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MMAR SNAN FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY

SEDAD HAKKI ELDEM ODITORIUM, FINDIKLI

MAY 8, 2014
08:00 Registration
09:15 Opening Speech
09:30 Uncertain Boundaries and Fuzzy Sets Approach in Architecture
Asl EKM
09:45 Aesthetic Sustainable Design in the UAE
Gisela LOEHLEIN
10:00 Connotations in Architectural Design Education
Aye Zeynep AYDEMR
10:15 Introducing Active Learning in Basic Design
Kirti BHONSLE
10:30 Discussion
10:50 Coffee Break
11:05 The Architecture of Dominance and the Mediterranean Vision
Abdolmonam AL-FAGEEH
11:20 Identification of Parameters for Evaluating Architectural Design.
- A Case of Housing in Hot and Humid Region, Chennai City, India.
Manivannan ELANGO, Monsingh David DEVADAS
11:35 Towards Creative Architectural Concepts in Arabian Contemporary
Architecture
Eman ABOWARDAH, Mostafa RAMADAN
11:50 Discussion
12:05 Syntactic Analaysis and Evaluation of Primary School Buildings
Changed with the Current Education System
Hatice Derya ARSLAN, Bilgehan Ylmaz AKMAK
12:20 Future of the Cities and Architecture: Biomimicry
Glay YEDEKARSLAN
12:35 The Walls of Muuratsalo: The Convergence of Architecture and
Painting in Aaltos Summer House
Eymen HOMS
12:50 Discussion
14:00 Historical Tour

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MMAR SNAN FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY
SEDAD HAKKI ELDEM ODITORIUM, FINDIKLI
MAY 9, 2014
09:30 Fractal Geometry in Architecture: from Formative Idea to
Superficial Skin Design
Amal ABDEL-AZIZ, Lobna SHERIF, Sherif EZZELDIN
09:45 Digital Morphogenesis in Architectural Design
Bilge MEL, lk NCEKSE
09:45 Parammetric Architecture fron Presence to Contemporaneity
Hazem Talaat ELDALY
10:00 Discussion
10:20 Coffee Break
10:35 Cinematic Visions of the Contemporanean Metropolis: Cinema as a
Method of Researching on Current Urban Issues
Panagiota KARAMANEA
10:50 Thick Topography: A Multi-Functional Productive Landscape
Fabiano MICOCCI, Cristiano LIPPA
11:05 Attribute-based Modelling for Simulation of Urban Structure
Camilo CRUZ
11:20 Istanbul - Urban Transformations in the Historical City
Weldon PRIES
11:35 Discussion
11:55 Lunch Break
13:00 Keynote Speech
Hilde LEON
13:15 Sustainable Design Approach of Residential Units: [e5-home]
Model
Eray BOZKURT
13:30 Contemporary Islamic Architecture towards preserving Islamic
heritage
Eman ABOWARDAH, Salma DWIDAR
13:45 A System Proposal over the Integration of Building-Energy and
Technology Applications in the Architectural Design Process
Selcen Nur ERK, Derya Adgzel ZBEK
14:00 Discussion
14:20 Coffee Break

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14:35 The Aesthetics Symptoms of Architectural Form: The Case of
Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art by Richard Meier
Nancy Al ASSAF, Saleem M. DAHABREH
14:50 Challenges for Architects: Gravity an Ever Present Nemesis
Razia LATIF, Zara AMJAD, Haseeb AMJAD, Gulzar HAIDER
15:05 From the death of typologies to the rise of cellular automata: in
praise of transdisciplinarity
Ilaria Di CARLO
15:20 Grounding Architecture: Rethinking the Territorial Links (in the
Works of Le Corbusier)
Dimitris POLYCHRONOPOULOS, Maria GRIGORIADOU
15:35 Discussion
15:55 Coffee Break
16:10 Non-linearity of Design Variables:Accessibility, Boundary and
Exposure in Abbas Bridge Urban Plaza
Ameer SAAD, Sherif SALIM, Moataz El BAZ
16:25 Exploring Users Practices of Appropriation of Domestic Space from
a Science and Technology Studies (STS) Perspective
Socrates YIANNOUDES
16:40 Origamic Forms: A new Realm in improving Acoustical Environment
Mostafa Refat ISMAIL, Hazem ELDALY
16:55 Architecture and Its Language: History and Modernity
Maria Jolanta ZYCHOWSKA, Andrzej BIALKIEWICZ
17:10 Discussion

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VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS
Identification of Housing Unit Personalizability in Saudi Arabia
Ali ALSHEHRI, Mahmud JUSAN
Should We Question Gottfried Sempers Tectonics?
Sandra Costa SANTOS
Bosen Tea Room and Funairi Pavilion: Expanding the Awareness of Space
through Traditional Japanese Design Principles
Esteban BEITA
Place Investigation as a Method to Improve the Creativity of Architecture
Students
Melania DULAMEA
Architrecture for Dance: An analysis of the architecture and culture of
traditional dance pavilions of India
Sangeetha Priya INDRAKUMAR, Neelima Reddy PATHAKUNTA
Designing With Maxwells Demon: Integrating Material Information into
Design Computation
Ayodh KAMATH
Luminous Forms in Architectural Design
Vasiliki PAPAKAMMENOU
The Architect as a Subject in the Era of Digital Design
Gili SHAPIRA
Museums: New Architectural Icons of the Digital Age
Paola La SCALA, Alessia RICCOBONO
Detail Core Value of Good Design
Mehdi SABET

