Riham El Moazen AT

http://www.rihamelmoazen.com
Georgigasse 31 | 8020 Graz

Riham El Moazen (1995), is an Austrian architect with Egyptian roots. Her work addresses the condition of our world today by exploring the transformation of the existing. Through intelligent and precise interventions, she reinterprets the existing and creates a new world within it.
Her professional journey includes a period at the office of Valerio Olgiati in Switzerland, where she worked on numerous international projects. She later joined OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen in Brussels, contributing to large-scale projects such as the RTS Radio & Television Building in Lausanne and the Aerospacelab Satellite Factory in Charleroi.
Alongside her practice today, Riham El Moazen teaches at the Technical University of Dortmund, where she focuses on the potential of massive, load-bearing natural stone constructions in contemporary architecture. Her teaching and research draw inspiration from ancient building sites, investigating how historical knowledge can inform today's architectural landscape.

EDUCATION

· 2022: Master of Architecture, Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO), NO
· 2018: Bachelor of Science, Technical University of Graz, AT

PROJECTS

· 2025: Competition: Mujassam Watan Urban Sculpture, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
· 2024 - ongoing: Medical Center for Plastic Surgery - Transformation, in collaboration with Thibault de Smet, Brussels BE
· 2024: Competition: Scenography Proposal for the exhibition “Soft Power“, SAM Basel, CH
· 2024: Competition: Construction de la nouvelle Base Nautique de la Jonction, Geneva, CH
· 2023 - ongoing: House with three courtyards - Renovation, in collaboration with Felix Drouet, Brussels BE
· 2023 - ongoing: House with an underground bedroom - Transformation, in collaboration with Thibault de Smet, Brussels BE
· 2022 - 2023: Blurred Space - Pavilion for Club Hybrid, Graz AT

ACADEMIA

· 2025 - ongoing: Teaching & Research Assistant at TU Dortmund
Chair of Massive Building Constructions, Dortmund, DE
Focus on Stone Constructions
· 2024 - 2025: Teaching & Research Assistant at the Rheinland-Pfalz Technical University (RPTU)
Chair of Building Construction 1, Kaiserslautern, DE
Focus on Earthen Constructions

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

· 2022-2023: OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen, Brussels BE:
OFFICE 176 - RTS Lausanne - Radio & Television Building in Lausanne, CH
OFFICE 359 - Megafactory - Satellite Manufactoring Plant in Charleroi, BE
· 2019-2020: Valerio Olgiati, Flims, CH:
House for Kanye West, Wyoming, USA
Hotel in Munich, DE
Pereiro Do Cha, PT
Kamal House in Manama, BH
· 2019-2021: Co-Founder “AHO Architecture Lecture Series“
Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
· 2017-18/2019: Pentaplan, Graz AT
Lead of the competition „Wohnbebauung Kirchner Kaserne Süd“ in Graz, AT - 2.Prize

EXHIBITIONS

· 2021: „Along the Pearling Path - Reimagining the Baraha“
House of Architectural Heritage in Muharraq, BH
· 2019: „Herbert Eichholzer Prize - Ein Treibhaus: PreisträgerInnen“
HDA - Haus der Architektur in Graz, AT
· 2018: „TRANSCRIBE EXHIBITION: Participatory Actions In Braga‘s Social Housing Estates"
Casa Esperança, Braga, PT

AWARDS

· 2024: Start-Scholarship of the Austrian Ministry for Arts, Culture, Public Service and Sport
· 2022: Tische-Scholarship of the Austrian Ministry for Arts, Culture, Public Service and Sport
· 2019: Herbert Eichholzer Architecture Competition, City of Graz, 1.Prize