Lectures Nicolas Fayad «EAST Architecture Studio»

Conferences and workshops

Start date

Mon, 05/19/2025 - 15:30

Venue

La Salle-URL Auditorium (Sant Joan de la Salle, 42. Barcelona)

cristofor.fernandez@salle.url.edu

Telephone

93 290 23 86

La Salle-URL Campus Barcelona is hosting a lecture by architect Nicolas Fayad. The founder of EAST Architecture Studio, an award-winning collective studio committed to architectural design and experimental research, is the winner of the 2022 Aga Khan Award. The lecture, part of the School of Architecture's Cooperation Unit, will take place next Monday, May 19, at 3.30 p.m. in the Auditorium, in an open event.

Nicolas Fayad is an architect, educator, and founding partner of EAST Architecture Studio. Under the motto of preservation as practice, the studio develops innovative built environments at various scales, ranging from urban planning to interior design and adaptive reuse, connecting contemporary society with traditional culture. The studio has received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and won the first edition of the AlMusalla Award.

The studio’s work is a testament to a visionary approach and a nuanced interpretation of history and culture, especially in projects like the acclaimed renovation of the Niemeyer Guest House in Tripoli, Lebanon. Its built and research projects have received international recognition and have been featured in prestigious venues such as the 17th and 19th Venice Architecture Biennales, and widely highlighted in publications like Wallpaper Magazine, The Architectural Review, Architectural Record, and The New York Review of Architecture (NYRA).

Nicolas Fayad

Born and raised in Beirut, Nicolas studied architecture at the American University of Beirut before earning a Master in Architecture with distinction from Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 2012, Forbes recognized him as one of its “30 Under 30” in the Art and Design category. He recently received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the American University of Beirut in recognition of his achievements. In 2021, he was a visiting critic at MIT, where he co-taught a postgraduate studio in architecture and urban design titled ‘Trauma Urbanism,’ using Beirut as a research site for reconstruction strategies following the explosion. He is currently an assistant professor of practice in architecture at the American University of Beirut.