Sarine Sahakian
LEED GA

Sarine is committed to her role as a designer and planner, working on projects that prioritize the needs of people to create healthier, more vibrant cities. At evolveEA, her work addresses the built environment at various scales, ranging from design details at light rail stations to neighborhood development and master planning. Sarine’s passion is to use design to solve critical problems within the built environment and to integrate different perspectives into the design process. She brings extensive professional experience in planning large-scale neighborhoods and infrastructure systems in the UAE. She has authored streetscape design guidelines for the Municipality of Ras Al Khaimah and designed residential and educational buildings in Beirut, Lebanon. Sarine brings her lived experience to her daily work and strives to work collaboratively across disciplines and cultures, recognizing that each city, community, and team contributes a unique fusion of values, knowledge, and goals.

Sarine holds a Master of Urban Design from the University of Colorado, Denver, which she attended as part of the global Fulbright Scholar exchange program. She also has a Bachelor of Architecture from the American University of Beirut. Recently, she completed a professional Master of Science in Project Management from Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, equipping her with the tools to blend the creativity of design with structured management principles. She is a proud member of the American Planning Association (APA) and the Urban Planning Association at the Order of Engineers and Architects (OEA) in Beirut, where she is also a registered architect. Sarine aims to bridge design, sustainable thinking, and project management, as a certified LEED Green Associate and Project Management Professional (PMP).