Dr Tanzil Shafique
B.Arch, M.Arch, PhD, FHEA
School of Architecture and Landscape
Director of Postgraduate (Taught) Programmes
Full contact details
School of Architecture and Landscape
Arts Tower
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
- Profile
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Tanzil Shafique is a Lecturer of Urban Design and Director of the Postgraduate Programmes at º£½ÇÉçÇø School of Architecture. He is also an Associate of the Urban Institute. Previously, he taught at the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Melbourne, Australia and the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Arkansas, USA. Tanzil’s research looks at southern urbanism, pluriversal architectural practice and informal planning, mainly focusing on the ongoing adaptation and transformation due to climate change led by the local citizens. He received a British Academy grant in 2021 to convene Decolonial Cities Collective, a transdisciplinary knowledge commons. Additionally, Tanzil co-convenes the Platform for Just Housing (Najjyo Abashon Moncho or NAM) and Bangladesh Climate Alliance, which work towards housing and climate justice with local activists and citizens. Tanzil recently co-authored Off-Grid Toilets (2022), Atlas of Informal Settlements (2023) and his upcoming monograph is titled: City of Desire: An Urban Biography of the Largest Slum in Bangladesh (Bloomsbury, 2024).
- Qualifications
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- Bachelor of Architecutre (BRAC º£½ÇÉçÇø, Bangladesh)
- Master of Architecture in Ecological Urbanism (Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York)
- PhD in Urban Design (º£½ÇÉçÇø of Melbourne, Australia)
- Research interests
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Ongoing research projects
- Socio-spatiality of shitting well: Exploring sanitation dynamics and futures in informal settlements (in collaboration with º£½ÇÉçÇø of Liverpool and Brac º£½ÇÉçÇø Center for Inclusive Architecture and Urbanism)
- Morphogenesis of Informal Settlements (in collaboration with Informal Urbanism Research Hub, º£½ÇÉçÇø of Melbourne)
- Wala urbanism: ecology of street vending (in development)
- Minority cities: towards an urbanism of diversity (in development)
Research Interest and PhD supervision areas
Theme 1: Practice-oriented Keywords: Informal settlements, informal housing, urban informality, slum upgrading practices, international development and urban design
Theme 2: Theory-oriented Assemblage thinking in architecture and urban design, Deleuze studies, ontological design, pluriversality and decolonization,
Theme 3: Methodology-oriented Keywords: Social dynamics of urban morphology, urban mapping at the scale of lived reality, spatial ethnography, social-spatial linkages
Theme 4: Area-oriented Keywords: Dhaka/Bangladesh, East London/UK
- Publications
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Books
- City of Desire An Urban Biography of the Largest Slum in Bangladesh.
- Atlas of Informal Settlement Understanding Self-Organized Urban Design. Bloomsbury Publishing.
- OFF-GRID TOILETS.
Journal articles
- . International Planning Studies.
- . International Development Planning Review, 45(3), 235-248.
- . Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers.
- . International Journal of Housing Policy.
- . Housing Studies.
- . Habitat International, 104, 102240-102240.
- . sITA(6).
- . City, 1-14.
- Epistemic Justice and the º£½ÇÉçÇø: Reclaiming the Academy for Emancipatory Urban Praxis?. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.
- . Urban Studies, 004209802311725-004209802311725.
- . Environment and Urbanization, 095624782211498-095624782211498.
Chapters
- Urban design pedagogies for staying with a broken planet In Leite Viana D, da Cruz Brandão E, Morais F, Carvalho IC, Duarte JP & Brandão N (Ed.), Emerging Perspectives on Teaching Architecture and Urbanism Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars.
- , Sustainable Development Goals Series (pp. 607-617). Springer International Publishing
- City of Desire An Urban Biography of the Largest Slum in Bangladesh.
- Research group
- Grants
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Academic Awards, Grants and Fellowships
- (2018) Sessional Teaching Excellence Award, º£½ÇÉçÇø of Melbourne
- (2017) AU$ 200,000+ Melbourne Research Scholarship, º£½ÇÉçÇø of Melbourne for doctoral research
- (2017) Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) / AIA Housing Design Education Award (for ‘Housing for Aging in Community’)
- (2017) $250,000 Grant by Walmart Family Foundation for Affordable Housing Programme, º£½ÇÉçÇø of Arkansas Architecture School Dean’s Office
- (2014) Dean’s Graduate Faculty Award for Academic Excellence, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York
- (2013) Postgraduate Scholarship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York
- (2012) Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for Highest Academic Achievement, BRAC º£½ÇÉçÇø
- (2007-2011) Undergraduate Merit Scholarship, BRAC º£½ÇÉçÇø
- Teaching activities
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PGT Urban Design Project
PGT Urban Design Thesis
PGT Trajetories in Urban Design
PGT Tools and Methods in Urban Design
PGT Participation in Urban Design
UG Communications
UG CAAD
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Associate Member, American Institute of Architects
- Affiliate Member, Royal Institute of British Architects
- Associate Member, Institute of Architects Bangladesh
- Member, Urban Design Group
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