Gioia Sawaya

Gioia Sawaya is an architect and researcher from Lebanon. Her research methodology focuses on the role of theory in relation to the design process, examining the possibilities that challenge the rethinking of architecture in a novel way. In January 2022, she designed a proposal on how to prevent a new disaster at the Beirut port grain silos, and how to recycle the fermenting grain into a bio-composite material that could become a new construction material.