Integrating Biophilic Design into Mosque Design to Improve Their Environment and Restore Their Role in the Egyptian City
Personal Biography
Ph.D. in Environmental and Landscape Architecture, Assiut University, (Egypt) and Duke University, (USA) and Post Doctor Studies, Center of Urban Design and Traffic, Illinois Univ., Chicago, USA.
• Worked in Assiut University, Professor and Head of the Architectural Department, Mansoura University, Dean of the Higher Institute for Technology and Engineering and Professor of Architecture, The British University in EGYPT (BUE).
• Member of the Permanent Technical Committee for Preparing the Egyptian Code for Quality of Life Indicators- Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, Egypt.
• Head of the committee for Registering Heritage Buildings, Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate.
• Awarded the Second Prize in two Architectural Competitions: Mubarak Medical Institute for Cancer Treatment- Faculty of Medicine- Zigzag University and The Electronics Institute, Academy of Scientific Research, Ministry of Higher Education.
• Co-Author for an architectural book "Visual Studies and Visual Pollution" (under publishing).
• Published several research papers in Environmental Landscape, Architectural Heritage Conservation and Architectural Education. Attended, reviewed and presented scientific papers in national and international conferences.
• Supervising and reviewing more than 70 M.Sc. thesis and Ph.D. dissertations in Ain Shams, Cairo, Aswan, Mansoura, and Zagazig, Assiut, Minia, Menofia, Tanta, Zagazig, Imam AbdulRahman Bin Faisal University and AASTMT.
• Peer-reviewed for many research papers for national and international scientific journals.
• Reviewer for the promotion of professors and associate professors: The Egyptian Supreme Council and other Authorities and Universities (USA, Yemen and Gaza).
• Jury member for research projects and architectural competitions: Mansoura University campus, The Engineers Syndicate Members Club in Damietta and The "Quality of life in Our Eyes" competition, Arch Space International Group.
• An active member of Farouk ElBaz Centre for Sustainability and Future Studies, BUE.
• Member of the Manual Committees for the Environmental Fundamentals and Urban Harmony in Protected Areas, National Organization of Urban Harmony, Culture Ministry.
Honors and Awards:
• Second Prize in the Architectural Competitions for Mubarak Medical Institute for Cancer Treatment- Faculty of Medicine- Zigzag University
• Second Prize in the Architectural Competitions for The Electronics Institute, Academy of Scientific Research, Ministry of Higher Education.
Paper Abstract
Integrating Biophilic Design into Mosque Design to Improve Their Environment and Restore Their Role in the Egyptian City
Many studies emphasize the role of biophilic design in enhancing human well-being and providing healthy spaces in harmony with nature and help in reducing stress, especially with the negative effects of recent technologies on various human activities.
As many worshipers in many newly built mosques suffer from the lack of functionally, psychologically, and environmentally comfortable spaces in mosques designs, this paper aims to provide solutions and approaches integrating biophilic patterns into mosques designs. This can be achieved by:
- identifying and classifying different biophilic design patterns and benefiting from their effects.
- identifying the relationships between mosque design and biophilic patterns in terms of psychological, cognitive, and psychological impact.
- using surveys to assess people's responses to biophilic patterns that can be provided in the mosque according to the spatial, cultural, and environmental conditions surrounding the mosque.
- The research also deals with analysing a case study for applying biophilic design patterns to improve human well-being worshipers in functional, physiological, physical, and social aspects.
Key words: Biophilic Design- Mosque Design
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