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about.



I have learned to look at architecture as a form of expression, for me to create and for others to experience. My work ranges from the bustling streets of the Johannesburg city centre to rich African landscapes and the flashy promenades of Dubai; it dabbles with poetry and choreography and touches on issues of gender-based violence and protest; often focusing on rituals, uncovering meaning through language, history and religion and giving a platform to those who are unheard.

Working across art, architecture, research, performance and current events, my work is communicated through various mediums intended to draw in the viewer; allowing them to create new and unpredictable cycles of thoughts and associations.

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professional license

Candidate Senior Architectural Technologist
South African Council for the Architectural Profession
csat66549160

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education

2021 - 2023
MA Architecture
Royal College of Art

2019
Certificate, Project Management: Principles & Practice
University of Stellenbosch

2018
Bachelor of Technology (Applied Design) Architecture
University of Johannesburg

2015 - 2017
Diploma, Architecture
University of Johannesburg

2014
Architectural Draughting
Inscape Education Group

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proffessional practice


January 2022 - June 2022
Studio Seilern Architects
Part 1 Architectural Assistant

October 2020 - November 2021
Archive of Forgetfulness
Social Media & Curatorial Assistant

November 2020 - August 2020
Ampm Projects / TakeAway Spaces
Senior Architectural Technologist

September 2019 - October 2020
Counterspace Studio
Senior Architectural Technologist

Spring Summer 2019
SA Fashion Week SS19
Graphic Design & Social Media Intern

June - December 2016
Empowered Spaces Architects
Work Integrated Learning

2014 - 2016 [Freelance]
The Funky Label Company
Graphic Design


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publications


2023
Architecting Friendship - A Spatial Commemoration of Yuri Kochiyama & El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz/Malcolm X
Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas (online journal)

2022
Gold Dust
New Currency (print)

residencies


2022
School of Speculation Summer Programme

exhibitions


2022
Politics of the Veil
Girls in Film @ House of Vans, London

2022
Politics of the Veil
Middle of Nowhere x Daytimers, London

2021
Worlding Beyond Racial Capitalism, Ugly Duck Gallery, Bermondsey, London, UK

competitions


2021
JVB Expo - Co-Living Analytical Drawing Competition, Placed 1st

2018
Saint Gobain Multi-Housing Competition - Internationally, Placed Top 10








   

      zakiyyah haffejee.