SUSA is directed by Suzan Ibrahim and Sara Ibrahim; and co-leader Kosame Li-Han. As licensed architects based in Toronto, Paris, and London, we are efficient, innovative, and caring. We design form-driven spatial experiences through buildings, exhibitions, installations, and research. Our work is developed through an interest in harnessing our everyday material's fine and complex behavior through new tools and software to address our client’s needs.

Our projects begin on two parallel streams: explorative sketching using today’s newest tools and visualization and in-depth research, grounding ideas in the needs of our clients and the public. A balance between practice and research begins from the first step while being conscientious about the budget. The work is characterized by conscientious attention to detail and efficient digital fabrication, focusing on the essence of form, not beyond excess or over-design. The intention is to keep exploration tightly linked to daily use and our closely linked identity.

Suzan Ibrahim

Suzan is a registered OAA architect and artist focusing on fabrication design as a spatial form-finding tool. She has several years of project and client management experience and ten years of design lead experience at Partisans, OMA, and C.F. Moller Architects. She dedicates herself to pedagogy and teaching and has experience with undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Waterloo, the University of Toronto, and the Architectural Association. She brings in 10 years of design to construction and team building experience.

Sara is an architect and researcher specializing in exhibition design and cultural heritage. She is the Head of Research and Press at Lina Ghotmeh–Architecture, focusing on creating designs informed by research. Her expertise spans roles at firms like Adjaye Associates, BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group, Studio Joseph, and Henning Larsen Architects. With Studio Joseph, she contributed to exhibitions at the Library of Congress and the Valentine Sculpture Studio. Passionate about cultural engagement, she pursues collaborative projects intertwining community and creative production.

Ko is a technologist pursuing the field of robotic architecture, mainly engaging in how architectural technology can benefit the nature of the planet. With years of working experience in the digital fabrication lab, Ko has contributed to myriad projects, including large-scale robot 3D clay printing, timber structure fabrication, robotic 3D drawing, etc. Acclaimed endeavors cover the research assistant for the European Space Agency of the Architecture on the Moon Phase 3 and the technologist assistant of Lumière (University of Toronto Team).

PHILOSOPHY

We believe in long term partnership with those we work with. We establish genuine and forthright relationships, as goal and foundation to our work. This includes the builders, fabricators, city and we ensure to keep the public and clients interest at heart through every decision.

We foster care and acknowledgement for our team members making sure they feel valued, committed to continual growth and part of a larger picture that is SUSA. Construction is not an easy path to commit to and we strive to maintain joy in this process!

We are always looking for great talent to join the team. Send CV and Portfolio to info@susaspace.com