Contact
Tamer Shalabi
ths79@cornell.edu
@tshalabi_
About
I’m an architectural designer based in Dallas, Texas. My work moves between research and construction; I use mapping, material study, prototyping, and spatial design to develop built and fabricated responses to real conditions.
I recently graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Architecture, where I was on the Dean’s List. My selected work includes research on infrastructure and human rights, a social-housing proposal, a public-toilet prototype, a leather-offcut partition prototype, and a reusable-material pavilion.
I have worked with the Circular Construction Lab, Morphosis Architects, HKS, and Farzin Farzin on projects ranging from circular construction and digital fabrication to education, infrastructure, and housing. I am interested in practices where research informs design decisions.
Education
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Aug 2021 - May 2026
Bachelor of Architecture
AAP Dean’s List
Class Representative
Aug 2023 - May 2025
Experience
Farzin Farzin
Ithaca, NY
May 2026 -
Investigating human rights violations in collaboration with Forensic Architecture.
Curating research for Canada’s 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale Early Warning Architecture.
AAP Digital Fabrication Lab
Ithaca, New York
Aug 2025 - May 2026
Monitored 3D-printer and laser cutter use.
LeCavalier R + D
Ithaca, New York
Jun - Jul 2025
Researched global timber supply chains for a publication.
Morphosis Architects
New York, New York
Jan - May 2025
Collaborated with the design team to develop complex 3D models, renders, and drawings.
HKS inc.
Dallas, Texas
Jun - Jul 2024
Collaborated with the design team to develop detailed drawings and diagrams.
Circular Construction Lab
Ithaca, New York
Jun - Jul 2023
Assisted in the prototyping of Circulating Matters.
Programs
Adobe Creative Suite
ArcGIS
Blender
Enscape
Google Workspace
Grasshopper
Keyshot
Microsoft Suite
QGIS
Revit
Rhino
V-Ray
Languages
English
Arabic
Spanish
Exhibitions
Preston H. Thomas Memorial Symposium
Cornell University Land Grant Map
Ithaca, New York
Mar 2024
Mixed Mannerisms
Rain Amplifier
Ithaca, New York
Dec 2023
Structural Systems
House in Ebisu
Ithaca, New York
Nov 2022
References
Farzin Lotfi-Jam
Assistant Professor at Cornell AAP
fl385@cornell.edu
Caitlin Blanchfield
Visiting Critic at Cornell AAP
cjb386@cornell.edu
Mariana Santiago
Associate at Nimmo Architecture
msantiago@nimmo.am