Ghazal Jafari

About Ghazal Jafari

Ghazal Jafari is an award-winning designer, environmental scholar, and weaver, trained as an architect and urban designer. Her interdisciplinary expertise brings together climate, conflict geographies, infrastructural ecologies, cultural narratives, and urban challenges. She currently teaches courses related to urban design, environmental planning, and representation. Ghazal’s multidimensional work and teaching show a long-term commitment to cross-cultural dialogue and active solidarity on shared matters of justice and self-determination.

Selected Publications

• “Woman, Water, Freedom,” Journal of Architectural Education 78: Infidelities (2024)
• “Silent Siege: In the Shadow Landscapes of Sanctions” in Constructing Invisibility: Infrastructure, Militarization, and the Extreme Environment (ORO Editions, 2025).
• A Botany of Violence (ORO Editions, 2022)

Recent Courses Taught

• PLAC 5820: Environmental Planning and Design
• PLAC 5822: Plant Cultures and Ecologies
• PLAN 6013: Communication and Planning Analytics