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Item The urban cultivation hub(UMT, Lahore, 2025) MUAZ SAQIBThis research responds to the urgent global food crisis fueled by accelerated urbanization and increasing population, expected to hit 9.2 billion by 2050. Even using 80% of the earth's land for agriculture and 70% of its freshwater, conventional farming is not able to keep up with the rising food demand despite ensuring water scarcity. Urban farming in succession to Vertical farming has been a feasible answer to these problems, providing new and sustainable methods of agricultural production alongside conserving water. This study discusses the development of agricultural practices, highlighting the integration of advanced technologies like hydroponics and vertical farming also offering formal and consumer-friendly areas for the delivery of organic and conventional food improving buyers' experience. It suggests creating an urban cultivation center intended to increase food security, encourage healthier food production, and meet international standards of sustainability while providing adaptable consumer spaces in order to appeal to a greater number of buyers across all categories. The project finishes with a prototype model able to feed local communities and which can be replicated throughout the city. By promoting community participation and innovation in agriculture, this research seeks to create a sustainable model for urban dwelling and minimizing environmental and health effectsItem Hybrid indoor sports complex(UMT, Lahore, 2025) AHMAD ALTAFSports are an essential part of our lives and are globally recognized. Without sports, life lacks vitality. Pakistan is a country where sports are played extensively, but unfortunately, the infrastructure for them is lacking. My aim with this project is to create a hybrid indoor sports complex that will serve as a hub for athletic development and national pride. Currently, Lahore does not have the same level of indoor sports facilities as outdoor ones, which makes this project unique The complex will feature sports like basketball and paddle tennis, among others, and will offer various facilities to cater to different groups, including school children, university students, and professional athletes. It will provide a safe space for everyone to engage in physical activity. This world-class sports complex will enable children to reach international levels, offering the right facilities and environment. Through this project, I aim to promote sports facilities in Pakistan, while fostering community engagement and nations ridItem Vertical horizons(UMT, Lahore, 2025) NAMEL MUSHTAQWhen studying the rise of Urban Lahore, we need to shift our urban language from horizontal sprawl to intentional verticality. Vertical Horizons looks at how high-rise mixed-use buildings can grow from several object-oriented towers of high profit, into being community driven contextual uplifts of vertical neighborhoods. This thesis explores the combining of residential, commercial, co-working, and community space, in a single high-rise, that supports social life, sustainability, and shared space in an everyday, post pandemic urban existence. Starting with the critiques of typologies and gleaning design opportunities that constructs an urban space for human encounters, flexible work-life, and environmental consciousness in urban case studies in Pakistan, France, and Germany. The project proposes a 16-story mixed-use tower, where smart technologies, zoning efficiencies, and share gardens create a liveable urban vertical ecosystem. Addressing local identity, passive and service design, and a public realm that is integrated. The final design is data driven as a prototype for how to create future high-rise community in South Asian cities.Item Unlocking economic freedom(UMT, Lahore, 2025) M.USMAN ASGHARThe thesis is an examination of the design and planning of a Financial Trade Center (FTC) at Lahore in Pakistan. The economic issues that afflict this city will be addressed through the coordination to the project by creating an environs of commerce, creation and a seat of communal commerce in this city. The paper will address the eco-architectural and eco technological novelties, philosophical and social concerns of humanism, and the possibility of developing the universal environment in which the trends of inducing entrepreneurship and prosperity along with the process of gentrification can and should be encouraged. The case study of various international and domestic financial centres can be made as comparative and the suggested design of sustainability take the city and culture of Lahore as a model and it will be used as the benchmark of other economic development processes in future.Item Tent pegging retreat center(UMT, Lahore, 2025) Usama MajidThis thesis is about the preservation of the cultural identity of Mianwali by designing a Tent Pegging Center. Tent pegging has been part of the heritages and pride of the people of Mianwali and is an old horse-riding sport that for many years. The objective of this project is to establish a place where Tent Pegging can be introduced, celebrated, and practiced to new comers and also to the people how practice it not just as sport but as a part of their identity. For competitions and events the center will have a state of the art arena. While acting as a sports venue, it will also serve the purpose as a cultural space where visitor can receive knowledge about the past and significance of tent pegging in Mianwali. A veterinary clinic will also be added to assist in game injuries