Yasmin Lari’s visit to SADA in collaboration with the IAP was a profoundly inspiring moment for students and faculty alike, bringing the country’s foremost advocate of zero-carbon architecture and heritage preservation into direct dialogue with emerging designers. Her presence illuminated the transformative potential of socially responsive, community-driven design, as she shared insights from her pioneering work with disaster-resilient structures, barefoot enterprises, and vernacular building techniques. Through her generous engagement, Lari encouraged students and architects alike to rethink architectural responsibility, foregrounding empathy, sustainability, and participatory practices as essential tools for shaping equitable futures. Her visit not only enriched academic discourse but also reinvigorated a collective commitment to architecture that uplifts the most vulnerable.

Guest Lecture Images Link.

https://sada.nust.edu.pk/photo-gallery/a-guest-talk-by-ar-yasmeen-lari/