Philosophy

I am an architect, academic, and pervasive media expert. Collaboration and generative discourse among peers and students are essential for creative thought. Research and teaching are reciprocal processes, and only when considered in tandem would they lead to exciting, intelligent, responsible design. Creativity and inspiration thrive in safe spaces where peers and students feel secure to make mistakes and are unafraid of judgment.

Current Position

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09.2018 - current

Senior Lecturer

In Computational Architecture

The University of the West of England (UWE) Bristol

[Bristol, UK]

Expertise key

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Architecture Design

Licensed & practiced in North America | Middle East

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Computational Design

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Soundscape Design

Soundscape | Psychoacoustics | Acoustics | Electro-acoustics

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Pervasive Media

Responsive Systems | Web-based Design | Animation | Information Visualization

Highlights

Networks

SWCTN Data Fellow | UKAN+ | CABER Member

Pedagogy

Fellow of the Higher education Academy, U.K.

Editorial

AEJ Associate Editor | Co-Guest Editor Charrette 10.2 (2024) Journal of the AAE

Spoken Languages

Native Speaker: English | Arabic (Egyptian Colloquial)

Elementary: French | Spanish

Programming Languages

Expert: JAVA | JavaScript | Arduino | Grasshopper3D

Knowledgeable: C# | Python

Qualifications

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09.2009-06.2016

PhD in Architecture Design

Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture

[London, UK]

Sonic Urban Morphologies: Towards Modelling Aural Spatial Patterns for Urban Space Designers

nominated for RIBA President’s Award for Research)

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01.2003-05.2006

Master of Architecture

AWARD

University of Utah, College of Architecture + Planning (CA+P) | NAAB Accredited

[SLC, UT, USA]

Scope on the Siwan Culture: Community Centre, Siwa, Egypt

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06.2003-09.2003

MSc in Computer Science & Information Technology

University Of Nottingham, School of Computer Science and Information Technology

[Nottingham, UK]

Comparison of Multimedia Environments: Applied in Digital Architecture Experiments

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09.2002-06.2003

Diploma in Multi-media and Information Technology

Full Scholarship

Information Technology Institute (ITI)

[Cairo, Egypt]

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09.1997-07.2002

BSc in Architectural and Environmental Engineering

w/ Hons | AWARD

Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport (AAST), College of Engineering | RIBA Accredited

[Alexandria, Egypt]

Scope on Egyptian History: Anthropology Museum

Leadership

UWE Bristol

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03.2020 - current

Founder & Programme Leader

MSc in Computational Architecture (MScCA)

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09.2018 - 08.2021

Programme Leader

NSS 99% & 92% for 20 & 21, respectively

BSc (Hons) Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part I)

AA School of Architecture

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2012

Director

AA Alexandria Visiting School

Previous Positions

UWE Bristol

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12.2016 - 08.2018

Lecturer

Architectural Visualisation

University of Utah, CA+P

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08.2013 - 12.2014

Associate Instructor

MArch Design Studio Lead

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05.2005 - 05.2006

Research Assistant

Information Visualization Design

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06.2005 - 01.2006

Graphic Designer

Book Cover design, Publication & Formatting

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09.2004 - 05.2005

Teaching Assistant

BSc Digital Media Studio

AA School of Architecture

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03.2012

Tutor

AA Istanbul & Athens Visiting Schools

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12.2009-12.2010

Researcher

Collaboration AA School EmTech & ICD Universitat Stuttgart

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09.2009-06.2010

Web Designer

Prescott Muir Architects (PMA), PC.

[SLC, UT, USA]

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12.2014

Consultant: Architect

Tenant Improvement | Construction Documents

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05.2006-12.2008

Architectural Candidate

Programming | Schematic design | Design Development | Construction Documents | Bidding process

|Construction Administration | Marketing

YAT Education Centre

[Alexandria, Egypt]

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09.2003 - 12.2003

Instructor

3D MAX course, Accredited by Discreet

Membership & Affiliations

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2022

Member

UK Acoustic Network

UKAN+

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2021

Core Member

Centre of Architecture and Built Environment Research

CABER

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2020

Data Fellow

South West Creative Technology

SWCTN

2018

Fellow

U.K. - The Higher Education Academy

HEA

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2015

Architect Member

The American Institute of Architects

AIA

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2012

Architect

Division of Occupational & Professional Licensing State of Utah, Department of Commerce Architectural License

