Who We Are.
Lahore Awargi: Seen and the Unseen was established in August 2020 by Ar. Naveen Zaman.
The prime focus of Lahore Awargi is the exploration, promotion and documentation of heritage sites in Pakistan with respect to art and architecture.
Moreover, we encourage and invite native and international students, professionals, organizations and individuals to be the part of Lahore Awargi to experience art, culture and travel with a new dimension.
Experience of Gandhara Civilization (August 2021).
Lahore Awargi arranged a one day cultural and recreational tour to TAXILA, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with a number of people to experience the art, architecture and culture of one of the ancient civilizations of the world. As the visitors were from different professions including architecture, this guided tour encouraged them to exchange the information among themselves regarding history and heritage values. The sites we explored were Gandhara Resource Center, Taxila Museum, The city of Sirkap and later the tour ended up at Mabali Island, Khanpur for recreational activities and dinner.
A Heritage Walk – LAHORE FORT (February 2020).
A Heritage walk was organized by Lahore Awargi to experience the Mughals history, myths and mythologies by visiting UNESCO World Heritage Site, LAHORE FORT. It was a free guided tour in which many people took part and experience the visuals which they have never imagined through the eyes of an Architect. To explain the art decorations of Shah Burj Gate, Akbari gate, Picture wall, Dewan-E_ Khas o Aam, Ladies Garden, Palace of Mirrors and Elephant’s Stair was the prime focus of this heritage walk which becomes a great source of encouragement for us to plan more tours in future.
MUGHAL-E-AZAM (FILM SCREENING AND CLASSICAL DANCE SHOW)
October 1st -2022.
Mughal-E-Azam, an epic and tragic love story was come on screen of the Indian cinema in August 1960. Lahore Awargi: Seen and the Unseen organized the Film Screening of the classic movie, followed by the Classical Dance Performances and panel discussion on the life of Anarkali. The main objective to plan this creative and entertaining activity is to regenerate the old classic sensations in audience and let them think on the mysteries related to Anarkali. According to the written documentations (Akbar-Nama OR Tuzuk-e-Jahangiri, Jahangir-Nama) it is hard to understand the concept of Anarkali, as this female figure was not recorded in any of this Mughal documentation. In fact, Anarkali was first mentioned by an English traveller, William Finch who visited India in 1608-1611 during the Jahangir’s reign.
Overall, the major objective of arranging this activity was to spread awareness about the art, history and culture via entertainment.
Lahore Heritage Walk.
Lahore Heritage Walk (Lahore Fort) was arranged by Lahore Awargi focusing specifically on Sheesh Mahal’s multiple type of Art Decorations. It was kind of an educational and recreational tour, in which people from numerous disciplines participated. History, style of architecture and the process of preservation and conservation of Sheesh Mahal was thoroughly explained by professionals. Other visited monuments were Dewan-E-Khas, Naulakha Pavilion, Ath Dara and Ladies Bath.
URBAN INFORMALITIES AND THE TRANS CULTURE OF LAHORE
November 6th- 2021.
Lahore Awargi initiated a workshop with the collaboration of Khawaja Sira Society in which a group of architects who personally interact with the Trans gender community of Lahore to bridge the gap between the architects and Trans genders through Co Designing. Co Designing is a mindset and a problem solving workshop in which researcher initiate to Design for the people, by the people and with the people through an artistic medium. Most of the urban informalities and Trans-societal issues were targeted in this workshop, supervised by Ar Naveen Zaman. 20 Trans community members, 6 Architects and 5 observers were participated in the healthy and interactive activity.
CO-DESIGN (SITE SURVEYS AND RESEARCH PRACTICE)
November 8th – 2021.
A research practice about Co-Design in the field of Architecture and Urban community development with the reference of Marginalized communities of Lahore was planned in a slum area near Zia colony of Lahore. It lead to different knowledge domains, numerous ideas, techniques, tactics and concepts which collectively built up the process of co-designing in improvement of society and its ethnic values. The research aims to prove that the strong architecture and urban planning is perceived after the involvement and contribution of community.