and any outside patient as well. An equestrian sport school will also be featured, for those who want to learn the tent pegging or any other equestrian sport. Accommodation provision and a small tuck shop are added so that both participants and visitors have a complete and comfortable experience. Overall, the Tent Pegging Center is planned to be an active gathering place that supports cultural preservation, promotes community involvement, and shares the heritage of Mianwali with future generations.Item The guiding spine- a path of perception(UMT, Lahore, 2025) MARHA AZAMMy thesis aims to understand the human senses and how a person perceives space (specially visually impaired people), The typology of this project is an educational institute for the blinds and visually impaired and the site of this project is in Lahore as Punjab consists of highest number of visually impaired people and then as Lahore is the main city of Punjab, moreover it consists a high number of visually impaired people. Vision is considered a dominant sense and visual impaired people rely almost 80% on hearing as they either cannot see or have difficulty in seeing. Vision alone is given a lot of importance than other senses. This Project aims to create inclusive learning environment that meets the needs of a visually impaired person. My research will explore the use of the senses within the built environment by studying the ways through which blind perceive the built space. Visually impaired people use location and directional clues from a different aural, tactile, olfactory and kinesthetic senses. The textures, scents, acoustics make up the built environment of a space while providing landmarks and messages to visually impaired. All this information collectively helps them in creating their own mental maps of the space that eventually help them in finding their way. Visually impaired perform their tasks confidently in a familiar environment. An environment that is known to the visually impaired through different sensorial cues in familiar environment. While an unfamiliar or hostile environment needs to be explored. Design that is visually dominant is a barrier for the visually impaired as it reduces their understanding of the space as slow and incomplete. My project will focus on how the built environment can be made more accessible and hospitable for the blind people. The research will also help me to understand ways through which architectural experience can be made more inclusive. A Space must be a comprehensive sensory experience. A design vii accounting for all senses by which we perceive our spatial information will prove to be far more holistic and complete than that which only uses sight.Item Astrotourism(UMT, Lahore, 2025) FARHAN AHMEDThis thesis explores the design of a Planetarium and Space Museum in Lahore—a space where science meets imagination. Located on Raiwind Road next to Riphah University, the project aims to spark curiosity about space through interactive exhibits, a digital dome, and educational spaces. Inspired by global examples like the Shanghai Planetarium and AHHAA Science Centre, the design blends modern architecture with local context. It’s a place for learning, wonder, and connection where people of all ages can explore the universe from right here in Pakistan. By combining contemporary design with sustainable and passive environmental strategies, the project not only addresses the functional and symbolic needs of a space museum but also positions itself as a public interface for science communication in Pakistan. The thesis explores how architecture can become a vessel for curiosity, wonder, and education— connecting the earth to the cosmos.Item The echoes of lahore(UMT, Lahore, 2025) SYED ZORAIZ AHMED SUBHANIThe Echoes of Lahore – Performing Arts Centre is a thesis project that conceptualizes a cultural center commemorating Pakistan's rich performing arts heritage. The envisioned centre combines old and new artistic forms—such as music, dance, drama, and theatre— into one architectural structure that sustains creativity, education, and community interaction. Taking cues from regional and global examples like Kala Academy (Goa), Esplanade (Singapore), Alhamra Arts Council (Lahore), and The Colony (Lahore), the project highlights cultural conservation, usable design, and harmony of spaces. The center has separate areas for performance, exhibitions, learning, and public gathering, and is emphasized on accessibility and climatic sensitivity. By way of this project, the vision is to establish an environment that is inclusive and motivating and reinforces Lahore's status as a cultural hub as well as fosters new generations of creativesItem Healing above the city(UMT, Lahore, 2025) Abadat UllahCOVID-19 changed how people experienced cities as an urban population, showing the sheer exposure of metropolitan locations such as Lahore, Pakistan, revealing their inherent vulnerability. Lockdowns restricted movement and socializing, leaving people trapped in their houses, experiencing physical and mental suffering because they had no access to the open space. In this respect, rooftops, which previously were insignificant in terms of service or storage, appeared as a possible refuge with relief, relationship, and aesthetic contribution. This paper examines how rooftops in Lahore were transformed after the pandemic, their ability to improve social, psychological, and environmental health, as well as becoming a sustainable urban asset. The study characterizes rooftops as multi-purpose areas, which could also be used as ecological buffers, as well