Abdurrahman Mohamed

Dr. Mohamed is a hardworking and dynamic professional with 35 years of experience in the profession and 25 years in academia. He worked in several universities in Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Turkey. He also worked as an urban planning consultant for the Palestinian Ministry of Planning and the United Nations. He became the head of department of Architectural Engineering, the Islamic University of Gaza and the Director of its IWAN Center for Architectural Heritage. Dr. Mohamed took the lead in several activities in the University of Bahrain. In 2012 he chaired the organizing committee for the First Architectural Heritage Photography Competition. In 2013, he became the coordinator for the Eskan Bank Award for Creative Engineering and in 2014, he coordinated for the Ministry of Transportation Award for Innovative Transport Systems. In 2018 he joined Antalya Bilim University and in 2018 he was the initiator and organizer for the cooperation agreement between the university and Kepez Municipality. He also was the initiator and organizer for Urban Design Competition hosted by Antalya Kepez Municipality. Dr. Mohamed has been teaching several courses including all levels of architectural design studio, graduation project, urban planning, sustainable urban planning, urban design, sustainable urban design, urban theories, history of architecture, environmental aesthetics, phenomenology of architecture, architectural conservation, landscape architecture and urban sociology. He participated in several refereed international conferences and workshops in Palestine, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UK and Turkey. His research interests cover several topics including theory and practice of urban planning, sustainable urban design and planning, management of architectural heritage, environmental aesthetics and urban sociology.