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College / Department

College of Architecture, Art and Design
Department of Architecture

Teaching areas

Research areas

Education

MArch, Architecture, Yale University, United States, 2022

Professional experience

Research Fellow, Architecture, Yale University, CT, United States, 2022 - 2023
Architecture Researcher, Vienna University of Technology, 2021 - 2023
Design And Research Lead, The National Pavilion UAE – La Biennale di Venezia, 2022 - 2023
Architect, Shurooq–Sharjah Investment and Development Authority, United Arab Emirates, 2017 - 2020
Architect, Architecture, X Architects, United Arab Emirates, 2014 - 2016

Contact

[email protected]

Samar Ata A. J Halloum

Assistant Professor
MArch, Yale University, United States

Publications

Samar Halloum And Audrey Tseng De Melo Fischer. Seeding Sovereignty, Oase Journal Of Architecture, December 2025
Samar Halloum. “Design for Your Co-Worker: Architecture, Gender, and the Invisibility of Domestic Labor.” In …But, Who Are We Building For?, edited by Building Diversity. Copenhagen: Danish Architectural Press, forthcoming 2025., August 2025
Igor Peraza And Samar Halloum. REviewing Desert Architecture: Recent Architecture in the United Arab Emirates
Samar Halloum. "A Note On Flows." In In Plain Sight: Scenes from Aridly Abundant Landscapes, edited by Tabarrah, F. and Al Mazrooei, M., Beirut, Kaph Books, 2023. pp 190-203., 2023
Samar Halloum. "Urban Regeneration in Dubai – Informality Out of Sight." In In/Formal Marketplaces Experiments with Urban Reconfiguration, edited by Mörtenböck, P. and Mooshammer, H. Nai010, 2023. pp 246-273., 2023

Conference Presentations

REviewing Desert Architecture: Recent Architecture in the United Arab Emirates, Icsa 2025 – Restruture Rematerialize Rethink Reuse, July 2025
Tour – Library Circles at Jameel Art Center, February 2025
Materials Meet Tech masterclass, November 2024
Materialization / Manifestation: In Dialogue with Lina Ghotmeh, 7 November 2024
ReRoot Panel Discussion, 5 November 2024

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Faculty Startup Program, AUS, January 2025 - December 2026

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