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2009

Member

Royal Institute of British Architects

RIBA

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2009

Member

Architectural Association

AA

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2005

Member

National Council of Architectural Registration Boards

NCARB

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2002

Architectural Engineer

Egyptian Engineering Syndicate

Awards, Honours & Distinctions

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2021

Researcher of the Year - GLOW team

UWE/CATE/SoAE/CABER

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2008

AIA Honors Design

Michigan Avenue Residence

w/ PMA

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2008

AIA Merit Design

East Canyon Residence

w/ PMA

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2008

LEED Gold Certified

Weber County Library

w/ PMA

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2006

Design Award for MArch Thesis

CA+P, University of Utah

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2004

AIA Scholarship (2004/05)

CA+P, University of Utah

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2002

Full Ride (2002/03)

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

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2002

Design Award for BSc Thesis

Abou Gad Architects

Grants & Funds

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2022

PI £1.5k

CABER

Quality-Related (QR) funding

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2021

PI £1.5k

Co-I £1.5k

Faculty of Environment & Technology Environment (FET)

2x FET Student Summer Internship Funding Application

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2021- unsuccessful

Co-I €1,103,245

Collaboration of Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe (CHANSE)

SPHENE: Socio-Spatial Encounters in the Smart Ambient Home - a cross European perspective

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2021-23

FET

FET Accelerator Scheme

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05.2021- Current

Co-I £586k

EPSRC: Sustainable Digital Society Call

GLOW: Energy Nested BioSystem Flows: From the Home to the Hub

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2020-22

Co-I £60k

EPSRC: Connected Everything II (CEii)

Brief Intro Video

Embedded intelligence empathy in design

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2020 - unsuccessful

PI £10k

Total £70k

Innovate UK Smart Grant

Academic Partner

SME Partner SquidSoup

AudioWAVE: an Ambient Intelligence system for post-COVID public experiences

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2020-21

PI £12k

South West Creative Technology Network - SWCTN Data Fellowship

Integrating Sonic Urban Morphologies in Architectural Practice Flow

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12.2019

PI £4.1k

UWE FET Linking Teaching and Research

Towards the integration of Digital Fabrication through a FET-ACE Collaboration: Ambient Intelligence of Acoustic Arenas

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2019 - unsuccessful

Co-I £5k

UWE FET Linking Teaching and Research

ComposeD: a design tool for design learners of the digital future

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2019

PI £ 24k

UWE VC Interdisciplinary Research Challenge Fund (VCIRCF)

Immersive inquiry for architectural site analysis of acoustic ecology

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2019 - unsuccessful

PI £12k

UWE VC Early Career Researcher (ECR)

Using computational architectural design to generate optimal solutions considering the sounding environment

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2019 - unsuccessful

PI £10k

RIBA Research Fund

Acoustic Arenas: An investigation into the collective navigation of soundscapes

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04.2019

Artist - £1k

Royal Institute of Philosophy

Space, Sound, Sensation - St Paul’s Crypt

[Bristol, UK]

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09.2002

$12k

Egyptian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology: Information Technology Institute

Multimedia track

Invited Talks & Interviews

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12.2021

Speaker (Arabic)

Digital Futures.World | Host Dr Sherif Mourad, AUC

[Online Link]

Computational Design through the Eyes of Arab Expats

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03.2021

Interview

Connected Everything | Invited by Debra Fearnshaw, University of Nottingham

[podcast]

Podcast 03 - Panel Pitch

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12.2020

Interview

Tech Exeter Conference 2020 | Host Hannah Brady, SWCTN Producer

[Online Event]

Light Sound & Intelligent Space

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05.2016

Speaker

University of New South Wales | Host Suleiman AlHadidi

[Skype]

Sonic Responsive System Design

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08.2008 & 09.2013

Speaker

University of Utah, CA+P | Host Prescott Muir

Islamic Architecture

Editorial & Review

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2024

Co Guest Editor

Charrette 10.2 (2024) Journal of the Association of Architectural Educators (AAE)