POSTER PRESENTATIONS
The Idea of Representation: The Fountain of Civitanova in Lanciano (Italy)
Melissa Di GIOVANNI
A Movie Becomes the driver for Inspiration, in a Design Studio
Lia DIKIGOROPOULOU
Sustainability Tools for Architect-Designers: Criteria, Issues and Outlook
Bart JANSSENS
Mica; a Multifunctional Robotic Arm for the New Design Experience.
Sotirios NTZOUFRAS, Efthymia STATHOPOULOU, Marinela TELO,
Socrates YIANNOUDES
Istanbul Transformed - Digital Representation and Design Interventions in
the Historical City
Weldon PRIES
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Keynote Speaker Prof. Hilde Lon

Hilde Lon is a Managing Director ofLON WOHLHAGE

WERNIK.She founded the agency in 1987 together
with Konrad Wohlhage ( 2007).Berlin is the starting
point and the inspiration
for their work. All their projects, both German and
international, are planned in the Berlin office. In
addition to public building projects, offices, and
residences, the firm also develops urban planning
concepts.
Since 2000, she has thaugt as a professor at the
Instute of Design and Building Construction at
theLeibniz University Hannover. She is sought-after
both as a jury member for national and international
competitions and as a lecturer and a provider of
statements on architectural themes.

Eman Sabry Abdellatif Abowardah, Mostafa Galal

Ramadan

Towards Creative Architectural Concepts in

Arabian Contemporary Architecture

Dr. Eman Sabry Abdellatif Abowardah

Associate professor in Architectural Engineering,
currently works at Department of Architectural
Engineering and Interior Design, Women College,
Prince Sultan University, KSA. Before, she worked
as an Associate professor and vice dean of College
of Architectural Engineering and Digital Design, Dar
Al Uloom Univ., KSA. She has served as Assistant
Professor in Department of Architectural Engineering,
faculty of engineering, Tanta University, Egypt. Her
area of research is in Architectural Design and Theory
and History of Architecture; she has published many
papers in International Conferences and revised
Architectural Journals. Dr. Eman supervised many
Architectural Projects in Egypt. Dr. Eman holds PhD.
(philosophy degree in Architectural Engineering)
from Architectural Engineering Department, Faculty
of engineering, Tanta university, Egypt at 2005.
emansabry_2@yahoo.com

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Dr. Mostafa Galal Ramadan
Associate professor in Architectural Engineering,
currently works at College of Architectural Engineering
and Digital Design, Dar Al Uloom Univ., KSA. He has
served as Assistant Professor and Chairperson in
Department of Architectural Engineering, Egypt High
Institute for Engineering and Technology in Mansoura,
Egypt. His area of research is in Architectural Design
and Theory and History of Architecture; He has
published many papers in International Conferences
and revised Architectural Journals. Dr. Mostafa
supervised many Architectural Projects such as working
in designing and implementation of the project of
Egypt High Institute for Engineering and Technology
in Mansoura, Egypt 2006/2007. Dr. Mostafa holds PhD.
(philosophy degree in Architectural Engineering) from
Architectural Engineering Department, Faculty of
engineering, Munifia university, Egypt at 2005.
mustafa.ramadan2_2013@yahoo.com

Nancy Al Assaf and Saleem M. Dahabreh

The Aesthetics symptoms of architectural form:

the case of Barcelona Museum of Contemporary
Art by Richard Meier

Dr. Saleem Mokbel Dahabreh is currently an assistant

professor at the Department of Architectural
Engineering/ University of Jordan. With an M. Arch
from the KU-Leuven (1996) focusing on architecture
and identity and an M.S. from the University of
Jordan (1998) focusing on the relationship between
architecture and the behavioral sciences, and a PhD
from Georgia Institute of Technology (2006) with the
focus on constructive morphology addressing the
relationship between concepts, form, and function
in architectural designs, Dr Dahabreh teaches
advanced architectural design studios and theory
courses in architectural criticism and analysis,
design and psychology, and advanced architectural
morphology. Dr Dahabrehs research interests are
within architectural morphology, design logic, and
concept and form generation.
saleem.dahabreh@ju.edu.jo

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Arch. Nancy Al Assaf has recently completed her
M.S. degree from the University of Jordan (2014).
Under the supervision of Dr. Saleem Mokbel
Dahabreh, her master thesis Understanding The
Aesthetics Of Logical Form: A Comparative Study
From Structuralism To Neo-Structuralism explores
the procedural aesthetics of architectural form to
shift focus from the corporeality of a building to
the way it expresses its design process. During her
Masters degree, she worked as a teacher assistant
and taught design studios for first year and fourth
year students.
nancyalassaf@yahoo.com

Abdolmonam Al-Fageeh

The Architecture of Dominance and the

Mediterranean Vision

Dr. Phil. Abdolmonam AL-Fageeh

Dean of Technical Faculty of Structural Engineering-
Mesallata, Libya.
He is an Architect and Urban Designer and a Lecturer
at various architectural schools in Libya. He is as well
the chairmann of Construction Skills Council in libya
and an active member of the European & Libyan
project for developing TEVET edudation in Libya.
a.fageeh@gmail.com

