Mai Abusalih

RESEARCH


  1. Khartoum Podcast - خرطوم بودكاست
  2. Memorialization within the Deathscapes of Khartoum
  3. After Memory: Essays on the Sudanese Archive


ARCHITECTURE


  1. #RIP: Encoding Memory
  2. Dismantle| Reassemble
  3. Resistance at the Dique do Tororro
  4. CTC Engineering: Office Building
  5. CTC Engineering: Showroom


INFORMATION


Mark
Mai is an architectural designer and researcher based in New York. Her research explores current and historical social, cultural, and political influences on the built environment. Through the study of spaces of death, protest, and public life, her work aims to uncover the architectural narratives that shape the spatial history of the city.

She graduated from Columbia University’s Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design with an honor award for excellence in design. She received her Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Architecture from University of Khartoum. Mai has experience as an architectural designer in Sudan and the US. She previously taught architectural studios at University of Khartoum.

Mai is the current chair (2024-2025) of DOCOMOMO Sudan Chapter | Modern Sudan Collective ︎︎︎