University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning 2000 Bonisteel Boulevard Ann Arbor, MI 48109 [email protected] www.design-earth.org EL HADI JAZAIRY El Hadi Jazairy is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. He is a licensed architect and a founding partner of Design Earth, a collaborative practice engaged in the relationships between geography and design. His research investigates spaces of exception as predominant forms of contemporary urbanization. El Hadi holds a Doctorate of Design from Harvard University, a Master of Architecture from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Architecture from La Cambre in Brussels. Prior to joining the University of Michigan, El Hadi was a Lecturer in Architecture at MIT and a Postdoctoral Fellow in Urban Planning and Design at the GSD. He is a founding editor of the journal New Geographies (NG) and editor-in-chief of NG4: Scales of the Earth. Some of his recent work has been published in the Journal of Cultural Geography, MONU and the Journal of Architectural Education. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Assistant Professor of Architecture (Tenure-Track) 2011-Present University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Lecturer in Architecture 2010-2011 MIT School of Architecture and Planning Postdoctoral Fellow in Urban Planning and Design 2010-2011 Harvard University Graduate School of Design Teaching Fellow 2008-2010 Harvard University Graduate School of Design EDUCATION Doctor of Design (D.Des.) 2010 Harvard University Graduate School of Design Dissertation: Dubai’s Mega Islands: Satellite Vision-Based Production of Space. Committee: Hashim Sarkis, Antoine Picon and Frédéric Pousin Master of Architecture (M. Arch II.) 2007 Cornell University College of Architecture, Art & Planning Thesis: Sahara Drive, Rest and Walk: An Interactive Journey into a Polarized Territory Committee: John Zissovici and Marilyn Rivchin Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) 1999 Institut Supérieur d’Architecture La Cambre, Brussels Thesis: Ecolonia: A Manifesto of Architecture and Urbanism? Committee: Pierre Blondel, Jacques Aaron and Lucien Kroll 1 RESEARCH Research on the City, University of Michigan 2011-2012 Geographies of Trash (w/R. Ghosn & S. Lee) Postdoctoral Fellow, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University 2010-2011 School for Year 2030 (w/H. Sarkis & H. Spence) The Exemplar Community – Oranger in Haiti (w/H. Sarkis) Doctoral Candidate, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University 2008-2010 Dubai’s Mega Islands: Satellite Vision-Based Production of Space Olive Tjaden Scholar, College of Architecture, Art & Planning, Cornell University 2005-2007 Sahara Drive, Rest and Walk: An Interactive Journey into a Polarized Territory PUBLICATIONS Books Jazairy, E. (ed.), New Geographies #4: Scales of the Earth (Cambridge: Harvard GSD, 2010). Reviews of Scales of the Earth Pacheco, Mauricio Quiros, New Geographies 4 Review, Domus, April 2012. Sandoval, Omar Olivares, Reseña de "New Geographies 4. Scales of the Earth" Investigaciones Geograficas #78, 2012. Articles Jazairy, E. and Ghosn, R., Hassi Messaoud Oil Urbanism, New Geographies #6: Grounding Metabolism (Cambridge, Harvard GSD, 2014). Jazairy, E. and Ghosn, R., A Geographic Stroll Around the Horizon, Magazine on Urbanism #20: Geographic Urbanism (Rotterdam, 2014): 12-17. Jazairy, E. and Ghosn, R., Geographies of Trash, Journal of Architectural Education #68-1 (Washington DC, 2014): 68-81. Jazairy, E. and Ghosn, R. Geographies of Trash, ACSA 102: Globalizing Architecture: Flows and Disruptions (2014). Jazairy, E. and Ghosn, R. Burn it, Bury it, or Send it on a Caribbean Cruise, ACSA 101: New Constellations, New Ecologies (2013): 16-18. Jazairy, E. Aerial Vision Based Model of Urbanism, ACSA 100: Digital Aptitudes (2012): 638-647. Jazairy, E. School for Year 2030, GSD Platform 4 (New York, Harvard GSD, 20011): 354-355. Jazairy, E. Toward a Plastic Conception of Scale, New Geographies #4: Scales of the Earth (Cambridge: Harvard GSD, 2010). Jazairy, E. From Cyberspace to The World: The Impact of Google Earth and Second Life on Dubai, Aether: The Journal of Media Geography #7 (2011): 97-107. Jazairy, E. Cinematic Landscapes in Antonioni’s L’Avventura, Journal of Cultural Geography #26-3 (2009): 351-369. Jazairy, E. The Sahara of Oil, Gas, and Sun, New Geographies #2: Landscapes of Energy (Cambridge: Harvard GSD, 2009): 51-58. Jazairy, E. Advancing the Strategostructure, GSD Platform 2 (New York, Harvard GSD, 2009): 222-227. 