Upcoming Events
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Past Events
Karachi Museum of History - Groundbreaking ceremony
23rd May 2026
In partnership with the government of sindh and the karachi metropolitan corporation, CAP marks the groundbreaking of karachi museum of history; a digitally interactive museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the history and heritage of Sindh and Pakistan.
International Museum Day
Session: Who Are Museums For? Public Memory, Access, and Innovation
May 18th, 2026
On the occasion of International Museum Day 2026, The Dawood Foundation hosted a panel discussion at TDF MagnifiScience Centre exploring the theme, "Who Are Museums For? Public Memory, Access, and Innovation." The evening opened with remarks by Mr. Khawar Ali Shah, Secretary, Culture, Government of Sindh, and featured an engaging conversation between Dr. Asma Ibrahim, Marvi Mazhar, and Amin Gulgee.
The discussion examined the evolving role of museums and cultural institutions as spaces for preserving heritage, fostering public memory, expanding accessibility, and creating meaningful learning experiences for diverse communities. Bringing together participants from across Karachi, the event encouraged dialogue on the future of museums in Pakistan and the importance of making culture an active, inclusive, and living part of public life.
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 PM
Location: International Museum Day at TDF MagnifiScience Centre.
The Collective Dialogue
May 13th, 2026
Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Collective Dialogue organized as part of the Diagnostic Phase I for the upgradation of the National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi
Location: MPH-A 11th Floor, University Centre Building, AKU. Karachi
Time: 330 pm
Pakistan Heritage Exchange Conference-British Council Pakistan
February 11th, 2026
Session 1: Walking Cities with a New Generation of Heritage Storytellers
Panelists: Asad Monga, Ghazi Taimoor Mirza, Jahandad Khan and Marvi Mazhar. Moderated by Nabah Ali Saad.
Session 2: Activating Research, Training and Practice in Heritage.
Panelists: Dr. Nadra Shahbaz, Taimoor Khan Mumtaz, Zain Mustafa and Marvi Mazhar. Moderated by Amtul Mateen Ayesha.
As part of the Pakistan Heritage Exchange Conference, hosted by British Council Pakistan at Alhamra Arts Council, Marvi Mazhar joined Zain Mustafa, Dr. Nadhra Shahbaz, and Taimoor Khan Mumtaz for the panel discussion "Activating Research, Training and Practice in Heritage."
The discussion explored how heritage knowledge is generated, transmitted, and applied across research, education, traditional craftsmanship, professional practice, and community engagement. Addressing the intersections of historical research, material culture, emerging technologies, and local expertise, the panel examined how both formal and informal systems can strengthen heritage conservation and ensure the continuity of knowledge.
British Council, Dept for Culture, Media & Sport.
Alhamra Arts Council, Mall Road in Lahore, Pakistan
Artist Residency – The NCA Triennale 2025 ‘Kasb-e-Kamal Kun’
October 27th to November 8th, 2025
November 3rd, 2025: Public Panel: Preserving the Past, Planning for the Future: Parisa Bahrami & Marvi Mazhar.
November 3rd, 2025: Public Panel-Artist Talk: Development in Karachi: An Urban Love Letter Leading to an Obituary
Khak-e Hayat: Shared Ecological Destinies between Iran and Pakistan.
NCA Triennale 2025: Workshop & Residency, Lahore
Khak-e Hayat was a two-week research residency organized by Ajam Media Collective bringing together 14 artists, academics, and architects from Iran and Pakistan to explore the region’s shared ecological pasts and imagine alternative visions for a collective future.
The residency took place from October 27 to November 8, 2025 as part of the NCA Triennale, with panels, workshops, and listening sessions held daily. Simultaneously, residency participants engage in ethnographic research across and around Lahore focused on sites related to workshop themes, including architectural heritage, artisan knowledge, environmental legacies and multicultural histories, public space, and artistic practice.
https://ajammc.com/2025/12/03/ajam-khak-hayat-residency/
Lahore, Pakistan
Karachi's best Nihari - The Food Experience with Marvi Mazhar in Oldtown
November, 2025
Session: Podcast with Shehzad Ghias
Session: Community, Climate, and Urban Resilience
October 3-5, 2025
Indus Conclave panelists: Dr. Sadaf Sultan, Raza Ali Dada, Marvi Mazhar and Sunela Jayawardene, moderated by Maliha Noorani.
Alhamra Arts Council, Mall Road in Lahore, Pakistan
Research & Study on Super Block Urbanism in Barcelona & Vienna.
September 21st to 28th, 2025
Project 2025: Livable Cities Investment Program / Tbilisi Super Blocks London Park, Georgia.
Spain / Austria. Europe.
The Syndicate of Shaheed Allah Buksh Soomro University of Art, Design and Heritages
Contributing to university governance, strategic planning, and the continued growth of the Department of Architecture. Marvi works alongside university leadership and the Higher Education Commission to help shape the future of architectural and design education in Pakistan.
2025
Studies in Critical Regionalism - Architectural Identity of Karachi
A panel discussion exploring how modern & postmodern architecture responds to Karachi’s cultural & urban context, shaping a unique and evolving city identity.
May 16th 2025
Panelists: Marvi Mazhar and Moyena Niazi
On Friday May 16th at 10:00 - 11:30 am
NED City Campus - Seminar Hall
Sustainable Heritage Protection: Preserving the Glorious Past of The City Karachi
February 27th 2025
Supported by Culture, Tourism, Antiquities & Archives Department Govt. of Sindh
Timing 3:30 to 5:30 at National Museum of Pakistan
Title: Ravi River - Short Film screening and panel discussion
February 8th 2025
A collaboration between graduate students and faculty at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, LUMS.