as social terraces and therapeutic landscapes. The rooftops of Lahore were traditionally of cultural and communal value and gave families and communities a place to meet and unwind as well as celebrate traditional events like Basant. The strains of urbanization, high-rise residence and privatization have curtailed their application, however. The pandemic, in turn, brought back the curiosity about rooftops as an expansion of the domestic and social life, places where people can garden, exercise, and have their emotions replenished. Among the results of the survey and qualitative research, it can be noted that the utilization of the rooftop in post-pandemic Lahore leads to the enhancement of the community, elevated environmental quality, and mental wellness. The results reveal that rooftops play a major role in the sustainability of urban areas through alleviation of heat stress, air quality, and augmentation of green areas in an urban area with severe environmental degradation. On the social level, they promote socialization, inclusivity and bonding to the neighborhood, which is the opposite of vii isolation that was social distance. Mentally, the green cover and open sky offer the feeling of calmness that will decrease anxiety and increase emotional stability. These advantages prove rooftop spaces to be the part of the healthier city life and essential factors of the ecological and social renewal of Lahore. The paper brings to the conclusion that the urban landscape of Lahore can be changed with the help of the rooftops, which used to be redesigned as activational space and social area. The building design can be improved by incorporating rooftop gardens, sitting spots and micro-green networks to increase thermal comfort, biodiversity and social cohesion. These interventions do not only deal with environmental issues, but they also enhance the resilience of communities and the overall welfare. The research suggests the implementation of policies of rooftop utilization at the Lahore urban development system to ensure the realization of their potential. Green rooftop incentives, technical outlines on safe and sound design, and popularization can help motivate people and developers to take part in the conversion of rooftops. There should be a collaboration between the architects, planners, and the policymakers so that the rooftops are no longer passive features of the architecture but rather dynamic aspects of the urban life. Finally, this paper makes the rooftop a new frontier of the sustainable urban design- an intersection of ecology, culture and community. Rooftops in the post-pandemic Lahore are a symbol of adaptation and hope, and serve as a blueprint to build a city, which is more health-focused and inclusive and environmentally balanced. Making these unused spaces workable green spaces will allow Lahore to proceed to a stronger, more connected, and habitable urban future.Item University of jhang (sub-campus)(2025) UMAIR HASSANThis design proposal presents a comprehensive architectural solution for the establishment of University of Jhang's sub-campus in Shorkot City. The project aims to create a modern, sustainable, and academically-conducive environment that addresses the educational needs of the Shorkot region while maintaining the prestige and academic standards of the parent institution.Item Juvenile jail and behavioral rehab facility for the young inmates into society(UMT, Lahore, 2025) MARYAM JASEEMThe juvenile justice system has struggled for a long period of time in the history just to strike a balance between punishing minors who commit crimes and rehabilitating them. However, even today, if a minor commits a crime, its often not taken seriously or they’re tortured to the point where they can’t escape the cycle. These are the reasons that force them to commit crimes. This project aims to address the shortcomings in facilities and opportunities for juveniles, ensuring that no aspect is overlooked, which could potentially cause harm. We can give a sustainable architecture design that benefits their well-being. Architecture plays a pivotal role in juvenile centres. By incorporating elements of shape, colour, and natural fosters a sense of safety and security, distinct from the confines of a prison. My aim is to create a juvenile centre focused on one principle “AIM OF JUSTICE IS TO GIVE THEM A NEW LIFE, NOT TO HARM THEM.” As ALLAH commands in the Quran: “Indeed, Allah commands you to uphold justice…” (Qur’an 16:90). یقینا ہللاًتمہیں انصافًکی باتًکرنےًکاًحکمًدیتا ہے..."ً)النحل16:90ًItem General hospital(UMT, Lahore, 2025) M.ARQUM GHAFFARThe healthcare architecture shapes the environments that enable healing, improve patient care, and improve operational efficiency. A general hospital architecture is the main concern for this thesis, the purpose of which is to address complex issues of a hospital, with the main focus on providing good functionality and sustainability and eliminating user degrading spaces. The research analyzes global best practices and case studies and develops critical factors indicative of how hospitals are designed, ranging from spatial organization, adaptability, to compliance with international healthcare standards. The project is focused on creating a healing environment through basophilic design principles, the use of natural lighting, and mindful spatial planning. It also looks into sustainable building strategies like energy efficient systems, water conservation and waste management to minimize the influence of healthcare infrastructure on the environment. The design proposal includes appointment