Dr. Tanzil Shafique: City of Desire: Learning architecture and urbanism from a “Slum”
Dr. Tanzil Shafique will deliver the 2025 Informal Cities Workshop Kickoff Lecture.
About Dr Tanzil Shafique
Tanzil Shafique is an Assistant Professor of Urban Design at the University of Sheffield School of Architecture and Landscape. Previously, he taught at the University of Melbourne, Australia and the University of Arkansas, USA. Tanzil’s research looks at southern urbanism, pluriversal architectural practice and informal planning, particularly by climate change-impacted communities. Additionally, he runs Next50, a translocal knowledge-to-impact bridging hub. Tanzil’s recent monograph is titled: City of Desire: An Urban Biography of the Largest Slum in Bangladesh (Bloomsbury, 2024). Tanzil has a PhD from Melbourne and M.Arch in Ecological Urbanism from Rensselaer Polytechnic in New York.
