Our Practice
Established in 2018, TAYYŪN is a creative research and ecological design studio connecting communities, organizations, businesses, and governments to innovative nature-based solutions. Our mission is to restore native biodiversity, empower local communities, and build resilience through our expertise in urban forestry, permaculture, regenerative design, and grassroots biodiversity action.
Through our projects and training programs, we adopt a multi-disciplinary and holistic approach that synthesizes cutting-edge research, international best practices and indigenous wisdom. Our work celebrates the remarkably rich native ecologies and the time-tested ancestral wisdom of land stewardship, so as to reveal local abundance as the foundation of sustainable development in urban and rural environments.
Video Credit: TAYYŪN + Abeer Bayazidi
Our Team
Deema Assaf • Founding Partner at TAYYŪN • An architect, Miyawaki forester, and ecological urbanism consultant. With over 18 years of experience, Deema’s work focuses on regenerative design, urban ecosystem restoration, native habitat creation, and indigenous flora research. Deema has delivered talks and keynotes at universities and international conferences, and has developed research and publications on nature-based solutions and integration of native ecosystems. Her work on native micro-forest creation has gained international recognition -featured on Euronews, Al-Jazeera, and BBC, among others.
Yaman Amr • Managing Partner at TAYYŪN • An architect, permaculture expert, and regenerative design consultant, Yaman has diverse experience designing biologically-enhanced Landscape systems that integrate innovative water management, soil regeneration, climate-resilient food systems, and native habitat design. His journey spans the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific, having designed and implemented numerous projects with cutting-edge permaculture principles. Yaman has developed and delivered training programs on regenerative agriculture and permaculture for farmers, refugee communities, municipalities, and development organizations across the region.
Photo by Annie Sakkab for SUGi
Residents, students and volunteers participating in community forest planting
Seeds of wild plants harvested by our team and propagated by our partner nursery
Restoring urban brownfield land and empty plots into native biodiversity pockets
Developed and delivered by our team about native plants and permaculture design
