This is the sixth session in the Emergent Practices series, initiated by The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute (LMSAI), Graduate School of Design (GSD), and supported by Architecture Foundation, India, and The South Asia GSD Student Group. The series is hosted by Harvard Prof. Rahul Mehrotra.

“Emergent Practices in South Asia” convenes young practitioners that have displayed rigorous engagement in the making of architecture, landscape, and interventions in the public realm in response to the spectrum of issues that societies in transition experience. This lecture series also sets off the broader project to research, document, and create conversations around Architecture in South Asia and the emergent models of practice.

Noor Khan Design Studio (NKDS) was founded by architect Noor Khan in 2012, two years after completing his bachelor’s in architecture degree from Beaconhouse National University (BNU) Lahore, Pakistan.

Based primarily in Lahore, NKDS is an architectural design firm which covers projects of all scales and categories, including residential, commercial, communal, industrial, and master planning, with a team of 25 highly talented individuals with vast experience in design and construction supervision. With over 350 projects in our portfolio, our work covers all major cities of Pakistan and can be found internationally including countries like UAE, USA and Sri Lanka.

In 2014, after studying architecture in Kabul University, Ayaz Hosham started his career in building conservation which gave him the opportunity to deepen his knowledge of local craftsmanship and the traditional art of place making in Kabul. He has been part of the design team for Chihilsitoon Garden and Palace Rehabilitation, Stor Palace and Kabul Riverfront Transformation projects.
His master research, conducted in 2018 in Hiroshima University, focused on the environmental sustainability of the traditional courtyard houses in Kabul and Hiroshima. The results of his research are published in the Journal of Buildings and presented in PLEA 2018 and SBE 2019 in Hong Kong and Tokyo.
As a full time lecturer in the Department of Architecture in Kabul University he had the opportunity of conveying the importance of the local vernacular in addressing the contemporary issues in the built environment, in an instance when the cities in Afghanistan were losing their identity and required environmental sustainability. He has also served as Sustainable Architecture Specialist for the Office of the Senior Advisor to the President in Transportation Affairs.

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