Architect, Planner, Social Researcher, Writer, Teacher & Activist

Founding Chairperson, Urban Resource Centre (URC), Karachi

Muhammad Arif Hasan is a Pakistani architect, planner, social researcher, writer, teacher, and activist. He studied architecture at Oxford Polytechnic (now Oxford Brookes University) and worked in several architectural firms in Europe. He is widely recognized for his criticism of anti-poor biases in formal government housing and urban development policies.

Key Publications
  • Housing for the Poor
  • Seven Reports on Housing
  • Numerous research papers and analyses on housing and urban development
Visit Arif Hasan's Housing Archive