tamzidjaigirdar@gmail.com
IG: @tamzidjaigirdar
I’m an architectural designer, master’s student, and educator currently based in New York, New York. My interests in the field revolve around the adaptation of existing buildings, architecture driven by new financial and social models, and the exploration of alternative materialities. Born and raised in Detroit and a child to immigrants, my upbringing has shaped a design methodology centered on equity, resilience, and dignity.
I like making things with my hands, photography, old buildings, historical archives, film, cooking, vintage clothes, sketching, reading in Central Park, hopping around different galleries, walking down Riverside Park, teaching students about design, writing, the NBA, jazz from across the world, Motown music, wood, the color orange, and many other things.
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Columbia University
M.Arch / 2023 - 2026
University of Detroit Mercy
BS.Arch / 2019 - 2023
Experience
L.E.FT Architects
freelance designer /
oct 2025 - dec 2025
Perkins & WIll
Architectural Intern /
Jun 2025 - Aug 2025
Uhl Architecture
Architectural Intern /
May 2024 - Aug 2024
Smithgroup
Architectural Intern /
May 2023 - Aug 2023
Detroit Collabrative Design Center
Emerging Designer /
jan 2023 - apr 2023
Intoto Studio
Architectural Intern /
jan 2022 - apr 2022
Columbia University GSAPP
Associate Faculty /
Intro to Architecture
Teaching Assistant II /
Core I: Material Ecologies /
Core II: Scaling Up
Barnard College Design Center
Graduate Assistant
University of Detroit Mercy SACD
Teaching Assistant /
Representation /
Technical Applications