Biography

Mehmooda Maqsood has a bachelors degree in Architecture Design from the National College of Arts Lahore, and a joint M.sc in Regional Planning Development and Management from Technical University of Dortmund, Germany and University of Austral Chile. She has conducted research on morphological urban form in Chile, and worked on projects related to socio-spatial community development, with a focus on housing, habitat and habitability in Pakistan and Nepal. She has taught courses called Design for Social Change, and Environment, Architecture and Identity alongside coordinating thesis year at the Architecture department at Indus Valley School for Arts and Architecture. She was heading the research lab Architectural Design Research Lab from December 2021 till January 2024. She is an active part of the SIADP and Alumni portal Deutschland, and has participated in conferences that focus on inclusive, trans-formative, and adaptive planning procedures. She is currently a PhD student in Cities and Urban Cultures at the Center for Social Studies, University of Coimbra Portugal.