Dean Hashim Sarkis

Hashim Sarkis, Dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning (Photo: Sham Sthankiya)
Hashim Sarkis was appointed Dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning in 2014. Read an MIT News profile of Dean Sarkis to learn more about his scholarship, practice, and career.
About the Dean
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An architect, educator, and scholar, Sarkis received his BArch and BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1987, his MArch with distinction from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) in 1989, and his PhD in architecture from Harvard University in 1995.
Sarkis established his professional practice, HSS, in Boston and Beirut in 1998, prior to which he worked for several design firms including with Rafael Moneo in the souks project of Beirut.
From 1995 to 2014, Sarkis was on the faculty of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he taught design studios and the history and theory of architecture. Between 2002 and 2014, he was the Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism in Muslim Societies at the GSD and also directed the GSD’s Aga Khan Program.
Sarkis is the author of several books and articles including Circa 1958: Lebanon in the Pictures and Plans of Constantinos Doxiadis (2003). He is editor of CASE: Le Corbusier’s Venice Hospital (2001), co-editor with Eric Mumford of Josep Lluis Sert: The Architect of Urban Design (2008) co-editor with Peter G. Rowe of Projecting Beirut (1998) and editor of the CASE publication series (GSD / Prestel). Sarkis has served on several international juries and has lectured extensively throughout the world.
Writings + Remarks
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Video + Audio
- Clashes and Intersections Interview Series: Hashim Sarkis
- Diálogos Impostergables: Hashim Sarkis
- Zoom In, Zoom Out: Hashim Sarkis, on Archinect Sessions One-to-One
- MIT, Brazil, and the Challenge of Housing
- Synthetic Lecture Series: Hashim Sarkis
Writing + Remarks
- "Turns in the Field of Design," ACADIA Conference, 2017
- "On the Future of Design," DOMUS Magazine 2017
- "Urban Science," MIT 2017
- "New Frontiers in Gulf Urbanism," MIT AKPIA, 2017
- "Quasi-Objects: From the Stadium to the Soccer Ball," MIT Media Lab 2016
- "Graduation Remarks for SPURS," MIT 2016
- "Suburbanization," MIT Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism, 2016
In the Media
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- "The Challenge of the Future Is in Living Together" (DLui by La Repubblica, November 2019)
- "Hashim Sarkis named curator of 2020 Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition" (MIT News, 12/2018)
- "Hashim Sarkis Named Curator of 2020 Venice Architecture Biennale " (Venice Biennale press release, 12/2018)
- “New collaboration explores future of urban housing in Brazil” (MIT News, 01/2017)
- “Shutter-covered towers give bedrooms sea views at Lebanese housing complex” (Dezeen, 11/2016)
- “Aamchit Court Towers” (ArchDaily, 11/2016)
- “Amman celebrates first design week” (Al Jazeera, 09/2016)
- “Fruit vendors and high-end designers share the floor at Jordan’s first design week” (Quartz, 09/2016)
- “MIT on the Frontier: An Interview with Hashim Sarkis” (Metropolis Magazine, 5/2016)
- “Byblos Town Hall” (Architect Magazine, 5/2016)
- “Byblos Town Hall: Hashim Sarkis” (ArchDaily, 5/2016)
- “Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 International Jury Announced” (World Architecture, 5/2016)
- “Democracy and Design” (MIT News profile, 02/2016)
- “It’s Elementary (Not); On the Architecture of Alejandro Aravena” (ArchDaily, 01/2016)
- “25 Most Admired Educators for 2016” (Design Intelligence, 11/2015)
- Boston Magazine (12/2014)
- “Are We All Urban Now? Is There a Here and There?” (Huffington Post, 11/2014)