Architect/ Urban designer and planner actively working, learning and teaching for the past twenty three year. Fascinated by all urban and architectural expressions and their evolution, be it within the intriguing complexity of cities, or in the endless variety of towns and villages.
Aiming to participate in the urban process and to get involved in all its phases; envisioning the design frame, while perceiving the social, economic and environmental aspects and connotations.
Professional experience
October 21/ September 22 CONSULTANT in Urban design/planning
RAFAL (Real Estate Development Company) /Investigating potential Innovative Mixed use and TOD projects for investment and development in Riyadh and Jeddah/ KSA
NEOM project with Maria Group/ VIP compound /KSA: 31 Units/ Land area 20 000m2
April 19/ September 21 CONSULTANT in Urban design/planning at K&A
Granted Lands / Affordable housing/ MoH (Ministry for Housing/ KSA)
NEOM project / Access road and laydown area/ Neom city /KSA: 7 000 000m2
Tamansourt project / Mixed-use development / Tamansourt/ Morocco: 1 000 000m2/ BUA=1 000 000m2 City of Arabia, Conceptual Masterplan, Land area 144,000m2, GFA=325,000m2
MoD, Riyadh compound, conceptual Masterplan, Land area 1,460,000m2
Al Jahra waterfront corniche/ Kuwait, Detailed Masterplan, Land area 7,3 km2
Oman waterfront Mixed use development, concept Masterplan, Land area 1 000 000 m2/ BUA=1 000 000m2
April 14/ March 19 CONSULTANT in Urban design/planning
With JEC (Jeddah Economical City):
Phase 1 Kingdom City/ Jeddah-KSA/ Mixed use development project: 1 527 376m2 / BUA=3 560 338 m2
Phase 2 Kingdom City/ Jeddah-KSA/ Mixed use development project: 4 000 000m2 / BUA=10 112 005 m2
The City meets the Sea/ Jeddah-KSA/ Residential mixed use development project: 160 000m2 / BUA=270 00m2
Saleh Land/ Jeddah-KSA/ Residential mixed use development project: 195 000m2 / BUA=325 00m2
With K&A:
Beach resort / Qatar/ competition: 2 687 180 m2 / BUA=2 015 385 m2
Khanzad Diplomatic City/Mixed-use development in collaboration with Mega Group DH: 1 098 884 m2 / BUA=682 000 m2 Waterfront city / Dbayeh-Lebanon/ Regional Capital of the Metn: 1 000 000 m2
March 08/ March 14 SOLIDERE INTERNATIONAL LTD / www.si.ae Urban design and master plan Unit Head:
INVESTIGATION PROJECTS in Nigeria
Residential development projects with the necessary amenities Enugu: 11 000 000 m2
Calabar: 150 000 m2/ BUA=55 000 m2 INVESTIGATION PROJECTS in Erbil and suburbs Mixed use development projects (mainly residential) Site 1: 100 000 m2/ BUA=231 000 m2
Site 2: 550 000 m2/ BUA=1 221 000 m2
AFFORDABLE SUSTAINABLE HOUSING in Riyadh suburbs
Prototype houses BUA=275 m2/ Plot area=275 m2 / Site area, 2.8M m2
GATED SECURE COMMUNITY FOR EXPATRIATES in an Oasis in Riyadh Site area, 115 000 m2
GATED SECURE COMMUNITY FOR EXPATRIATES in Riyadh
Site area, 270 000 m2 (project under construction)
NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING CITY in KSA 95km2
AFFORDABLE SUSTAINABLE HOUSING in hot/dry climate
Prototype houses between 225 m2/175 m2
Layouts for an affordable infrastructure
HOUSING and MIXED-USE Projects in Saudi Arabia
Site 1: 186 300 m2/ BUA=279 000 m2
Site 2: 12 000 000 m2/ BUA=9 600 000 m2
Site 3: 90 000 000 m2/ BUA=45 000 000 m2
SHARM EL CHEIKH Project, resort village
Site area, 755 000 m2/ BUA=590 000 m2
HAZMIEH Project, green urban village
Site area, 90 921 m2/ BUA=134 424 m2
AL ZORAH Project, green city in the emirate of Ajman
Site area, 12 000 000 m2/ BUA=22 000 000 m2
Senior urban designer on three sectors:
SECTOR 9 (the GATEWAY): BUA=1125
000 m2
SECTOR 5 (MARINA VILLAGE): BUA=1015 000 m2
SECTOR 6 (GOLF COURSE): BUA=83 705 m2
Dec 04 /March 07 NABIL GHOLAM, architecture & planning, directed by Nabil Gholam/ www.ngarchitecture.com Design consultant on:
AMWAJ, Resort and Marina, Saudi Arabia
Site area, 1 000 000 m2/ BUA=117 000 m2
Foch 94, residential building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon Under construction
Built up area, 14 000 m2 / Construction budget, 10M $
Garden view, residential building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon Under construction
Built up area, 23 000 m2 / Construction budget, 12M $
Senior project architect on:
Clouds-Faqra Club, sixteen individual high-end villas/ Lebanon constructed BUA=16 500 m2 / Construction budget, 16M Oct 02 / Dec 04 109 ARCHITECTS, directed by Youssef Mallat, Michel Georr, Ibrahim Berberi/ www.109architectes.com
Senior project architect on:
Plan du Lion, touristic complex in Faraya, Lebanon
(Constructed) Construction drawings & site supervision
General plan and Road network - Restaurant -Parking, Piscine & bar – Kid’s Motel – 3 Chalets MS, MMS & CJM with their interiors
868 Baabda, residential building in Baabda, Lebanon (Constructed)
Sept / Oct 02 Resource Center of the French Cultural Center, directed by Fouad Hanna Construction drawings
June / August 02 International competition for the “Great Egyptian Museum”, directed by PIERRE EL KHOURY, architect D.P .L.G.