of key functional areas with outpatient department, inpatient wards, and diagnostic services, operation theatres with emphasis on proper flow of patients, staff and visitors. In this thesis, advanced technologies were designed in with which to improve operational efficiency and patient outcomes. This thesis seeks to explore an innovative, patient oriented, and sustainable space for a general hospital in an effort to further develop the field of healthcare design and as a benchmark for future projects.Item Resort 360(UMT, Lahore, 2025) AHMED KHURSHIDDeveloping nations globally are creating and develop the tourism resorts for tourists. These resorts generate revenue and enhace the beauty of the region of like Muzaffarabad.This thesis project is for the tourism promotion in the heart of Muzaffarabad city. My site is located on Pir Chanasi, my aim is to design my thesis project on hill top and making sure that whole design provides good space planning and luxury with stunning views. The specialty of this Resort 360 is to provide all amenities in one place such as sport, entertainment, living spaces like huts, events hall etcItem Inter & intra city bus terminal, muzaffarabad(UMT, Lahore, 2025) AHTIZAZ ARSHADThe strengths and weaknesses of the Muzaffarabad transportation hub, as well as suggestions for enhancing the hub's intra- and intercity urban transportation integration, are the subject of this thesis.The project proposal was to design a bus terminal which will be used by people who want to travel through buses. The project site is in Muzaffarabad. I chose Muzaffarabad because in Muzaffarabad usually we find bus adda for traveling (inter &intra). So, making a bus terminal will have a better impact to the city Muzaffarabad and facilitate the users. Project genre was infrastructure. I have enough site to develop my project in horizontal way. So, distributed into blocks like Terminal, Bus Parking area, Cafe, Cargo area building, Mosque and Rest Room building. I try to develop the terminal in the form of modern with Hi Tech architecture techniques. So, waiting area building is designed in way to be look into modernism and international standard facilities. The project reduced traffic problems and facilitating the peoples who travels through one city to another. The waiting area is design in such a way, so it does not suffocate. The people will get a better way of transport.Item Reviving the mela(UMT.Lahore, 2025) Kanwar Umar PhoolPakistan's social and cultural fabric has long included cultural melas, which encourage community involvement, preserve traditional arts, and boost the country's economy. These vibrant celebrations have lost a lot of their luster due to urbanization, modernization, and shifting social mores. This study explores how landscape architecture, sustainable urban planning, and cultural heritage conservation can be used to bring back the mela tradition in contemporary Pakistan. Using a qualitative methodology, the study looks at historical mela customs, case studies of global cultural festivals, and spatial planning frameworks to offer workable recommendations for mela revival. Examples such as the Venice Carnival, Pushkar Fair, and Taiwan Lantern Festival offer suggestions for how melas can be updated to satisfy modern needs while retaining their cultural identity. According to the report, melas can be revitalized as lively public places that celebrate Pakistan's cultural identity by incorporating sustainable infrastructure, digital marketing, community engagement, and policy support. The study also reaffirms that in order to maintain the melas' longevity and success, both public and private stakeholders must be involved. This study adds to the discussion on Pakistan's cultural heritage preservation and sustainable urban growth by rethinking melas as welcoming and ecologically friendly places. Keywords: Pakistan, sustainable festivals, urban planning, heritage preservation, landscape architecture, cultural melas, and community involvement.Item Therapeutic rooftops in children’s hospitals(UMT.Lahore, 2025) Laiba NaeemTherapeutic rooftop gardens have the potential to fundamentally transform and improve the recovery process, reduce stressors, and foster a greater sense of wellness within pediatric hospitals. The present study explores the prospects, advantages and issues of adoption of rooftop gardens in children’s hospitals in Lahore, Pakistan, a city that is faced with urban congestion and lacks green spaces in healthcare environment. The research examines how nature-based interventions can address pediatric patient well-being through principles of environmental psychology, biophilic design, and sustainable hospital infrastructure. Being a mixed-methods approach, both qualitative and quantitative data were collected using surveys, interviews, and cases in selected pediatric hospitals in Lahore. The results show that the therapeutic rooftop gardens also played a role in lessening anxiety, speeding up the recovery process, increasing emotional resilience and social engagement, particularly in younger patients. Essential design features were established as design elements such as interactive play areas, sensory gardens, quiet reflection areas and landscape biodiversity to maximize therapeutic benefits. But the high cost of rooftop gardens, in terms of design and maintenance, along with the structural capacity of the hospital, administrative hurdles, lack of funding, and maintenance issues to overcome have limited the introduction of rooftop gardens to a few hospitals in Lahore. Discussion To overcome these barriers, this study