I am an architectural designer, researcher, and occasional writer based in Tiohti:áke (Montréal), Canada.

I am interested in storytelling and imagemaking as a diasporic process of rebuilding—particularly of the inaccessible, the non-existent, or the no-longer-existent architectures inherited through a collective memory.

Within my variable works, I see a reciprocal relationship between the politics of spatial design, the speculations of visual representation, the ethnography of research, and the intimacy of writing. I am always looking to collaborate on new projects that keep me alternating between these spaces and values.


Feel free to reach out, I would love to chat:  zaventitizian[at]gmail[dot]com

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The retelling of a conversation I had with my grandfather while driving to North York to get his dentures replaced. Prompted by a roadside fire, he recalls the destruction of his old storefront during the Lebanese Civil War, amidst escalating paramilitary violence. Alternating between present-tense storytelling and historical narrative, I consider the spaces where we remember the things we’ve lost—in this case, on Highway 401 in a beige ‘07 Toyota Camry.

© Zaven Titizian 2023

© Zaven Titizian 2023