Dec 27

Dec 27 Higher Education Workshop for Architecture+

Tanzil Shafique

Workshops

Topics covered:

+ Factors to consider when choosing school / programme

+ Statement of purpose (why it matters a lot) + portfolio

+ Scholarship opportunities (realistically)

+ Work while study, or not.

+ How to move forward beyond the degree...

Conducted by:

Kazi Najeeb Hasan, M.Arch (University of Michigan, USA)

Tanzil Shafique, M.Arch (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)

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Tanzil Shafique

Tanzil Shafique, Assoc AIA, is a PhD researcher at the Melbourne School of Design. Previously, he was the Design Research Specialist at the Office of the Dean of the Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design at University of Arkansas, where, he worked also as a Project Designer at the University of Arkansas Community Design Center and was a faculty for the Urban Design Studio, leading the Urbanism Seminar. He graduated at the top of his M.Arch in Ecological Urbanism class from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York in 2014. His thesis was awarded the Faculty Graduate Award. He was practicing architecture in NYC before moving to Arkansas. Previously he taught undergraduate studios in BRAC University in Bangladesh. As part of the UACDC, his work has been awarded numerous AIA awards. He writes and lectures on design philosophy around the world. In 2016, he co-founded Estudio Abierto / Open Studio with Paco Mejias.