SELECTED WRITING

At MIIM DESIGNS, architecture is understood not as the production of form, but as the construction of relationships. The work operates between the sacred and the civic, memory and futurity, systems of power and practices of belonging. In this context, the built environment becomes a site of cultural stewardship and spatial repair. Space is not neutral. Architecture functions as an instrument: capable of reinforcing systems of exclusion or enabling new forms of collective life. MIIM approaches design as a living archive: a spatial framework that registers histories while opening possibilities for transformation.

The practice extends beyond building into research and pedagogy. MIIM operates as a practice-based studio, engaging communities as collaborators through fieldwork, dialogue, and participatory design processes. This expanded approach positions architecture as both a cultural and civic act. This work continues through MIIM’s publication platform, where essays, interviews, and field notes extend the practice into discourse. These contributions are not supplemental, but integral, advancing architecture as a critical and evolving framework for a more just and responsive built environment.


WRITING
Eskandari, M. Reparative Ecologies: Return/Rewilding El Segundo Gateway. The Plan Journal,
Eskandari, M. “Publishing as Spatial Infrastructure: Maryam Eskandari in the Schindler House.” KoozArch
Eskandari, M. Sonic Dust - the Celestial Dust of the Chumash at Point Conception
Eskandari, M. Designing Towards a Regenerative Community Through Ecological Education and Indigenous Kinship
Eskandari, M. “Reformulation an Adaptive Ecology in Urban Design + Landscapes”
Eskandari, Maryam “Normal: American Mosque.” ED Journal Vol.3 Summer
Eskandari, M, “Pedagogy: MIIM Designs.” Architecture and Construction Vol.34
Eskandari, Maryam “The Architect’s Role: Design in Architecture Reflects on Definition and Empathy.” AR Magazine Vol.5 Sp13
Eskandari, Maryam American Mosque and Islamic Spirituality. Faith and Form Magazine
Eskandari, Maryam “Women Spaces in Contemporary American Mosque.” Dichotomy Vol.18, Rumspringa
Eskandari, Maryam “[Re]Construction of Women’s Spaces in the American Mosques” In Gender and Sexuality in Urban Space, edited by Andi Sutton; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press
Eskandari Maryam “The Next Generation of Architecture in American Mosque.” American Collegiate Society of Architects Journal, Editors Ikhlas Sabouni and Jorge Vanegas Local Identities Global Challenges