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Timelapse video of Hex House prototype construction in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA by Architects For Society
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BIO
Altaf Engineer is an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, University of Arizona. He is affiliated with the UArizona Institute on Place, Wellbeing & Performance and the Innovations in Aging, Arid Lands Resources & Sciences, and Applied Intercultural Arts Research Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs. He is Chair of the Master of Science in Architecture program and Faculty Advisor of Health and Built Environment focus area in the program. He was the Director of RESTRUCT, a university-wide built environment research initiative, in the academic year 2022-2023.
Altaf holds a Ph.D. in Architecture from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he was an Illinois Distinguished Fellow for three years. He is a licensed and registered architect in New York, USA and in India, and NCARB certified. He is a LEED Accredited Professional with a portfolio of a number of sustainable higher education buildings, institutional buildings, adaptive re-use, and residential projects.
Altaf received his Masters in Architecture from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he was awarded the ARCC King’s Merit Medal for Excellence in Architectural + Environmental Behavior Research for his Master’s thesis titled Museum of light: An investigation into the quality of naturally illuminated Spaces. He received his Bachelors in Architecture from the University of Mumbai, India.
Altaf received the 2018 Emerging Legacy Award from the College of Fine & Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This award recognizes alumni and friends who have demonstrated courage, curiosity, and passion in their work and honors individuals who have impacted their fields in transformative ways—catalysts with a distinguished service to the arts. Altaf was nominated and selected after an internal review by a committee of representatives from across the University of Illinois FAA college, community, and administration.
Dr. Engineer's scholarship, teaching and practice are informed by his interest in health and wellbeing, environmental behavior, building performance with a special focus on daylighting, and healthy aging in built environments. He is lead author of the books Measuring the Impact of the Built Environment on Health, Wellbeing, and Performance: Techniques, Methods, and Implications for Design Research published by Routledge in 2024 and Shedding New Light On Art Museum Additions: Front Stage and Back Stage Experiences published by Routledge in 2018.
Altaf was a co-founder of Architects For Society, a non-profit design practice of allied professionals from the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and India formed in 2015 and active until 2022. Their mission was to serve disadvantaged communities through innovative architecture and design. Projects of this group include the development of a housing prototype for displaced populations across the globe that has received international design awards and recognition, and a schematic design proposal for a Haitian School Without Borders STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) School.
Altaf holds a Ph.D. in Architecture from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he was an Illinois Distinguished Fellow for three years. He is a licensed and registered architect in New York, USA and in India, and NCARB certified. He is a LEED Accredited Professional with a portfolio of a number of sustainable higher education buildings, institutional buildings, adaptive re-use, and residential projects.
Altaf received his Masters in Architecture from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he was awarded the ARCC King’s Merit Medal for Excellence in Architectural + Environmental Behavior Research for his Master’s thesis titled Museum of light: An investigation into the quality of naturally illuminated Spaces. He received his Bachelors in Architecture from the University of Mumbai, India.
Altaf received the 2018 Emerging Legacy Award from the College of Fine & Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This award recognizes alumni and friends who have demonstrated courage, curiosity, and passion in their work and honors individuals who have impacted their fields in transformative ways—catalysts with a distinguished service to the arts. Altaf was nominated and selected after an internal review by a committee of representatives from across the University of Illinois FAA college, community, and administration.
Dr. Engineer's scholarship, teaching and practice are informed by his interest in health and wellbeing, environmental behavior, building performance with a special focus on daylighting, and healthy aging in built environments. He is lead author of the books Measuring the Impact of the Built Environment on Health, Wellbeing, and Performance: Techniques, Methods, and Implications for Design Research published by Routledge in 2024 and Shedding New Light On Art Museum Additions: Front Stage and Back Stage Experiences published by Routledge in 2018.
Altaf was a co-founder of Architects For Society, a non-profit design practice of allied professionals from the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and India formed in 2015 and active until 2022. Their mission was to serve disadvantaged communities through innovative architecture and design. Projects of this group include the development of a housing prototype for displaced populations across the globe that has received international design awards and recognition, and a schematic design proposal for a Haitian School Without Borders STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) School.