2022 – Islamabad
Farmhouse 39-A
The grandeur engulfs your senses as you enter through the driveway. The woodwork catches your eye, stepping into the grand foyer. The geometrical pattern drawn in tiles makes you aware of your presence in the house. As your senses sit still, a feature marble panel guides your sight up to the top. Light filtering through the arched and rectangular pockets draws your attention to what sits behind the scene. Meanwhile, the high wall divides the house into formal and informal parts with added privacy.
The front end of the house constitutes space for the drawing room, dining room, and guest bedroom with an attached dressing and bath. The front corridor leads to a side corridor that walks you through the informal part of the house. Upon walking through the aisle, the light intriguing your interest originates from the skylight flooding a double-height sitting space. A Spanish balcony protruding in the space and window niches overlooks the sitting area and unites the linked programs. The skylit sitting room acts as a lightwell. It opens its bi-folding doors to the lounge and open kitchen.
A greasy kitchen runs at the back of the open kitchen with an attached laundry and pantry room. Views extending from the veranda to the lawn fill in the sight as you sit in the family dining and the sitting room next to the open kitchen. A gym with internal and external access comes to a shared lobby where the master bedroom meets the jacuzzi bath. The master bedroom has individual walk-in closets with colonial-style wardrobes naturally lit with green views.
The first floor has a scenic view of the world above and below. All the programs replicated on the floor above have private balconies and terraces extending to panoramic views. The landscape is planned with drainage, paved walkways, carefully picked vegetation types, and patterns that surprise you with different viewing angles and frames of the house and surroundings. The walk around the farmhouse feels like taking a stroll in a home away from home. The journey feels like a stimulating retreat aligning your past with your present, taking you away from the active neighborhood.

”UPDL deals in consulting, specialized services, planning, and urban design, including interior design with furnishings. The planning and urban design deal with the physical planning of urban, residential, and multi-use development projects.
Through our commitment to our clients and the market, we are now completely immersed in this evolving profession. The devoted team of UPDL intends to steer this firm to the greatest heights of excellence and innovation.”
Dr. Sadaf Siddiq, Chairperson

Change of use
The adaptive re-use of existing structures and giving them a new function is possibly the most direct and simplest sustainable approach to construction – extending the life of a building many years into the future.

Infrastructure
The adaptive re-use of existing structures and giving them a new function is possibly the most direct and simplest sustainable approach to construction – extending the life of a building many years into the future.

Change of use
The adaptive re-use of existing structures and giving them a new function is possibly the most direct and simplest sustainable approach to construction – extending the life of a building many years into the future.

Infrastructure
The adaptive re-use of existing structures and giving them a new function is possibly the most direct and simplest sustainable approach to construction – extending the life of a building many years into the future.






Appointment:
2017
Completion:
2022
Area:
66,087m²
Height:
263m
Client:
Lendlease Building
Collaborating Architect:
Architectus
Structural Engineer:
Arup
Landscape Architect:
AHH/ Turf
Lighting Engineer:
Electrolight
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