New Starter – Maees Hadi 

Maees Hadi has joined the Fleet Architects Team in the role of RIBA Part 2 Architectural Designer having previously worked with social housing specialist Henly Halebrown and studied at the Royal College of Art.

Maees’  interest in architecture is influenced by research and spatial design that can guide us to develop better spaces for people. Maees wants to develop her skills in socially-led projects and be more involved in work that serves the community. Maees Hadi is an architectural designer, researcher and a filmmaker. She has a multidisciplinary practice and engages in research topics such as political identity, representation and the migrant subject which has developed from her own studies and experiences. Maees was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1993, however grew up in Sweden and later moved to London where she started her academic studies and later work. Maees holds an MA architectural degree from the Royal College of Art, London and a History of Art certificate from Birkbeck University, London.

Maees work has recently been shown in Venice Architecture Biennale, 2021 and screened in Christies and at the Design Film Festival by curating contemporary design in collaboration with the Design Museum in London.