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Azreen Azlan is a lecturer in Architecture Urbanism at the Manchester School of Architecture, having joined in January 2024. With a background as a Part II architect graduate from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, she pursued a master's degree in urban design at the Bartlett, University College London, and completed her PhD at the Technical University of Delft, focusing on spaces of protest in post-colonial Kuala Lumpur. Her academic career includes teaching and research roles at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia from 2018 to 2022, and she was previously a NUS Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. Her research interests are rooted in the politics of space, particularly the ways in which space is available for public participation, and how the governance and privatization of public goods impact social dynamics and the contestation of territorial spaces. Furthermore, she explores the historical processes, especially colonization, that shape the built environment and related spatial practices.
Manchester School of Architecture • Manchester, England
Teaching and researching in the field of Architecture Urbanism.
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore • Singapore
Conducted research on urban issues relating to Southeast Asia.
Department of Architecture (Undergraduate). Portfolio must demonstrate creative process from concept to final design.