as a dual architectural investigation. The first part of the thesis studies sound as a generative design system. Sound is understood as vibration, waveform, amplitude, frequency, rhythm, silence, and measurable data. Through a computational workflow, sound is translated into architectural form by reading sound input, analyzing waveforms, sampling data, extracting amplitude, filtering thresholds, generating events, producing coordinates, constructing points, and creating geometry. This process is expressed through a computational pavilion located within the Music Campus. The second part of the thesis proposes a Music Institute for Pakistan. The institute is imagined as a purpose-built environment for music education, practice, performance, recording, accommodation, therapy, research, and public engagement. The project does not treat music only as entertainment or cultural display. Instead, it presents music as educational infrastructure, creative-economy infrastructure, acoustic infrastructure, and heritage infrastructure. The global creative economy supports this position. UN Trade and Development reports that creative industries contribute between 0.5% and 7.3% of GDP and between 0.5% and 12.5% of workforce employment across surveyed countries. Creative services exports reached US$1.4 trillion in 2022, while creative goods exports reached US$713 billion. The recorded music industry also shows the economic value of music. IFPI reports that global recorded music revenues reached US$29.6 billion in 2024, with 4.8% annual growth. Streaming accounted for 69% of global recorded music revenues, with 752 million paid subscription accounts worldwide. Pakistan’s demographic condition further strengthens the need for such an institution. The 2023 census records Pakistan’s population at 241.49 million, with 62.58 million people aged between 15 and 29, 190.27 million people below the age of 40, and a literacy rate of 61% for the population aged ten years and above. These figures show that Pakistan is a young country with a strong need for diverse educational and skill-based infrastructure. A Music Institute can support creative skills, formal music education, performance training, digital production, heritage research, instrument preservation, and cultural entrepreneurship. The thesis also responds to the existing cultural infrastructure of Pakistan. NAPA identifies itself as Pakistan’s foremost performing arts organization and the country’s only arts academy educating students in theatre and music. NCA’s Musicology program teaches Pakistani classical music theory and performance practice, while also including music technology, electronic music, world rhythm, composition, music economy, and popular/western art music. Lok Virsa focuses on the research, collection, documentation, preservation, and promotion of Pakistan’s tangible and intangible heritage. These examples show that Pakistan already has important cultural and musical institutions, but the thesis argues that a complete and integrated music campus is still needed. Architecturally, the institute cannot be designed as one compact block because musicrelated spaces have very different acoustic needs. Classrooms require speech clarity. Recording spaces require isolation. Performance spaces require controlled resonance. Practice rooms produce repeated sound. Accommodation requires quietness, and therapy spaces require calm and comfort. WHO identifies 35 dB(A) as a suitable classroom noise level for good teaching and learning conditions, and 30 dB(A) as a suitable night-time bedroom level for good sleep. Acoustic guidance based on ANSI/ASA S12.60 also identifies 35 dBA background noise and 0.6 seconds RT60 as important targets for core learning spaces. Because of these requirements, the institute needs acoustic zoning, spatial separation, landscape buffering, and a clear programmatic hierarchy.
ARCHITECTURE AS A RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPING A PHYSICS LED INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTER
(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2026-06-30) BANEEN FATIMA; FA19-BAR-014; LHR TP 10149; Moeez Hassan
Pakistan’s scientific landscape suffers from fragmented research practices, limited interdisciplinary collaboration, and an absence of spatial environments designed specifically to cultivate a robust research culture. This thesis proposes an architectural response: the design of a physics-led interdisciplinary research center that positions architecture itself as an active research infrastructure rather than a passive container of laboratories. By situating the project adjacent to the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in Islamabad, the thesis leverages proximity to existing academic clusters, emerging research bodies, and high-skilled scientific communities. The project contributes a new paradigm for Pakistan architecture that not only houses science but embodies scientific thinking, fostering collaboration, experiment, and innovation. The center positions itself as a catalyst for rebuilding a robust research culture, enabling future scientists to pursue highimpact work at home and strengthening Pakistan’s long-term scientific capacity. The report documents literature, case studies, site selection and analysis (NUST-adjacent H-12), program derivation, spatial strategies, phased construction strategy, and operational recommendations. Ultimately, the thesis aims to demonstrate that spatial design can transform isolated scientific practices into collaborative cultures, thereby strengthening Pakistan’s longterm research capacity

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