About
Ahmad Al Ajmi is an architectural scholar and a second-year master of Architecture candidate at Yale University. His research investigates post-20th-century forms of aid and philanthropic work within the Kuwaiti aid paradigm. Al Ajmi holds a Bachelor of Architecture from California College of the Arts, where he served as President of the American Institute of Architecture Students AIAS. He previously worked at Studio Nesef, an architectural firm in Kuwait, and held an artist residency at Sadu House, a cultural and artistic center in Kuwait City. His work has been featured in Dezeen, Kuwait Magazine, and Yale Paprika and showcased internationally at venues such as Expo 2020 Dubai, Yale’s North Gallery, and exhibitions across Kuwait and San Francisco, CA. Currently, his research focuses on themes of transiency, informality, and cultural resilience, critically examining contemporary humanitarian spatial practices and their interactions with host communities and the built environment.
أحمد العجمي معماري وطالب ماجستير في جامعة ييل. مهتم بحثه في أشكال المساعدات والأعمال الإغاثية تحديدا في الشريط الأوسط من القارة الأفريقية في فترة ما بعد القرن العشرين ضمن نموذج المساعدات الكويتية. حصل على درجة البكالوريوس في العمارة من كلية كاليفورنيا للفنون، حيث شغل منصب رئيس المعهد الأمريكي لطلبة العمارة. عمل العجمي سابقًا في ستديو نصف، وكفنان مقيم في بيت السدو. يركز بحثه حاليًا على موضوعات الإنتقال والمرونة الثقافية، ويفحص من خلالها بشكل دقيق الممارسات المكانية الإنسانية المعاصرة وتفاعلاتها مع المجتمعات المضيفة والبيئة المحيطة
Education
2023 - 2025
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Post Professional Master of Architecture
(M.Arch II)
2018 - 2023
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch)
2014-2017
Abdullah Al-otaibi High School,
Al Asimah, Kuwait
High School Diploma
Experience
Jan 2025 - May 2025
Teaching Assistant | Laboring for Architecture.
Taught by Dr Jordan H. Carver, Yale School of Architecture.
New Haven, CT
Oct 2024 - Nov 2024
Co-curator of the Exhibition Reading Sadu
This exhibition was co-curated with Sarah Alajmi at The Yale School of Architecture.
New Haven, CT
Aug 2024 - Dec 2024
Teaching Assistant | Environmental Design.
Taught by Dr Mae-Ling Lokko and Jessica Bristow, Yale School of Architecture.
New Haven, CT
Aug 2024 - May 2025
Student Ambassador
Yale School of Architecture.
New Haven, CT
Jan 2024 - Feb 2024
Paprika Issue Editor.
100 Cycles Volume 10, Yale School of Architecture.
New Haven, CT
Aug 2022 -May 2023
American Institute of Architecture Students - Elected President.
California College of the Arts Chapter.
San Francisco, CA
Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
Internship at Studio Nesef.
Architectural Design Intern.
Al Asimah, Kuwait
Feb 2021 - Jun 2021
Artist In Residence, SADI program featured by Al Sadu Society.
SADI is an ambitious program envisioned by Al Sadu weaving cooperative society to encourage creativity and innovation in contemporary textile arts and design for artists in Kuwait.
Al Asimah, Kuwait
Feb 2019 - May 2021
Writer at Eshraq Magazine.
Electronic magazine that embraces subjects and participation of students in different fields issued by The National Union of Kuwait Students - USA branch.
May 2019 - Aug 2019
Internship at Kuwait Magazine.
Al Asimah, Kuwait
Jun 2017
Exhibiting Artist.
Participated in the National Council of Culture, Arts, and Literature photography exhibition in Kuwait City.
Al Asimah, Kuwait