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  • Resilient Rules: Culture and Complexity in Traditional Built Environments (Bi-Lingual)
    Resilient RulesCulture and Complexity in Traditional Built EnvironmentsAhmad BorhamMay 2016IntroductionThe main idea of this study emerged from an interest in two topics that always seemed in the beginning as parallel: the impact of Islamic law on the urban fabric of the traditional Muslim cities and the application of computer programming in architecture an […]
  • From Bab al Bahr to Maspero
    ,While working on a paper on the emerging movements of urban activism and protest against neoliberal urban development strategies in Egypt, I came by a paper titled Contextualizing the Arab Revolts: The Politics behind Three Decades of Neoliberalism in the Arab World by Koenraad Bogaert where he discussing that "neoliberal reform and economic restructur […]
  • The fate of million housing units projects! مصير المليون وحدة سكنية!
      An Inforgraphic by  EIPR about Social Housing Project in Egypt during four ruling periodsبالأرقام  قصة المليون_وحدة عبر أربع فترات من الحكم مصر الإسكان_الاجتماعي Recently I have been a part of a Wohnungsfrage Academy: The Housing System organized and hosted by the The Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin. During one of the public lectures that follow […]
  • Mapping Parallel University scene in Egypt
    Alternative Models of University Education in Egypt symposium was a three day panel and networking event that brings together Egyptian models of alternative education with international counterparts in a critical dialogue that aims to unpack the reasons and ramifications of these practices.The symposium was part of Adad program. Adad is a program initiated b […]
  • Architecture as counter hegemonic practice: Political Theory and Architecture in Conversation
    By Aya NassarAcademics and theoreticians in both fields of architecture as well as politics might have been in a continuous struggle with whether or not architecture and politics are related, and if so what would this entail (though it has to be said some do this more and/or better than others). What does a political architecture mean? What kind of architect […]

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