Marzieh Jafari

Marzieh Jafari received her B.Sc. in Interior Architecture in 2018 while also studying animation, an experience that shaped her continuing interest in visual narrative, spatial simulation, and the mediation of architectural experience. Following her undergraduate studies, she developed a photographic inquiry into architectural phenomenology, examining the relationship between human presence, memory, and historically layered space. 

She began her professional practice in the Middle East as an Associate Architect with H&A, working within historically layered urban contexts and exploring contemporary intervention within existing cultural and spatial palimpsests. She later practiced with Sinning Architekten in Germany, where her work focused on educational architecture, pedagogical environments, and the spatial frameworks that shape interaction, collective learning, and human experience. Across her professional practice, she contributed to several award-winning projects and competitions.

Marzieh received her Master of Architecture from Kent State University in 2026. Her current research investigates adaptive architecture, circular material strategies, and the liminal and interstitial conditions that mediate relationships between architecture, the body, and the city. Her work examines architecture as a responsive socio-spatial interface, with particular interest in reuse, spatial adaptability, and new forms of urban connectivity. Her research on material reuse includes Wind Turbine Blades, exhibited through Prototypes for Humanity in Dubai, while her academic work has also received recognition from AIA Cleveland.