Joude
Mabsout is a landscape architect and urbanist based in New York. She works
at the intersection of landscape systems, socio-cultural practices, and infrastructural networks. Currently a designer at Sasaki, Joude works across a range of urban scales; from waterfront development, to campus and city masterplans. Prior to that, she was a research associate at the Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism at MIT, focusing on river restoration, climate adaptation, and affordable housing in Istanbul, Tajikistan and Beirut.
Joude received her Masters in Architecture and Urbanism (SMArchS Urbanism) from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning. After graduating, she received an Aga Khan Grant to continue her research on contested river valleys in Lebanon, and study methods of collective landscape preservation. She received her Bachelor in Landscape Architecture (BLA) from the American University of Beirut (AUB) and has worked on design projects that covered topics of coastal cities, environmental risk planning and urban informality, some of which have been exhibited in the Venice Biennale 2014 and the International Biennale of Landscape Architects in Barcelona in 2016. She believes that design is a tool to protect and reclaim landscapes and the rights of citizens, which should be used to create resilient spaces that preserve cultural identities and sustain the natural environment. Prior to joining MIT, Joude has practiced as a landscape architect in Boston, Spain and Lebanon.
Joude received her Masters in Architecture and Urbanism (SMArchS Urbanism) from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning. After graduating, she received an Aga Khan Grant to continue her research on contested river valleys in Lebanon, and study methods of collective landscape preservation. She received her Bachelor in Landscape Architecture (BLA) from the American University of Beirut (AUB) and has worked on design projects that covered topics of coastal cities, environmental risk planning and urban informality, some of which have been exhibited in the Venice Biennale 2014 and the International Biennale of Landscape Architects in Barcelona in 2016. She believes that design is a tool to protect and reclaim landscapes and the rights of citizens, which should be used to create resilient spaces that preserve cultural identities and sustain the natural environment. Prior to joining MIT, Joude has practiced as a landscape architect in Boston, Spain and Lebanon.