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Marc Rajha

Marc Rajha

Architect

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Creative Director at Gexpo Events & Entertainment

  • Education

    • Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik

      2006 - 2012
      Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) Architecture

      ● Design projects for private residences to public spaces like beach resort, museum, hospital, embassy.● Material characteristics.● Initiation to reinforced concrete.● Initiation to urban planning.● Workshops on the Lebanese traditional architecture, parametric design.

    • Collège Saint Joseph Antoura

      1990 - 2005
      Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Life Sciences

      French and Lebanese baccalaureate in Life Sciences.

    • Domus Academy

      2014 - 2015
      Master in Product Design Industrial and Product Design 110 / 110

      Activities and Societies: Student representative. ● Graduated with 110/110 for a Master in Product Design.● Different workshops in:- Design envisioning- Advanced design process- Design of materials- Interaction design

  • Experience

    • JCI international

      Jun 2009 - Sept 2014
      Architect

      Design, 3D modeling, basic rendering for:● Hotels in the Gulf Area.● Headquarter for an international oil company in Kuwait.● Residential masterplan in Lebanon.● Private houses and buildings in Lebanon.● Housing complexes in Lebanon.

    • Jozeph forakis ... design

      Feb 2015 - May 2015
      Product Designer

      ● Collaborations with Italian design companies.● Development in design research.● Design of lighting elements.● Design of an installation for an exhibition.

    • Caractere events

      Jan 2016 - Jun 2020
      Set Designer + Product Designer

      Design, development, execution, and supervision of sets, decorative elements, and lighting for events, installations, and exhibitions, both in Lebanon and in Europe.

    • Holy Spirit University of Kaslik - USEK

      Feb 2020 - Feb 2021
      Guest Jury - Architecture School

    • Lebanese American University

      Dec 2020 - Dec 2021
      Guest Jury - Interior Design

    • Gexpo Events

      Sept 2021 - now
      Creative Director

      Currently leading a cross-functional team of creatives, from architects to graphic designers and 3D artists, and coordinating with departments of production, sales, and crowd management.Responsibilities include conceptualizing an event idea right from its inception, to overseeing its development, from spatial design to visual identity. Key deliverables include developing all design-related elements, from set and built, branding, social media, to prints and collaterals.Select list of works: — Riyadh Fashion Week, Oct. 2023 — the inaugural and official fashion week happening in Riyadh, under the Fashion Commission. This event was attributed to our company for delivering impressive branding and design directions. Our scope will include designing the runway, gala dinner and backstage for 30 fashion brands, collaborating with international production houses and media agencies, as wel as overseeing the whole production process. — Ana Arabia, Dec. 2021, Dec. 2022 & Dec. 2023 — a luxury exhibition dedicated to women over 16,000m2, hosting 275 exhibitors from the Arab world, with a customer journey revolving around various activations, workshop spaces and masterclasses, and international Michelin star restaurants. — Sneak Me, Sept. 2022 — a sneaker dedicated cultural event, spawned on 12,000 m2. generating over 85,000 visitors, with a retail zone, sneaker and collectibles museum, customization area, entertainment stage and F&B zone.The scope included collaborating with luxury and lifestyle brands to design and implement their bespoke spaces. — Rush, Nov. 2021 & Nov. 2022 — the largest E-gaming festival in the region. With 50,000 attendees in its 2021 version, over 20,000 m2. The experience includes and stage hosting an E-sports competition, IRL experience, a VR zone, online tournament area, and bespoke gaming publishers spaces, and entertainment and celebrity stage. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Formazione specifica dei Lavoratori Settore Rischio Basso

      AiFOS Associazione Italiana Formatori ed Operatori della Sicurezza sul lavoro
      Apr 2015

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Marc Rajha
      Graduated with a grade of 110/110 - Jul 2015 a combination of:● 4 different design workshops.● courses in history of design and contemporary design.● a final master project where I redesigned the traditional Lebanese furniture for today's needs.
    • Awarded to Marc Rajha
      Exhibition of a product designed for Alpi Wood - May 2015 The project aims to introduce a new approach for Natuzzi, a longtime collaborator with Alpi Wood, as a Italian furniture brand that caters to its customers by personalizing its collection depending on their taste, creating for them custom-fitted furniture, varying in texture and colors. The problem is that the customer pays a costly amount for a piece of furniture that he cannot obtain instantly, and has to wait for 2 months for it to be customized. He leaves empty- handed, only with a sample… Show more The project aims to introduce a new approach for Natuzzi, a longtime collaborator with Alpi Wood, as a Italian furniture brand that caters to its customers by personalizing its collection depending on their taste, creating for them custom-fitted furniture, varying in texture and colors. The problem is that the customer pays a costly amount for a piece of furniture that he cannot obtain instantly, and has to wait for 2 months for it to be customized. He leaves empty- handed, only with a sample of the textile or leather he picked. We are suggesting in our project to turn this sample into a piece of accessory that has a place inside the living space of the customer. Based on the geometric shapes of the fixtures and decorative elements Natuzzi already has in its collection, we created a flatten piece of leather and wood, that can take different predefined shapes, and offer a freedom of expression to the customer, by allowing him to create from the same object a box, a bowl, a book holder, a decorative platform, a tablet holder, etc. or even try to come up with possible new solutions. The wooden parts serve as a free geometric grid allowing multiple shapes by folding, the leather as a structure holding the wooden pieces together, and magnet tablets to maintain the shape of the object. The overall product serves as a functional sample of wood and leather, showcasing the knowledge and practice of Alpi in skills and cutting edge technology, of Natuzzi in leather craftsmanship, and allowing a better experience of a buying customer.product showcased at Showroom Alpi, Via Melzo 7, Milan, Italy. Show less
    • Awarded to Marc Rajha
      Official Selection for a chocolate design competition EuroChocolate Italia Apr 2015 The brief of the competition explains how consuming a chocolate in a public space is more enjoyable to the consumer, than eating in in private. Based on this idea, I design a new type of chocolate shape that can only be consumed after the consumer breaks it into smaller pieces, thus encouraging the sharing experience.
    • Awarded to Marc Rajha
      1st prize for a Master in Product Design scholarship. - May 2014 In collaboration with WEGA Espresso Machines, the design competition required to design a revolutionary espresso machine that caters to today's consumer with its fast-paced lifestyle, while maintaining all the traditions and the story behind the coffee bean, from planting to processing it.