Huzefah Haroon is an architect currently living in Karachi, Pakistan. She founded her practice, Anomaly Lab, as a means to understand the meaning behind making by hand and the importance of material exploration and craftsmanship within design. Her ongoing creative quest is to create experiences that are sensitively attuned to human and ecological being. Her current work researches the practices of Jugaad* within the South Asian region, asking how it can help us design with less. Her recent installation “Jugaar Gym” at the Lahore Design Summit 01 held in Lahore, Pakistan, was an exploration of creating spatial play through borrowed architectural elements and crafts.
Earlier this year, her practice completed their winning design for the international design-build competition Project Lari 2.0, organised by Chaal Chaal Agency, India, making a street cart for women in Ahmedabad, India.
Huzefah is currently an assistant professor at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture. She co-authored a research paper titled, Inducing Eureka, presented at the Aga Khan University – Institute of Educational Development (AKU-IED), Karachi, Pakistan.
* Source: Oxford Dictionary. Jugaad/Jugaar is a hindi/urdu word used to describe “a flexible approach to problem-solving that uses limited resources in an innovative way.”*
Video: Jugaar Gym installation by Anomaly Lab at the Lahore Design Summit 01, located at Sabeel Courtyard, Delhi Gate, Walled City of Lahore, Pakistan, the exhibition was held between 07th - 13th March 2024. Design Team: Asadullah, Huzefah Haroon, Sara Bhaty
