Ms. Chadia SAMAHA

Faculty of Humanities

Instructor

(+961) 1 421 000 ext chadia.samaha2@usj.edu.lb

Chadia Samaha is an interior architect, graduated with a Diploma of Higher Specialized Studies (DESS) in Interior Architecture in 1999 from Institut National des Beaux-Arts (INBA). For over 15 years, she served as the managing director of a renowned architecture interior design company, Bureau D’études Jean-Claude Malhamé, overseeing large-scale hospitality and residential projects and coordinating with consultants worldwide across various fields. Chadia then co-founded Inventure, a multidisciplinary company that specializes in interior architecture design, execution and consultancy. In parallel the work on the exploration of healing spaces – a concept that combines architectural expertise with a profound understanding of the impact of spaces on human well-being. She has been the managing director of the company since 2020. Driven by a passion for art and its impact on society, Chadia expanded her architectural career by pursuing a master’s degree in Art Criticism and Curatorial Studies at Université Saint-Joseph (USJ). This enabled her to collaborate with Nadim Karam Studio as part of their curatorial team since 2021. Beyond her work as an interior architect, she is an instructor at the Université Saint-Joseph (USJ), giving the course of Scenography of the exhibition to the masters students in art criticism and curatorial studies, while also teaching the stage design course for interior architecture students at the Lebanese American University (LAU).