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Ishrat Shaheen

Ishrat Shaheen

Weimar, DE

 
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About 

An accomplished architect, project manager, and researcher with 4 years of expertise in architectural design, project execution, and curatorial work. Additionally, experience in creative and research writing, specifically focused on urbanism and architecture, bringing a unique blend of analytical and creative skills. Skilled in managing diverse teams, delivering innovative solutions, and leading projects from concept to completion. Fluent in multiple languages and proficient in cross-cultural collaboration, with a strong focus on design innovation and efficient project management.

Elsewhere:

Employment 

Qadri Asscoaites, Islamabad, PK, Design Architect/Operational Manager

 Managed Lahore branch office operations, ensuring smooth workflow and project execution.
 Led project development from conceptual design to completion, including client consultations,
design development, and final delivery.
 Created and presented detailed architectural designs, collaborating with clients to align project
outcomes with their vision and requirements.
 Supervised the production of construction documents, ensuring technical accuracy and
compliance with industry standards.
 Mentored and coordinated the design team, providing guidance and oversight to ensure design
quality and team efficiency.
 Worked closely with consultants, contractors, and engineers to ensure timely project delivery and
resolution of design or construction challenges.
 Managed client relationships, regularly updating them on project status and integrating feedback into design revisions.

Aug 2015 - Aug 2022
 

Impact Circles, Berlin Germany, Berlin, DE, Volunteer Research Assistant

Assisted in various research projects related to urban design.
 Published research papers and articles.
 Managed the research team.

Jun 2021 - Nov 2021
 

Lahore Biennale Foundation, Lahore, PK, Assistant Production

 Executed all artwork on-site at Lahore Fort, ensuring precision and quality.
 Facilitated communication with artists, addressing and resolving design-related concerns
 versaw the execution of artists' work, maintaining clear and consistent communication
throughout.
 Conducted meetings with stakeholders and various authorities, fostering collaboration and aligning project goals.

Dec 2019 - Feb 2020
 

Education 

Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, EE, Masters, Urban Studies

The Master of Urban Studies is a two-year, English-language program focused on contemporary urbanism. The program combines history, theory and practice to rethink prevailing understandings of urbanization, and to contribute to building more equitable urbanisms than the current ones. The main premise of the program is that the subject of urban studies is irreducible to the “city”: the global urban arena today, more than ever before, is where struggles over our collective future play out.

This transcdisciplinary program builds on insights from critical urban geography, urban planning and architectural history. Urbanism is seen through the conceptual lenses of socio-spatial dialectics and uneven urban development. Themes addressed in the program include housing and gentrification; urban nature and ecology; infrastructure and global networks. Urban Studies introduce to the basics of urban design and planning, as well as to a range of skills such as how to conduct a field work, write about urbanism and develop urban strategies. The art school/architectural department where study provide a great environment to combine critical thought and creative imagination.

Jan 2022 - current
 

COMSTA University, Lahore, PK, BArch, Architecture

Architecture is about conceptualizing, designing, and realizing built environments of all scales. The purpose of the Bachelor of Architecture is to produce architects who are knowledgeable about the global and regional issues, have deep understanding of the context, and believe in the relevance of architecture towards a better future for all.

From intensive training in verbal and graphic communication to logical thinking and the ability to theorize, the program ensures the ability to conceive a project as a whole in a context of the street, city, and culture, and as a functional entity to fulfill the needs for which it is to be built. Fostering a concern for the conservation of the Earth's resources through the development of appropriate formal and technical responses, the program enables the students to think independently, to better understand contextual issues, to determine for themselves the future directions of their development as architects considering that architecture is in service of improving the quality of life; and a responsibility for manifesting and catalyzing the process of refinement.

The five year course of B-Arch is spread over ten semesters and seeks to help every student attain as high a level of personal development as he/she can achieve, allowing students to develop their own positions on what represents a high standard of architecture and to decide where they stand in relation to the wide-ranging debate on the subject. The course encourages the development of formal responses to problems of the built environment that aim to contribute to the enhancement of human expirience.

Sep 2010 - Jun 2015
 

Awards 

Bauahus Unievrsity Exachange, Scholarship

I was selected for the Erasmus Scholarship during my master's degree, allowing me to study at Bauhaus University for one semester as part of an exchange program.

2024
 

Writing Residency, Nanjing China, Scholarship

Worked on the project "Aroma of Love in Digital Window" as part of the book "City as a Human Being."

2020
 

Skills