Calligraphic Pressure

A New Agha Khan Museum of Islamic and Contemporary Art
Design Research

Backround Researching And Diagraming Islamic Calligraphy: Pressure; Direction; Curvature

Relief with islamic calligraphy

Writing tools of calligraphy

Force and pressure in calligraphy writing

Intersection and direction diagram

Curvature Analysis

Design Development

Inheriting the techniques used in Islamic Calligraphy, carving the calligraphy in 3D Space.

Design techniques

Building Massing

Chunk Model

Hybrid Model

Design Documents

Backround Researching And Diagraming Islamic Calligraphy: Pressure; Direction; Curvature

First Floor Plan

Entrance

Sectional Perspective

Physical Model

Street View