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Farhat Afzal

Farhat Afzal is an architect and writer, currently pursuing an MS in Architecture degree at the University of Cincinnati. She has over six years’ experience in academic research, publications and large- scale exhibitions. Farhat likes to engage in discussions involving colonialism in South Asia and postcolonial inquiry about architecture in Dhaka, and present her views through expository writings. In her spare time, Farhat enjoys photographing old buildings, documenting her reading habits on Instagram and maintaining her blog at http://farhatafzal.com

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Exhibit at DAAP Library: Objects and Drawings by Michael Graves

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May 22, 2024May 22, 2024 No Comments

This July, American architect Michael Graves would have turned 90 years old. He was also a designer, an educator, a prominent figure who contributed to American postmodernist architecture, and an alumnus from the College of Applied Arts at the University of Cincinnati. To celebrate his legacy, and as part of my work at DAAP Library, […]

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Exhibit at DAAP Library: Charles Mackintosh’s Interiors

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May 16, 2024May 20, 2024 No Comments

This semester, I worked part time at the library of the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) at the University of Cincinnati, and the culmination of my work here involved curating and designing exhibits for displays within the library area. For one of those displays, I chose a collection of drawings and objects […]

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Presentation on Fetishization of South Asian Bodies in Art

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May 1, 2024May 1, 2024 No Comments

Earlier this month, I presented a paper on the fetishization of female bodies in religious art from South Asia, at the Graduate Student Symposium, organized by University of Cincinnati’s School of Public and International Affairs. In my presentation, I spoke about the problematic way museum didactics are written about female figures in Hindu and Buddhist […]

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Presentation on Modern Architecture of Bangladesh

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May 1, 2024May 1, 2024 No Comments

One of the highlights for me this semester was presenting a lecture on modern architecture of Bangladesh to 100+ students at University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. This was part of a course on History of Modern Architecture, where I also worked as a TA throughout the semester. The biggest challenge […]

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Attending Final Review of Architecture Studio 3

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May 1, 2024May 1, 2024 No Comments

At the end of Spring Semester 2024, my friend and classmate Edmond Drenogllava invited me to the final review of a housing studio he taught this semester at University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, with 3rd year undergraduate students of architecture. It was exciting for me to see the kind of […]

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Presentation at 14th Annual UC Graduate Student Conference

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March 2, 2024March 2, 2024 No Comments

This afternoon, I presented my research on the writing skills of architecture students in Dhaka, at the 14th Annual UC Graduate Student Conference, organized by the Department of English at UC. This research was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic as part of one of my courses for the Master of Architecture degree I was pursuing […]

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