Moderated conversation and Q&A
Panelists: Dr. Hasan H. Karrar, Marvi Mazhar & Amber Ajani
Session: Manzar: Pakistan's Artistic and Architectural Evolution from the 1940s to Today
February 7th 2025
Karachi Literature Festival inauguration ceremony
Panellists: H.M. Naqvi, Marvi Mazhar, Kiran Ahmed
Moderator: Zarmeene Shah
Time: 7.00 p.m – 8.00 p.m
Venue: Aquarius Hall
NED 2nd Conference on Architecture 'Architectural Encounters: Neo-liberalism and Localness- conflicts and solutions'
Technical Session: 'Publicness' in Public Architecture
session moderator: Dr. Saeed uddin Ahmad
Mr. Farhan Anwar, Marvi Mazhar and Mr. Fahim Zaman shared the floor on current possibilities in Karachi's urban thinking
1st February 2025
Equitable Designs: Gender & The Build Environment
Feminist Architectures panel Discussion
January 24th 2025
Event hosted by Institute for Art & Culture
2:30 - 3:15 PM
Night School 2025, Lifelines: Tending to the Ruins
Conversation with Marvi Mazhar, moderated by Ayesha Qaisar
The workshop aimed to talk about environmental degradation, and land rights. Night School this January 2025 was to explore urbanism, history and their intersection in the port city of Dubai/Karachi.
January 23th 2025
Jameel Arts Centre, Lobby
7:00 – 8:30 PM
TDF Ghar “From Borders to Belongings: Karachi's Journey Through Migration.”
January 15th 2025
Exhibition on behalf of Dawood Foundation
Time: 02:00 pm - 04:00 pm
Eastern Regional Organisation for Planning and Human Settlements (EAROPH)
29th EAROPH World Congress & Handing Over Ceremony
December 2nd - 3rd 2024
Theme: Culture & Heritage
Sub-themes: Protection and continuity of cultural assets, indigenous architecture & construction techniques, conservation and adaptive reuse, cultural tourism.
Islamabad, Pakistan
“Power of Documentation & Advocacy”
12 Nov, 2024
Cultural Protection Fund Pakistan Pilot
As a keynote speaker at the Cultural Protection Fund Pakistan Pilot, Marvi Mazhar joined Prof. Ali Usman Qasmi to examine the role of documentation and advocacy in protecting Pakistan's cultural heritage. Marvi Mazhar highlighted the city's rapidly disappearing architectural and cultural landscapes, addressing the consequences of neglect, illegal land appropriation, weak governance, and outdated heritage legislation. The discussion was framed around five themes that underpin her work: Silent Deterioration, Historical Theft of Public Assets, Everyday Material Loss, Understanding Craftsmanship, and Knowledge Sharing & Collaboration.
IAPEX Lahore Chapter (Online)
Theme: Architecture Matters
Social Equity: Promoting Inclusivity and Accessibility
November 2nd 2024
Lahore, Pakistan
MANZAR: Art & Architecture from Pakistan 1940s to Today
October 31st - 3rd November 2024
https://youtu.be/1WjQ98eP-gY?si=l57tKISHoJwI4UhX
National Museum of Qatar
Doha, Qatar
Research Sabbatical
August 20th - 20th September 2024
London, UK
Divvy Film Festival: A Celebration of South Asian Film
July 5th to 7th 2024
Milaap Film Screening
at The Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall London SW1Y 5AH
Lecture Session on Environmental (im)mobilities, Health, Food and Livelihood Security.
June 10th 2024
17:00 – 19:00 BST online via zoom
Summer School, co-hosted by Earth Refuge and SOAS, University of London UK
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/navigating-nexus-environmental-immobilities-iioic/
Judge Image Competition: Visions for Greenhouse Gas Removal, 2024
May 16th 2024
Creating a visual archive for greenhouse gas removal methods, technologies, and practices
Supported by CO2RE The Green House Gas Removal Hub
Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment | School of Geography and the Environment
University of Oxford | South Parks Road | OX1 3QY
Farah Yasmeen Shaikh Heartistry
April 22nd 2024
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heartistry/id1732373176?i=1000655361652
Marvi Mazhar joined Fara Yasmin Shaikh on Heartistry Talk Show by Ruckus Avenue Radio for a conversation exploring the intersections of architecture, heritage, advocacy, and community practice. Reflecting on her journey from architecture to urban activism, the discussion highlighted the role of Pakistan Chowk Community Centre, Heritage Walk Karachi, and research-led initiatives in fostering public engagement, preserving cultural memory, and advocating for more inclusive, locally grounded approaches to the built environment. This conversation offers a personal reflection on architecture as a practice of care, collaboration, and civic responsibility.
Season 5, Episode 12: Marvi Mazhar
Podcast 8:00 pm
CA, USA
Panel Discussion: Fabulating Futures for a Planet in Crisis (Screening of film Milaap)
April 2nd 2024
Via Zoom at 3:00 PM CET to 6:00 PM CET
Woman. Life. Freedom. These three words stand for a courageous opposition movement, in honor of which Narges Mohammadi was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.” (Nobel Committee, 2023). What if we took this principle of care reflected in these three words as a starting point to analyze and evolve current narratives and lived realities towards a more just, peaceful and sustainable coexistence?
Women, Life, Freedom: if we put these factors at the heart of our societies at large in a new social and ecological contract, what would these look and feel like?
Supported by Vienna, Austria
Panel Discussion with Study of South Asia and the Ocean World (Screening of Milaap)
March 21st 2024
12:15 to 1:45 pm
IAS Common Ground, UCL, London. UK
DAL Studio
A panel discussion with Ghassan Chemali (case study from Bahrain) and Marvi Mazhar (case study from Karachi).
March 17th 2024
Lecture Series at 22:00
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
DAL Studio
Research (Student) Review with Prof. Soumyen Bandyopadhyay (University of Liverpool) and a senior from Fosters and Partners.
