~/rawan-hassan

Architect & Systems Designer

Based in Duhok, Kurdistan. I build across three surfaces — the built environment, digital products, and humanitarian systems — with a bias toward calm interfaces and maintainable structure.

The Lantern Palace
The Hearth — wide interior
The Ember Gate — aerial
The Stone Veil — gallery interior
The Quiet Courtyard — plan from above
Studio study — layered tower
Studio study — earthen living room
Studio study — mountain house
Studio study — desert domes
Studio study — draped boutique
Studio study — gilded showroom
Studio study — woven timber pavilion
The Ember Gate — gateway
The Quiet Courtyard — pool
The Hearth — fire corner
The Hearth — warmth
The Gilded Room
The Stone Veil — street elevation
Studio study — vaulted lounge

~/featured · the studio

Six worlds, one lantern. Move the light.

A mosaic of ANKIDA — brick, limestone, plaster, oak. Colour arrives wherever you point.

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... /about me ...

Before I designed for beauty, I worked where shelter meant survival — seven years across humanitarian and development work in Kurdistan with GIZ, ACTED, Harikar and others, with the protection of heritage running quietly through all of it.

Architecture was never a departure from that work. It is the same work, continued in stone. Today I lead ANKIDA, a Kurdistan studio drawing across three strata — impossible concepts, built architecture, and heritage.

Rawan Hassan

~/practice

Five surfaces the studio works across.

01

AI Concepts

Impossible builds / concept generation / design studies / speculative masterplans

02

Architecture & Interior

Residential / hospitality & commercial / interior design / construction documents

03

Heritage & Culture

Preservation strategy / cultural-rights advisory / ministry & NGO counsel / heritage-led design

04

Visualization

Renders & stills / walkthroughs / material studies / presentation sets

05

Web & Digital

Studio & portfolio sites / art direction / interactive scroll stories / front-end build

~/work

  1. now

    ANKIDA — founder & principal architect

    Duhok, Kurdistan · architecture between sky, earth & eternity

  2. 2024–25

    GIZ — Adviser

    Gender & economic inclusion · advisory to MoLSA / DoLSA · grant oversight, partner compliance

  3. 2023–24

    Elbarlament — Outreach Coordinator

    Civic participation & cultural rights · partnerships with NGOs, ministries, cultural institutions

  4. 2022–23

    ACTED — Livelihoods & Youth Project Manager

    500+ youth trained · 45 startup grants tied to culture, heritage & archaeological sites

  5. 2021–22

    ACTED — Food Security & Livelihoods Project Manager

    Rehabilitation of the Khenes archaeological site · 15 Cash-for-Work sites, 1,900 workers

  6. 2021

    Harikar NGO — Programme Coordinator

    Kurdistan & MENA · proposal development, M&E frameworks, partner reporting

  7. 2020–21

    GIZ — Junior Project Adviser

    Technical support to implementing partners · grant M&E · field visits

  8. 2020

    Warar NGO — Project Manager

    Duhok

  9. 2019–20

    Harikar NGO — Project Officer

    Duhok

  10. 2018

    Mission East — Partnership Assistant

    First field role

~/education

  1. 2014–19

    University of Duhok — B.Arch., Architecture

    Duhok, Kurdistan

~/worked-alongside

The same work, continued in stone.

cd projects/

Web pieces, invitations, and interactive ideas — each one lives at its own page. Drag to explore.

01 · brand site

ANKIDA

Every eternity begins as a line on black.

  • brand
  • editorial
 02 · product

Sirvio

Service, mastered — a POS built around the real cashier tempo.

  • SaaS
  • MENA
  • product
 03 · WebGL

HALCYON

An atlas of impossible architecture. Scroll into buildings that don’t exist.

  • three.js
  • editorial
 04 · scroll piece

STRATA

Excavate the page. What you seek is beneath.

  • scroll
  • interaction
 05 · type toy

GRAVITAS

Typography with mass. Come close — the type falls toward your hand.

  • type
  • physics
 06 · essay

EPHEMERA

One second, seen properly.

  • essay
  • motion
 07 · brand story

ORÉA

The birth of a fragrance — a scent, staged as a shader.

  • brand
  • WebGL
 08 · product story

Kola

Shake it — then hold on. A bottle told as a scene.

  • brand
  • motion
 09 · personal

Descent

Rawan builds worlds. A personal descent through sky, earth & eternity.

  • personal
  • sound
 10 · invitation

Constellation of Two

Two stars & one sky — a wedding invitation as a night sky.

  • invitation
  • three.js
 11 · invitation

The Golden Thread

Two lives & one thread — a wedding invitation woven in gold.

  • invitation
 12 · invitation

Sadin & Silk

Groom & bride — an invitation in silk and soft light.

  • invitation
 13 · invitation

Two Rivers

Groom & bride, meeting at the confluence.

  • invitation

~/architecture · ankida

Six pieces from ANKIDA, my architecture studio and content brand. Each project is a strip — drag, swipe, or use the arrows to move through the frames.