Derya Arslan and Bilgehan Ylmaz akmak

Syntactic Analysis and Evaluation of Turkish

Primary School Buildings

Hatice Derya Arslan is an Asst. Prof. Dr. at Necmettin

Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey. She received
her BS, MS and PhD degrees from Selcuk University
in 2000, 2003 and 2010 respectively. Her research
interests include: Architecture, Architectural Design,
Planning, Education buildings, Environmental
behavior research and Spatial perception.
deryaarslan@konya.edu.tr

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Bilgehan Ylmaz akmak is an Asst. Prof. Dr. at Seluk
University, Konya, Turkey. She received her MS and
PhD degrees from Selcuk University in 2005 and
2011 respectively. Her research interests include:
Architecture, Architectural Design, Architectural
Design Methods, Universal Design, Spatial Sentax.
cakmakbilgehan@gmail.com

Kirti Bhonsle

Introducing Active learning in Basic Design

Kirti D. Bhonsle, is an Architect and Planner at Nagpur.

She is affiliated with the Council of Architecture,
Institute of town planners India and INTACH. She has
completed her B.Arch from the Nagpur University
and Masters in Urban Planning from V.N.I.T., Nagpur.
She is a researcher and academician and has
worked in architecture schools at Indore, Jaipur and
Chandigarh. She is pursuing her PhD in Residential
built environment and people from V.N.I.T.,Nagpur
and is a faculty at the Institute of Design Education
and Architecture Studies,IDEAS,Nagpur.
kirtibhonsle@gmail.com

Eray Bozkurt

Sustainable Design Approach of Residential Units:

[e5-home] model

Dr. Eray Bozkurt is an architect, graduated from

University of East London. After the graduation, he
worked for Dr. Ken Yeang, known for his bioclimatic
designs. Later, he continues on an academic career,
completed Master degree at Middle East Technical
University before taking his Ph.D. at Izmir Institute
of Technology. During his Ph.D., he worked at Izmir
Institute of Technology as teaching assistant for six
years, and later worked two years on the universitys
campus development projects. His expertise is
mostly over sustainable design issues. He designed
office headquarters, residential units, cultural
buildings, and airport facilities, various part of his
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career.
At the moment, he pursues on his academic career
at Yasar University as an Assistant Professor. He
joined Yasar University, Faculty of Architecture
as an instructor since October 2009. He develops
overall course structures of design related courses
and teaches both in undergraduate and graduate
levels. He researches and writes academic papers
about various subjects. He currently designs
environmentally responsive offices, residential and
cultural buildings.
eray.bozkurt@yasar.edu.tr

Camilo Cruz

Attribute-based modelling for simulation of urban

structure

Camilo Cruz is a full time lecturer at the Faculty of

Architecture and Urbanism of the Universidad de
Chile since 2012.
Before joining the FAUs faculty, Camilo served as an
associate at Office of Adrian Phiffer and Normal, in
Toronto, Canada, and as a design manager at Eliash
Arquitectura y Urbanismo, a small architecture firm
based in Santiago (Chile), which mainly concentrates
on institutional, educational and urban design
projects around South America.
Camilo received his Master of Urban Design from the
University of Toronto (2011) and his bachelor and
professional degrees in Architecture from Pontificia
Universidad Catolica de Chile in 2006.
camilocruzg@uchilefau.cl

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Ilaria Di Carlo

From the death of typologies to the rise of

cellular automata: in praise of transdisciplinarity

Architect and urbanist, graduated with Honors at

Milan Polytechnic. Master in Landscape Urbanism
at the Architectural Association. She has been an
Associate at SOM London and from 2009 to 2013
was appointed UCL Teaching Fellow in the Master in
Urban Design at the Bartlett, London. PHD candidate
at the Faculty of Environmental Engineering,
Trento University with the thesis The aesthetic of
sustainability. Systemic thinking in the evolution of
cities.
ila.dicarlo@gmail.com

Manivannan Elango, Dr.Monsingh David Devadas.

Identification of Parameters for Evaluating

Architectural Design. - A Case of Housing in Hot
and Humid Region, Chennai City, India.

Ar.Manivannan Elango.
Holding a Masters Degree in Architecture and doing
a Research (PhD) on Identification of Parameters for
Evaluating Architectural Design. - A Case of Housing
in Hot and Humid Region, Chennai City, India. at
School of Architecture and Planning. Anna University
Chennai. India.
Currently working as Associate Professor, at School
of Architecture and Planning, Anna University,
Chennai India. With a professional experience of
more than 20 years.
Has presented research papers in more than
5 national and international forums. Registered
Member of the Council of Architecture India, and
Associate Member of Indian Institute of Architects.
Has won Birla Yuva Rathna award by Aditya Birla
Group for the year 2010, 2011, and 2012, for guiding
the award winning students in design competitions of
South East Asian Countries level.
archelango73@gmail.com

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Professor. Dr. Monsingh David Devadas,
Holding a Masters Degree in Architecture, Masters
Degree in Town and country planning and done a PhD
in the year 2001. His specialization areas include
Architecture, Urban Planning; Climate studies,
Sustainable and Green Architecture.
Former DEAN, School of Architecture and Planning,
Anna University, Chennai India. Currently working
as Chairman, Faculty of Architecture and Planning,
Anna University, Chennai, India.
Has guided more than 10 PhD. Scholars.
Registered Member of the Council of Architecture
India, and Fellow in Indian Institute of Architects,
Fellow in Indian Institute of Town Planners.
Presented more than 25 technical papers at the
National and International Conferences.
Was selected as a member in the less than 35 years
age group from Tamil Nadu, India, for Group Study
Exchange program by Rotary Foundation to visit
Kentucky, U.S.A., during April May, 1988.
Appointed as LEED India Assessor by Indian Green
Building Council.
One of the expert members to draft Energy
Conservation Building Code (ECBC) for India.
Received the prestige Honorable Teachers
Award presented by Indian Institute of Architects,
Chennai, during September 2010.
mddevadas@yahoo.co.in

