Suha Hasan

Biography

Suha Hasan is the founder of ASH, an architecture practice based in Stockholm. Her research explores obscure histories, material conditions and environmental impacts connected to the built environment, specifically archaeological and heritage sites. She has lectured and taught in universities in Bahrain, Egypt, Singapore, Sweden, Sudan and the UK.

She is the founder of Mawane, a platform for urban research based in Bahrain and a founding member of the MSc (Modern Sudan collective). Both platforms enable research and the sharing of its outcomes through public art exhibitions, talks and workshops. She is also the head of the AA Visiting School Khartoum and has served as a consultant for UNDP Sudan. Her current research investigates the agency of architecture and archives in the formation of memory in the post-colonial city.

Hasan curated two cultural seasons at Mawane: the first, titled [In]Accessible, explored the privatisation of public spaces, and the second, [Media]tions, explored issues related to memory and archives.

Her publications include A Room of One’s Nation and Buildings of Independence (archithese 4, 2022). She was also the research editor for the award-winning publication Places of Production, which accompanied the national pavilion of Bahrain at the Venice Biennale (2016).

She earned a PhD from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.

Hasan currently lives and works between Bahrain, Khartoum, London and Stockholm.

SAF participation:
March Meeting 2023