Nasrine Seraji

• Name — Nasrine Seraji • Practice — Atelier Seraji Architectes & Associes (ASAA) New Speculations on Architecture (NSA) New Agency for Speculative Architecture (NASA) • Significant Projects — Temporary American Centre, Paris (1991) Lille School of Architecture extension, Lille (2006) Big Heavy Beautiful, Paris (2017) • Education — Architectural Association School of Architecture, London • Website — http: www.seraji.net • Birthplace — Tehran, Iran • Significant Buildings — BIG HEAVY BEAUTIFUL Paris 14 • Birth Name — Nasrin Seraji-Bozorgzad

Seraji was born in Tehran, Iran.

After studying at the Architectural Association and practising in London, Seraji moved to Paris in 1989 to establish her studio where architecture is treated as both a cultural debate and a practice. Since then, she has pursued a path constantly enriched by her simultaneous engagement in architectural practice, teaching, and research. She has lectured and exhibited her work widely in Europe, North America, China, and South East Asia.

Between 1993 and 2001, Seraji taught at Columbia University GSAPP in New York, at the Architectural Association in London as Diploma Unit Master, and Princeton University as Visiting Professor. During this time, she also taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna where she directed one of the two architecture Master Schools. Seraji was Professor and Chair of the Department of Architecture at Cornell University from 2001 to 2005. In 2006, she became Dean of the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais by Presidential decree. That same year, she returned to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna where she held the position of Professor of Ecology, Sustainability and Conservation, as well as Head of the Institute for Art and Architecture. She served as the Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong where she was also Professor in Architecture. She is currently Full Professor of Architectural Design at University College Dublin, Visiting Critic at Rice Architecture Paris, and Distinguished Professor of Architectural Design and Research at Michael Graves College of Wenzhou-Kean University.

• 1991: the Temporary American Centre, rue de Bercy, 12th arrondissement of Paris • 1995: Master Plan for the site of the gendarmerie barracks Briey (Meurthe-et-Moselle) • 1996: Cave Dragon, Chemin des Dames (Aisne) • 1997: Renovation of a bar 50 homes in Sarcelles (Val-d'Oise) • 2003: 164 student housing units in Paris and 50 in Vienna, Austria • 2005: extension of the Lille School of Architecture • 2005: Master Plan of 105 hectares for the Hippodrome site in Penang, Malaysia • 2006: Master Plan for the city of Le Rheu • 2007: 107 km 2 Masterplan for the city of Chongli, China • 2011: Le Cabanon, student center in Rue de Sophia-Antipolis, 14200 Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France • 2012: Tehran Stock Exchange Competition, 3rd / Nasrine Seraji + ASAA + Mehdi Bakhshizadeh + Tadbir Omran lra nian