PROGRAMME DIRECTORS:
MEDINE ALTIOK
Medine Altiok a German-Turkish architect graduated from the AA in 2000. She is the founder of MOCA Office for Culture and Architecture based in Zurich and initiator of a series of research projects dealing with cultural, political and economic changes in the Mediterranean. She has been teaching at ETH Zurich since 2005 with Momoyo Kaijima (Atelier Bow Wow, Tokyo) and Prof. Felix Claus (Claus en Kaan, Amsterdam).
www.medinealtiok.com
STEPHANIE TUNKA
Stephanie Tunka graduated in 2001. After that she collaborated with Mecanoo Architects and TU Delft in the Netherlands. In 2006 she moved to London to join Foster + Partners. Over 10 years, she designed and realized various projects dealing with a contextual approach, different urban densities and innovative environmental concepts for waterfronts in Europe, North Africa and America. Together with Medine Altiok, she is programme director of the AA Visiting School Mittelmeerland series.
www.fosterandpartners.com
TUTORS:
TOMAS KLASSNIK
Tomas Klassnik MA(cantab) MA(RCA) ARB is a UK qualified architect and director of The Klassnik Corporation, an interdisciplinary design practice focused on the communication of ideas through architectural speculation. Recent built projects include a Ping Pong Parlour in Soho, studio and gallery spaces in Shoreditch, landscape interventions for the 2012 London Olympics and a Pop Out Shop for Puma. Other projects include proposals to adapt cities affected by climate change, augmenting historic landmarks on London's skyline and contacting the spirit of Le Corbusier.
www.klassnik.com
IBAI RIGBY
Ibai Rigby is a British-Spanish architect, trained at the schools of Geneva and Barcelona. He has worked on projects dealing with the conservation of the urban landscape and the development of cultural tourism in historic cities in the Islamic world. He has curated several exhibitions of the Historic Cities Programme for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, including 2012 Venice Biennale. Ibai has been guest lecturer in Aleppo, Algiers, Barcelona and Sfax.
CHARLOTTE MALTERRE-BARTHES
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes is an architect and urban designer. She is currently a researcher and teaching assistant at the Chair of Architecture and Design of ETH with Marc Angélil, and is currently working towards a doctoral degree on Food and Territories in Egypt. Charlotte is co-founder of the urban research lab OMNIBUS.
http://omnibus-lab.com
VALENTIN KUNIK
Is a Swiss architect and lecturer based in Switzerland. In 2009 he graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technlogies in Lausanne both in Architecture and in Territorial Development. He has been working with several artists and architects both in Switzerland and in Spain. He teaches since 2012 construction in Fribourg College of Engineering, Switzerland, to first year students in architecture. With Guillame de Morsier he founded in Lausanne in 2010 the office Kunik de Morsier architects.
GUILLAUME DE MORSIER
Guillaume de Morsier is a Swiss architect graduated from EPFL in 2009. He worked for the office KCAP in Rotterdam and Zurich as urbanist and researcher for large scale urban planning projects during two years. He is cofounder of the office Kunik de Morsier architects and lecturer at the Fribourg University of Applied Sciences, currently working on several projects and researches on social housing developments and adaptations in Switzerland and abroad.
LOCAL PARTNERS AND COLLABORATORS:
HEBATALLA F. ABOUELFADL
Associate professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, Egypt. Holds a Ph. D. Degree in Architecture since 2002, teaches Architectural design, urban planning, and urban design. Participated as a Heritage and Slum expert in implementing and adapting the RUSPS Regional Urban Sector Profile Study in Egypt by the UN-Habitat & UTI partnership, and was appointed as a project director at the General organization of physical planning, Ministry of Housing, Egypt for 2011-12.
AHMED HASSAN MOUSTAFA
Egyptian architect and urbanist, graduated from Alexandria University Since 2001,he is assistant lecturer and PHD researcher. Over 10 years, he initiated, co-organized programs dealing with different urban, architectural and socio-cultural issues, as co-founder of ENCODE and SAVE ALEX; an NGO committed to protecting Alexandria's rich urban and architectural heritage and enhancing its built environment.
