People
Team Members
Hi, I am Ziyath
Hussain Ziyath
Architect, Urbanist & Planner
I believe the best form of life is a result of planning for the people by the people. Interventions are necessary to attain resiliency to changing economic, social and climatic demands.
- Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Consultant (Temporary) Assist the Principal Advisor to the Chair of AOSIS in evaluating the implementation of the Sendai Framework in Maldives – 2023 - Housing Development Corporation / Urbanco
Planning and Development Department Chief Planning Officer – I worked with a team of diverse professionals with development backgrounds to deliver nationwide masterplans and provide consultancy to new regional developments 2008 – 2022 - Charrette Studio
Architecture, Planning and Urban Development Director. In my private practice, I work as a planner with local government agencies and communities to produce local development plans through participatory development 2014 – now - Integreat plus (Sheffield,UK) Urbanist
Worked as a part of a not-for-profit social enterprise consultancy is building and assisting in stakeholder engagement sessions for planning proposals 2017 - Development of a digital platform for planning permits submission: Faruma Portal
Spearheaded the digitization of a platform for planning permit submission to establish green and paperless system - Community Urban Farming Project
Supported by Japanese government and UNDP, planned
developed of farming allotments for local - Development of Potable Water Security Plan
I worked as a planning consultant to the environment ministry to publish a nationwide plan - Land use and development plans
I have supported the development of land use plans for
multiple islands under the new decentralization act - Self Assembly Lab, MIT
Mapped land reclamations in the Maldives to study impact of government policies of long term sustainability - Member of the Architects Association Maldives (AAM)
- Affiliate Member of Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
Hubert H. Humphrey/SPURS Fellow, MIT 2023
Vice President of Architects Association Maldives 2019 – 2021
Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Paduka Limkokwing Award for Leadership 2012
Ministry of National Planning and Infrastructure Licenses:
Architect (DPR2019020LA)
– Urban Designing (GPR2019048UD)
– Urban Planning (GPR2019047UP)
– Project Management (GPR2019049PM)
MA Urban Design and Planning University of Sheffield – UK 2017
BAppSci Architectural Science Curtin University Perth, WA, Australia 2010 – 2012