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2022 - ongoing

Associate Editor

Alexandria Engineering Journal (AEJ)

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2022 - ongoing

Reviewer

The Arab Society for Computation in Art, Architecture, and Design (ASCAAD) 2022 10th International Conference

Supervision

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Expected start 04.2023

PhD Director of Studies

Stefan Guiton

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12.2022

RD1 - Reviewer PhD Progression Examination

Waleed ElShanshoury

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09.2019

RD2 - Reviewer PhD Progression Examination

Sofiat Abioye

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2022/23

MScCA

8 students

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2018/19

UG Dissertation Supervision

8 students

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2017/2018

PhD 3rd Supervisor

Olga Kravchenko

Module List

UWE Bristol

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MScCA

Programme Leader (2021- ongoing)

2021- ongoing

Module Leader

Computing Complexity

9 Students

Module Leader

Logic to Artefact

30 Students

Master of Architecture

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2020/21

Group Lead

Studio B Computational Design

12 Students

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2018-2020 & 2022/23

Tutor

Architecture Representation and Modelling

200 Students approx.

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2018/19 & 2021 - ongoing

Group Lead

Design Research

40 Students approx.

MSc Building Information Management

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2019/20

1x Lecture

Computational Design

70 Students approx.

MSc Façade Engineering

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2019/20 – ongoing

1xLecture / cohort

3D Printing: Additive Manufacturing

80 Students approx.

BSc (Hons) Architecture

Programme Leader (2018 -2020)

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2021/22

Cluster Lead

Architecture and design studio 3 – Computational Cluster

12 Students

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2018-2020

Module Leader

Architecture and design studio 3

200 Students approx.

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2017/18

Tutor

Architecture and design studio 3

45 Students

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2017/18

Tutor

Architecture and design studio 2

50 Students

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2018/19 – ongoing

1xLecture / cohort

ATE3 – The Promise of Computational Design: From Logic to Artefact

200 Students approx.

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2017/18

Tutor

Information Technology for Designers

130 Students

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2018/19

Supervisor

Research and design strategies RADs

8 Students

BSc (Hons) Product Design & Technology

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2016/17

Tutor

Physical Computing

24 Students

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2017/18 – 2020/21

Module Leader

Physical Computing

100 Students approx.

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2018/19 & 2022/23

Module Leader

Innovative Technology & Design

45 Students approx.

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2018/19

Tutor

Graphic Design

45 Students approx.

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2017-19

Support

Independent Project

4 Students

BA(Hons) Architecture & Planning

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2017-19

Tutor

Design Studio 3

110 Students approx.

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2018/19

1xLecture

Soundscape Design

65 Students approx.

BA(Hons) Interior Architecture

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2018/19

1xLecturer

Soundscape Design

20 Students approx.

BSc(Hons) Architectural Technology and Design

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2018/19

1xLecture

Computational Design

18 Students

BEng(Hons) Architecture and Environmental Engineering

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2018/19

Reviewer

Studio 2

15 Students

University of Utah, CA+P

Master of Architecture

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2012/13-2013/14

Studio Lead

Sonic Responsive Systems Studio

20 Students

Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies (BSAS)

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2003/04

Teaching Assistant

Digital Communications

40 Students approx.

YAT Education Centre

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09.2003-12.2003

Instructor

3D MAX course, Accredited by Discreet

35 Students approx.

Academic Citizenship

CATE Level

Organiser

MScCA & Centre of Print Research collaboration Events

PL Rep.

ASQC - Academic Standards and Quality Committee

SoAE Level

Facilitator

Virtual Degree Show (COVID19)

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Organiser

Grasshopper3D skills workshops available for UG, PG and Staff

Facilitator

CABER research landscape mapping Miro board

Develop/Maintain

Degree Show website

uwe.design

Support

MArch admissions interviews

Support

Graduation Ceremonies

Supervise

BSc PDT Y3 Barcelona Field Trip

Programme Level

Develop/Maintain

MScCA online dissemination

website

2018

Organise & Supervise

BSc A Y3 Porto Field Trip

Organise

BSc A & MScCA Open Days, Place Holder Days, and Induction

Module Level

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2018

Support

Student-led Exhibition and Sound Installation ‘Shhhh’

