Dr. Zachary Colbert

Biography

Zachary Colbert is an Associate Professor at the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism at Carleton University. He focuses on creative practice and explores the interplay between architecture, capital, water, and energy, particularly through mapping, modeling, and photographic media. His research interests include constructed perceptions of nature, post-humanism, climate futures, and the interrogation of the architectural grid, examining architecture’s entanglements with infrastructural systems, imperialism, extraction, and subjugation. Colbert’s work has received multiple grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and has been published in various professional journals such as the Journal of Architectural Education and Canadian Architect. His exhibitions span galleries and museums internationally, including the Center for Architecture and the Queens Museum in New York City. Colbert has received design awards from the American Institute of Architects and the Ontario Association of Architects and holds licenses to practice architecture in Ontario, New York, and Arizona.

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