CONTACT
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SAMIA HENNI is an Algerian-French-Swiss architect and researcher based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She began her studies in architecture and urbanism in 1997 at the École Polytechnique d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme in Algiers, Algeria. In 1998 she was awarded a Swiss scholarship and began her studies at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio, Switzerland, where she obtained her Master's Degree in 2004. Between 2000 and 2004 she collaborated with several architecture offices in Switzerland and was invited to participate in various international workshops. In 2002 she was the assistant to the artist Luciano Fabro for an art project in the Eastern Docklands, Java Island, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In 2004 she won a competition and soon after established her independent practice in architecture. She also cofounded a platform for contemporary art and architecture, at which she has co-curated exhibitions and debates. In 2009 she began a postgraduate at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In 2010 she received a grant to be the research assistant of Prof. Thomas A P Van Leeuwen, for the project 'Plans and Platitudes', at the Berlage Institute. She is currently editing a publication on global urbanization processes, based on interviews with several eminent professionals.

AWARDS

2011 COST-STSM, Short Term Scientific Mission: Planning Accra, the capital city of Ghana. European architecture beyond Europe: Sharing Research and Knowledge on Dissemination Processes, Historical Data and Material Legacy (19th- 20th centuries),
2010- 2011 Berlage Institute Scholarship, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
2006 Third prize, Regional Community Centre, international architecture competition, Locarno, Switzerland.
2004 First prize, The City of Souls, national architecture competition, Losone, Switzerland.
2000-03 Academy of Architecture Scholarship and Soroptimist International Women`s Opportunity Awards, Switzerland.
1998- 00 Academy of Architecture Scholarship, Mendrisio, Switzerland.

TEACHING/ CURATING

2011 Referee of young Algerian architects for the second edition of Worldwide Architecture.
2010-2011 Research Assistant, Prof. Thomas A. P. van Leeuwen, Berlage Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
2007 Desing Tutor, "What kind of space does architecture produce for you?", Atelier Kunstklasse, Minusio, Switzerland.
2006 Co-curator of an International Contemporary Art exhibition "Kunsthalle?" in abandoned buildings, Locarno, Switzerland.
2002- 2003 Assistant of the Artist Luciano Fabro for Public Art work in Eastern Docklands, Java Island, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PUBLICATIONS

Potencialidades Exploradas, Narrating Paraisopolis, aU, Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Brasilian magazine of Architecture, November  2010, n. 200, pp. 20-23.
Il Centro Balneare di Locarno, ARCHI, Swiss magazine of architecture, engineering and urban planning, Casagrande edition, n. 5, 2005, pp. 53-56.
Academic Report, Academy of Architecture, Swiss Italian University, Mendrisio Academy Press edition, 2004.
Designing the limit, new urban landscapes in Siracusa: the Talete promenade, edited by Andrea Guardo, Biblioteca del Cenide, 2002, pp. 72- 83.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

REG A: Swiss register of professionals in engineering, architecture, industry and environment, Qualification A.
SIA: Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects.
OTIA: Order of engineers and architects of Canton Ticino.