2017

Supervise

BSc A Y3 Amsterdam Field Trip

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Support

MArch - Architectural Representation and Modelling Exhibition

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Organise & Support

MArch – Design Research Seminar & Exhibition

External Engagement

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2022

Invitee

Bath Spa QR funding

Hyper-Empathy: AHRC Bid Scoping workshop

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2021

Organiser

UWE Bristol

MScCA Lecture Series

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2021

Co-Founder

SWCTN Legacy Research collective

Resonant Ecologies

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2020

PhD External Advisor

American University in Cairo

Support a student with a computational perceptual investigation

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2019

Artist

In Collaboration with HAS

Sound Space Sensation Installation

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2020

Collab.

360 Immersive documentations

[Brixham, UK]

Charlick + Nicholson architects Data Trusts project

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2018

Invited participant

CFPR Glassworks Workshop

Exhibited in the Stradling Collection, Reel Cases & European Academic of Design Conference (EAD)

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2018

Invited Reviewer

School of Architecture - Oxford Brookes University

MArch dissertations presentation

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2012

Director

AA School outreach Global School

AA Alexandria Visiting School

Invited Reviewer

University of Utah, CA+P

Invited by

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2014

Master of Science in Architectural Studies (MSAS) Tech Track Proposal

Ryan Smith

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2014

MArch Comprehensive Design Studio

Prescott Muir

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2013

Senior BSc Architecture Comprehensive Design Studio

Anne Mooney

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2008

Experiencing Architecture

Dr Julio Bermudez

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2007

MArch Comprehensive Design Studio

Prescott Muir

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2006

Communications

Dr Julio Bermudez

Installations & Algorithm Development

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2022

Software

Empathy Sounding Board - “Think-Aloud” Protocol

JavaScript

Natural Language Processing NLP

w/ Lavaf Pour, Y., Chatzimichali A.

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2016 - Ongoing

Software

Hat’hoor Grasshopper3D Plugin

JAVA, C#

Agent Based Systems + Image Source

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2021/22

Installation

Ambient Intelligence

Arduino

w/ Meraz, F., Nicolleti, E & 3 MArch Students

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2021 - Ongoing

360 Immersive

ImmerSiA Prototypes

w/Reed, L.

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2019

Installation

Space, Sound, Sensation

w/Meraz, F.

Java, Arduino

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2019

Software

ComposeD

w/Lavaf, Y, Tahsiri M

JAVA

Conferences & Symposiums

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2022

Contributor

Teaching & Learning Conference

[Nottingham, UK]

Compassion pedagogy for collaborative design

Barakat M., Branch K., Richie, J.,

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2022

Contributor

Design Computing and Cognition’22

[Glasgow, UK]

Embedded Intelligent Empathy: a theoretical infograph

Lavaf Pour, Y, Barakat, M. A., Calvo, M, Chatzimichali A,

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2021 - Current

Organiser

MScCA Lecture

[Online Series]

…By Design.

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09.2021

Contributor

Radical Architecture Practice for Sustainability (RAPS) Conference

[Online - Bristol]

Socio-Spatial Technology encounters-your home to mine

Oliveira S., Badarnah L., Barakat, M., Chatzimichali A.

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07.2021

Contributor

CAAD Futures conference: Design Imperatives: The future is now!

[Online - LA, CA, USA]

Embedded intelligent empathy: A systematic review towards a conceptual framework.

Lavaf Pour, Y, Barakat, M. A., Chatzimichali A,

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06.2021

Contributor

Connected Everything Festival 2021

[Online - Nottingham, UK]

Embedded Intelligent Empathy

Lavaf Pour, Y, Barakat, M. A., Chatzimichali A,

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04.2017

Contributor

5th eCAADe Regional International Symposium 2017

[Cardiff, Wales, UK]

Graphical Representation of Sonic Urban Morphologies

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07.2015

Contributor

SummerSim’15 - Summer Simulation Multi-Conference

[Chicago, IL, USA]

Towards Sonic Urban Morphologies: A Modeling Nexus (WIP)

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01.2015

Contributor

PhD Symposium, AA School of Architecture

[London, UK]

Sonic City Networks: Urban Design Through Acoustic Sensory Manipulation

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05.2012

Organiser

Translate The Intangible Symposium, AA School of Architecture

Urban Design Through Acoustic Sensory Manipulation

Publications

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Barakat, M. A., (n.d.) Computing Psychoacoustic factors and geometric modelling enables sounding environment spatial design – in preparation.

