Homa Farjadi

Biography

Homa Farjadi is an Iranian-British architect, educator, and principal of Farjadi Architects in London. She holds a Master of Architecture with distinction from Tehran University (1977), a Graduate Diploma from the Architectural Association in London (1979), and completed postgraduate research at the University of Essex (1981). Her academic career spans four decades: she served as a unit master at the AA (1980–1987), taught at Harvard GSD (1989–1996), and held visiting positions at Yale, Edinburgh, Columbia, and the University of Virginia. Since 2001, she has been Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design, where she directs the London study abroad program. Farjadi practiced jointly with Mohsen Mostafavi until 1994, then established her independent studio, Farjadi Architects. Her competition-winning design for the Hackney Empire Theatre renovation (1997) exemplifies her approach to layered spatial narratives. Her publications include Delayed Space (Princeton Architectural Press, 1994), Logique Visuelle (2001), and Sense Formations (Actar, 2009). She served on the master jury of the 2007 Aga Khan Award for Architecture alongside Homi K. Bhabha, Okwui Enwezor, and Rahul Mehrotra, and was a juror for the 4th Memar Award in Iran (2004). Her work bridges theory and practice, with a sustained focus on the phenomenology of space, displaced identities, and the politics of form.