March 7th 2024
18:30 Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Culture Protection Fund Pakistan Pilot Projects Review
Panel Discussion: Where next for Heritage in Pakistan at 4:30 pm
March 6th 2024
Panelists: Dr. Abdul Samad, Khawaja Tausif Ahmed, Marvi Mazhar, Paras Mahmood Shah
British Council Karachi, Pakistan
WOW Festival
March 3rd 2024
At Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore Pakistan
Milaap Film Screening & Q/A at 11:30 - 12:30 pm
Supported by British Council
AIUIa Future Culture Summit
February 25th -27th 2024
Ministry of Culture of Saudi Arabia
Place Pollinations: People, Culture and Preservation
January 19th 2024
At 10:00 am CET
8:00 pm PKT
Pratt Institute, USA
Milaap film screening and panel discussion with Marvi Mazhar
December 21st 2023
Academy of Fine Arts
Vienna, Austria
Milaap film screening and debate with Marvi Mazhar
December 13th 2023
Social Sciences Winter School (CESAH)
supported by Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi
COP28 Resilience Hub; UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
December 9th 2023
How Creativity Can Build Resilient Communities
Supported by Julie’s Bicycle_Creative Climate Action
Panelists: Marvi Mazhar & Maheen Zia
Online Panel Time: 15:00 UAE
Link: https://juliesbicycle.com/news-opinion/cop28-resilience-hub/
Muddy Waters: Reimagining Futures in Wet Asia
Panel Discussion: “Restless Waters” with Marvi Mazhar, Maira Hayat (Environment and Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, Notre Dame) and historian Prasenjit Duara (Duke University) moderator Professor Nikhil Anand.
December 8th, 2023
Supported by Wolf Humanities Center
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Link: https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/muddy-waters
Seminar theme 'Legacies of Care, Failures, Emerging Solidarities' on panel discussion topic: Liveable Societies – Climate, Air, and Us.
December 2nd- 6th 2023
Supported by Prince Claus Fund.
Colombo, Srilanka
Link: https://princeclausfund.org/prince-claus-fund-biennial-symposium-2023
6th Karachi International Water Conference
November 27th 2023
Topic: Water Matters-Bring Water Back to Climate Discourse
Opening session by Marvi Mazhar via Zoom
Supported by Hisaar Foundation
Milaap Screening
November 23rd 2023
Center for South Asian and Himalayan Studies (CESAH)
EHESS, 2 cours des humanités 93300 Aubervilliers
Metro Front Populaire (line 12)
Milaap Screening
November 22nd 2023
Les Arches Citoyennes, Paris, France
3 Pl. de l'Hôtel de Ville, 75004 Paris
Time: 7:00 pm
Future Rural; Casting non-Western gaze on the rural-urban dichotomy
November 17th 2023
Organized by Yuki Sumner
Supported by Architectural Association School of Architecture
London UK
Right to the City; Workshop on Reclaiming Public Space in Karachi
November 11th 2023
Supported by the U.S Mission in Pakistan, in Partnership with the Pakistan U.S Alumni Network
Time: 12:30 - 4:00 pm
Habib University, Karachi, Pakistan
Fourth Latif Art and Literature Festival
November 4th 2023
Time: 4:50 - 6:00 pm
Supported by Arts Council
Arts Council Karachi, Pakistan
Karachi's Path to a Better City: A World Cities Day Panel Discussion
November 3rd 2023
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Supported by Think PVC “Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited”
Bukhari Commercial DHA Karachi, Pakistan
2nd Pakistan Climate Conference 2023
November 1st 2023
Time: 10:30 - 11:00 am
Supported by Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry (OICCI)
OICCI Building Talpur Road, Karachi, Pakistan
Workshop: Mapping Change in Lahore’s Urbanized Villages
Aug 21 – Sep 05, 2023
IDEAS Office, Gulberg 19-A, FCC, Gulberg IV, Lahore – Pakistan
Displacement: a presentation by Marvi Mazhar
August 22, 2023
Available to attend via Zoom
Link: https://lse.zoom.us/j/85347258196?pwd=eTdkTDZMWmVCTHZMYVZjK1hF ekpFQT09
Workshop: Architecture, Urban Design, and Environmental Activism in Contemporary Pakistan
May 12th / 13th 2023
IVSAA, Karachi
The workshop is supported by the American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS). Hosted by IVS (Faiza Mushtaq), with faculty from Cornell University (Iftikhar Dadi) and University of Kansas (Farhan Karim) as co-organizers.
Global Book Launch: Yasmeen Lari: Architecture for the Future
May 10, 2023 15.00 CET
Webinar
Link: https://www.azw.at/en/event/yasmeen-lari/
Conference Worlds at Waste: The Crisis of Water in the Subcontinent
April 7th, 2023
https://www.climate.columbia.edu/events/worlds-waste-crisis-water-subcontinent
Columbia University, New York, USA.
Lecture (Webinar): Yasmeen Laris Exhibition / Book.
Harvard on colonial and postcolonial South Asian architecture
30th March 2023
Department of History of Art and Architecture
Harvard University, USA
Exhibition & Book Launch on Yasmeen Lari (Co-Curators: Angelika Fitz, Elke Krasny, & Marvi Mazhar)
March 8th, 2023
At the opening 8th March, 2023, Vienna: L to R: Marvi Mazhar (Architect / Co-Curator), City Councilor for Culture & Science, Mrs. Veronica Kaup-Hasler, Angelika Fitz (Director AzW / Co-Curator), Yasmeen Lari, Doris Schmidauer (First Lady of Austria), Elke Krasny (Director Art Academy / Co-Curator), Alexandra Maringer (Scenography), and Alexander Ach Schuh (Graphic Designer).
Architekturzentrum Wien, Vienna, Austria.
WBCS National Conference by Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi
'Role of Arts and Culture in promoting peace' at the Women Building Cohesive Societies 2022
Moderated by Imran Azhar. Panelists: Marvi Mazhar, Haya Fatima, Ahsan Bari and Ali Abbas Zaidi.
10 December, 2022
Climate Symposium 2022
Title: “Living with Climate Change” moderated by Mariam Alsikafi in conversation with Dr. Baca, Insiya Syed and Marvi Mazhar
6th November, 2022
Harvard Business School, USA (HBS Energy Club)
https://climatesymposium.wixsite.com/schedule
The think tank - Sindh Heritage Bylaws 2022
Appointed to be part of the think tank to develop and strengthen Sindh Heritage Bylaws 2022.
