Cities' Identity Through Architecture and Arts

The influence of climate on the planning and architecture of the medieval Islamic city of Mosul, Iraq.- Historical and urban identity issues in smart cities projects for small towns.- Urban and Architectural Identity of Mosul. An Analytical Background for City's Reconstruction.- European Imprint on the Urban and Architecture of the Ottoman Empire's Port-Cities: The Case of Alexandria.- Identifying the Character-Defining Elements in the Traditional Houses of Chettinadu Region, Tamil Nadu, India.- The Identity in Comic Strips in Egypt.- Diaspora, Praxis to Modern-day Globalized Contexts.- Building a Cultural Identity.- Logos and Visual Identities in Documenting Architectural and Cultural Heritage and Preserving the Attributes of Saudi Cities.- Co-Design as Play: Junk Sounds and Architecture in Urban Space.- Investigating the Relation Between Culture and Architecture: the case of Rasem Badran's Style of Architecture.- The Urban Plan of Lúcio Costa and the Infiltrated Cerrado: phenomenology of a performative body in the capital of Brazil.

Nabil Mohareb is currently an associate professor at the American University in Cairo (AUC), Department of Architecture, School of Sciences and Engineering (SSE). He was the former director of Faculty of Architecture-Design & Built Environment, Beirut Arab University, Tripoli Campus, Lebanon. He has worked for distinguished universities in Egypt, United Arab Emirates, and Lebanon.

His research focuses on the relationship between architecture and urbanism; he is interested in social behavior activities, their mutual effect on both spatial and economic variables in urban spaces, and their interrelationship with architectural design. Mohareb uses theoretical and experimental methods in his research including but not limited to Space Syntax, GIS, and recently introducing drones and artificial intelligent (AI) in the field of object monitoring and detection of patterns of behavior at different scale levels (micro/macro scales).


He has several published papers in refereedjournals and international refereed conferences. He has participated in number of international funding research related to understanding social behavior activities. He serves as an editorial board member of a number of renowned journals.


Alessio Cardaci is a professor and a researcher of "Drawing and Architectural Survey" of the School of Engineering at the University of Bergamo, where he is also the head of the SABE Laboratory (Survey & Analysis of Buildings and Environment). His research interests are related to the themes of 3D survey for the conservation of cultural heritage, architectural and urban restoration, implementation and development of new technologies for the survey, documentation and conservation of architectural and monumental heritage (3D laser scanning, 3D image-based modeling, 3D data processing, reverse engineering), digital drawing, and representation of historical and contemporary buildings.
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