develops policy recommendations and design frameworks for the implementation of rooftop therapeutic gardens in pediatric healthcare infrastructure. These green spaces can be an affordable, naturebased intervention to improve the quality of pediatric care and promote sustainability and patientfocused hospital architecture in Lahore if we use the existing underutilized rooftops of hospitals. Keywords: Therapeutic Rooftop Gardens, Pediatric Hospitals, Healing Environments, Biophilic Design, Patient Well-Being, Sustainable Healthcare Design.Item Whisper grounds(UMT.Lahore, 2025) Mahnoor IrfanThis study provides an inquiry on the overlap of landscape architecture and trauma recovery as well as those experience codes of survivors of domestic violence in communal spaces. Domestic violence survivors usually have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), feelings of anxiety, depression, and antisocialness and are not able to interact actively with urban space. Even traditionally insensitive designs of their open spaces, traumatizing individuals subconsciously, may reflect emotional distress, which in turn supports alienation instead of healing. Whisper Grounds: A Coded Landscape of Survivors is located in the Race Course Park, Lahore and its position on the subject of this very delicate topic is quite sympathetic and respectful since it considers the hidden pain experienced by survivors and the hidden wounds. Thought to rebuild the urban park as being a therapeutic, symbolic landscape where pain is being relayed as a space lingo. The design conveys the experiences of the survivors, though unspoken ones, through the argots, the coded means of communication, retaining the dignity and privacy of the survivors. The isolation paths, healing gardens, shadow spaces, fractured pavements, and coded benches are some of the elements, which constitute a multi-sensory narrative of recovery, with the spatial development following the most emotional process of silentness to empowerment. By incorporating elements of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) and participatory and trauma-informed landscape design, the project will create psychologically and emotionally sensitive spaces. Whisper Grounds relegates landscape architecture to a caring message of recognition, reprieve, and inclusion by integrating symbolism, coded messages into the design. Finally, the research also notes that the design sensitivity of the area of the city can create a sense of safety, introspection, and empowerment of domestic violence victims, as well as investment in the gender-sensitive and trauma-attentive city discourse.Item Inclusive landscape design(UMT.Lahore, 2025) Khubab HussainInclusive landscape design is meant to be able to create the public spaces that are universally accessible, socially cohesive and culturally relevant. Pakistan in general does not provide the right infrastructure to cater to the needs of disabled individuals, the elderly and other marginalized groups in the society which has led to a lack of interaction in social life as well as social exclusion. The thesis is based on a case study of the Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park situated in Lahore to cross cut across the way the principles of the inclusive design can change the public space into an accessible place that encourages social bonding. This study involved an in-depth examination of the best practices worldwide with their case studies on Tongva Park, Ken Genser Square, Smale Riverfront park, Ed Benedict park, and Portland memory garden, with the view to identifying measures that can be employed to transform Gulshan-e-Iqbal park into a friendlier and more inclusive one by taking into account the ADA-compliant strategies and traditional aspects of Pakistan. The study will use user surveys designs, comparative analysis, field observation at the park and offer design solutions which enhance social interaction and accessibility. The results are interested in transformative possibilities of inclusive landscape design in Pakistan and the suggestions of such design interventions.Item Landscape and identity in humanity hub as a vivacious universal public space(UMT.Lahore, 2025) AnzilaIn my thesis "Humanity Hub", which is also my last and final project for my bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture, I will present my deep understanding of my knowledge, creativity, skills and desig process thinking for the landscape, space, environment, and people that are part of my project. So that i may design not just an art but also a thriving realm, for everyone. The city square is not just an open public space; it is the heart of the city and its people. It is the center of humanity “Humanity Hub” is a public space where culture, community and climate meet. A place where every person, regardless of status, gender, faith, culture or age, finds a place of respect, connection and comfort. It is a space that celebrates our differences, fosters social cohesion and fosters unity and collective bonds, all while empowering the community to work together as stewards of the environment.Item University of jhang(UMT.Lahore, 2025) UMAIR HASSANThis design proposal presents a comprehensive architectural solution for the establishment of University of Jhang's sub-campus in Shorkot City. The project aims to create a modern, sustainable, and academically-conducive environment that addresses the educational needs of the Shorkot region while maintaining the prestige and academic standards of the parent institution.
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