The group is chaired by Secretary Culture Dr. Nasim Ul Ghani Sahito, Dr. Kaleemullah Lashari, Mr. Hamid Akhund, Arch. Marvi Mazhar, Arch. Yasmeen Lari, and Dr. Anila Naeem
Lecture Series: The Architecture of Transition: Emergent Practices in South Asia moderated by Rahul Mehrotra
Session on: Karachi; thinking the city
5th November, 2022
Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA
Laxmi Mittal South Asia Institute (LMSAI) and Graduate School of Design (GSD), supported by the Architecture Foundation and The South Asia GSD (student group)
Conference-Indus Conclave: People & Cities
Panel Talk: Marvi Mazhar, Raza Ali Dada, Attiq Ahmed moderated by Rafay Alam
16th October, 2022
Alhamra Art Center, Lahore-Pakistan
Vital, Panel Talk (Online)
Panel Talk (Zoom) on ‘Architecture & Care’ in conversation with Prof Elke Krasny (Arts Vienna), and Prof. Dery Özkan (Izmir University of Economics)
October 11th, 2022
Kültürpark Atlas Pavilion
IzmIr, Turkey
Workshop by Marvi Mazhar
Makli Disaster Risk Preparedness session ‘We Connect Makli’ by ICCROM & Antiquity and Archaeology, Department of Culture, Tourism, Antiquities & Archives Government of Sindh
October 4th 2022: Workshop 1.0 “Understanding Climate Disaster through Community Management”
October 5th 2022: Workshop 2.0 “Developing Disaster Management Mapping through Community Participation Method”
Makli, Thatta, Sindh
Workshop: Public / State: Monuments to Memory (Developed by Marvi Mazhar)
‘Inventing the Nation’: Art South Asia Project (UK) / British Council / (Project Developed by Sophia Balagamwala)
24th September, 2022
Location of the session: Frere Hall, Karachi-PK
Umea School of Architecture (Online)
Talk: Displacement: Global Challenge // sub topic: Ecological Epistemologies : urban / rural floods and infrastructural decisions
Panel: Bombay 61 (Jai Bhadgaonkar / Ketaki), & Marvi Mazhar
September 15th, 2022
Umea, Sweden
Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Duniya (Mad Mad Mad Mad Filmy World)
Opening: September 7, 2022
Gallery Hinterland, Vienna, Austria
Saahil ki Kahaaniyan; British Council & Transforming Narratives
Opening: 11th August, 2022
Koel Gallery, Karachi
Situating the Urban Climate Crisis from and for The Global South (Webinar)
SURGE (Southern Urbanism Research Group Ensemble)
Panelists: Naxhelli Ruiz (Mexico), Marvi Mazhar (Pakistan), Muna Dajani (Middle East)
22nd June, 2022
Lost in Trans Location | vertical versus horizontal; neighborhood rights
Panelists: Prof. Sophie Wolfrum (Munich), Arch. Arif Belgaumi (Karachi) moderated by Marvi Mazhar
Goethe Institute, Karachi
26th June, 2022
Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice
Progressive Students Collective
Panel: Khaliq Junejo, Marvi Mazhar, Hassan Kalmati
27th May, 2022
Irtiqa Institute, Karachi
Activation ‘100 Ways to Say We’ in conversation with Artist Angelo Vermeulen
and Yassine Rachidi, moderated by Hayat Erdogan. (Zoom)
27th May, 2022
Goethe-Institut / “Performing Architecture” and Theater Neumarkt, Zürich,
in collaboration with Sale Docks, Venice
Colloquy on ‘Thinking with Others’
15th April, 2022
Communication Design, IVSAA, Karachi.
Coastal Reclamation and Infrastructural Rupture
24th March, 2022
Radio: Green Hour, FM 91
Feminist Nightscapes, curated by Sophie Lgg, Claudia Lomoschitz and Elke Krasny
Contributions from feminist thinkers, educators, activists, art makers, architects acting in and thinking
from their locally specific infrastructural and structural contexts and conditions took place at this event.
8th March, 2022
Live Digital Walk
In conversation with Chris Moffat on Karachi's Edge: Conflicting Infrastructural Imaginaries
16th November, 2021
Queens Mary University of London, UK
Panelist at “Predictably Unpredictable” Wiener Festwochen
9th September, 2021
Vienna, Austria
https://brut-wien.at/en/Programme/Calendar/Programm-2021/09/PREDICTABLY-UNPREDICTABLE
Context, Contrast, Continuity: The Role of Female Architects in Modernism & Today
https://www.youtube.com/live/9pkDVxKak_Y?si=68ctvCs4VPr1kTvD
6th May, 2021 (Online)
Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), Germany
Farms or Houses? Reducing the Human and Environmental Costs of Urban Expansion April 02, 2021 Tabadlab Policy Roundtable, (Online)
Understanding Heritage Education In Schools in relation to Historic Cities - Workshop in Makli, Thatta.
13th December 2020
Session was based on analysis and importance of living in historic city and how educational institutes play important role in development of Outstanding Universal Value for World Heritage Sites. The session was with teachers from various state owned / private schools to think about developing “heritage course outline” keeping regional research and documentation of existing heritage sites. The two hour session was divided into The Concepts of Heritage Education, Task-sheet of how to apply methods in their own individual schools and in the end introducing them to Declared Heritage sites of Pakistan. The week long workshop was developed by Citizensarchive UNESCO and Italian Agency for Development Cooperation
What are mobility challenges and solutions for cities. Cities Conference: Urban Design, Culture & Heritage 23rd September, 2020 UNDP, (Online)
IAPEX Conference 2020
Conference Theme “Designing Narratives”
Expo Centre
28th February, 2020
Karachi, Pakistan.
Urban Design Dialogue
Panelists: Dr. Noman Ahmed, Madiha Merchant, Ambreen Thompson,
Marvi Mazhar, Tariq Ahmed Rind & Farhan Anwar
25th February, 2020
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
The Playground, Habib University
Karachi, Pakistan
Lahooti Melo
Artivism on Earth- Artists take on Climate Change’
16th February 2020
A session at the Lahooti Melo, 16 February, 2020, in conversation with Ms Marvi Mazhar, Mr Ahmad Shah, Dr Nathu Singh, Mr Zohaid Kazi, and Ms Marium Agha
Hyderabad, Pakistan.
