A conversation with Yasaman Esmaili

During the interview Yasaman and Prisca discuss the project 'Color my home' by Yasaman Esmaili and Rania Qawasma. 'Color My Home' is a serie of workshops for recently immigrated children to re-imagine the architecture they have inhabited and left behind, and to build architectural collages of what they recall as home and what they imagine for the future.

Yasaman Esmaili is an architect and educator from Tehran, Iran, currently based in Boston. In 2017, she founded Studio Chahar, a research-driven collaborative architectural design studio focused on design equity and innovation. Studio Chahar’s collaborative projects have been recognized with several awards including a Regional Gold and a Global Silver LafargeHolcim Award. In 2020, Yasaman received the Tamayouz Award of Excellence, Rising Star category.

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[IT] Yasaman Esmaili è un architetta ed educatorice di Teheran, Iran, attualmente residente a Boston. Nel 2017 ha fondato Studio Chahar, uno studio collaborativo di progettazione architettonica orientato alla ricerca con il focus del equità e dell'innovazione architettonica. I progetti collaborativi di Studio Chahar sono stati riconosciuti con diversi premi tra cui un Regional Gold e un Global Silver LafargeHolcim Award. Nel 2020, Yasaman ha ricevuto il Tamayouz Award of Excellence, categoria Rising Star.