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Panita Karamanea

Cinematic Visions of the Contemporanean

Metropolis: Cinema as a Method of Researching on
Current Urban Issues

She was born in Athens where she studied in the

Architectural School of NTUA. She also graduated
from the Master in Landscape Architecture
in Barcelona, ETSAB. She has been teaching
Architectural design and Landscape Architecture in
the Architectural School of Athens, in the Master
in Landscape Architecture in Barcelona and she is
currently a Lecturer in the School of Architecture in
Chania, Crete. Her research interests are related
to the relationships formed between city, landscape
and built environment, the tools of design and mutual
integration. She is working as an architect and a
landscape architect and has won international and
national competitions. Currently she is researching
on urban and landscape issues.
panita@arch.tuc.gr

Razia Latif, Zara Amjad, Haseeb Amjad,

Gulzar Haider
Challenges for Architects: Gravity an ever
present nemesis

Razia Latif:
Razia Latif completed her B Arch in 2009 from the
Beaconhouse National University in Lahore, Pakistan
and was awarded a Gold medal for exemplary
academic performance. In 2011 she completed
her graduate degree; Masters in Art, Design and
Architecture studies program at the Beaconhouse
National University Lahore and was awarded
another Gold medal. She was awarded a Graduate
scholar award at the Sixth International Conference
on Design Principles and Practices in 2012. She
has organized several student exhibitions for the
Beaconhouse National University. She is currently
working as an Assistant Professor at the Beaconhouse
National University, Lahore, Pakistan.
razia.latif@gmail.com

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Haseeb Amjad:
Haseeb Amjad completed his B Arch in 2011 from the
Beaconhouse National University in Lahore, Pakistan.
He is currently a graduate student for M Arch at BNU
and is a visiting faculty, teaching First year B Arch.
syedhaseebamjad@yahoo.com

Zara Amjad
Zara Amjad completed her B Arch in 2011 from BNU,
Lahore, Pakistan. She was awarded a Gold Medal and
a Mehdi Ali Mirza award for her exemplary academic
performance. She is currently a graduate student for
M Arch at BNU and is a visiting faculty, teaching the
first year B Arch.
zaraamjad87@gmail.com

Dr. Gulzar Haider

Dr. Gulzar Haider is the Former Director and Professor
Emeritus, University
of Carleton, Canada. In 2005, he established the
School of Architecture at the Beaconhouse
National University, Lahore, Pakistan and is the
current Dean of the School of Architecture at the
University. He is a scholar of Islamic Art. He
completed his BS in Engineering from Punjab
University, Lahore, in 1958, his MS in Engineering
(1962), BA in Architecture (1968) and PhD
(1969) from the University of Illinois, USA. Since the
early 1980s he has been deeply involved
with issues of architecture and culture with special
focus on architecture as a mirror for Muslim
self-image in the West. He designed and built four
major mosques in North America and has
widely written about the need for Abrahamic values
shared by Judaism, Christianity and Islam
toward shaping the environment and achieving
peace.
ghdesigngroup@gmail.com

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Gisela Loehlein

Aesthetic Sustainable Design in UAE

Dr Gisela Loehlein, Academic, interdisciplinary,

with diverse international practice experience
including over 20 highrises and islands constructions,
governmental advisor, held several senior executive
positions and currently works at Ajman University,
the largest architecture school in the country.
gisela.loehlein@web.de

Fabiano Micocci, Cristiano Lippa

Thick Topography. A Multi-Functional Productive

Landscape.

Dr. Cristiano Lippa is an architect researching on

issues concerning the perception of architectural
and urban space in relation with tectonic structures.
He has collaborated in several research programs
at the Department of Architecture of University La
Sapienza of Rome where he has graduated PhD in
2008. From 2012 he is a Post-Doc Fellow in Kengo
Kuma Laboratory of University of Tokyo.
cl@neararchitecture.com
Dr. Fabiano Micocci is an architect working on the
relationship between landscape, architecture
and geography with a focus on the Mediterranean
environment. He graduated from University Roma
Tre in 2002 and obtained his PhD degree from the
University of Florence (2010). He is Visiting Assistant
Professor at the Lebanese American University of
Beirut and Associate at Urban Transcript.
fm@neararchitecture.com

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Dimitris Polychronopoulos, Maria Grigoriadou

Grounding architecture. Rethinking the

territorial links (in the works of Le Corbusier)

Dimitris Polychronopoulos is an Associate Professor

at the Dept. of Architecture, Democritus University
of Thrace (D.U.Th.). Since 2004, he is teaching
Architectural and Urban Design. He is a graduate
Architect Engineer School of Architecture, National
Technical University of Athens (N.T.U.A.) and he
holds a Phd on Urban Design (N.T.U.A., 2002)
He worked on various award winning architectural
design competitions, concerning architectural and
urban design.
His interests are focused on urban design and
architectural synthesis, with the exploration of ideas
and the development of areas of research concerning
on buildings and urban landscapes at different scales.
dpolychr@arch.duth.gr