Hyderabad Literature Festival
“Heritage is Treasure: How to save it?”
9th February, 2020
Hyderabad, Pakistan.
Adab Festival Pakistan
“Karachi’s Urban Management Planning, Public Spaces,
and Garbage Management” with Mr. Arif Hasan, Commissioner Iftikhar Shallwani, Saeed Ghani, Mayor Wasim Akhtar and Ms. Marvi Mazhar
The Adab Festival kick-started its Saturday session on Karachi’s urban planning, garbage management and public spaces with a short documentary playing a song of hope that all ethnicity living in Karachi would come together and join hands for the development of the city.
https://www.samaa.tv/lifeandstyle/2020/02/same-old-talk-on-karachis-planning-garbage-public-spaces/?fbclid=IwAR1bCoMlJWSfCTaAdMWRRUKbChl7OTzEEmdeR_JmkDaGwpPS2a33cLRI8Sw
https://www.samaa.tv/lifeandstyle/2020/01/adab-festival-2020-what-to-look-out-for/
https://www.dawn.com/news/1531889
2nd February, 2020
Karachi, Pakistan.
Importance of Cultural Nodes & Restoration of Jamshed Hall at Theosophical Society
26th January, 2020
Karachi, Pakistan.
IPAF 2020
Cultural Management Fellowship
25th January / 26th January / 1st February 2020
Karachi, Pakistan.
Alpha Advertisement
Presents “Karachi Tum Say Hay”
Award Show
Pearl Continental Hotel
21st December, 2019
Karachi, Pakistan.
The APRA Awards - at the Marriott Hotel in Karachi.
9 December 2019
Marvi Mazhar & Associates won the All Pakistan Restaurant Association (APRA) for Best Ambiance Design for Thyme Restaurant.
https://images.dawn.com/news/1184186
Arrival Cities Curator's Meetup
International Conference
Conclusion seminar of Arrival City in Frankfurt, Germany with other international curators from around the world where Marvi Mazhar participated and represented the project of Arrival City (Germany) / Seeking Home (Afghan Narrative) to public at Deutsche Architecture Museum, Frankfurt-Germany.
Deutsche Architecture Museum, DAM
4th-6th December, 2019
Frankfurt, Germany.
Launch Of The Natural Heritage Association Of Karachi : Inauguration of THE BANYAN TREES of Old Clifton-Conservation Project
Conceptualized by: Sindh Govt. & Marvi Mazhar & Associates.
The Banyan trees of Clifton are part of an essential environmental ecosystem and possess immense cultural and historic significance. Therefore, urgent interventions should be made against harming these trees, and professional measures should be taken to protect them from termites, vandalism, and extreme weather conditions.
The Natural Heritage Association of Karachi (NHAK) is a civil society driven project in collaboration with the Commissioner of Karachi that was founded after a group of concerned citizens collectively decided to develop a natural heritage action plan to protect the trees of Karachi. Working closely with local government officials, NHAK has developed a comprehensive heritage action plan to protect, preserve, and promote the Banyan Trees on Hatim Alvi Road and Shahrah-e-Iran.
1st December, 2019
70 Clifton Park
Karachi, Pakistan.
Drawing The Line: Art & Censorship
A discussion with Adeela Suleman, Marvi Mazhar, Amin Gulgee & Muhammad Zeeshan.
20th November, 2019
The Second Floor (T2F)
Karachi, Pakistan.
The Mangrove Project
Karachi Biennale 2019
An investigation of the unique coastal ecosystem of Karachi.
9th November, 2019
Indus Valley School Of Art and Architecture
Karachi, Pakistan.
The Future of Heritage Round Table Conference
Session: Peoples Perspective;
Stories of Tangible - Intangible Heritage and Conservation Models
The seminar was followed by a day long round table conference. This consisted of presentations by and discussion between academia of architecture, representing various architectural institutes in Pakistan. The objective of this intensive session was to discuss the ways in which heritage and conservation are taught in architectural institutions, and find new ways of intergrating heritage education and practice into the curriculum in light of the work done by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
19th October, 2019
Aga Khan University
Karachi, Pakistan.
Architects, town planners want 100-year master plan made for Karachi
17 october 2019
Arch Yasmeen Lari, Adnan Asdar (Multi-Net) , Arch. Shahid Abdullah and Arch. Marvi Mazhar speak at Urban Planning Conference | Transforming Karachi - chaired by Chief Secretary of Sindh. Building conversation on importance of institutional partners, advisors and collaborators.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1511228/architects-town-planners-want-100-year-master-plan-made-for-karachi
The Long & Short of it
The Imagined Museum of Jufelhurst
in.herit (age) - something that comes or belongs to one by reason of birth
IVSAA Alumni Show 2019
8th - 16th August, 2019
IVS Gallery
Arrival City / Seeking Home
theme ‘Seeking Home — The Afghan Narrative’
Traveling Exhibition organised by Goethe Institute
By revealing the stories of this community labelled “refugee” for four generations, a narrative emerges which is both tragic and beautiful, relatable and alien. The stories at the exhibit speak of love, of heart aches, of fears, of economics, of war, of peace, of home – of the home lost and the one gained.
Article 1: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1989569/1-no-country-refugees/
Article 2: https://www.dawn.com/news/1486970
Article 3: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/482022-a-peep-into-immigrant-phenomenon
Article 4: https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailImage.php?StoryImage=23_06_2019_525_003
Article 5: http://www.artnowpakistan.com/arrival-city/
Video: https://www.facebook.com/ARTTVPAKISTAN/videos/686737425103592/
Invite: https://www.goethe.de/ins/pk/en/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&event_id=21562872
8th - 23rd June, 2019
Commune Artist Colony
Karachi, Pakistan.
Paving the Way
Conversations and an exhibit around relics from
a bygone era that contributes to the architectural diversity in Mumbai
Collaboration with Past Perfect Heritage Management
Exhibition by Bharat Flooring and Tiles
8th - 11th May, 2019
Mumbai, India.
