Ar. Qhawarizmi Norhisham
Trained as an architect, Qhawarizmi is a firm believer in the continuous discipline of honing the craft of design thinking. He was trained in Architecture at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UITM), University of Technology Sydney (UTS), The AEDES Metropolitan Laboratory Berlin, and Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI)
He is the COO of Seetizens,io, strategic digital agency that works in the AR, VR, Metaverse, Web3.0 and NFT space. He runs multiple practices, as Principal of Qhawarizmi Architect, Director of Praktika Architects Sdn. Bhd. , and Partner of a research think tank, Manifesto of Design and Research in Architecture (MDRXA). In his academic career, he has lectured for a collective eight years at UiTM, Taylor’s University and UCSI University.
He is currently the Malaysian representative, in ARCASIA Committee on Young Architects (ACYA). A recipient of Khazanah Design Residency, PAM Chan Sau Lai Award, and PAM Johnson Suisse Scholarship Award, among others.