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MARYAM ESKANDARI MIIM Designs LLC Palo Alto, California Cambridge, Massachusetts T 415.617.9984 T 617.682.9984 MARYAM ESKANDARI MIIM Designs LLC Palo Alto, California Cambridge, Massachusetts T 415.617.9984 T 617.682.9984 EDUCATION 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Ma Masters of Science in Architectural Studies History Theory and Criticism | Aga Khan Program in Islamic Architecture Thesis title: “Women Places and Spaces in Contemporary American Mosque” Committee: Nasser Rabbat and Nader Tehrani, MIT School of Architecture and Planning Afsaneh Najmabadi and Leila Ahmed, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Fellowship: Aga Khan Award in Islamic Architecture 2009-2011 Fellowship: Aga Khan Traveling Award 2010-2011 2005 University of Arizona, Tucson, Az Bachelor of Architecture Fellowship: J. Douglas Mac Neil Architecture 2001-2005 Scholarship: ARCA Technology Award 2003 2015 Cambridge Judge Business School, Cambridge, England Social Entrepreneurship Program Fellowship: Ariane de Rothschild 2015 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Ma Teaching and Learning Laboratory PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2013-present MIIM Designs LLC (Private Practice – founded in 2013) 2005-2009 DLR Group – Phoenix + Seattle Office MIIM DESIGNS PROJECTS Selected Projects HUB 925 Pleasanton Pleasanton, California 2017 Design | Interior Renovation Rammed Desert Mosque Laveen, Arizona 2017 Preliminary design | fundraising Centro Comunitario Judeo-Sefardi Malaga Spain 2015 Preliminary design | fundraising Ongoing MIIM Designs LLC | Cambridge | Palo Alto | ph: 617.682.9984 | ph: 415.617.9984 | www.miimdesigns.com Children’s Museum of Manhattan New York, New York 2015 America to Zanzibar: Muslim Cultures Near and Far Completed 2016 Playtime in Africa Accra, Ghana 2014 Technology Playground focusing on STEM Ongoing Common Word Café ISBCC - Mosque Boston, MA 2015 Design Development | fundraising Lighthouse Mosque Oakland, CA 2015 Preliminary design | fundraising Maryland Residence Townsend, MD 2012 Completed 2013 EXHIBITS Selected Projects “Freedom Tower” Access Theater New York, NY 2015 “Sacred Space?” Traveling Exhibition of 300 American Mosques International Museum of Women El-Hibri Gallery San Francisco, CA 2013 Washington DC 2011 Marin Foundation Rotch Gallery | MIT Library San Francisco, CA 2012 Cambridge, MA 2011 “Urban Canvas” Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Arts Phoenix, AZ 2007 “Arts Oasis” University of Arizona Lionel Rombach Gallery Tucson, AZ 2005 RESEARCH: “The Mosque: Past Models of Urban and Social Integration” (Graham Foundation Finalist – TBD April 2017) 2016-present “Mosques in America” Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture Massachusetts Institute of Technology | School of Architecture and Planning Started 2009-present “Uncovering the Design Philosophies of Wright, Kahn, Fuller and Saarinen” 2013 – present “New Campuses in the Islamic World” Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Project Massachusetts Institute of Technology | School of Architecture and Planning With AKPIA Professor James Wescoat. MIIM Designs LLC | Cambridge | Palo Alto | ph: 617.682.9984 | ph: 415.617.9984 | www.miimdesigns.com DLR GROUP PROJECTS Selected Projects 2005-2009 DLR GROUP, Phoenix Arizona Project Architectural Designer + Marketing Designer Maricopa Community College Maintenance Building Phoenix Arizona, 2007 Completed 2009 Phoenix College Fine Arts Building Phoenix Arizona, 2007 Completed 2009 Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Library Prescott Arizona, 2006 Completed 2008 JO Combs High School Queen Creek Arizona 2006 Completed 2008 Cochise Community College Sierra Vista Arizona 2005 Completed 2009 Fairfax Comprehensive High School Phoenix Arizona 2005 Completed 2008 ARTS GRANTS: 2015 “American to Zanzibar: Muslim Culture Near and Far” Children’s Museum of Manhattan Doris Duke Endowment for the Arts 2015 “American to Zanzibar: Muslim Culture Near and Far” Children’s Museum of Manhattan National Endowment for the Arts 2011 “Sacred Space Exhibit” Aga Khan Program in Islamic Architecture Grant 2011 “Sacred Space Exhibit” Massachusetts Institute of Technology ARTS Counsel Grant 2011 “Sacred Space Exhibit” ARTS Massachusetts Institute of Technology ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 2017-Current Adjunct Professor Boston Architectural College 2013-Current Undergrad Advisor + Thesis Advisor Harvard University 2015 Fall Visiting Design Crit 2014 Fall Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation 2011 Spring Visiting Design Crit Yale University College of Architecture MIIM Designs LLC | Cambridge | Palo Alto | ph: 617.682.9984 | ph: 415.617.9984 | www.miimdesigns.com COMMUNITY GOOD 2016-present Open Architecture Collaborative (formally Architecture for Humanity) - Board of Directors Global Network to Mobilize Architects/Designers Towards Greater Community Good. 2015-present 1947 Partitions Archive - Board of Advisory Preserving oral histories of the Indian/Pakisatn Partition with Over 3000 stories have been preserved on digital video from 320 cities in 12 countries across the world. 