Lesley
Bou-Nassif
Design management at the scale of cities and towers. Projects across Europe, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and China, from workplace interiors to large-scale mixed-use development.
Built a practice that moves between scales, from furniture detailing to 90,000 sqm towers. Currently leading design management at Pininfarina on mixed-use developments in the Gulf. Previously at DEGW/Lombardini22, where the focus was workplace design and space planning for institutional clients. Independently, residential and retail projects in Lebanon.
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High-rise luxury residential and mixed-use development, 90,400 sqm in Dubai Investment Corporation district. Leading design management from concept through schematic design, coordinating multidisciplinary teams across structural, MEP, and facade consultants. Managing authority approval documentation for DLD and Trakhees.
NEOM & Morocco Projects
Mixed-use development programmes across NEOM and Morocco. Overseeing concept to schematic design stages, ensuring alignment with client goals and regulatory requirements while directing multidisciplinary design teams.
Ministry of Culture
Workplace interior for the Ministry of Culture at King Abdullah Financial District, Riyadh. 13,800 sqm of space planning and interior design, from feasibility study through concept and preliminary design to furniture specification.
Saudi National Bank
Interior design and space planning for the Saudi National Bank. Led the project as project leader from preliminary concept through development, managing client interactions and coordinating with cost control on BOQs and budgets.
European & Chinese Workplace Projects
Contributed to workplace projects across Europe, the USA, Saudi Arabia, and China, with a strong emphasis on space planning and workplace design methodology.
Mixed-Use Resort Master Plan
Collaborative master plan for a mixed-use resort development in Faytroun, Lebanon. Full design from concept to completion.
Retail & Residential Interiors
Shop design, apartment interiors, and furniture design. Projects taken from concept through construction documentation to completed builds.