PechaKucha Nights Vol.7
Kuch Khaas
27th April, 2019
Islamabad, Pakistan.
https://www.facebook.com/pechakuchaislamabad/photos/a.146970069347334/327573414620331/?type=3&theater
Dialogue with Shared Studios Portals
Project of the Citizens Archive of Pakistan and StoryCorps
A project which allows individuals to relate personal stories
and create sustainable dialogue founded on civic engagement,
freedom of expression and shared interests in arts and culture.
Lincoln Corner, Pakistan American Cultural Center (PACC)
16th April, 2019
Walking Heritage into Future Cities
Walking Heritage GCRF Project / Workshop with
University of Exeter's Archaeology Department and Business School and Heritage Walk Calcutta.
An innovative social enterprise combining academic research excellence
with ethical community development through heritage walking tours.
21st -26th March, 2019
Exeter, United Kingdom.
Transforming Narratives
This initiative is working to deliver a step-change in the cultural relationships
between Birmingham, Pakistan and Bangladesh
and to focus on the reciprocal exchange of contemporary
cultural practices between these countries and the United Kingdom.
17th - 21st March
Birmingham, United Kingdom.
International Public Art Festival
The Quantum City
14th - 17th March, 2019
Off Eduljee Dinshaw Road
Karachi Port Trust (KPT) Head office
Karachi.
Mapping of Historical and Religious Sites in Pakistan
Nominated for Advisory Committee for Mapping of Historical and Religious Sites in Pakistan by Federal Minister Shafqat Mahmood for National History & Literary Heritage Division. Very proud to advice the Minister for establishing and passing an important resolution of setting up Provincial Monitoring Teams (a non Govt Body / more Civil Society and Heritage Managers) to protect and review heritage sites from all sorts of intolerant vandalism, illegal encroachment and corrupt mismanagement of historical sites.
12 March 2019
10th Karachi Literary Festival
1st-3rd March 2019
session: flaws in urban planning which have contributed to Karachi’s woes
Dr. Syed Saifur Rehman, Marvi Mazhar , Amer Zia and Maniza Naqvi point out the flaws in urban planning which have contributed to Karachi’s woes in a session moderated by Rumana Husain on Saturday, the second day of the 10th Karachi Literature Festival .
https://www.dawn.com/news/1467248/no-romance-left-in-karachi
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1921835/1-administrative-overlaps-poor-planning-ail-karachi/
http://tns.thenews.com.pk/festival-literature/
Restoration, Conservation Methodology, and Technical Survey of the Historic Budha Ashram in Shikarpur
Organised by the Endowment Fund Trust for Preservation of the Heritage of Sindh (EFT)
A meeting convened at Shikarpur by the Endowment Fund Trust (EFT) in consultation with the District Heritage Committee Shikarpur and the Director General Antiquities. It involved the survey of Budha Ashram and discussion about the scope and methodology of work for its restoration.
23rd January 2019
Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan
Lahooti Melo
Whose city is it? Gender and Public Spaces
9th - 10th February, 2019
Hyderabad, Pakistan
Adab Festival
Karachi: Encroachments and Demolition
Architect Marvi Mazhar in conversation with H. M. Naqvi at the launch of his new book “The Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossack” at Adab Festival.
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
2nd February, 2019
Sindh Governor House,
Karachi, Pakistan.
Facing the Present
Night of Ideas
6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
31st January, 2019
Alliance Francaise de Karachi,
Karachi, Pakistan.
Karachi: Past & Present
Project of International Public Art Festival - IPAF
Facing the Present: Intellectuals vs Artists Session at the Night of Ideas hosted by Alliance Francaise
Speakers: Marvi Mazhar, Arieb Azhar, Niilofer Farrukh, Saima Zaidi, Sabiha Sumar and Mohammad Zeeshan
3:00 PM
29th January, 2019
District Municipal Corporation,
Karachi, Pakistan
Anti-encroachment Drive and Loss of Heritage Spaces
Panelist: Mayor Wasim Akhtar, Mr. Arif Hassan, Mr. Jibran Nasir, Ms Marvi Mazhar and Mr. Syed Muhammad Ali Shah.
Moderator: Arieb Azhar,
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/422670-speakers-lament-loss-of-livelihoods-due-to-drive-against-encroachments
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/403505-karachi-s-anti-encroachment-drive-is-ill-conceived-experts
https://www.dawn.com/news/1446485
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m
.22nd January, 2019
The Second Floor - T2F,
Karachi, Pakistan.
WOW – Women of the World Karachi Thinking session
OW - Women of the World Karachi Thinkin Session was a platform to discuss topics and issues around gender, intersectionality and digital communication heritage, and environment in Pakistan, which will contribute to programming for the main #WOWKhi festival scheduled for Spring 2019.
Advisors were Sidra Iqbal Talha Iqbal Mufti Hassaan Khan Yasmin Karim Waqas Johar Maheen Zia Iram S Khan Marvi Mazhar Saima Zaidi Lynette Viccaji Sosan Aziz
December 2018
A Journey of Women Empowerment through the Revival of Culture and Heritage of Pakistan
Round-table Session Organisers: The European Union & Indus Heritage Trust
A conference on Gender Equality through preserving Cultural Heritage convened at Bahawalpur by Indus Heritage Trust in the presence of H.E Jean-François Cautain, European Union Ambassador to Pakistan. The conference highlighted the culture and heritage of Pakistan and discussed measures to empower artisans, especially women, through craft.
26th December, 2018
10:00 AM onwards
Central Library
Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
IBA Karachi ThinkFest
Contemporary Urban Challenges
Panelist: Marvi Mazhar, Fizzah Syed, Ali Arqam
Moderator: Nida Kirmani
Session at the #IBAThinkfest on urban challenges, moderated by Nida Kirmani. Panelists Marvi Mazhar, Fizzah Syed, Ali Arqam spoke passionately about the injustices being done in the name of ‘development’, which are harming our heritage, the environment and citizens.