AN · SKY — 01

The Stone Veil.

Gallery facade · concept · cast plaster

A classical street facade re-dressed in a single cast veil — plaster poured over old bones until the ornament begins to move. The arches stay. The rules don't. At dusk the folds catch the shop light and the whole wall breathes.

The Stone Veil — sketch to built, side by side01 / 05Sketch → builtthe argument
The Stone Veil — street elevation02 / 05Street elevationdusk
The Stone Veil — the fold03 / 05The fold, closedetail
The Stone Veil — inside the veil, gallery interior04 / 05Inside the veilgallery
The Stone Veil — under shop light05 / 05Shop light, eveningon the veil

KI · EARTH — 01

The Quiet Courtyard.

Courtyard villa · design development · board-formed concrete

Seen from above, the plan is honest: concrete frames, still water, one olive tree doing the work of a garden. Every room faces inward, toward the pool and the quiet. The city can wait outside.

The Quiet Courtyard — annotated 3D sketch: wood ceiling, stone fireplace, kitchen, pond, furniture01 / 09Sketch → builtthe argument
The Quiet Courtyard — annotated plan of kitchen, courtyard, deck and pool02 / 09The plan, drawntop down
The Quiet Courtyard — plan from above03 / 09The plan, from the skyoverview
The Quiet Courtyard — approach, vertical garden, pool reflection04 / 09Approach, vertical gardenmorning
The Quiet Courtyard — water and shade05 / 09Water and shademidday
The Quiet Courtyard — lounge over pool, timber platforms06 / 09Timber, over watersettled
The Quiet Courtyard — pool and olive07 / 09Olive, still poolquiet
The Quiet Courtyard — concrete and teak detail08 / 09Concrete & teakdetail
The Quiet Courtyard — night, lit pool, olive tree09 / 09Night, the pool litcloser

KI · EARTH — 02

The Lantern Palace.

Palace residence · concept · carved limestone

Limestone walls carved like fabric, brass screens glowing from within, and a pool that doubles the whole performance. At sunset the house stops being architecture and becomes a lantern the garden gathers around.

The Lantern Palace — annotated sketch of stone facade, bronze arch, lantern, pool reflection01 / 07Sketch → builtthe argument
The Lantern Palace — across the pool02 / 07Across the pooldusk
The Lantern Palace — full facade with palm and pool03 / 07The full facadepalm, pool
The Lantern Palace — aerial view of pool terrace with seating04 / 07From abovethe terrace
The Lantern Palace — the arch, lit05 / 07The arch, litbrass
The Lantern Palace — corner approach with lantern, chairs, palms06 / 07Corner, lanternarrival
The Lantern Palace — garden approach07 / 07Garden, approachevening

KI · EARTH — 03

The Hearth.

Mountain house · built · oak & stone

Snow at the window, fire in the wall, and pale oak everywhere the hand might rest. The room is built around one idea — that warmth is not a temperature but a geometry, and it points at the fireplace.

The Hearth — sketch to built, side by side01 / 07Sketch → builtthe argument
The Hearth — living and kitchen at dusk02 / 07Winter, welcomethe whole room
The Hearth — the fire corner03 / 07The fire cornerevening
The Hearth — sectional sofa, candles, fur throw04 / 07Warmth is a geometrysettled
The Hearth — snow at the kitchen window05 / 07Snow at the windowkitchen
The Hearth — sheer curtains, snowy forest06 / 07Sheer, curtains drawnquiet
The Hearth — morning light07 / 07Morning lightoak

DA · ETERNITY — 01

The Ember Gate.

Gateway residence · concept · handmade brick

A pointed arch deep enough to be a room, laid in brick the color of late afternoon. The lattice gate filters the street into patterns; the lantern keeps the old rules of hospitality. New building, ancient manners.

The Ember Gate — sketch to built, side by side01 / 06Sketch → builtthe argument
The Ember Gate — the gateway02 / 06The gatewaylate afternoon
The Ember Gate — street angle with cascading greenery03 / 06The block, side-onbrick & ivy
The Ember Gate — aerial view of forecourt04 / 06From abovethe forecourt
The Ember Gate — brick, bond and shadow05 / 06Brick, bond and shadowdetail
The Ember Gate — lantern lit06 / 06Lantern, lithospitality

DA · ETERNITY — 02

The Gilded Room.

Grand salon · concept · gilt plaster

Sunlight crossing gilt boiserie, sage velvet holding its ground, tulips standing in for the garden. Every ornament earned its place a century ago and has been earning it every morning since.

The Gilded Room — sketch to built, ornate frame, velvet sofa, Persian rug, parquet01 / 04Sketch → builtthe argument
The Gilded Room — the salon at ten a.m.02 / 04The salon at ten a.m.morning
The Gilded Room — gold leaf detail03 / 04Gold leaf, detailboiserie
The Gilded Room — sage velvet and tulips04 / 04Sage velvet, tulipsstill-life

See the full studio at ankida.studio · follow the work at @rawan.amide