Project Name

Orange Blossoms
Workshop
Orange Blossom Series
2025

The orange blossom series celebrated the season of orange blossoms. Traditionally grown In Damascene courtyards, when the Seville orange trees blossom, their scent carries through the bustling streets, perfuming its residents. In this workshop, we studied the Seville orange and crafted our own unique blends of orange marmalade.

Project Name

Pomegranate Molasses
Workshop
Color of Pomegranates Series
2024

As part of the Color of Pomegranate Series, we examined the history of pomegranates in Levantine culture and its culinary, medical, and spiritual uses. The workshop culminated in each participant creating their own pomegranate molasses.

Project Name

Accommodating Garage Orphans
WXY
Eversource Energy
2015

By mapping EV adoption challenges to neighborhood-scale differences in density, parking demand, and land use, the project reframes a market failure as a design problem with targeted, scalable solutions.

Project Name

Urban Freight Mobility
A Way Forward: East Williamsburg
New York University
2014

These recommendations provide an opportunity, not only to improve freight traffic by increasing capacity, reducing externalities such as noise and smog, asnd to implement safety measures, but they also seek to share the responsibilities and benefits amongst stakeholders in order to ensure an equitable and long-term strategy for urban manufacturers to co-exist with residential and office uses; a per-requisite in a city where space is at a premium, such as New York City.

Project Name

Tripoli
International Fairgrounds, Oscar Neimeyer
2010

Designed by Oscar Neimeyer In 1963, an award-winning Brazilian architect renowned for his use of concrete and Interplay with curves and light. The project was never completed due to the Lebanese Civil War which began In 1975. The fairgrounds remain off-limits to visitors without special permission from the Lebanese Ministry of Tourism.

Project Name

Detroit People Mover
The Tragic Story of Public Transit Sabotage
2009

Built to be obsolete, the Detroit People Mover Is an above ground train that loops around the Central Business District of Detroit. It essentially takes you nowhere, as walking the diameter of the tracks takes less than 15 minutes. Built so, because the automakers at the time wanted the projects failure to highlight the necessity for more roads and highways and personal vehicles. It continues to operate today as an amusement to most of Its riders and to some, a slightly more convenient route to their parking garage from the office.

YOUR PRESENCEIS KINDLY REQUESTEDAT THE ROSE HOUSE ON FEBRUARY 7TH AT 6 PM

FOR AN EVENING OF DINNER & CONVERSATION

YOUR PRESENCE
IS KINDLY REQUESTED
AT THE ROSE HOUSE
ON FEBRUARY 7TH
AT 6 PM