2014-present Harvard’s Franklin D. Roosevelt Foundation – Board of Advisory A non-partisan think-tank, the Center is committed to finding practical, reasonable, implementable solutions to specific problems confounding the 21st century. 2006-2008 American Institute of Architects - Director of Associates Chair of the Intern Development Program (IDP) PUBLICATION ON DESIGN WORK Selected Publication 2017 Janet Morrissey, “A Children’s Museum ‘Surprise Blockbuster’”, New York Times. March 9, 2017 2017 Nicholas Korody. “Maryam Eskandari on Weaving Together Her Islamic Faith with Architecture Practice”, Archinect. Janruary 15, 2017 2016 Charles Monroe-Kane. “Mosque Architecture in America”, NPR Radio, April 10, 2016 2015 MacBride Elizabeth. ‘Iranian-Americans Have Reached Highest Echelons’, Forbes. Dec 20, 2015. Web. 2015 Ansari Sabiha. ‘Architectural Guru Designs Inspiring Solutions for Social Impact’, Oct 29, 2015. Web. 2015 Hynes Mary. ‘Architect Maryam Eskandari and the Modern Mosque’, CBC Radio, March 20, 2015 2014 Jafaari Shirin. “This Architect Says the Most Important Feature of a Mosque is its Sustainability” Public Radio International The World, August 28, 2014. Web. 2014 Chaudhry Selma. ‘Designing Sacred Spaces and Creating Culture: Maryam Eskandari’, AlMadina Canada, June 2, 2014. Web. 2014 Terhune Lea. ‘American Muslims: Maryam Eskandari’ US State Department (2014) 90-91 2013 Ali Sumina. ‘10 American Muslim Women You Should Know’, HuffingtonPost. December 2013. Web. 2013 Saeed Sana, ‘The Mosque: History, Representation, and Role’, Harvard Magazine, Mar 2013. Web. 2012 O’Brien Jane. ‘Muslim America Moves Away from the Minaret’, BBC New Magazine, Feb 2, 2012. Web. 2011 Ayubi Zahra. “Spatial Sunnah An Architect for the 21st Centuary Masjid; Maryam Eskandari”, Azizah Magazine, Vol 7 Issue1, pg 44. March 2011. 2011 Wang Regina. ‘Eskandari Speaks on American Mosques’, The Daily Princetonian, Oct 20, 2011. Web. LECTURERS, SYMPOSIA + CONFERENCE Selected 2017 “The Role of Design and Architecture”, Museum of Fine Arts – Boston, March 29, 2017 2016 “An Instructive Tale: Architecture Exhibition Celebrating the Worlds 1.7 Billion Muslims”, Association of Architecture Organization – Design Matters Conference, Nov 1-3, 2016 2016 “Sustainable Design: Building Resilient Communities”, Harvard University, Igniting Innovation Summit Oct 1, 2016 2016 “Impact Design - Our Role within a Global Context”, Boston Society of Architects, Women in Design Symposium November 16, 2016 2016 “American Mosques: In Search for a Historical Model”, George Mason University, 2015/2016 College of Humanities and Social Sciences Lecture Series, April 13, 2016 2015 “Pluralism through Architecture”, Keynote Speaker, Harvard University, April 15, 2015 2015 “Design. Design. Design.”, Harvard University – African Development Initive, CleanACWA, March 31, 2015 2014 “Life Worth Living – Spirit of Architecture”, The Culture and Henry B. Wright Lecture, Center for Faith and Culture, Yale University 2012 “16th Century Architecture from Michelangelo to Sheykh Baha'I” Mirror of the Islamic World Conference, Tehran University, April 4-10, 2012 2012 “Reconstructing Women's Spaces in Contemporary American Mosques” Sensuality and Affect in the Muslim Humanities Conference, Duke University and University of North Carolina, Feb 15-17, 2012 2011 “Designing Sacred Spaces in the Modern World” Islamic in Conversation Lecture Series, Princeton University October 19, 2011 MIIM Designs LLC | Cambridge | Palo Alto | ph: 617.682.9984 | ph: 415.617.9984 | www.miimdesigns.com 2011 “Redesigning Space for Social Change”, McGill University, October 2011 2011 “The Architecture of American Muslims” Eisenhower Lecture Series, Army War College, April 2011 2011 “Gender and Sexuality in Islamic Architecture” Local Identities Global Challenges, American Collegiate Society of Architects, Rice University, September 2011 2011 “Gender, Sexuality and Urban Space” Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies Conference, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, March 11, 2011 2010 "Women in Design" Boston Society of Architecture American Institute of Architects, November 2010 2009 “Sustainability through Islamic Architecture”, Harvard University, The Pluralism Project Conference, October 2009 AUTHORED + EDITORIAL PUBLICATIONS Selected Publications 2013 Eskandari, Maryam "The Pedagogy of MIIM Designs” Architecture and Construction Vol.34 Summer2013, pg.192-194, Dubai, UAE 2013 Eskandari, Maryam "Design in Architecture Reflects on Definition and Empathy” AR Magazine Vol.5 Sp13,The Beginning,pg.5-10 edited by Ramin Safarirad,
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