Abstract:
Chiniot is the ancient city of the Pakistan and is known for the tremendous furniture work all
over the world. Nowadays, Traditional furniture and wooden handicrafts by the local tarkhans
of the region have reduced their value within the country because of Issues like unsustainable
wood resource handling, sub-standard technology, static design and lacking production
innovation. As a result, the overall standard of furniture production has been reduced. Thus
there is a need of an institute which would bring together tarkhans, designer, students and
public to collaborate and learn how to compete in world by providing them information about
new trends and techniques. An interactive atmosphere would give them a chance to learn and
exchange the ideas, techniques and skill at a single platform. For this purpose ,this thesis deals
with formal vocational education of tarkhan and their introduction to new technology. Informal
learning experiences and collaborative and interaction between different groups related to
furniture sector is also a key element of the project. These cottage industries have a lot of
experience and skill but less amount of resources and quality so it would be in the favor of
Chiniot and the furniture sector to move a step ahead from the small cottage industry status
into furniture networking culture by adopting novel designs and technologies and formalize
training of workforce, none of which is currently the norm.