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Barakat, M. A., (n.d.) An Agnostic Design Education: Merging computational and critical thinking to question the status quo – in preparation.

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Barakat, M. A., & Reed, L. (n.d.) Immersive Audio Practices for Architectural Site Analysis – in preparation.

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Lavaf Pour, Y, Barakat, M. A., Chatzimichali A (2022) Embedded intelligent empathy: A systematic review towards a conceptual framework. CAAD Futures 2021

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Oliveira S., Badarnah L., Barakat, M. A., Chatzimichali A, Atkins E (2021). Beyond energy services: A multidimensional and cross-disciplinary agenda for home energy management research. Energy Research & Social Science, 85, p.102347

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Barakat, M. (2020). Spatial Ambient Intelligence. The City and Complexity – Life, Design and Commerce in the Built Environment. London: City, University of London; AMPS and PARADE.

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Barakat, M. A. (2017). Graphical Representation of Sonic Urban Morphologies: Between the representation of space and the making of space (pp. 5-13). Cardiff, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University.

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Barakat, M. A. (2016) a. Aural spatial mapping tool: constraining the signal sphere of influence validation (WIP). SCSC‘16 Proceedings of the Summer Computer Simulation Conference (pp. 430-435). Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Society for Computer Simulation International.

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Barakat, M. A. (2016) b. An Architectural Approach to The Soundwalk Method. Sonic Environments - Proceedings of the ACMC/AFAE2016 (pp. 13-20). Brisbane: The Australasian Computer Music Association.

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Barakat, M. A., & Weinstock, M. (2016). Emerging Urban Aural Patterns: Finding Connections between Emergence in Architecture and Soundscape Ecology. (L. O’Keeffe, Ed.) Interference: A Journal of Audio Culture, Writing About/Through Sound(5).

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Barakat, M. A. (2015). Towards Sonic Urban Morphologies: A Modeling Nexus (WIP). 2015 Summer Simulation Multi- Conference (SummerSim’15) (pp. 389-384). Chicago: The Society for Modeling & Simulation International (SCS).

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Barakat, M. A. (2012) a. Urban growth morphology analysis in response to the sonic character. Cognitive Processing, 13(1 Supplement), 37-54.

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Barakat, M. A. (2012) b. Urban Acoustic Simulation: Analysis of Urban Public Spaces through Auditory senses. In H. Achten, J. Pavlicek, J. Hulin, & D. Matejovska (Ed.), Digital Physicality - Proceedings of the 30th eCAADe Conference. 1, pp. 587-592. Prague, Czech Republic: Cumulative Index of Computer Aided Architectural Design (CUMIN CAD).

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Barakat, M. A., & Nau, S. (2010). The Bifurcating Bridge. (E. L. Greenberg, Ed.) Urban Flux, 5.

Practice Project List

Freelance Architect

Competition Entries

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03.2013

Rhythmic Chase

Vauxhall the Missing Link Competition, RIBA

w/ S+ Studio

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03.2009

Multi-Use Pavilion

The Art Fund Pavilion - Tent London

Architectural Candidate @ PMA

[Salt Lake City, UT, USA]

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Residential

2008

Markea Court Townhomes

East Canyon Residence

AIA Award

2007

Dee’s Residence

Marmalade Condos

2006

Michigan Avenue Residence

AIA Award

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Performing Arts

2007

Virginia Tanner Children Dance Theater

Culture District Development & Salt Lake City New Performing Arts Theater

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Educational

2008

Weber County Library

LEED Gold Certified

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Tenant Improvement

2008

Prescott Muir Office

South Jordan Office Building

2007

Howa Office Building

2006

Vendome Projects

[LA, CA]

Planned Parenthood

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Bank & Retail

2008

Zions Bank - Rose Park Branch

Zions Bank - South Jordan Branch

Harmon’s Grocery Store - Downtown