Dissertation
+psi.neu A Deflatable Architecture
Architectural Association Design Research Lab // 2011
Design research focused on programming prototypical vacuum-actuated dry construction systems controlled through computational design and on-site digital fabrication.
+Bringing Down the Walls: Contemporary Spaces in the Historic Core
CSIIT School of Architecture + Planning/ JNAFAU // 2007
A methodical understanding of factors and parameters that give life and use to spaces, resulting in a proposal for activating abandoned and dead spaces in a historic precinct of Hyderabad, with replicable and scalable solutions for other similar communities.
Books
+ReThink 2025 // RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) // January 2021
+Hilltop School // Architonic Report #70: Education // June 2020
+Hyderabad Design Diaries // October 2019
+Lehrbuch Koranarabisch: Grundkurs // Pia Köppel + Florian Jäckel, edited by Katajun Amirpur // Waxmann // October 2019
Architecture + Design + Urbanism
+Inspiring School with Rocks as Walls, Stars for Light
Hyderabad Design Diaries // Hyderabad Design Week 2019 coffee table book
+Teamwork in the Studio as a Living Proof of Gestalt
Aavaran // December 2018
+A Blueprint for Re-evolution: The New Normal in Architecture
Indian Architect & Builder // November 2018
+Rediscovering the Childhood Joy of Walking, Jogging, Jumping
The Wire // May 2018
+Micro-Mosque, Macro-Spirituality
Mvslim.com // April 2018
+Looking to the Past for Answers to Present Urban Challenges
Gulf Construction Magazine // July 2016
+Lifeline of a Religious Structure
FullHyd.com // March 2005
Work + Business + Entrepreneurship
+Don’t Pay for it, Wait for it!
LinkedIn // October 2018
+How to Apply for an Architecture Internship
Internity // May 2017
+Answers to Questions You Shouldn’t Be Asked
LinkedIn // November 2016
Personal/Political
+Identity in the Time of Dissent II: Tricolor Symbolism
February 2020
+The Hijab Has Arrived: Identity in the Time of Dissent and Conditional Allies
January 2020
+Walk a Mile in My Hijab to Feel How Oppressed I Am
March 2019
+Layer Upon Layer
The Wire // June 2018
+No Way Out
The Wire // May 2018
+I Am a Muslim. Here’s Why I Wear My Religion on My Sleeve
The Wire // May 2018
