Help Bareea study abroad in Maastricht
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My name is Bareea, and I'm a 24 year old architect based in Lahore, Pakistan. I have been an exceptional student throughout my education. I come from an average middle class family with finite sources of income especially since I lost my dad to Liver cancer in 2013.
I've always wanted to be an architect and worked hard for my ambition. When I enrolled in university for my Bachelor's, I received a full ride scholarship based on my high school grades and my family's financial situation. Throughout my Bachelor's, I worked on projects motivated by the concept of promoting community interactions & learning, and creating environments that foster a healthy environment while consciously employing strategies that do not contribute to the climate change and create awareness about how it's impacting us.
Some of my favorite student projects include:
1. Shop, eat and read: An urban project that included reimagining a famous shopping area in Lahore city into a walkable marketplace and community center, and introducing a reading cafe and reading pods across the area to foster a new trend of reading and learning amongst the existing trends of shopping and eating.
2. A stargazing sanctuary: An Astrotourism center and educational institution near the capital of Pakistan to increase awareness of how light pollution is taking away the night skies from us in the urban landscape, while also using sites with good astronomical sights to promote sustainable tourism in the form of Astrotourism to the public.
Since starting my professional practice, my focus has been on designing agile workspaces for increasing employee productivity and satisfaction, which has done nothing but fuel my passion for Architecture even more.
In order to progress further, I want to specialize focusing on Interior Architecture, so I applied for Master Interior Architecture at Maastricht academy of Architecture where I got an offer for admission in the masters of Interior Architecture on completion of a 1 year transition program specifically designed for me to cover the gaps between the Pakistani and Dutch education systems . Unfortunately the transition program isn't covered by any scholarships and the cost happens to be 1800€ for the whole year, which I unfortunately don't have, neither can my family cover it, as they already offered to help me with my visa and flight costs. I plan on working on the side along with my masters to help myself as much as I can, however Visa restrictions allow me to work for a limited time along with my studies. I also plan on applying for scholarships when my Masters program has formally started.
I need this funding as I want to pursue my masters in interior Architecture and establish a practice of my own, focusing on community projects that are also environmentally conscious. In order to have access to more modern teaching facilities and education resources, I want to pursue this outside Pakistan, with the aim of learning about designing sustainable low cost micro living solutions for the underprivileged in the future as well as my passion for creating innovative agile workspaces. While also acting as a source of motivation for young girls around me to aim for establishing careers for themselves after getting higher education instead of settling down for arranged marriages which happens to be a common practice here, and going abroad for this is the ultimate discomfort for me currently giving how uncertain my situation regards to funding my transition program is. My family has some hesitation about me going into this experience based on the fact that we have limited financial resources and they can't help me more than what they've promised me, and would only allow me to go for this if I have all my based covered financially.
The raised funds will be used to cover my course fee of 1800€, health insurance, initial deposit and rent for my accommodation as well as a few basic expenses for my first month in Maastricht.
Fund Break down:
Course €1800
Visa €192
Accommodation €600
First Month Utilities €200
Medical Insurance €500
Bareea's Portfolio and past projects:
Portfolio- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iAS3umeG_jqDKyraLhOhrWDWSsrJ_nUS/view?usp=drivesdk
Most Recent Project- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ogRNGnZe2z-yqXGV4XjXqjAh8QWjwG3S
I've always wanted to be an architect and worked hard for my ambition. When I enrolled in university for my Bachelor's, I received a full ride scholarship based on my high school grades and my family's financial situation. Throughout my Bachelor's, I worked on projects motivated by the concept of promoting community interactions & learning, and creating environments that foster a healthy environment while consciously employing strategies that do not contribute to the climate change and create awareness about how it's impacting us.
Some of my favorite student projects include:
1. Shop, eat and read: An urban project that included reimagining a famous shopping area in Lahore city into a walkable marketplace and community center, and introducing a reading cafe and reading pods across the area to foster a new trend of reading and learning amongst the existing trends of shopping and eating.
2. A stargazing sanctuary: An Astrotourism center and educational institution near the capital of Pakistan to increase awareness of how light pollution is taking away the night skies from us in the urban landscape, while also using sites with good astronomical sights to promote sustainable tourism in the form of Astrotourism to the public.
Since starting my professional practice, my focus has been on designing agile workspaces for increasing employee productivity and satisfaction, which has done nothing but fuel my passion for Architecture even more.
In order to progress further, I want to specialize focusing on Interior Architecture, so I applied for Master Interior Architecture at Maastricht academy of Architecture where I got an offer for admission in the masters of Interior Architecture on completion of a 1 year transition program specifically designed for me to cover the gaps between the Pakistani and Dutch education systems . Unfortunately the transition program isn't covered by any scholarships and the cost happens to be 1800€ for the whole year, which I unfortunately don't have, neither can my family cover it, as they already offered to help me with my visa and flight costs. I plan on working on the side along with my masters to help myself as much as I can, however Visa restrictions allow me to work for a limited time along with my studies. I also plan on applying for scholarships when my Masters program has formally started.
I need this funding as I want to pursue my masters in interior Architecture and establish a practice of my own, focusing on community projects that are also environmentally conscious. In order to have access to more modern teaching facilities and education resources, I want to pursue this outside Pakistan, with the aim of learning about designing sustainable low cost micro living solutions for the underprivileged in the future as well as my passion for creating innovative agile workspaces. While also acting as a source of motivation for young girls around me to aim for establishing careers for themselves after getting higher education instead of settling down for arranged marriages which happens to be a common practice here, and going abroad for this is the ultimate discomfort for me currently giving how uncertain my situation regards to funding my transition program is. My family has some hesitation about me going into this experience based on the fact that we have limited financial resources and they can't help me more than what they've promised me, and would only allow me to go for this if I have all my based covered financially.
The raised funds will be used to cover my course fee of 1800€, health insurance, initial deposit and rent for my accommodation as well as a few basic expenses for my first month in Maastricht.
Fund Break down:
Course €1800
Visa €192
Accommodation €600
First Month Utilities €200
Medical Insurance €500
Bareea's Portfolio and past projects:
Portfolio- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iAS3umeG_jqDKyraLhOhrWDWSsrJ_nUS/view?usp=drivesdk
Most Recent Project- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ogRNGnZe2z-yqXGV4XjXqjAh8QWjwG3S
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Jack Sutton
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