MEDINE ALTIOK
Medine Altiok a German-Turkish architect graduated from the AA in 2000. She is the founder of MOCA Office for Culture and Architecture based in Zurich and initiator of a series of research projects dealing with cultural, political and economic changes in the Mediterranean. She has been teaching at ETH Zurich since 2005 with Momoyo Kaijima (Atelier Bow Wow, Tokyo) and Prof. Felix Claus (Claus en Kaan, Amsterdam).
www.medinealtiok.com
STEPHANIE TUNKA
Stephanie Tunka graduated in 2001. After that she collaborated with Mecanoo Architects and TU Delft in the Netherlands. In 2006 she moved to London to join Foster + Partners. Over 10 years, she designed and realized various projects dealing with a contextual approach, different urban densities and innovative environmental concepts for waterfronts in Europe, North Africa and America. Together with Medine Altiok, she is programme director of the AA Visiting School Mittelmeerland series.
www.fosterandpartners.com
TUTORS:
TOMAS KLASSNIK
Tomas Klassnik MA(cantab) MA(RCA) ARB is a UK qualified architect and director of The Klassnik Corporation, an interdisciplinary design practice focused on the communication of ideas through architectural speculation. Recent built projects include a Ping Pong Parlour in Soho, studio and gallery spaces in Shoreditch, landscape interventions for the 2012 London Olympics and a Pop Out Shop for Puma. Other projects include proposals to adapt cities affected by climate change, augmenting historic landmarks on London's skyline and contacting the spirit of Le Corbusier.
www.klassnik.com
IBAI RIGBY
Ibai Rigby is a British-Spanish architect, trained at the schools of Geneva and Barcelona. He has worked on projects dealing with the conservation of the urban landscape and the development of cultural tourism in historic cities in the Islamic world. He has curated several exhibitions of the Historic Cities Programme for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, including 2012 Venice Biennale. Ibai has been guest lecturer in Aleppo, Algiers, Barcelona and Sfax.
CHARLOTTE MALTERRE-BARTHES
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes is an architect and urban designer. She is currently a researcher and teaching assistant at the Chair of Architecture and Design of ETH with Marc Angélil, and is currently working towards a doctoral degree on Food and Territories in Egypt. Charlotte is co-founder of the urban research lab OMNIBUS.
http://omnibus-lab.com
VALENTIN KUNIK
Is a Swiss architect and lecturer based in Switzerland. In 2009 he graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technlogies in Lausanne both in Architecture and in Territorial Development. He has been working with several artists and architects both in Switzerland and in Spain. He teaches since 2012 construction in Fribourg College of Engineering, Switzerland, to first year students in architecture. With Guillame de Morsier he founded in Lausanne in 2010 the office Kunik de Morsier architects.
GUILLAUME DE MORSIER
Guillaume de Morsier is a Swiss architect graduated from EPFL in 2009. He worked for the office KCAP in Rotterdam and Zurich as urbanist and researcher for large scale urban planning projects during two years. He is cofounder of the office Kunik de Morsier architects and lecturer at the Fribourg University of Applied Sciences, currently working on several projects and researches on social housing developments and adaptations in Switzerland and abroad.
LOCAL PARTNERS AND COLLABORATORS:
HEBATALLA F. ABOUELFADL
Associate professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, Egypt. Holds a Ph. D. Degree in Architecture since 2002, teaches Architectural design, urban planning, and urban design. Participated as a Heritage and Slum expert in implementing and adapting the RUSPS Regional Urban Sector Profile Study in Egypt by the UN-Habitat & UTI partnership, and was appointed as a project director at the General organization of physical planning, Ministry of Housing, Egypt for 2011-12.