Maria Grigoriadou is an Architect BA (Hons), Kingston

University, London, UK and Dipl. Architect Engineer,
Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. She was
an adjunct lecturer (2009-2013) at the Department
of Architecture of Democritus University of Thrace,
teaching design and theory courses.
She has also actively participated in organizing and
being member of the teaching team at 5 International
Workshops on architectural issues related to
the approach of architecture with substantial
contributions from the field of art, philosophy and
social theory
As an architect, she is working on building and urban
design projects.
mariagrigoriadou@hotmail.com

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Mostafa Refat Ismail, Hazem Eldaly

Origamic Forms: A new Realm in improving

Acoustical Environment

Mostafa earned his B.Ss from Ain Shams University

1994 with distinction and honours, he hold his
Ph.D. degree from the School of Architecture and
Building Engineering, at the University of Liverpool,
UK 2003. He worked at EPSRC funded projects and
Lecturing at the University of Liverpool till 2006..
He is partner in EPSRC funded research projects,
with the University of Liverpool, UK. And TEMPUS
projects with ILPO, Stuttgart University, Germany. He
organized two conferences for Ain Shams University,
and participated in organizing a conference for
the BUE. He is a Visiting Scholar, Department of
Architecture, and University of Liverpool. UK. He is
an academic referee for several International and
national journals in his area of research interest that
involves Acoustics, sound transfer, room acoustics,
outdoor noise propagation, Sustainable Design,
Energy transfer modelling, Computer Modelling of
Building Performance, and Experimental modeling.
mostafa_ismail@eng.asu.edu.eg

Hazem El Daly is Lecturer of Architecture in Ain Shams

University ( Cairo, Egypt). He was graduated at 2002
and gained his Phd at 2009 from Ain Shams University
about applying algorithms in architectural design.
He teaches computer applications in architecture in
AinShams University, and British university in Cairo.
He took part in designing a lot of public buildings
in Cairo, since he is working as a team leader of
design in Dalyconsult. He also took part in organizing
international architectural events such as a summer
workshop for Mediterranean Architects students in
Cyprus, and another workshop for Mediterranean
Architects students in Cairo titled as Authenticity
and Contemporaneity.
hazemeldaly@yahoo.com

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 Ameer Saad, Sherif Salim, Moataz El Baz

Nonlinearities of Design Variables:

Color,Boundary, and Exposure in Abbas Bridge
Urban Plaza

The Authors are professional practitioners in the

Middle East in Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
Their practice is involved with design of medium
scale design projects and production of large scale
projects.

The authors are also engaged in graduate research

in Egypt and in Italy. They are also leading a fresh
design research school engaging with different
sectors of the architecture profession and education
in Egypt.

ameer.abdulrahman@gmail.com

sherif_arc2008@live.com

m_baz@live.com

Hazem El Daly

Parammetric Architecture fron Presence to

Contemporaneity

Hazem El Daly is Lecturer of Architecture in Ain Shams

University ( Cairo, Egypt). He was graduated at 2002
and gained his Phd at 2009 from Ain Shams University
about applying algorithms in architectural design. He
teaches computer applications in architecture in Ain
Shams, and British university in Cairo. He took part in
designing a lot of public buildings in Cairo, since he
is working as a team leader of design in Dalyconsult.
hazemeldaly@yahoo.com

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Glay Yedekciarslan

Future of the cities and architecture:biomimicry

She is an assistant professor at Yeni Yzyl University.

gulayyedekci@gmail.com

Socrates Yiannoudes

Exploring users practices of appropriation of

domestic space from a science and technology
studies (STS) perspective

Lecturer in architectural design at the School of

Architecture Technical University of Crete. He
holds a Doctorate Diploma (PhD) in architecture
(National Technical University of Athens, 2010). He
also holds a Master of Architecture (Bartlett School
of Architecture UCL, London 1999-2000) and a
Master of Philosophy (Royal College of Art, London
2002-2004). His research interests include adaptive
systems in architecture, social studies of technology
and architecture, digital media and public space,
architecture and computational technology.
He is the author of the book Adaptive Architecture (In
greek, ION publications, 2012) as well as of several
academic papers in international and Greek journals
and conference proceedings. He has worked as an
architect in London and Athens on private housing
and residential development, leisure and shopping
complexes and landscape design projects.
soc.yiannoudes@gmail.com

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Maria Jolanta Zychowska and Andrzej Bialkiewicz

Architecture and Its Language. History and

Modernity.