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/403505-karachi-s-anti-encroachment-drive-is-ill-conceived-experts
12:10 PM to 1:10 PM
8th December, 2018
IBA City Campus
Karachi, Pakistan.
Women of the World Festival- Karachi
Session Advisor for the group discussion “Women’s roles in cultural sustainability and heritage practices”
3:00 PM to 8:30 PM
8th December, 2018
Beach Luxury Hotel
Karachi, Pakistan
The Social Sciences Interactive Session
The Discussion on KMC’s Anti-Encroachment Drive
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
27th November, 2018
The AKU Congress of Student Experience
Panelist in a session on “Student Centered Design & Academic Spaces”
Panellists Safdar Abidi, Marvi Mazhar and Arif Hasan.
Aga Khan University
Karachi, Pakistan.
24th November, 2018
6th International Karachi Conference
Paper on Karachi’s Situational Urbanism
Karachi, Pakistan
10th November, 2018
Building a Better Future with Local Communities
A World of Tomorrow Re-imagined
School of Tomorrow (SOT)
Session 1: Building the Future: Architectural Heritage
Panelists: Marvi Mazhar, Arif Hassan and Vladmir Bataev
Time: 2:10 - 3:10 PM
Session 2: Better Futures with Community spaces
Panelists: Marvi Mazhar, Saad Rabbani and Arieb Azhar
Time: 4:30 - 5:30 PM
Sunflower Hall, Beach Luxury Hotel
Karachi, Pakistan.
3rd & 4th November, 2018
https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/03/improving-educational-system-top-most-priority-president/
Preservation of Historical Sites in Pakistan
Radio Show: Chulo Aasman, FM 89.4
Karachi, Pakistan.
22nd October, 2018
12:00 - 14:00
Hum Aawaz- Round-table Conference with Journalist Zarrar Khuhro
Participants: Local Governing Bodies / Social Initiative Communities.
Hum Aawaz- Round-table Conference of CSOs and the Government for exploring of creating tolerance, inclusivity and diversity in Karachi.
Karachi, Pakistan.
19th October, 2018
9:00 - 13:00
“What does ‘heritage’ mean in/for Pakistan? The South Asian Career of a Global Concept’
Heritage Across Borders
Conference of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
1st - 6th September, 2018
Why do we need Safe Spaces for Youth
Join us to find out from the people of the most happening
Youth & Community Engagement Spaces in Karachi
Panelist Marvi Mazhar, Nooruddin Merchant, Arieb Azhar, Sabrina Dawood, and Muzammil Afzal discussing the need of safe spaces for youth.
Lincoln Corner, Karachi
29th August, 2018
14:45 - 16:15 hours
National History & Literary Heritage Division
Government of Pakistan
Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, and National History & Literary Heritage Division, Shafqat Mahmood chairing first meeting of committee to suggest best possible utilization of Heritage Buildings at Committee room of National History and Literary Heritage Division in Islamabad on August 27, 2018.
The Committee members include:
Mr. Shafqat Mahmood, Mr. Nayyar Ali Dada, Mr. Rashid Rana, Mr. Shamoon Sultan, Mr. Omar Hasan, Dr. Faisal Khan, Mr. Omar Khan Afridi, Mr. Naeem Safi, Mr. Akram Dost Baloch, Miss Muneeza Hashmi, Miss Adeela Suleman, Mr. Samar Ali Khan, Miss Marvi Mazhar, Miss Asma Rashid Khan & Engr, Aamir Hasan.
https://www.app.com.pk/shafqat-mehmood-forms-committees-to-submit-detailed-report-on-important-buildings-within-two-weeks/
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/360313-shafqat-forms-committees-to-submit-report-on-important-buildings
Evacuee Trust Complex, Islamabad
27th August, 2018
12:00 PM
Design Meetup: 01
The Impact of Design
Fostering creative thought and conversation to
build a more accessible, collaborative and design-centric environment
6th July, 2018
17:30 - 20:00 hours
Panel Discussion on Socio-Cultural Dynamics of Pakistan;
Human Development and Public Service Management
Panelist: Mr. Usman Pirzada, Mr. Kamran Lashari & Ar. Marvi Mazhar
Panel Discussion on Socio-Cultural Dynamics of Pakistan; Human Development and Public Service Management
Focusing on Public Policy and Implementation
Panelist Ar. Marvi Mazhar talks about Vanishing Forms of Entertainment: Mushaira, Maila, Village Theater, Corner Libraries, with other panelists including Mr. Usman Pirzada and Mr. Kamran Lashari at National Management College, Lahore.
NMW Hall, National Management College, Lahore
30th April, 2018
10:30 - 13:00 hours
Panel Discussion on Conservation & Rehabilitation - Approaches & Experiences
Panelist: Ar. Yasmin Cheema, Dr. Anila Naeem, Ms. Asma Ibrahim,
Mr. Kaleemullah Lashari, Ar. Mukhtar Hussain & Ar. Marvi Mazhar
Dawood University of Engineering & Technology
21st April, 2018
Karachi, Pakistan
Design Summit 01
BNU SVAD
Prologue
22nd April, 2018
Lahore, Pakistan
National History Museum
First digital history museum on Partition
National History Museum
The first digital history museum on Partition was inaugurated by Chief Minister Punjab, Shehbaz Sharif
Curators & Board Members (from left to right): Ar. Ahsan Najmi, Sophia Balagamwala, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, Ar. Marvi Mazhar and Amean Jan
Opening 17th April, 2018
Lahore, Pakistan
Digital Architectures and Archives
The Centre for Governance and Policy at Information Technology University,
Lahore in collaboration with Columbia University is hosting a workshop called Digital Architectures and Archives
Knowledge Architectures: Lahore workshop
From Left Dr. Durba Mitra (Harvard University) Dr. Manan Ahmed Asif (University of Columbia), Marvi Mazhar, Zehra Nawab and Ryan Perkins (Stanford University)
March 12-13, 2018
Lahore, Pakistan.
HAP Workshop - CAS School
27th February 2018,
Karachi, Pakistan
IAK Talks
Movement to induce inspiration for the young and motivation for the intelligentsia of Karachi.
