We live in a world where terms like creativity and imagination have become the most clichés probably in the history of, ever. First of all, there is absolutely no consensus about what the fuck these words mean. One can say the same word about a 3-year-old holding a pen or a postmodern artist who’s taking a piss in the garden. The only meaning that makes sense, which ironically no one wants to consider, is that it’s purely subjective. Now this is creating a problem of multiple

Over the past few months, I have dialed waaaay down on producing (content). Don’t get me wrong — I’ve been working like a hungry monkey in a jungle full of bananas. But this year, for so many reasons, I’ve taken some extreme decisions. One of them was to break the monetary relationship between my art and my financial life. It’s something I’ve been trying to do for a while, but I couldn’t maintain it without taking a more foundational stance. A second step was not to jump on s

Please don’t take this as a negative piece. I know I sometimes sound bleak and morbid, but I think of myself more as a realist. Where...

Latent beauty is not what you see. It is what could have been seen, had we not been conditioned otherwise. Or at least, that’s what I’ve...

As an Egyptian, part of the Egyptian American diaspora, and a person who is always unsure—always searching for answers—I’ve realized that the true value of questioning lies in becoming comfortable with what I call "emergent ignorance." In this state, questions lead to more intriguing ones rather than definitive answers. I’ve come to understand that questions about who I am (as a person, an architect, a designer, and a father) are inseparable from where I come from. This has l

"Screenshot from Identity Oblivious " I write this, as usual, at a conflicting time in my life. It’s a post I’ve meant to write for...

There couldn't be a better time to be analytical about the usage of AI in general, particularly in architectural conceptualization and...

I read something this morning about AI, art, and aesthetics. The argument was that AI lacks aesthetics and that most AI-generated work is...

It's strange to have millions of people around the world notice you in just a few months. I think I forget that it's probably not normal....

"The City is a Tram" is a series that I have been passionately working on for the past 17 months. This project holds a special...

They didn't teach me psychology in architecture school, maybe architectural school does. Good schools will teach you sacred geometry,...

With the rise of Gen-AI, numerous questions have arisen about the future careers of architects. Yet, perhaps Gen-AI prompts an even more...

Humans have this cruel tendency to learn from the past without gaining actual wisdom. For a species desperate to "know" since the...

I don't think there is a definition of what "art" is. It definitely revolves around emotions and is most likely irrational. It's a craft...

I actually have an 11-year-old secret (public, so not so secret, I guess) blog where I bitch about life and everything. I will also be...