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Darien Timur Mirzoev

Darien Timur Mirzoev

Washington, DC, US

 
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About 

Diligent, dedicated, and detail-oriented graduating student at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture at the University of Toronto. I take a multidisciplinary approach to my work, combining skills in illustration, modelling, drafting, mapping, and archival research with a deep passion for history, archaeology, and urban studies to thoroughly tackle research questions, design problems, and curatorial projects with the nuanced rigor they deserve.


Employment 

Freelance, Illustrator

Produced cover drafts and full-bleed illustrations. Commission for 'Architecture and Video Games: Intersecting Worlds,' Book by Ryan Scavnicky, Tatiana Estrina, and Vincent Hui, Routledge (expected December 2024).

Apr 2024 - May 2024
 

Vertical Geopolitics Lab, Toronto, ON, CA, Senior research assistant

Produced 39 illustrations, diorama backdrops, and maps.
Modeled 7 buildings and vehicles across 3 large-scale models and 5 exhibit dioramas.

Helped plan, design, and curate VGL’s March-May 2024 'How to Steal a Country' exhibition on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Conducted open-source and archival research on hundreds of English, Russian, and Ukrainian-language sources for several exhibits and published articles.

Sep 2023 - Mar 2024
 

University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CA, Work study student

Conducted research while illustrating maps and drawings for 'Aid Theater: On Russian Humanitarian Aid Operations as Sovereignty Markers in Ukraine.' Article by Lukas Pauer in Perspecta 56, Yale Journal of Architecture (July 2024).

May 2023 - Aug 2023
 

Education 

University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CA, BArch, Honours Architectural Studies

Graduated with High Distinction

Cumulative GPA: 3.87

Sep 2019 - Jun 2024
 

Awards 

Daniels Faculty Academic Merit Award, Award

Issued by the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture at the University of Toronto

2024
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills