About
Research team
Azra Aksamija, PhD - Director and Principal Investigator, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Architecture
Melina Philippou - Program Director and Lead Researcher (Architecture and Urbanism )
Lillian P.H. Kology - Lead Researcher (Art, Fabrication and Prototyping)
Stratton Coffman - Research Associate (Architecture and Design)
Jaya A. Eyzaguirre - Research Associate (Architecture and Design)
Nada Khalil AlMulla- Research Assistant (Architecture and Design)
Daniella Maamari Research Assistant (Design Research and Pedagogy)
Anika Ullah - Research Assistant (Transmedia Storytelling)
Global Network of Collaborators
Muhsen Albawab, Architect, Department of Architecture, German-Jordanian University, Amman, JO
Amani Yousef Alshaaban - ASF-International Secretary General, Founder and Chair of Architecture Sans Frontières, Amman, JO
Omar Darwish - Research Specialist (Engineering Technologies), FHL- Jordan / International Robotics Academy Jordan
Zaid Madi - Research Specialist (Urban Planning and Humanitarian Design), Cluster Labs, Amman, JO
Raafat Majzoub, The Khan, Beirut, LB
Ra'ed Suleiman, Consultant and Project Development in Jordan, FHL- Jordan
Mohammed Yaghan, PhD - Professor, Department of Architecture, German-Jordanian University, Amman, JO
Alumni Research Associates & Assistants
Blanca Abramek, Research Assistant, Architecture, MIT
James Addison, Research Assistant, Architecture Department, MIT
Natalie Bellefleur, Research Assistant, Architecture Department, MIT
Kristina Eldenkramp, Research Assistant, Architecture, MIT
Allison James, Project Manager and Researcher, Aga Khan Program, MIT
Joshuah Jest - Research Assistant, Architecture Department, MIT
Stephanie Lee, Research Assistant, Architecture Department, MIT
Xinyi Ma, Research Assistant (volunteer), FHL - MIT
Manisha Mohan - MediaLab, MIT, New York, US
Maria Roldan, Research Assistant (volunteer), FHL - MIT
Nabil Sayfayn, School of Engineering and SLOAN, MIT
Kristen Wu, Research Assistant, Architecture, MIT
Calvin Zhong, Research Assistant, Architecture Department, MIT
Alumni Research Fellows
Mary Anne Friel - Assistant Professor, Textile Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI/US
Eliza Squibb - Textile Artist, Textile Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI/US
Josephine Turalba - Lecturer, College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines Diliman, Manila, PH