Maria J.Zychowska, PhD. Arch., professor, research

fields: history of modern architecture, history of
modern art, especially stained glasses. Also is an
active architect and a stained glass designer.
pazychow@cyf-kr.edu.pl

Andrzej Bialkiewicz, D.Sc., PhD. Arch., professor,

research fields: contemporary architecture: first half
of XX century, conservation of monuments. Activities
related to the development of architectural concepts
of preservation historic heritage. Author of numerous
architectural projects.
abialkiewicz@pk.edu.pl

Eman Sabry, Salma Dwidar

Contemporary Islamic Architecture: Towards

preserving Islamic heritage

Dr. Eman Sabry Abdellatif Abowardah

Associate professor in Architectural Engineering,
currently works at Department of Architectural
Engineering and Interior Design, Women College,
Prince Sultan University, KSA. Before, she worked
as an Associate professor and vice dean of College
of Architectural Engineering and Digital Design, Dar
Al Uloom Univ., KSA. She has served as Assistant
Professor in Department of Architectural Engineering,
faculty of engineering, Tanta University, Egypt. Her
area of research is in Architectural Design and Theory
and History of Architecture; she has published many
papers in International Conferences and revised
Architectural Journals. Dr. Eman supervised many
Architectural Projects in Egypt. Dr. Eman holds PhD.
(philosophy degree in Architectural Engineering)
from Architectural Engineering Department, Faculty
of engineering, Tanta university, Egypt at 2005.
emansabry_2@yahoo.com

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Dr. Salma Dwidar
Associate professor in Architectural Engineering,
currently works at Department of Architectural
Engineering and Interior Design, Women College,
Prince Sultan University, KSA. Before, she has served
as Assistant Professor in Department of Architecture,
faculty of fine arts, Alexandria University, Egypt.
Her area of research is in Architectural Design
and Heritage and History of Architecture; she has
published many papers in International Conferences
and revised Architectural Journals. Dr. Salma
supervised many Architectural Projects in Egypt. Dr.
Eman holds PhD. (philosophy degree in Architectural
Engineering) from Architectural department, Faculty
of fine arts, Alexandria University, Egypt.
slmdwidar@yahoo.com

Ayse Zeynep Aydemir

Connotations in Architectural Design Education

She holds B.Arch (2008) and MSc (2011) from Istanbul

Technical University (ITU). In her master studies
she focused on initiating a new understanding for
approaching to the cities of today through multi-
layered character of parallax view. Since 2010, she is
working as a research and teaching assistant at the
Department of Architecture of ITU and currently she
is a PhD candidate in Architectural Design program at
the same university.
a.zeynepaydemir@gmail.com

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Asl ekmi

Uncertain Boundaries and Fuzzy Sets Approach in

Architecture

Graduated from Istanbul Technical University (ITU,

B.Arch-2006), she is a Research and Teaching Assistant
at ITU, Faculty of Architecture. She has a Masters in
Architectural Design (ITU, MSc-2009). She is currently
studying on her doctoral dissertation, which is about
occupational behavior and inhabitation patterns in
open planned designs. The focus of her researches is
spatial uncertainty and mathematics in architectural
design.
aslicekmis@gmail.com

Selcen Nur Erikci, Derya Adgzel zbek

A System Proposal over the Integration of

Building-Energy and Technology Applications in
the Architectural Design Process

Research Assissant Selcen Nur ERKC, Department

of Interior Architecture, Faculty of Engineering-
Architecture, Yeni Yzyl University, stanbul, Turkey.
Graduated B.Arch Department of Interior
Architecture, stanbul Technical University, 2009.
M.sc Building Physics, Yldz Technical University,2013.
Now PhD candidate in Building Physics, Yldz
Technical University.
selcen.erikci@gmail.com

Research Assissant Derya ADIGZEL ZBEK,

Department of Interior Architecture and
Environmental Design, Faculty of Art and Design,
stanbul Kltr University, stanbul, Turkey.
Graduated B.Arch Department of Interior
Architecture, stanbul Technical University, 2009.
M.sc Architectural Design, Kadir Has University,2011.
Now PhD candidate in Architectural Design, stanbul
Kltr University.
d.adiguzel@iku.edu.tr

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Bilge Mge meli, lk ncekse

Digital Morphogenesis in Architectural Design

Bilge Mge meli

Education
MS, zmir Yksek Teknoloji Enstits, Mimarlkzmir
BS, zmir Ekonomi niversitesi, Mimarlk-2012, zmir
Research Interests
Philosophy and Architecture, Design process,Digital
Design, Architectural Representation
bilgemugeicmeli@gmail.com

lk ncekse
B.Arch: Dokuz Eyll University, Faculty of Architecture
M.Sc. in Arch.: Izmir Institute of Technology,
Department of Architecture, 1999
The Concept of Equilibrium and its Effects of
Change from Static to Dynamic on Architectural End-
Products
Ph.D. in Arch.: Izmir Institute of Technology,
Department of Architecture, 2006
Instrumentalisation of Natural Science for the
Reconstruction of Architectural Knowledge: Lissitzky,
Doesburg, Meyer, Teige
ulku.incekose@gmail.com

Weldon Pries

Istanbul - Urban Transformations in the

Historical City / Istanbul Transformed - Digital
Representation and Design Interventions in the
Historical City

Weldon Pries, Professor

Department of Architecture
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA USA
Professor of Istanbul Studio,
Master of Architecture Program
Registered Architect
M.ARCH - MIT, Cambridge, MA
B. ARCH - U. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
priesw@wit.edu

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Melissa Di Giovanni

The idea of representation: the Fountain of

Civitanova at Lanciano (Italy)

Graduated in Architecture at G. dAnnunzio

University Pescara, Italy. I worked as Teaching
Assistant within History, Drawing and Restoration
Department. I live in Abruzzo and I am currently
working at MusAA MuseoArchitetturaArte
Association (Museum Architecture Art) as historian
Freelance with the aim of preserving and promoting
the architectural and artistic culture of Abruzzo.
melissa.digiovanni@gmail.com

