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Rania Ghosn is an architect, geographer and partner of Design Earth. She is currently assistant professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture + Planning. Her work critically frames the urban condition at the intersection of politics, aesthetics and technological systems - be they energy, trash, or farming. Rania holds a Doctor of Design from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, a Master in Geography from University College London, and a Bachelor of Architecture from American University of Beirut. Prior to joining University of Michigan, she was an Assistant Professor at University of Michigan. Rania is founding editor of the journal New Geographies and editor-in-chief of NG2: Landscapes of Energy. Some of her recent writings have been published in San Rocco, Journal of Architectural Education, MONU, Thresholds, Bracket, and Perspecta.

El Hadi Jazairy is an architect and partner of Design Earth. He is currently assistant professor of architecture at the University of Michigan, where he teaches courses in the architecture and urban design programs. His research investigates spaces of exception Â-such as institutional campuses, free zones, and city-states- as predominant forms of contemporary urbanization. El Hadi received a Dipl(TM)me d'Architecte from La Cambre in Brussels, a Master of Architecture from Cornell University and a Doctorate of Design from Harvard University. He is a licensed architect at the Belgium National Architectural Accrediting Board. From 2000 to 2005, he collaborated with Elia Zenghelis and Xaveer de Geyter architecten. El Hadi is founding editor of the journal New Geographies and editor-in-chief of NG4: Scales of the Earth. Some of his recent work has been published in Journal of Cultural Geography, GSD Platform, San Rocco, MONU and Topos.