Hashim Sarkis Explained

Hashim Sarkis
Birth Name:Hashim A. Sarkis
Birth Place:Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality:Lebanese
Alma Mater:Rhode Island School of Design
Harvard University
Occupation:Professor
Architect
Spouse:Diala Ezzeddine

Hashim A. Sarkis (Arabic: هاشم سركيس ; born 1964 in Beirut) is a Lebanese educator and architect. Since 2015, Sarkis has been Professor and Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also founding principal of Hashim Sarkis Studios since 1998.

Career

Born in Beirut, Sarkis received his Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design (1987), his Master of Architecture with distinction (1989), and his Doctor of Philosophy from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (1995). His dissertation was entitled "Publics and Architects: Re-Engaging Design in the Democracy," and was advised by Peter G. Rowe, K. Michael Hays, Jorge Silvetti, and Roberto Mangabeira Unger.[1]

Sarkis has worked for several architecture firms, including for Rafael Moneo on Beirut Souks. In 1998, Sarkis established his own practice, Hashim Sarkis Studios, with offices in Cambridge and Beirut. From 1995 to 2015, Sarkis was a professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he taught design studios and courses on the history and theory of architecture and urban design. From 2002 to 2014, he was the Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism at the Harvard GSD.

In 2018, he was named curator of the 2020 Venice Biennale of Architecture.[2]

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Publications

On Hashim Sarkis

Personal life

Sarkis is married to Diala Ezzeddine, Chief Executive Officer of Xios Therapeutics, and they have one daughter, Dunia Alexandra.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hashim Sarkis: Curriculum Vitae . https://web.archive.org/web/20181018185344/https://research.gsd.harvard.edu/agakhanprogram/files/2014/05/Hashim-CV-formatted.pdf . 2018-10-18 . May 2014 .
  2. Web site: Biennale Architettura 2021 | Hashim Sarkis appointed curator of the Biennale Architettura 2020. 19 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Class notes . . 2019-07-05 . 2015-05-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150530033002/http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webmgate/summer04/notes.html . dead .