Mazen is a senior architect with the NCC’s Capital Planning Federal Land Use and Design Approval Team. Through his role with the NCC, he oversees the federal approval process for key federal projects around the Capital and specifically in the Capital Core Area — for example, the Lester B. Pearson Building rehabilitation, Les Terrasses de la Chaudière site plan and building rehabilitation, and the rehabilitation of the National Printing Bureau in Gatineau, to name a few. Before joining the NCC, Mazen worked on large infrastructural and institutional projects in Toronto and Montreal. His post-graduate research with Université Paris Est Marne-La Vallée focused on examining the impact of large-scale investment projects on the sustainability of cities.