Egyptian architect & designer

Yasmine

Badawi

Born in Scotland · French-educated · raised across Russia and the Middle East. Designing environments that listen, respond and carry meaning.

01 About

To make the invisible visible: designing spaces that listen, respond and hold the stories بين people and place.

Based
Cambridge, MA · Cairo, Egypt
Practicing since
2019
Languages
EN · FR · AR · RU
Focus
Responsive & Cultural Environments
Education
Harvard University GSD · MDes Mediums
02 Recognition

Registered Architect

Licensed 3% of U.S. architects under 30

Valedictorian

B.Arch · Summa Cum Laude · 3.97 GPA

AIA Henry Adams Medal

Top graduate of the class

Five years in four

Accelerated B.Arch · licensed at twenty-three

LEED AP BD+C

Sustainability in Design

WELL AP

Health & human experience in the built world

03 Experience & Education
Sep 2026 — May 2028

Master in Design Studies (MDes Mediums)

Harvard University · Graduate School of Design · Cambridge, MA

Graduate research building responsive environments that sense emotion, behavior and identity for human and cultural restoration in space.

Sep 2026 — Present

Graduate Student Worker — Strategic Initiatives & Mattering Program

Dean of Students Office, Harvard University.

Sep 2026 — Present

ArtsThursdays Program Assistant

Office of the Provost for Arts and Culture, Harvard University.

Oct 2021 — May 2026

Architect

PCA Design · Cambridge, MA

Designing multi-family housing (100+ units), affordable housing and community center projects from schematic design through construction documents. Co-leading the JEDI Council and Sustainability Green Leaders initiatives.

Nov 2024 — Present

Board Member — Digital Ready Architecture Advisory Board

Advising a nonprofit mentoring underrepresented youth in architecture on program development and strategic goals.

Sep 2025 — May 2026

Certificate in Social Impact Management & Leadership

Institute for Nonprofit Practice · Boston.

Aug 2019 — May 2023

Bachelor of Architecture — Valedictorian, GPA 3.97

Boston Architectural College · Boston, MA

AIA Henry Adams Medal. Practice Distinction & Excellence. BAC Segment I Portfolio Award. Five-year degree completed in four years.

Jan 2020 — Jun 2024

Tutor & Teaching Assistant

Tutored students in Algebra & Trigonometry, Physics, Structures and design software. Served as TA for Structures I and CityLab. Mentored students and supported new-student orientation programming.

Jan 2020 — May 2020

Project Manager — Contested Territories

Project-managed research with the Boston Society for Architecture and Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, translating and mapping the ecosystem of services for those experiencing homelessness.

Sep 2020 — Oct 2021

Interior Design Consultant

Restoration Hardware · Boston, MA

Managed interior design projects up to $60K. Generated over $1M in sales in eight months. Employee of the Month, January 2021.

04 Events & Happenings
Valedictorian Speaker Boston Architectural College · 2023
BAC Graduation Awards Night Boston Architectural College · 2023
Degree Project Presentation Boston Architectural College · 2023

Degree Project: Senescence & the Visual, a film & photography museum on memory and perception.

Gather in Gratitude Dinner Boston Architectural College · Key Student Speaker · 2022

Speaking at the college’s annual donor and board member dinner on the value of an education built through practice.

Digital Ready Design in Practice Panel Boston · 2025

Advising highschool students on storytelling, design in practice, and pursuing a STEM education.

UIA World Congress of Architects Copenhagen · 2023 · Attendee

International discourse on the technological, cultural and social forces shaping the global built environment.

Future of Architecture Summit Dubai · 2023 · Attendee

Panels on emerging practice in the Middle East and the forces reshaping the region’s built environment.

ANFA Conference Poster Submission Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture

Designed the conference poster on trauma’s impact on the brain and its implications for design with TiD Society.

Medical Art Therapy Initiative Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357 · Cairo

Leading collaborative art workshop with young patients, using making and color as tools of recovery.

05 Personal Photography & Travels

Cities, countries and the in-between