Lia Dikigoropoulou

A movie becomes the driver for inspiration, in a

design studio

Assistant Professor of Architectural Technology, New

York City College of Technology at City University of
New York, CUNY
Brooklyn, NY, USA
An Assistant Professor and Architect, Lia received
a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of
Minnesota and a Masters of Science in Building
Design from Columbia University and is a Registered
Architect in both the US and Cyprus. As a native of
Cyprus and a frequent world traveler, she draws from
a diverse palette of experiences when devising her
solutions to particular architectural challenges.
prof.liamd@gmail.com

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Bart Janssens

Sustainability Tools for Architects/Designers:

Criteria, Issues and Outlook

Bart Janssens, practising architect and doctoral

researcher, graduated from the Faculty of Design
Sciences, Artesis University College of Antwerp in
2002. After his internship and additional training
he founded his own architectural practice in 2006.
Currently he works on a PhD about sustainable
grouped housing projects. Additional research is
conducted on architectural solutions for energy
efficiency of buildings. Complementary to these
researches, he supervises master projects of students
within the quest of sustainable building.
bart.janssens@uantwerpen.be

Sotirios Ntzoufras, Efthymia Stathopoulou,

Marinela Telo, Socrates Yiannoudes

Mica; a multifunctional robotic arm for the new

design experience.

Sotiris Ntzoufras is an undergraduate student in the

School of Architectural Engineering at the Technical
University of Crete. His research interests are in
the areas of architectural and structural design,
transformable intelligent environments, automation
systems, designing methods and digital tools.
s-wt-iris@hotmail.com

Marinela Telo is an undergraduate student in the

School of Architectural Engineering at the Technical
University of Crete. Her research interests are in the
area of customizing space based on personal needs,
through actually and/or virtually transforming
environments.
tel.marinela@gmail.com

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Efthymia Stathopoulou is an undergraduate student
in the School of Architectural Engineering at the
Technical University of Crete. She is involved in
researching new design tools for architects, with an
emphasis on the sensory aspects of the architectural
experience (materials, memory).
efi_3nirak@hotmail.com

Socrates Yiannoudes is lecturer in Architectural

Design in the School of Architectural Engineering
at the Technical University of Crete.His research
interest focuses on the applications of transformable
intelligent systems on architecture as well as on
the study of the influence of digital technologies on
the experience of public space and the processes of
architectural design.
soc.yiannoudes@gmail.com

Ali M. Alshehri, Mahmud Jusan

Identification of Housing Unit Personalizability in

Saudi Arabia

Ali Mohammad Alshehri, postgraduate candidate,

University of Technology, Malaysia, Faculty of
Built Environment, Department of Architecture,
a researcher at the architecture, interested in
architectural design and housing, got a degree
bachelor of King Saud University, College of
Architecture and Planning, Urban Design, holds
courses in management and Maintenance,
leadership, holds courses in the field of maintenance
of buildings and facilities, has supervised several
construction projects, has supervised modification
and development of mechanical and electrical
systems, in Saudi Arabia.
eng.ali@live.com

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Dr. Mahmud Bin Mohd Jusan, associate professor in
the field of architecture,
Head of Department, of Architecture, Faculty of
Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,UTM
Skudai, Johor, (http://www.utm.my). Interested
in exploring the hidden forces in the natural and
man made environment. My art works are inspired/
driven by man-environment relationship based on
my research works on human behavior, my personal
experiences living in a rural village, and my academic
studies on urban environment of Malaysia.
mohdjusan@gmail.com

Sandra Costa Santos

Should we question Gottfried Sempers tectonics?

Sandra Costa Santos is an architect and teaches

architecture at CESUGA-University College Dublin. Having
previously taught at the Duncan Jordanstone School of
Architecture (University of Dundee), and practiced in
Edinburgh, United Kingdon, she is now based in Spain.
sandra.costa@ucd.ie

Esteban Beita

The Bosen Tea Room and Funairi Pavilion:

Expanding the Awareness of Space through
Traditional Japanese Design Principles

Assistant Professor at The New York City College of

Technology
Bachelor of Architecture - New York Institute of
Technology
Bachelor of Architecture - University of Costa Rica
Master of Architecture - University of Tokyo
Doctorate of Architecture - University of Tokyo
Licensed Architect: Federal College of Engineers
and Architects of Costa Rica
Dr. Beitas research focuses on the improvement of
urban spaces through the use of Japanese traditional
design principles.
ebeitasolano@gmail.com
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Melania Dulamea

Place investigation as a method to improve the

creativity of architecture students

Melania Coralia Maria Dulamea

is Senior Lecturer Ph. D. at The Basics of Architectural
Design Department, University of Architecture
and Urban Planning Ion Mincu, Bucharest. She
graduated from UAUIM in 1999 and obtained her PhD
in architecture in 2011 with the research project:
Cognitive Architecture - an approach to architecture
from the perspective of neuroscience. She holds also
a private practice in association.
melaniadulamea@yahoo.com

Sangeetha Priya Indrakumar,

Neelima Reddy Pathakunta

Architecture for dance: An analysis of the

architecture and culture of traditional dance
pavilions of India.

