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Reem Makkawi

Reem Makkawi

New York, NY, US

 

About 

Reem is an architecture & interior designer and entrepreneur based in Manhattan. Reem's experience spans from teaching & material science to the technical nuts-and-bolts of prefab; while pursuing research in art, sustainable materials, virtual & artificial technology and social justice.

Reem is frequently a design critic at Columbia GSAPP, UC Berkeley and California College of the Arts, and is actively involved in several organizations, from ambassador for Women in Construction NYC, mentor at the Architectural League NY, co-founder of San Francisco-based design group N.ARK.O (New Arkitecture Organization) and collaborator at Guinea-based social entreprise Kaloum Bankhi building in Conakry.

A certified LEED AP professional, an associate of the American Institute of Architects, on the Catalyst Committee at International Interior Design Association NY Chapter and an associate of National Organization of Minority Architects. Reem earned a Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University and a B.A Architecture from UC Berkeley.

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Education 

Columbia University, MArch, Master of Architecture

Aug 2019 - May 2022
 

University of California, Berkeley, Bachelors, Architecture

Aug 2014 - May 2018
 

Lycée Français du Koweït, High School, Baccalaureate of Sciences with Specialty in Mathematics

Sep 2011 - Jun 2014
 

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Skills