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Professor Emeritus:Dalila ElKerdany
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Architectural Engineering
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| Home Page : | www.mimar-architects.com |
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| Qualifications |
|  B.Sc. (1979) "Architectural Engineering " Cairo University (Egypt) |
| M.Sc. (1986) "Architectural Engineering " Cairo University (Egypt) |
| Ph.D. (1992) "Architectural Engineering" Cairo University (Egypt) |
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| Fields of Interest : |
| Architectural Design |
| Urban and Architectural Consrvation |
| Heritage in Contemporary design |
| Architectural Criticism |
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| Recent Publications : |
| -2010-Cairo, the Valorization of Sustainable Traditional Methods and Building Techniques , in “Heritage: A Model for Sustainable
Development, ICOMOS France- Euromed Heritage. Conference, 5-4 October, Paris, France. |
| -2009-Cosmopolitan Mansoura: Reality or Myth?, in “Patrimoines Partages: concept, gestion et memoire collective (Shared
Mediterranean Heritage: Concepts, Management & Collective Memory”. Alexandria and Mediterranean Center
Publication, Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Alexandria, pp 230-215. |
| -2008-Hammam Folklore Dynamics in Cairo: Lessons from Operation to Regeneration”.
Archnet-IJAR, International Journal of Architectural Research - Volume 2 - Issue 3 - November 2008. |
| -2008-The Reproduction of Popular Hammam: Applied on Tanbali, Bab El Shareyah. International Conference titled: The Traditional
Hammam: a Gift from the Past for the Future. Damascus, Syria |
| -2007-Appropriating the Traditional Hammam to Modern Needs: Community Life and Development. REHABIMED Conference, 15-12
July,Barcelona, Spain. |
| -2006-Housing for Low Income Groups, Egypt Case. CUIMPB Centre Ernest Lluch, Barcelona, Spain. |
| -2005-Public Art in New Towns: Guidelines for Improving Public Spaces. The International Conference on New Towns, Tehran, Iran. |
| -2005-Cosmopolitan Mansura, Real or Myth? Direction to the Management of the City’s Modern Heritage. A joined paper presented
to the International Conference for the Shared Mediterranean Heritage of the 19th and 20th Centuries. IRD, CAEDS Cairo
University and Bibliotheca Alexandrina. |
| -2005-The Roof Tops of Cairo in Literature and Photography: A Critical View for Design Decisions in the City Center. The Second
Conference of the Department of Architectural Engineering, Cairo University. |
| -2005-The Cairo Case: Urban Morphology and Architecture as a Memory of Historic Evolution. 49th IFHP World Congress,
Urban Futures: Continuities and Discontinuties, Rome, Italy. |
| -2004-The Rehabilitation of Cairo’s Modern Heritage: Conservation Management and Design Decisions. The Third Annual
Conference “Science and Technology in Archeology and Conservation”, Departement of Conservation Science, Queen
Rania Institute of Tourism and Heritage, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan. |
| -2004-Sustainable Building Design: Guidelines for Buildings Life Cycle. A joint paper presented at the first Conference of the
Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineer, Cairo University. |
| -2003-Port Said Architectural Heritage, joint exhibition, French Egyptian Society, Port Said. |
| -2002-«Innovation and Conservation: Case studies in Intervening with Valuable Buildings», UIA International Conference WPAHR on
Architecture and Heritage as a Paradigm for Knowledge and Development, Region, V, Bibloliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt |
| -2000-AlTorjuman Project: Multi-Culturalism as a New Paradigm, IASTE Seventh International Conference «End of Tradition», October,
Trani, Bari, Italy. |
| -1999-The Upgrading of the Urban Environment of Zamalek, 9th Conference of the Union of Egyptian Architects, «Architectural
Heritage and Urban Design |
| -1999-Port Said: The Future of the Architecture Heritage, an Exhibition held at Port Said Palace of Culture, Inaugurated by
the Governor |
| -1998-History Telling Through Garden Design: A Design process of a public Garden in Port Said, IASTE Sixth International Conference
«Manufacturing Heritage/Consuming Tradition: Preservation, Tourism, and Development in the Age of Globalization»,
December, Cairo, Egypt. |
| -1998-Conservation Policy for Zamalek Island, a Panel Session at IASTE Sixth International Conference, December, Cairo, Egypt. |
| -1997-Cultural Institutions and their Architecture in Nasser›s Egypt, a presentation at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University
of California, Berkeley, USA.
