Design Earth
Contributor / Speaker
Founded by Rania Ghosn and El Hadi Jazairy, Design Earth is an architectural research practice that deploys the speculative project to make public the climate crisis. They are recipients of the NY Architectural League Prize (2016), ACSA Faculty Design Awards (2014; 2017), Boghossian Foundation Prize (2017), Jacques Rougerie Award, and other honors.
The work of Design Earth has been featured in numerous international exhibitions, including commissioned projects for Bauhaus Museum Dessau (2021), Venice Architecture Biennale (2021; 2018; 2016), Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism (2017), Oslo Architecture Triennale (2016); as well as in shows at Milano Triennale, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Matadero Madrid; maat Lisbon; Sursock Museum, Beirut, and Times Museum, Guangzhou. Their project “After Oil” was acquired by the New York Museum of Modern Art and exhibited in the New MoMA inaugural exhibition entitled “Energy”.
Rania Ghosn is an Associate Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She holds a Doctor of Design Degree from Harvard Graduate School of Design.
El Hadi Jazairy is Associate Professor and Director of the Urban Design program at the University of Michigan. He holds a Doctor of Design Degree from Harvard Graduate School of Design.
- Website: design-earth.org
- Instagram: instagram.com/_designearth
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