Meriem Chabani, John Edom. NEW SOUTH

NEW SOUTH is a Paris-based architecture, urban planning and anthropology studio that prioritises spaces for vulnerable bodies in contested territories. It was founded in 2015 by Meriem Chabani and John Edom.

Meriem Chabani, born in Algeria and based in Paris, is the founder and director of NEW SOUTH and currently teaches at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Paris-Malaquais (France) and the Royal College of Arts (UK). Her work has been exhibited at several international architectural biennials, including Venice, Istanbul, Tirana, Oslo or Lagos.

In 2020, Meriem Chabani won the Europe 40 under 40 award from the European Centre for Architecture and the Chicago Athenaeum award and has been named one of the most important young architects in France by the AMC in 2023.

John Edom is an architect from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Paris-Malaquais, and an anthropologist from the University of Sussex, with a master's degree in architecture from The Royal Danish Academy of fine Arts and co-founder of NEW SOUTH. His dual training in anthropology and architecture in France, the United Kingdom and Denmark has allowed him to develop hybrid tools of research, analysis, consultation and conception in architectural and urban projects.