ABOUT
Zarith Pineda is an innovative architectural urban designer and the founder of Territorial Empathy, a nonprofit design collective, and the first Latina founded and led organization of its kind in New York. Committed to addressing systemic urban inequities, her work focuses on empathetic community-based design. Zarith's notable projects include "Engineered Paradises," a thesis exploring architectural solutions in conflict zones, and various initiatives aimed at supporting marginalized communities. Her practice emphasizes cultural responsiveness, anti-racism, and anti-bias, aligning with her role as an educator in digital design techniques, urban design, and data visualization. Zarith's efforts extend to collaborative works that promote spatial justice, co-creating inclusive and resilient spaces with historically overlooked communities.
Zarith attended the Ecole Speciale d'Archicture in Paris as well as Tulane University in New Orleans receiving an M.Arch and B.A. in French in Francophone Studies. M.S. in Architecture and Urban Design from the Graduate School of Planning and Preservation at Columbia University.
Currently Adjunct Associate at Columbia GSAPP and the Founding Director of Territorial Empathy. For more updated projects, research, and content visit Territorial Empathy.
AWARDS
Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Award
Columbia GSAPP, 2017, New York
American Institute of Architects National Minority Scholar
press release:
http://issuu.com/tulanearch/docs/tsanews-080812/16
Moise H. & Lois g. Goldstein Travel Fellowship
Lessons in Urbicide: From Sarajevo to Jerusalem
Lecture Presented: October 13, 2014, New Orleans
EXHIBITIONS
+ PUBLICATIONS
Engineered Paradises, ArchDaily
Engineered Paradises, Ogden Museum of Art
Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, 2015
Santa Lucia, Extrapolations Métropolitaines, Atelier Reza Azard
http://www.recyclart.be/fr/agenda/extrapolis-reza-azard , 2016
Santa Lucia, Extrapolations Métropolitaines, Atelier Reza Azard
Exposition at École Spéciale d'Architecture, 2015
Santa Lucia, Extrapolations Métropolitaines, Atelier Reza Azard
Exposition at the Arsenale, La Biennale de Venezia, 2014
Santa Lucia, Extrapolations Métropolitaines, Le Cabon
Publication and Exhibition, Paris, France, 2015
Santa Lucia Exhibition
Tulane School of Architecture, Selected Student Project for University Display, New Orleans, LA, 2015
MEMBERSHIPS
LEED Green Associate
NCARB IDP candidate