Sept 98 / June 02 DAGHER ARCHITECTS, directed by Fadlallah Dagher Senior project architect on:
613 Achrafieh, ten floors residential building in Ashrafieh, Lebanon
Built up area, 6000 m2 / Construction budget, 2.5M $ (Constructed) Convivum II, eight floors residential building in Gemmayzé, Lebanon
Built up area, 7500 m2 / Construction budget, 2.5M $ (Constructed) 157 Nahr Ibrahim, private villa in Nahr Ibrahim, Lebanon
Built up area, 1000 m2 / Construction budget, 500 000 $ (Constructed) Interior design for the M apartment, 450 m2 in Beirut,
Lebanon Interior design for ASHADA offices in Tabaris, Beirut, Lebanon Faculty housing for Balamand University Main Gate for Balamand University
Mar Elias Church, Bhamdoun
Refurbishing for Michel Chiha’s house at Yarzé Municipality of Hadath, competition
Academic experience
March 2019 Founding member and associate professor at the new School of Architecture of the ESIB/USJ named ECAR (Ecole d’Architecture et de Recherche/ USJ)
Sept 19 / Feb 21 Lecturer at ECAR for a course in the S1 entitled: Space & Senses and one for the S2 entitled: Society, culture & Lifestyle, and co-Professor for the Studio S4- Architecture in the Public realm.
Sept 09 / July 2019 Lecturer at ALBA (Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts) for the spring and fall semester
Course entitled: Public spaces (Importance and diversity) for the 3rd year Architecture.
June 17 Speaker at the Institute of Syros, Institute of Research of Sustainable Development, Culture and Tradition
7th seminar "Landscape Mapping: Natural and Cultural qualities" Talk: “Mapping the Remains of war in Beirut” http://syrosinstitute.eu/mission/
June 17 Speaker at Changing Cities Conference in Syros/Greece
3nd edition at the Special Session: Social &Urban informalities: Migration, Multinational & Multicultural Societies
Talk: “How to make immigration a success story”
http://changingcities.prd.uth.gr/cc2017/
Speaker at the Biennale of public spaces in Rome 2013
3nd edition “Prove di città”, at the Panel: “Past present and future public space” Talk: “Beirut: city of the past, present and future” http://www.biennalespaziopubblico.it/blog/programma/
Sept 12 Speaker at EURAU 12 in Porto at Oporto University “Public space and contemporary city”
6th European Symposium on Research in Architecture, Urban and Landscape Design
Talk: “A discontinuous walk in Beirut”
http://www.eurau12.arq.up.pt/en/theme-and-communications/1-making-city
November 05 Seminar in Lille, France, EURAU 2005 “Considering space on a large scale”
2nd European Symposium on Research in Architecture, Urban and Landscape Design Oct / Nov 02 Workshop in Tokyo, Japan, “Density, Urban forms & quality of life” Université Européenne de Maîtrise D’oeuvre urbaine (ateliers d’été de Cergy- Pontoise)
August / Sept 01 Workshop in Cergy-Pontoise, France, “Les effets durables de l’éphémère” with honors
Université Européenne de Maîtrise d’OEuvre Urbaine (ateliers d’été de Cergy-Pontoise)
Education
March/ Dec 07 Master in Urbanism in “LA SAPIENZA- UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA” Management, control of interventions and requalification of urban areas in developing countries. Thesis: Reconstruction of Dahieh/ South suburbs of Beirut.
July 98 Master in Architecture, “Mitri Nammar” Prize at ALBA (the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts) Project “Space of a Woman”, a house for Nidal Ashkar / Thesis “A Room of One's Own” after the book of Virginia Wolfe
July 93 Preparatory at ALBA, first rank in Architecture section
July 92 Lebanese baccalaureate / Mathematics degree (Maths élémentaires) with honors, mention Bien
Languages
Fluent in English, French, Italian and Arabic.