Port Said: Invoked Style and Contemporary Denial, IASTE Fifth International Conference “Identity, Tradition and the Built Form,
the Role of Culture in Development”, December 1996 ,17 – 14, Berkeley, California, USA. |
| -1996-Informal housing, and Income Generating Activities: the Case of Cairo, a presentation at The Istanbul University Workshop,
HABITAT II International Conference, Turkey. |
| -1994-Insider / Outsider Eye on the streets of Cairo, a joint paper presented at IASTE 1994 Conference, Tunis, Tunisia. It is published
through the Working Paper Series of the Center for Environmental Design Research, College for Environmental Design,
University of California at Berkeley. |
| -1994-What is After Restoration?, a paper presented at UIA, Egyptian Architects› Conference, Cairo. |
| -1994-Between Tradition and Modernity: The Dilemma of Contemporary Egyptian Architecture, Lecture Series, School of
Architecture, The University of British Colombia, Vancouver, Canada.
Policies in Public Culture and Their Architecture, a paper presented at EDRA 22 Conference, Oaxatabec, Mexico. |
| Recent Books : |
| -2017-Port Said: A Cosmopolitan Heritage Under Threat, in “Revitalizing City Districts: Transformation Partnership for Urban Design
and Architecture in Historic City Districts”. Edited by Abulfadl, ElKerdany and Wessling. Springer: The Urban Book Series.
Switzerland, pp 34-15. |
| -2014-Bahariyah Oasis: Pedagogy Source for Architecture Creativity, in “Architecture and Art: Artist Creativity Driven From Place
Energy”.Edited by Nadia El Madahkah. KATARA, Qatar, pp 132-115. |
| -2012-Sustainable Conservation in Egypt: Paradigm and Issues, in “Sustainable Mediteranean Construction”.Edited by De Joanna, Paola; Francese, Dora; Passaro, Antonio. FrancoAngeli s.r.l., Milano, Italy, pp 7-41. |
| Recent Prizes : |
| -2016-Award for the best practice in heritage conservation in the Arab world from ICCROM-ATHAR (Sharja Office) UNESCO |
| -2003-Second Prize, The New Sportive Club for the Workers of the Central Bank of Egypt, Cairo. |
| -2001-Second Prize, Bank Misr New Annex, Cairo. |
| -1998-Prize, Land Mark, Public Art work at the Northern Entrance of Suez Canal, Port Said. |
| -1998-Honorarium Prize, Senderella Tourist Resort, Mediterranean Sea, Teeba Company for Development. |
| -1996-Second Prize, Maspero Area Urban Planning, Cairo Governorate. |
| -1996-First Prize, Middle Income Housing Complex in Hadaek ElKobba, Cairo, The Engineers Company for Development and Urban
Investment. |
| -1995-First Prize, Mena Garden City Commercial and Recreation Center, 6th October City, Mena Company for Tourist and Urban
Investment. |
| Conferences : |
| -2008-UIA International Conference, July, Turin, Italy |
| -2005-UIA International Conference, July, Istanbul, Turkey |
| -2001-UIA International Conference, July, Berlin, Germany |
| -1999-UIA International Conference, June 26-23, Beijing, China. |
| -1998-Local Co-Director, 6th IASTE Conference «Manufacturing Heritage and Consuming Tradition», Cairo University in Cooperation
with University of California at Berkeley, December 19-15, Cairo. |
| -1997-Architecture of the Future, UIA Working Group, Helsinki, Finland. |
| -1997-Future of Arab Culture, Supreme Council of Culture, May 14-11, Cairo, Egypt. |
| -1997-The Arab Region Conference for Urban Planning and Sustainable Development for Arab Metropolitan, and Urban Centers,
Participated in a workshop titled: Capacity Building in Planning and Urban Management, The General Organization for
Physical Development and Planning, April 5-2, Cairo, Egypt. |
| -1996-Chairing a session in IASTE 1996 Conference, session title: «Elements of Urban Traditions: Analyzing Form», Berkeley, USA. |
| -1996-HABITAT II Istanbul Workshop, Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Architecture, Taskisla, 14-10 June 1996, Istanbul, Turkey.
Cairo International Conference, Improving the Living Environment for the Urban Poor: Towards Sustainable Development
(Preparing Meeting for HABITAT II), December 21-18, Cairo, Egypt. |
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