New Cities and Community Extensions in Egypt and the Middle East

Professor of Architecture Cairo University; Affiliate Professor at American University Cairo. Active member and coordinator of International and National academic accreditation committees at Cairo University in the past four years. Senior partner at Concept Consultants in Cairo. Academically; am involved in teaching architectural design studios entry and graduation levels; Human Science and Theory of Architecture for undergraduate and post-graduate students. Research interests focus on Human Sciences in architecture, community participation, and urban design; study of Phenomenology, Anthropology, and Critical Theory of Sociology as applied to Egyptian contexts in Egyptian cities; new urban communities, Down Town Classical Cairo, Islamic Fatimid Cairo; and locations of heritage value. Supervised Master and PHD dissertations; conducted and led research with a focus on; special user groups, users' perception, and community development concerns. Coordinator of several International Architectural Competition: "Grand Egyptian Museum, "Abdel Naser Museum" National Competition, "arc Vision Prize; Women and Architecture" National Competition. Co-Editor of; "DYNAMICS AND RESILIENCE OF INFORMAL AREAS: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES" published by Springer. Co-author of "THE GRAND MUSEUM OF EGYPT, INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION" Two Volumes Book published by AUC Press; June 2003.

Asmaa Ibrahim,



Is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, visiting Assoc. Professor at AET program, Cairo University, the AUC, the MSA, and MTI Universities. She is a main coordinator in the Double Master Program with Cottbus University in Germany. Her research interest is in the field of Strategic Urban Planning in relation with economic and environmental concerns. Currently participating in the Strategic Urban Planning for Small Cities Project, and previously worked as a consultant in the Strategic National Development Support Project, led by the UN Habitat. She has extensive expertise in the field of urban planning and urban design with focus on the new cities' landscape rehabilitation with international publications in this field. She has been Cairo University representative in the MDG (MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS) awareness Project in cooperation with the UNDP. She is a member of UMAR (Union of Mediterranean Architects), and Egyptian Representative of ASYA MED (Association of Students& Young Architects for the Mediterranean Countries). She has been involved in the organization of about mor