Dr. Ashraf M. Salama is a Reader in Architecture at Queens University Belfast, United Kingdom. Prior to this, at Qatar University he was a professor of architecture leading efforts in establishing and accrediting a new architectural program {being developed as a full department}. He was an Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals-KFUPM in Dhahran, KSA {2004-06}. Dr. Salama was the Director of Research and Consulting at Adams Group Consultants in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA {2001-04}. He is a licensed architect in Egypt, trained at Al Azhar University and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. USA. He was the Chairman of the Department of Architecture, Misr International University in Cairo {1996-01}. Dr. Salama has been involved with the Community Development Group of the College of Design, North Carolina State University {1992-95}, researching and teaching at the graduate level.
With varied experience in design and consultancy, teaching, and academic research, Dr. Salama's bridges theory and design and pedagogy and practice in his professional activities. He has written over 50 articles and papers in local and international conferences and archival journals, and trade magazines ; published four books on Architectural Education: Designing the Design Studio, Human Factors in Environmental Design, Architectural Education Today with colleagues from Switzerland, and Architecture as Language of Peace with Colleagues from Italy.
Dr. Salama delivered lectures and presentations in over 25 countries; and contributed widely to international publications. He was member of the UIA/UNESCO International Committee of Architectural Education, and the Director of Architectural Education Work Program of the International Union of Architects-UIA (1995-00). He is currently co-Convener of the International Association for People-Environments Studies- IAPS Education Network.
Salama was the recipient of the first award of the International Architecture Design Studio, University of Montreal, Canada, 1990, and in 1998 he won the Paul Chemetove Prize for his project on Architecture and the Eradication of Poverty, a United Nations International Ideas Competition. Dr. Salama served as a consultant to the Egyptian Ministries of Tourism and Culture. He also served as member in the international jury for projects within the context of the revitalization of Sarajevo, Bosnia, and a UIA Jury member in the international competition on designing a central urban park in La Paz, Bolivia. Recently, he has chaired the jury team for the International Students Competitions: Enlightening Learning Environments (2005) and Sustainable and Humane Workplaces (2006), organized by the the IAHH-The International Association for Humane Habitat, Mumbai, India. Dr. Salama has been appointed a technical reviewer for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in Geneva, Award Cycle (1998-01).
His academic experience includes teaching courses on Environmental Perception, Architectural Criticism, Research and Design Methods, Programming and Evaluation, Applications of Socio-Behavioral Studies in Design, and Interior Architecture, Architectural and Community Design Studios. His professional experience includes consultancy for several government and public agencies, and managing design projects from inception through programming and space planning, encountering users and environmental constraints. Dr. Salama recent research and consultancy place emphasis on design studio teaching practices, architectural pedagogy, workplaces, learning environments, strategic planning and pre-design, and devising project delivery processes for sustainable building design.
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