Join Mulham Alkharboutli, an architect from Syria with a Master of Science in Historic Preservation from the University of Notre Dame, as he shares his experience as a 2025 Faith and John Gaw Meem Preservation Trades Intern with the Historic Santa Fe Foundation.

During his internship, he turned this framework toward the north side of El Zaguán, particularly the little-studied garages area. With very little surviving evidence of its history, Mulham worked on preliminary archaeological investigation, documentation, and archival research, Followed by an intervention under the guidance of Jacob Sisneros. These efforts, combined with hands-on carpentry, uncovered new layers of Santa Fe’s history and gave tangible form to preservation as both material repair and cultural interpretation.