mohamed benmansour

architecture student / urban design & research
computation / ethnography / public infrastructure
an architecture student and designer–researcher interested in the systems that shape how people inhabit cities. my work moves between spatial research, public infrastructure, environmental systems, cultural programming, computation, and civic design.

current

sep 2026–present facility advisory committee member
montgomery county public schools
montgomery county, md
aug 2026–present make & design ambassador
autodesk
maryland
aug 2026–present urban research contributor
urban praxis studio
toronto, on
aug 2025–present kid museum research intern jul 2026–present ↑ promoted from teen lead · jul 2026 teen lead aug 2025–jun 2026 bethesda, md
jul 2026–present intern
reed society for the sacred arts
washington, d.c.
mar 2026–present working group member
u.s. green building council
washington d.c.–baltimore
oct 2025–present co-founder
mlih cafe
maryland

research / policy / public space

mar–jun 2026 mathematics curriculum advisor
montgomery county public schools
montgomery county
aug 2025–jun 2026 infrastructure policy director
montgomery county public schools
montgomery county
jun 2025–jun 2026 founder / executive director
third place movement
maryland
jun 2025–jun 2026 environmental education director
eco moco
montgomery county

education / outreach

sep 2025–jun 2026 dual enrollment marketing team lead
montgomery college
montgomery county, md
jun 2025–jun 2026 dual enrollment ambassador
montgomery college
montgomery county, md

education

2026–present associate of applied science, architectural technology
specialization: mathematics + sociology
montgomery college
maryland
sep 2024–may 2026 associate's degree, general integrated studies
montgomery college
maryland
sep 2022–jun 2026 high school diploma
northwest high school
maryland

research interests

01 social infrastructure and third places architecture / society
02 spatial audits and infrastructure policy architecture / policy
03 decolonial sociology and critical literature systems knowledge / space
04 pre-colonial planning and vernacular engineering history / architecture
05 ethnomathematics and computational design mathematics / computation
06 technology policy and environmental infrastructure technology / territory

recognition / speaking

selected tedx montgomery college speaker
opening presenter, cherry blossom conference
national first-generation recognition award
ap scholar with distinction
humanitarian award recipient
maryland / d.c.

contact

mohamed benmansour

architecture / social infrastructure
computation / policy / research
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architecture history research

selected research
architectural history
visual analysis
transdisciplinary research

constructing society: research on how great zimbabwe and benin city’s architecture influenced societal and political structures, supported by visual city analyses using adobe creative cloud.

moray agricultural terraces: anthropological and engineering analysis of indigenous peruvian agricultural terraces, communicated through self-developed diagrams.