Speaking
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, THEY SAY …
April 19 I 2024 I 5th Annual Washington State University Social Justice Conference (Health & Environmental Justice: Constructing Coalitions at the Intersections of Extraction, Militarism, and Climate Collapse) I Vancouver I Washington
*Online
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BEGINNING ELSEWHERE, BEGINNING AGAIN
March 01 I 2024 I 39th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student (Shared Resources) I Lafayette I Louisiana
*In Person
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THE WORLD IS CHANGING, AND SO CAN ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION
October 26 I 2023 I Bend Design Conference I Bend I Oregon
*In Person
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FROM THE MARGINS TO THE CENTER _ RELOCATING KARACHI’S “INFORMAL” RETAILERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS
April 28 I 2022 I 12th International Conference of the Constructed Environment (Design Reset: Constructing New Environments for Living, Work, and Play) I Monterrey I Mexico
*Online
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LOW-INCOME URBAN COMMUNITIES AS COMMONS _ THE CASE OF KARACHI
September 04 I 2019 I The City as a Commons Research Symposium I Pavia I Italy
*In Person
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PLACE BEFORE FORM _ SHIFTING PARADIGMS IN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
April 13 I 2019 I Spaces and Places: An Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference I Bruges I Belgium
*In Person
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RECLAIMING COMMUNITY SPACES IN KARACHI
July 05 I 2018 I Gökçeada Design Forum for Social Development (Territorial Design in Action) I Gökçeada I Türkiye
*In Person / Co-presented with Ira Kazi (Assistant Professor of Architecture, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture)
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ARCHITECTS AS URBANISTS _ KEEPING THE CITY FIRST
November 10 I 2017 I 8th International THAAP Conference (The City: An Evolving Organism) I Lahore I Pakistan
*In Person
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TALKS & OTHER APPEARANCES
CONCEPTUALIZING (FR)AGILE SYSTEMS _ PAKISTAN PAVILION AT BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA 2025
March 05 I 2025 I 19th International Architecture Exhibition I La Biennale di Venezia I Venice I Italy
Representing the curatorial team in the “Meeting with National Pavilions” organized by Carlo Ratti
*Online
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BEYOND APOLITICAL FORMALISM AND HYPERAESTHETICS _ REIMAGINING SPACES OF ART AND CULTURE
February 08 I 2024 I School of Architecture & Environment I University of Oregon I Eugene I Oregon
As Guest Lecturer in Professor Mark Gillem’s “Human Context of Design” Seminar
*Online
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OTHER PLACES, OTHER SCHOOLS, AND SOME PERSPECTIVES ON ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION
May 13 I 2022 I School of Architecture & Environment I University of Oregon I Eugene I Oregon
As Guest Speaker in the School’s “Design for Spatial Justice Lecture Series”
*In Person
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PERIPHERAL LANDSCAPES, PERIPHERAL PRACTICES
February 18 I 2022 I School of Architecture & Environment I University of Oregon I Eugene I Oregon
As Keynote Speaker in American Society of Landscape Architects - University of Oregon Student Chapter’s “Annual Shadow Mentor Day”
*Online
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CONCEPTUALIZING THE FOLD _ PAKISTAN PAVILION AT BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA 2018
June 18 I 2021 I Department of Visual Studies I University of Karachi I Karachi I Pakistan
As Guest Lecturer in the Beginning Design Studios
*Online
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KARACHI, URBAN INFORMALITY, AND A PAVILION IN VENICE
November 21 I 2020 I Graduate Program I Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture I Karachi I Pakistan
As Guest Speaker in the School’s “Graduate Program Lecture Series”
*Online
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SOME OTHER NOTES ON MASTER PLANNING
July 23 I 2020 I Department of Architecture and Planning I NED University of Engineering and Technology I Karachi I Pakistan
As Guest Lecturer in the Final Year Architecture Studio
*Online
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UNFOLDING THE FOLD
May 25 I 2018 I European Cultural Academy I Palazzo Rossini I Venice I Italy
As Guest Speaker in the “European Cultural Academy Lecture Series”
*In Person
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IVS ADRL _ ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS TO PRACTICE
September 09 I 2016 I Department of Architecture and Planning I NED University of Engineering and Technology I Karachi I Pakistan
As Guest Speaker in the “Architects Regional Council ASIA Young Architects Collaborative Seminar”
*In Person
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THINKING ABOUT/THROUGH MAKING II
October 28 I 2014 I Department of Architecture and Planning I Dawood University Of Engineering and Technology I Karachi I Pakistan
As Guest Speaker in the Department’s Lecture Series
*In Person
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THINKING ABOUT/THROUGH MAKING I
September 15 I 2014 I Department of Architecture and Planning I NED University of Engineering and Technology I Karachi I Pakistan
As Guest Speaker in the Department’s Lecture Series
*In Person
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