history of interior architecture Mazar-e-Quaid

history of interior architecture mazarequaid

1. History of interior architecture PRESENTATION PRESENTED BY : JAVERIA MUZAFFAR PRESENTATION PRESENTED TO : Dr. FARYAL ABDULLAH ROLL NO : 66 SECTION : B SEMESTER : 04 DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR DESIGN HISTORY OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

2. MAZAR-E-QUAID Also known as Jinnah Mausoleum  and   National Mausoleum . Construction started in 1960s and ended in 1970 . The mausoleum complex also contains the tomb of Jinnah's sister,  Māder -e Millat  ("Mother of the Nation")  Fatima Jinnah , as well as those of  Liaquat Ali Khan   and  Nurul Amin , the first and eighth   Prime Ministers of Pakistan   respectively. The tomb of   Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar , a stalwart of the   Muslim League  from   Peshawar , is also located there. President Ayub Khan   laid the foundation stone for the monument on 31 July 1960. It was inaugurated by  Yahya Khan   on 18 January 1971.  The gardens surrounding the mausoleum were not completed until 24 December 2000.  In 1954, an Indian architect was selected to design the mausoleum, but was later dismissed. In 1955, a Turkish architect was hired, but his plan was rejected as well. In 1957, the  Government of Pakistan   held an international competition to design a new mausoleum for Jinnah. The competition was initially won by British architect  William Whitfield , of the  Raglan Squire and Partners  firm. The state's efforts to select a design were paralleled by the efforts of the Jinnah's sister,  Fatima Jinnah , who sought input from the public in the design of a monument to her brother. Fatima Jinnah effectively vetoed the 1957 proposal, and assumed control of the QMF. She then commissioned architect  Yahya Merchant , a  B ombay   based architect who was a personal friend of Jinnah, to design the monument.

3. MAZAR-E-QUAID The design of the Mazar-e-Quaid was influenced by the  Samanid Mausoleum   in  Bukhara ,  Uzbekistan , built between 892 and 943 CE.  The plan called for an avant-garde neo-futurist mausoleum mounted on an elevated platform in a neo-Mughal garden, with a central parabola and point eddges at its six corners reaching out "in an exuberant motion towards the sky.“ The use of white marble to suggest purity, and pure geometric forms, are designed to portray Jinnah as a larger-than-life figure. The location and style of the monument both serve to inspire passersby.

4. MAZAR-E-QUAID LOCATION: The mausoleum is located in a prominent and highly visible location in the  Jamshed Quarters   locality of central  Karachi , along the northern edge of the colonial-era core at the end of   Muhammad Ali Jinnah Road . The mausoleum is surrounded by a large garden laid out in a neo-Mughal style in the dense city, with large traffic rotaries at three of its four corners. FLOOR PLAN:

5. MAZAR-E-QUAID PICTURES OF THE MAZAR-E-QUAID

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