2 Jazairy, E. Terraforming Artificial Territories in the Gulf, SHOT2009 (Pittsburg, 2009): 15-18. Jazairy, E. Dubai Archipelago from Above: The Aerial Vision-Based Model of Urbanism, Urbanism and Urbanization (Leuven, 2009): 467-474. Jazairy, E. Imaging Dubai’s Palm Islands: The Construction of Land and Representation through the Satellite View, Topos, International Review of Landscape Architecture & Urban Design #66 (2009): 46-51. Jazairy, E. Ghosn, R., Ramos S. The Space of Controversies: An Interview with Bruno Latour, New Geographies 0 (Cambridge: Harvard GSD, 2008): 122-135. Jazairy, E. Sahara Drive, Rest and Walk: An Interactive Journey into a Polarized Territory (Cornell University, 2007): 1-80. Jazairy, E. and de Geyter X. Building in Negative Space, El Croquis #126 (Madrid, 2005): 1-165. Jazairy, E. Project Leader for the Following Projects: St. Lucas Fine Arts School, Hotel and Catering School, Brussels and EPFL Learning Centre, Lausanne. Jazairy, E. and de Geyter X. St Lucas Fine Arts School, A+U February 2005 Issue #413: New University Environments (2005): 122-126. Jazairy, E. Cornell’s Johnson Museum of Art is ‘Gorges’ too, The Ithaca Journal, Aug. 17, 2005. Jazairy, E. Johnson Museum is Gorges, The Ithaca Times, Aug. 8, 2005. Jazairy, E., de Geyter, X., Beerten, J. Change: Brussels Capital of Europe (Brussels: Prism Edition, 2004): 170-185. Jazairy, E., Detry, A., Schmitz, D. Keutgen, L. A Human Scale Entity, EUROPAN 6 In Between Cities, Second Best Award (Brussels, 2001): 42-44. Jazairy, E. Ecolonia: A Manifesto of Architecture and Urbanism? Architecture Thesis (Brussels, La Cambre, 1999): 1-80. CONFERENCES ACSA 102th Annual Meeting: Globalizing Architecture: Flows and Disruptions, Miami April 2014 Faculty Design Awards Special Focus Session: Geographies of Trash ACSA 100th Annual Meeting: Digital Aptitudes, Boston March 2012 Registration and Projection: Satellite Vision-Based Production of Space Death and Life of Social Factors Conference, UC-Berkeley April 2011 The Geographical Imagination: Cinematic Landscapes Society for History of Technology Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh October 2009 Terraforming Artificial Territories in the Gulf K.U. Leuven Department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning, Leuven October 2009 5th International PhD Seminar on Urbanism and Urbanization The Aerial Vision-Based Model of Urbanism 3 INVITED LECTURES Harvard University Graduate School of Design March 2014 The Spaces Between Development and Conservation – Geographies (Old and New) Design Earth (w/R. Ghosn) Harvard University Graduate School of Design February 2014 Urban Design Symposium : The Form of the Territory Direction de la Ville Nouvelle de Hassi Messaoud, Algiers, Algeria January 2014 Will Hassi Messaoud Survive the End of Oil ? Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Tetouan, Tetouan, Morocco June 2013 Mediterranean Projects Qatar Museum Authority, Doha, Qatar February 2012 New National Museum of Doha - Beyond Iconic Landform Archiprix 2011, MIT May 2011 Infrastructure and Geography (w/R. Ghosn) ETH Zurich December Symposium, Switzerland December 2010 Dubai Mega Islands: Satellite Vision-Based Production of Space College of Architecture, Art & Planning Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca May 2007 Sahara Drive, Rest and Walk: An Interactive Journey into a Polarized Territory Direction de la Prospective et des Études d’Urbanisme de la Principauté de Monaco February 2003 Diagnostic Study for the New Urban Planning Reference Scheme of Monaco Coastline EUROPAN 6 International Projects Conference, Liège December 2001 Human Scale (w/A. Detry, D. Schmitz, L. Keutgen) PANELS ORGANIZED Taubman College & Ross School of Business Symposium, Ann Arbor March 2014 Panel Moderator: Urban Development Now, Catalyzing Urban Development ACSA 101th Annual Meeting: New Constellations New Ecologies, San Francisco March 2013 Panel Organizer: Waste Lands and Material Economies Burn it, Burry it or Send it on a Caribbean Cruise ACSA 100th Annual Meeting: Digital Aptitudes, Boston March 2012 Panel Chair: Registration and Projection: The mediation of Urban imaging technologies Van Alen Institute, New York November 2011 Book Talk: New Geographies #3+4 (w/H. Sarkis, G. Doherty, L. Bulman) Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge April 2011 Book Talk: New Geographies #4 (w/H. Sarkis, A. D’Hooghe, P. Anker) Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge April 2008 Round table Discussion: New Geographies #0 (w/H. Sarkis, M. Motafavi, A. Picon, C. Waldheim, G. Doherty, R. Ghosn, A. Petrov, S. Ramos, N. Turan) 4 AWARDS AND GRANTS International Institute - Experiential Learning Fund for Mumbai Docklands, $10,000 2014 International Institute - Experiential Learning Fund for Campus Rio, $10,000 2013 UM Taubman College Research on the City Dissemination Fund for Geographies of Trash, $3,000 2012 UM Taubman College Research on the City Grant for Geographies of Trash, $20,000 2011 Graham Foundation Grant for New Geographies #5+6, $15,000 2011 Harvard GSD