Shahzia Shazi
Faculty, School of Architecture
Shahzia is a trained designer with expertise in Architecture, 3D Visualizations, Urban design and Master-Planning. As a designer, she has worked on various visualization projects for Behan Planning and Design in Saratoga Springs, New York. She managed and executed 3D design visualization projects involving architectural, urban, and interior design with the application of visualization technology as a 3D visualization specialist at Newlands & Company, Inc. in Portland, Oregon. She also worked as a visualization architect at Brahe & Bestec, a Denmark-Bangladesh joint venture in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Shahzia is currently teaching as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Geography, Planning and Sustainability at the University at Albany, SUNY. At the University at Albany, she teaches graduate-level courses that focus on the importance of computer applications in planning and site planning. As a lecturer she formerly taught a graduate lab-based course in digital visualization for urban spatial representation using industry-standard software and co-taught an Urban Design Studio where she shared her expertise in urban design principles, basic drawing/sketching, use of SketchUp for 3D modeling, animation and Adobe Photoshop for creating photo simulation for the urban development projects in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at San Jose State University. Previously, as a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Arizona, she taught two courses: Design Communications 1, and Foundation Studio 2: Drawing, Modeling, and Descriptive Geometry.
Shahzia is also an experienced photographer specializing in landscapes, portraits, and events, and is well versed in post-production techniques using Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, and other software. In her leisure time, she plays with colors through her paintings and 3D digital art.
She obtained her Bachelor in Architecture (B.Arch.) from BRAC University in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2007 and her Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) with a concentration in Urban Design & Infrastructure from the College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona in 2009. Her master’s thesis focused on connecting the city of Tucson with open-space design strategies and alternative modes of transportation to minimize urban sprawl.
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