#makran

Qanat Hotel, Makran, Region of Baluchistan, Pakistan / Iran,

The hotel will make use of an existing yet currently redundant qanat, with the aim to repurpose it as part of the hotel’s infrastructure. 

This hotel project is an eco-tourism resort that focuses on the context's environmental conditions using this to inform the design process and the architectural strategy.

Makran Coastal Highway, Balochistan, Pakistan

The Pakistani Guy

Mountains of the Hingol National Park with the Makran Coast in the background, Balochistan, Pakistan.

There! I said in the past that i should totally make a personification for Hunza Valley, so here he is!! He represents the northern-most region of Pakistan (province gilgit Baltistan) Hunzai people are also called Burusho people, and their origins are a much debated topic. I can’t give a clear answer to which group they belong to, therefore i’ll associate them as they are, i.e Burusho group. They follow different sects of Islam and inhabit the Northern-most region of Pakistan. Burushos as a people group are also found in neighboring regions of Chitral and Kohistan (both of KPK). The Valley is naturally very beautiful and the crime rate is near zero!  The people of that region are very healthy as they consume domestic grown organic food and have high life expectancies. (Though this also means less infrastructural development, as that region is hard to travel to due to the slippery snow and mountains but Hunza Valley is also a popular tourist spot.)

Hunza’s character is rather mischievous and that of fun-going. He likes messing around with other districts and has a easy going attitude.

Now that Hunza is in the Picture, we can fully grasp the two extremes of Pakistani ethnicity-groups >:D

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Buzi Pass, Makran Coastal Highway, Pakistan.

Buzi Pass (Makran Coastal Highway), Balochistan, Pakistan.