PUBLICATIONS
At MIIM Designs, we understand architecture not simply as the construction of form, but as the design of relations. Architecture mediates between the sacred and the civic, between memory and futurity, between systems of power and practices of belonging. We approach the built environment as a site of cultural stewardship and spatial repair. Our work begins from the premise that space is not neutral. Design is an instrument of power—capable of healing, but also of harm. We treat architecture as a living archive: a spatial record that encodes both historic traumas and radical possibilities.
In addition to our architectural and design services, MIIM operates as a research-based studio committed to practice-as-pedagogy. We design not only for communities, but with them, through fieldwork, dialogue, pedagogical charrettes, and intergenerational listening. Our commitment to this expanded field of architecture is reflected in our publication platform, where we share Essays, Interviews, and Fieldnotes that extend our thinking beyond the built form. These writings are part of MIIM’s structural promise to build a more just, attentive, and responsive architectural future.
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Eskandari, M. Sonic Dust - the Celestial Dust of the Chumash at Point Conception