Riyad Joucka

Riyad Joucka Is an Architect, Entrepreneur and Researcher, based in Dubai. ‍ He is the Lead Architect and founder of MEAN* ‘Middle East Architecture Network’; an Innovative Architecture Practice, and the synergistic counterpart to MEAL* ‘Middle East Architecture Lab’; An Experimental Design Repository. ‍ He has gained professional experience in the Middle East and Asia as well as North America. ‍ Riyad worked in New York and Hong Kong from 2012- 2017 at the intersection of academia and practice, on complex structures, facades and building technologies, with a focused interest in design that is at the nexus of technology, material research, and computation. Riyad earned his Master of Architecture (MArch, Distinction) at the Emergent Technologies & Design program at the AA School of Architecture in London