curriculum vitae

architect, researcher, visual investigator
rami.msallam1@gmail.com

Rami Msallam (b. 1999, Aleppo, he/him) is an architect, researcher, and visual investigator. He is trained as an architect at ETH Zürich and pursued his MA at the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he was awarded the Forensic Architecture Scholarship 2023/2024 and graduated with distinction.
During his studies, Rami was involved artistically and politically with NGOs and institutions such as map-F, Schwarzenbach Komplex, and Institut Neue Schweiz. In 2023, he was awarded the Sparx Space studio grant from Migros-Kulturprozent, where he co-produced the interactive audiovisual installation turicum investigating the entanglement between Zurich’s built environment and Swiss gold. In the same year he absolved an internship at the building permits department of Canton Aargau and co-founded 20km/h, an architects' collective that critically and visually engages with the city and its politics.

Eudcation
2023 – 2024 MA Research Architecture, Goldsmiths University of London
2019 – 2022 BSc Architecture, ETH Zürich

Work
2024 – Present, Scientific Assistant, at the Chair of Architecture Heritage and Sustainability, Prof. Mariam Issoufou, ETH Zürich
2024 Placement, Forensic Architecture, Research Agency, London
2023 – Co-founder, 20 km/h, Architects’ Collective
2022 – 2023 Internship, Building Permits at Department for Construction, Transport & Environment of Canton Aargau
2022 – 2023 Tutor, Prestudy Event, ETH Zürich
2022 Teaching Assistant, Chair of History of Art and Architecture, Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung, ETH Zürich
2021 – 2022 Student Assistant, Chair of Digital Building Technologies, Prof. Dr. Benjamin Dillenburger, ETH Zürich
2021 – 2023 Booking, Production and Technical Coordination, fête de la musique

Awards and Grants
2023 – 2024 Forensic Architecture Scholarship
2023 Project Grant, Sparx Space, Migros-Kulturprozent
2022 Project Grant, Kulturamt Thurgau
2021 Nomination, Solos and Sights, Internationale Bodenseekonferenz
2021 Prize, Stiftung Jugendförderung Thurgau
2019 Prize, Think Tank Thurgau

Exhibitions
26 Sep 2024 – 3 Oct 2024 Voids in Earth, Interruptions, Centre for Research Architecture
30 Jun 2023 – 1 Jul 2023 Zwischen-Wäscherei, Zentralwäscherei Zürich, (collective exhibition)
8 Jul 2023 – 29 Jul 2023 turicum, RA(RAUM)UM, Dynamo Zürich (collective output)

Contributions to Anthologies and other Media
2024 Navigating the politics of knowing, Dead Ends, CRA Press
2022 Dystopie im Provisorium, Utopie im Erinnern, Trans Magazine gta

Performances (selection)
AUG 2023 Finsterbusch Collective, Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Zürich
FEB 2023 Varieté Show, Baby Angel, Zürich
NOV 2022 Book Vernissage, Zentralwäscherei Zürich
OCT 2022 TOUR DE NOUVELLE SUISSE, Kaserne Basel
MAR 2022 ZATO.Space, ETH Zürich
SEP 2021 Not the same procedure, M2act, Gessnerallee, Zürich
AUG 2021 Not the same procedure, Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Zürich