“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes... Design is knowing which ones to keep. ”
I believe that my 6+ years of extensive professional and versatile experience in the landscape design field, on top of my one year of extensive involvement in environmental and rural study for sustainable development in coordination with my university advisor, complement well my educational background in sustainability and urban design.
As a landscape designer, I create concepts, develop landscape design master plans and 3D visuals, and detail further the landscape elements by working on detail drawings and selecting the adapted combinations of materials for different projects. The final design layout would offer the best innovative solutions to our clients’ needs, whether for private or public outdoor living spaces. Being a millennial, I have also been involved in running landscape social media pages as a graphic consultant, content manager and creator, along with branding.
Nonetheless my work experience isn’t limited to office work. As an assistant design coordinator and certified quality assurance controller, I had gone on frequent site visits, residential villas and the luxurious W Hotel and Resorts in Palm Jumeirah, a project which I was responsible for getting the construction contract for TerraVerde.
When I design, I design for the people with the user experience in mind and with the intention of making the world a better place, bringing back parts of nature that were once there before being replaced by the construction of buildings and skyscrapers.
AWARDS AND recognition:
▼ 2014:
○ Participant in the Holcim Awards International Competition Middle East for sustainable design in underprivileged communities.
○ Finalist in the Samir & Claude Abillama Eco-entrepreneurship Award , Beirut - Lebanon.
▼ 2013:
○ Final year project and video was presented internationally at Multicultural Landscapes conference in Kassel University - Germany.
○ Respresented the Landscape Department of AUB (American University of Beirut) in the Garden Show, Beirut - Lebanon.
▼ 2011:
○ Winner of the public park design competition, Tripoli - Lebanon.