A program focused on building a platform where the nations most inspiring and successful thinkers
speak and to work together for the betterment of Karachi.
JS Auditorium, IBA City Campus
26th January, 2018
7.00 PM
Making Heimat. Germany, Arrival Country
German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt to meet the curators of the original exhibition: Peter Cachola Schmal and Oliver Elser,
the designers of the exhibition
and the arts department of the Goethe-Institut to work on a concept for the presentation of the exhibition in the following cities:
Karachi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Santiago de Chile, Lima, London, & Prague.
Frankfurt, Germany
10th to 17th January, 2018
Preserving Karachi's Heritage Challenges and Opportunities
Panel Discussion about Prevailing Laws for Heritage Buildings & Districts
Moderator: AR. Ramiz Baig
Panelist: AR. Arif Hasan, Amber Alibhai, AR. Marvi Mazhar, Haider Waheed
https://www.dawn.com/news/1366044/experts-stress-need-to-preserve-cultural-identity-in-heritage
Pearl Continental Hotel, Karachi
24th October, 2017
2.40 PM
Citizen Journalism Training Project
A talk on Karachi, its cultural heritage, preservation and the role of citizens.
Movenpick Hotel, Karachi
8th October, 2017
4.30 PM
V4AF + ARCASIA Roundtable on Heritage-Conservation-Renovation
'Adaptive reuse of heritage structures.'
Budapest, Hungary
July 1st-2nd, 2017
Maintaining & Protecting Cultural Heritage
Berlin, Germany
16th- 23rd July, 2017
The Summer Issue – A+i
April-June 2017
A+i featured an interview of Architect & Heritage Consultant Marvi Mazhar. In the interview, she talks about her experiences in the field of Architecture and heritage consultancy.
To read more:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=688544664678105&id=382291868636721
ARCASIA Forum
(Speaker, Conference)
Indian Institute of Architects
Jaipur, India
21st-25th May, 2017
International Design Conference Karachi
Design Evolution-Education And Practice
22nd February, 2017
(IVSAA) moderating panel for Heritage & Culture.
Lahooti Melo
Panel Session on Indigenous Music, Arts & Culture
21st-22nd January, 2017- Hyderabad
Inauguration of Pakistan Chowk
A rehabilitation public space project, graciously supported by Sharmila Saheba Faruqui and PPP Advisor and Senator Moula Baksh Chandio
11th December, 2016, Karachi.
City in Context | Contested Spaces: Conflict, Violence, Reconciliation
Miro Craemer / Marvi Mazhar / Adeela Suleman / Kai Vockler Moderated by Attiq Uddin Ahmed
The panel focuses on the damaging and destructive sides of the urban
in their local and global contexts. It suggests and presents, however,
also strategies of catharsis, of individual and communal efforts to deal with
critical issues in ways that have the potential to highlight, heal and reconcile,
while grappling with ever-prevailing questions of futility and idealism.
1st-4th December, 2016
AlHamra Arts Council, Lahore
Goethe-Institut Workshop:
International Forum on Cultural Management and Cultural Policy
7th-19th November, 2016-Munich
HAP Workshop - Beacon House School
4th-6th November, 2016
School of Tomorrow, Lahore
http://www.schooloftomorrow.beaconhouse.net/
ARCASIA – IAP Young Architects Collaborative Seminar
9th September, 2016, Karachi
Young professionals, (Under 40 years) who have excelled in their respective fields,
showcased their work at the seminar. Ar. Faryal Sikandar and Ar. Yumna Jawed represented Marvi Mazhar & Associates,
gave a presentation on 'Not Building but Challenging-between history, and development'.
"Public Space: Fights and Fictions"
19- 21 May, 2016, Berlin
Demo: Polis- The Right to Public Space
36-hour “Factory of Thought” is also designed to run concurrently and interact with the “Demo:Polis” exhibition,
which is presenting exemplary model projects, realised utopias and current issues.
Architect Marvi Mazhar presented a paper on
"Public Space as a Militarized Environment".
Culture, Tourism & Antiquities Department Planning, Development, Monitoring, Implementation & Evaluation Cell- Government of Sindh
Mr. Abdul Hameed Akhund (EFT) and Arch. Marvi Mazhar to attend meeting
regarding reconstruction, renovation and preservation of historical mosque of Arore, District Sukkur
26th to 27th, January 2016, Sukkur
Endowment Trust Fund: Three day Conservation Workshop
12th to 15th January 2016,
Hyderabad, Nasarpur & Kot Diji
HAP Workshop - Beacon House School
28th November-
School of Tomorrow, Karachi
HAP Workshop - Abdullah Shah Ghazi Primary/Secondary Girls School
22nd September 2015,
Clifton, Karachi.
HAP Workshop - Ali Model English School
2nd September 2015,
Korangi, Karachi.
HAP Workshop - Beaconhouse School System
17th August 2015,
Karachi.
HAP Workshop - 'History and Architecture of British Raj' for Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP) Junior Interns.
8th July 2015,
Karachi.
Endowment Fund Trust - Site Visit to evaluate ongoing conservation work at Mausoleum of Ghulam Shah Kalhoro.
3rd July 2015,
Hyderabad.
Seminar - 'The Emerging Industrial Identity' - Khairpur Special Economic Zone
12th June, 2015,
Marriott Hotel,
Karachi.
12 Seconds: An Art Installation
5th June to 7th June 2015,
FOMMA Art Gallery,
Karachi.
Dil Phaink: An Installation by PeaceNiche | T2F
15th May to 25th May 2015,
Southbank Centre,
London, UK.
Karachi Children's Art Fest - Heritage Awareness Program (HAP)
29th March 2015,
Goethe Institute,
Karachi.
http://www.facebook.com/khicaf
Froebel's Education Centre - Heritage Awareness Program (HAP)
16th March 2015,
Karachi.
International Conference on Architectural Education
19-21 December 2014,
Islamabad
http://www.conf-bae-iap.com.pk/
BAITHAK: An exhibition organized by Pursukoon Karachi
20 December 2014,
Karachi
http://on.fb.me/1AqBOqQ