Hashim Sarkis

Hashim A. Sarkis (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.

Hashim Sarkis
Sarkis at GSAPP in 2014.
Born
Hashim A. Sarkis

1964 (age 55–56)
Beirut, Lebanon
NationalityLebanese
Alma materRhode Island School of Design
Harvard University
OccupationProfessor
Architect
Spouse(s)Diala Ezzeddine

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.

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

Works

Completed
  • 2004 - Agricultural and Community Center, Mejdlaya
  • 2004 - Balloon Landing Park, Beirut
  • 2004 - Oceana Beach Club, Damour
  • 2004 - Olive Oil Press, Batroun
  • 2005 - Wareham Street Loft, Boston
  • 2007 - Oleana Restaurant, Cambridge
  • 2007 - Housing for the Fishermen of Tyre, Abbasiyeh
  • 2009 - Al Zorah, Ajman
  • 2010 - Boston Eye Group, Brookline
  • 2010 - Tremont Street Residence, Boston
  • 2011 - The Street Pavilion, Shenzhen
  • 2016 - Byblos Town Hall, Byblos
  • 2016 - Dana Street House, Cambridge
  • 2017 - The Courtowers, Beirut
  • 2018 - Saifi Residence, Beirut

Publications
  • Projecting Beirut: Episodes in the Construction and Reconstruction of a Modern City, with Peter G. Rowe, 1998, ISBN 978-3791319384
  • Case: Le Corbusier's Venice Hospital and the Mat Building Revival, 2001, ISBN 978-3791325385
  • Circa 1958: Lebanon in the Pictures and Plans of Constantinos Doxiadis, 2003, ISBN 978-2842894306
  • Josep Lluis Sert: The Architecture of Urban Design, 1953-1969, 2008, ISBN 978-0300120653

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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References
  1. http://research.gsd.harvard.edu/agakhanprogram/files/2014/05/Hashim-CV-formatted.pdf
  2. https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/hashim-sarkis-appointed-curator-biennale-architettura-2020
  3. https://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webmgate/summer04/notes.html
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