Sangeetha Priya, is an Architect from School of

Architecture and Planning, Chennai, India. She
has done her post-graduation in History, Theory &
Criticism from Centre for Environmental Planning
and Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad, India. She
is currently working as Assistant Professor in
M.S.Ramiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore.
sangeethapriya.miad@gmail.com

Neelima Reddy, is an Architect from ,Jawaharlal

Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad.She has
done her post-graduation in Urban Conservation from
KRVIA, Mumbai University. She is currently working
as Assistant Professor in M.S.Ramiah Institute of
Technology, Bangalore.
nrspaces@gmail.com

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Ayodh Kamath

Designing With Maxwells Demon: Integrating

Material Information into Design Computation

Ayodh Kamath is a partner at Kamath Design Studio,

New Delhi, India, and an Assistant Professor of
Digital Design and Fabrication Technologies at
Lawrence, Technological University, Michigan, USA.
His professional and academic interests involve
sustainable design, design computation, digital
fabrication and craft.
akamath@ltu.edu

Vasiliki Papakammenou

Luminous forms in architectural design

Vasiliki Papakammenou studied Architectural

Engineering at National Technical University, Athens.
She registered as fully qualified architect in Greece
by the Technical Chamber and established P&V, a
construction and design company based in Greece.
In 2007 she studied the MSc in Light and Lighting at
UCL. In 2008 she enrolled for a PhD degree at Bartlett
School of Graduate Studies, UCL. Her research topic
was about luminous forms in architectural design.
Following the completion of her PhD, she is also
actively involved in academia, researching into
topics that explore architectural and lighting design
as unified fields, with the aim to combine academic
research and practice using artificial light as an
architectural form. In 2010 she registered in the
Architects Registration Board, UK. Since then she
works as architect and lighting designer in Greece,
UK, France and Singapore.
lianka_pap@yahoo.com

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Gili Shapira

The Architect as a Subject in the Era of Digital

Design

Arch. Gili Shapira is a M.Arch student at Tel Aviv

University, and a Scholar of the Azrieli Fellows
Program, Promoting Academic Excellence and
Leadership. After completing her B.Arch with magna
cum laude, she opened TwoArch studio, focusing on
housing and commercial projects. In addition, during
the past three years works as a teaching assistant at
the Azrieli school of Architecture.
gilisheinman@gmail.com

Paola La Scala, Alessia Riccobono

Museums: New Architectural Icons of the Digital

Age

Paola La Scala (Palermo 1981), since February 2014 is

a Ph.D. She discussed a thesis titled Communicating
archaeology: multimedia innovations in museums
exhibitions at the Department of Architecture in
Palermo.
From September 2012 to March 2013 she studied as
Guest PhD student at the School of Museum Studies
of the University of Leicester (UK)
Paola graduated with merit in Architecture in 2008 at
the University of Palermo with an exhibition
design thesis, that won an award, in February 2009
as best thesis of the Architecture Faculty. Since then,
her research concerns on museums, museography
and exhibitions design.
Prior to starting her PhD she worked as an architect
in a design studio based in Palermo participating
in diverse projects. Even now she is a freelance
architect.
Her research has been published in journal, books
and reviews.
paola.lascala@unipa.it
alessia.riccobono@unipa.it

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Eymen Homsi

The Walls of Muuratsalo: The Convergence of

Architecture and Painting in Aaltos Summer
House

Teaching
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, 2010-11
Kltr niversitesi, Istanbul, 2010-11
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, 2009-10
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004-09
(Assistant Professor)
The Italy Program of The Ohio State University,
Rome, Spring 2003 (Resident Director)
The Art and Design University(TAIK), Helsinki, Spring
2003 (4-week design workshop)
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio: 1991-99
(Adjunct Assistant Professor)

Architectural Practice
Studio Noni, Helsinki, Finland: 200003; 2012present
Columbus Neighborhood Design Assistance Center,
Columbus, Ohio 1998-99 (Associate Director of
Design)
Atelier Wylde-Oubrerie, Columbus, Ohio 1992-97
Brubaker/Brandt Architects, Columbus, Ohio 1987-89

Education
Doctoral student, School of Arts, Design and
Architecture,Aalto University(201317)
Master of Architecture, The Ohio State
University(1991)
Bachelor of Architecture, The Ohio State
University(1987)
Bachelor of Science: Biology/Botany,The University
of Southern Colorado(1981)
( and earlier, grades 1-12: Damascus, Beirut,
Kuwait, Kinshasa)
eymen.homsi@gmail.com

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ARCHDESIGN 14 / CONTEMPORARY DISCUSSSIONS AND
DESIGN METHODOLOGIES IN ARCHITECTURE
On Architectural Design
MAY 8-9, 2014/ Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
Contemporary architectural design constitutes of multiple layers in terms
of methods, digital technologies, representation, construction techniques
and marketing. From single objects to apartment blocks, from restoration to
the recent digital design technologies, from construction techniques to new
materials, architecture needs to be reconsidered in terms of methodology.
ARCHDESIGN / Current Trends in Architectural Design and Methodologies in
Architecture will focus on the different methods on design in general, analysis
of single buildings and projects and contemporary issues related to designing,
representation and construction in the contemporary world.

Efe Duyan

Scientific Comittee

Patrick Weber - Bartlett School of Architecture

Sabine Storp - Storp-Weber-Architecture
PhD Researcher Alessia Riccobono - University of Palermo
Professor Ryadi Adityavarman - Kansas State University
Associate Professor Mehdi Sabet - Zayed University
Research Assistant Dr.Erdem Ceylan - Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
Assistant Professor Dr. Ayegl Kuru - Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
Associate Professor Dr. Ahmet Tercan - Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University

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