About
Yasmine Abbas is a French DPLG architect, holds a Master of Science in Architecture Studies (SMArchS 2001) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Doctor of Design (DDes 2006) from Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
In 1995, while pursuing an internship at the UNESCO, United Nations, Education, Science and Culture Organization, she realizes the importance of education and technology for a culture of peace. Since, the notions of cultural encounters and mobilities have driven her designs and critical inquiries. She aims to advance the social and cultural by integrating technology with design. At MIT, her interactions with the Design Inquiry and Intelligent Kinetic System groups lead her to research the figure of “supermodernity”, the neo-nomad. At Harvard she focused on how neo-nomads, digitally geared people on the move, reclaim a sense of belonging to places in the age of multiple mobilities and digital technologies.
At Wentworth Institute of technology, she taught the spring 2007 seminar: Digital + Mobilities which led to the investigation of the freedom trail through codes: DiMo project.
She is currently working as a senior consultant at ReD!
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Architecte DPLG française (Paris, 1997), Yasmine ABBAS est titulaire d’un Master of Science in Architecture Studies du Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SMArchS 2001) et d’un Doctorat, Doctor of Design d’Harvard University Graduate School of Design (DDes 2006).
En 1995, alors qu’elle effectue un stage d’études à l’UNESCO, elle conçoit l’importance de l’éducation et des nouvelles technologies pour une culture de paix. Depuis, les principes de rencontres culturelles et de mobilité ont guidé ses questionnements et ses recherches. Au MIT, ses interactions avec les groupes du Design Inquiry et Intelligent Kinetic Systems la conduisent à étudier le nomade des sociétés « surmodernes ». À l’Université d’Harvard, elle recherche les manières dont ces néo-nomades, populations mobiles équipées numériquement, recréent un sentiment d’appartenance aux lieux et espaces. En 2005 elle crée son blog de recherche, neo-nomad.