AHMED HASSAN MOUSTAFA
Egyptian architect and urbanist, graduated from Alexandria University Since 2001,he is assistant lecturer and PHD researcher. Over 10 years, he initiated, co-organized programs dealing with different urban, architectural and socio-cultural issues, as co-founder of ENCODE and SAVE ALEX; an NGO committed to protecting Alexandria's rich urban and architectural heritage and enhancing its built environment.
VISTING CRITICS AND LECTURERS:
HEBA HUSSEIN
Assistant Lecturer MSA University CRISTIAN SUAU
He holds a Ph.D. in Architecture and Master in Urban Design. He has an international professional and advanced research experience in environment; housing and urban design in Europe and also overseas, mainly in Latin America. Since 2007 he teaches Sustainable Architecture at the Welsh School of Architecture (WSA), UK. In addition, he leads an NGO called RECICLARQ in Barcelona:
www.reciclarq.org and www.ecofab.org.
PHILIP H.SALEH
Philip H.Saleh completed his master's degree in Sustainable Environmental design from the AA. His interest in the field goes back to his final project from AUB 1998. He easily alternate from design to execution, currently he is technical manager on the execution of 3 high rise towers. In parallel he started environmental research to understand the interaction of the Lebanon built up fabric with the different climatic zone of the country, and how passive design could reduce the dependence on energy.
BASIL KAMEL
Professor at AUC
KHALED TARABIEH
Professor at AUC
BETÜL BRETSCHNEIDER Dr. Betül Bretschneider is a research-based planning and teaching architect with the focus on transformation of urban fabric in the field of regeneration of ground-floor-zone and open spaces, planning in multi-cultural societies as well as planning in south climate regions and urban heat island-effect. After working for several architectural projects in Austria and in Turkey, she began to teach and to research at Vienna University of Technology.
MAI WAHBA MADKOUR Mai Wahba Madkour graduated from Mansoura University in 1999. She is a lecturer at Delta University for Science & Technology and has been teaching since 1999 at Mansoura University. She has got an Appreciation Certificate as one of the best lecturers in 2013. She completed her master degree in 2007 about "The Transformation in Architecture and Urban Design for Alexandria: Al-Courniche way before and after Development" and her PhD in 2012 about "Innovation in Architectural Education".
ANAS HOSNY Anas Hosny gained his architectural Bachelor degree in 2006. Currently he is a lecturer assistant in Tanta University and is co-coordinator of Tanta university slums' Development Project in collaboration with El-Gharbiya governance. As as Partner of UNIT Arch Design studio he participated in many urban design & development projects in Middle Eastern countries like Egypt, Sudan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Oman.
YELTA KÖM
Architect from Istanbul and Participant in Mittelmeerland Beirut
www.yeltakom.info
MOHAMMED M. ELDEGLA
Delta Academy for Science and Technology
AHMED ADBALLAH
Delta Academy for Science and Technology
PARTICIPANTS
AHMED ABDA LLAH
AHMED ABDELRAOUF
ABDELAZIZ OTHMAN
HASSAN DA WOOD
GHDAA ESSAM
MOUNIR SAAD-ELDIN
MUHAMMAD NABEE
ANAS HOSNEY
HESHAM ELSAYED
LOBNA ALI
MAR IAM ALSHIEKH
MARIAM ALEMBABY
MA ZEN ELAZAB
MIRIHAN GAMA L
MOHAMED HARIDY
MOSTAFA SALIM
REHAM SAID
SAMAR GOMAA
OMAR EL-MELEGY
Mohammed MOSTAFA
MOHAMMED GEHAD
ABDELRAMEN MOHAMMED
HEBA HATEM
AHMED HILAL
AYMAN GHALI
AZIZ NAGUIB
BASSANT ESSAM
MARINA QALDAS
MOHAMED OSSAMA
MOHAMEM SALLAM
NOHA REFAAT
RAGYA EL MASRY
SALAH MAGED
HEIDI SAMIR
MOSTAFA FATHY
RAGHDA SARHAN
STAVROS PAPAVASSILIOU
YELTA KOM
MOHAMMED FISAL