After graduating from the American University of Beirut (A.U.B.) in 2007 with a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, his passion for Architecture took him to the Architectural Association (A.A.) in London where he enrolled in the Master in Emergent Technologies and Design (EmTECH). Graduating from the AA with distinction in 2009, he worked as a consultant for Buro Happold where he had to tackle and resolve the structure of Zaha Hadid’s Expo City in Cairo. Michel then worked for 18 month in the Building Design Partnership (B.D.P.) as a RIBA Part II Architect, where he had to design, and resolve the structure of the Roofs for 3 IKEA Malls in China (Beijing, Wuxi, Wuhan). During his experience in London he worked on different projects in the UK, France, Poland, and Lebanon. In 2010 he founded MSSM ASSOCIATES with three other Architects who graduated from the Architectural Association in 2010, with distinction: Mohammed Makki from MAKH (Kuwait), Revano Satria from Revarchitect (Indonesia) and Pavlos Schizas from Grimshaw (UK).

Michel’s education gives him the potential to handle both engineering and architectural issues, applying interdisciplinary methods and tools in a domain of synthesis, involving high-tech building components, ranging from building elements to space structures. During his experience he had to handle such structures and the problems that could arise from their adaptability to the environment, from the conception level to the final implementation, through steps involving analysis, design, scripting, testing, tuning, and detailing.