M.Sc Candidate
Sirin Hassan is an Architect, Social Entrepreneur, and Placemaking Specialist. Her work centers on advancing digital placemaking as an emerging field, revitalizing neglected public spaces, and strengthening social cohesion within Arab society by integrating academic research, urban planning, and community-led activism. She has represented her community in international conferences and fellowships – as an academic researcher and MEPI LDF Alumna – across Cuba, the United States, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Portugal, Italy, and Turkey. Through these platforms she sheds light on the public space crisis in Arab towns and builds meaningful connections with global urban networks.
Sirin holds an M.Sc. in Architecture and Urban Design from the Technion, graduating with excellence for her thesis “Digital Placemaking with Marginalized Communities: The Case of the Palestinian Minority in Israel.” She is also a licensed architect and earned her B.Arch. from Tel Aviv University, where she was nominated for the Hans Davidson Prize for Outstanding Urban Design.
Beginning as a long-time community volunteer and later participating in a pioneering placemaking pilot initiated by ACAP across several Arab towns, Sirin eventually joined the Arab Center for Alternative Planning, where she now leads placemaking initiatives and mentors youth groups in public space interventions. In parallel, she is founding and leading her own social–planning enterprise, which aims to build an infrastructure model that empowers Arab communities to reclaim, activate, and sustain their public spaces through collaboration between residents, civil society, stakeholders, and local authorities, with a focus on digital placemaking. Beyond her civic and professional work, she is passionate about traveling and exploring local cultures as a way to understand cities, communities, and public life around the world.