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Amina Kaskar

University of Sydney, Australia

Amina Kaskar is a South African architect, having obtained a Master's in Architecture from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and a Master's in Human Settlements from KU Leuven, Belgium. Her work is influenced by ideas about 'soft' architecture, textiles, gender, and migration, exploring new categories to investigate the city. In 2020, Amina was awarded the Global Minds scholarship to pursue a PhD at KU Leuven. She defended her dissertation, titled “Soft Architecture: Afro-Indian Spatial Strategies under Hard Migrations,” in September 2024. Her research explores the material, spatial practices migrants use to reclaim space in contexts where rigid, exclusionary infrastructures dominate their arrival environments. She co-founded Counterspace (2014-2020), a collaborative architectural studio dedicated to architectural projects, exhibition design, art installations, public events curation, and urban design. Counterspace was commissioned to design the renowned Serpentine Pavilion 2020/2021. She was a CETA associate lecturer in the Wits School of Architecture, running the Advanced Design Studio Elective for the post-graduate program for two consecutive years. Amina was recently awarded the prestigious Rothwell Chair Postdoctoral Research Associate position at the University of Sydney. She will contribute to the architectural design research of the renowned Japanese firm Atelier Bow Wow, focusing on the urban-rural commons.

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