Hashim Sarkis

Hashim A. Sarkis (Arabic: هاشم سركيس ; born 1964 in Beirut) is a Lebanese educator and architect. Since 2015, Sarkis has been Professor and Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has also been the founding principal of Hashim Sarkis Studios since 1998.

Career Born in Beirut, Sarkis received his Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design (1987), his Master of Architecture with distinction (1989), and his Doctor of Philosophy from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (1995). His dissertation was entitled "Publics and Architects: Re-Engaging Design in the Democracy," and was advised by Peter G. Rowe, K. Michael Hays, Jorge Silvetti, and Roberto Mangabeira Unger.

Sarkis has worked for several architecture firms, including for Rafael Moneo on Beirut Souks. In 1998, Sarkis established his own practice, Hashim Sarkis Studios, with offices in Cambridge and Beirut. From 1995 to 2015, Sarkis was a professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he taught design studios and courses on the history and theory of architecture and urban design. From 2002 to 2014, he was the Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism at the Harvard GSD.

In 2018, he was named curator of the 2020 Venice Biennale of Architecture. In an interview with ArchDaily, an online platform dedicated to architecture, Sarkis discussed the proposed theme: "How will we live together?". He said: "We are asking architects this question because we are clearly not happy with the answers that are coming out of politics today. We are asking architects because architects are good conveners of different participants and experts in the building process. We are asking architects because we, architects, are preoccupied with shaping the spaces in which people live together and because we frequently imagine these settings differently than the social norms that dictate them."

On October 1st, 2024, Sarkis was appointed the newest member of the Pritzker Prize jury, along with Anne Lacaton.

Works Completed 2004 - Agricultural and Community Center, Mejdlaya 2004 - Balloon Landing Park, Beirut 2004 - Oceana Beach Club, Damour 2004 - Olive Oil Press, Batroun 2005 - Wareham Street Loft, Boston 2007 - Oleana Restaurant, Cambridge 2007 - Housing for the Fishermen of Tyre, Abbasiyeh 2009 - Al Zorah, Ajman 2010 - Boston Eye Group, Brookline 2010 - Tremont Street Residence, Boston 2011 - The Street Pavilion, Shenzhen 2016 - Byblos Town Hall, Byblos 2016 - Dana Street House, Cambridge 2017 - The Courtowers, Beirut 2018 - Saifi Residence, Beirut

Publications Projecting Beirut: Episodes in the Construction and Reconstruction of a Modern City, with Peter G. Rowe, 1998, Case: Le Corbusier's Venice Hospital and the Mat Building Revival, 2001, Circa 1958: Lebanon in the Pictures and Plans of Constantinos Doxiadis, 2003, Josep Lluis Sert: The Architecture of Urban Design, 1953-1969, 2008, "The World as an Architectural Project," by Hashim Sarkis and Roi Salgueiro with Gabriel Kozlowski, 2020 Expansions, 2021 Edited by Hashim Sarkis and Ala Tannir, link Cohabitats, 2021 Edited by Hashim Sarkis and Ala Tannir, link

On Hashim Sarkis Hashim Sarkis, Curator of the 17th International Architectural Exhibition, Universes in Universes, link Venice Biennale Curator Hashim Sarkis: ”We are exploring the same subject that led to the pandemic”, Edwin Heathcote, Financial Times, 21.05.21, link The Venice Biennale, Twice delayed, takes on new relevance, Sam Lubell, New York Times, 20.05.21 link Hashim Sarkis discusses staging on an international biennale in “interesting times”, Samuel Medina, 05.05.21, The Architect’s Newspaper link Architecture is a medium that can make a difference: In conversation with Hashim Sarkis at the 2021 Venice Architectural Biennale, Christelle Harrouk, 24.05.21, arch daily, link Biennale Architettura 2021, press conference, 20.05.21 full video in the Biennale Architettura 2021 website link At the Venice Biennale, an architecture exhibition to meet the moment, Peter Dizikes, 08.07.2021. MIT News link ″Golden Lions to Raumlaborberlin and UAE″, John Hill, 30.08.21 World-Architects.com

Personal life Sarkis is married to Diala Ezzeddine, Chief Executive Officer of Xios Therapeutics, and they have one daughter, Dunia Alexandra.