DALILA ELKERDANY, Ph.D. Professor of Architecture and Urban Design 6 Dokki st. #32, Giza, Cairo 12311, Egypt, tel (202) 748 9724 fax (202) 761 3807 dalila.elkerdany@gmail.com Place & date of birth: Cairo, July 21, 1956. Education: 1992 Cairo University, Ph.D., Architecture, "Cultural Facilities and Community Development in Egypt: policies, buildings, and settings for public culture" 1990 UC Berkeley, Studies in "Computers in Architecture" and in "Social and Cultural Bases of Design" 1986 Cairo University, M.Sc., Architecture, "Change in Architecture and Physical Treatment of Residential Areas in Cairo: an emphasis on facades" 1979 Cairo University, B.A., Architecture Experience: 2006- present Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University 2006- present Chairman, Mimar Engineering Consultancy 2010- present Director of the Center for Architectural and Engineering Design Support, Cairo University 2006- present Cairo University, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the Department of Architecture 2007- present Member in the Architecture Committee, Supreme Council of Culture, Ministry of Culture. 2006- present Chairman of the Port Said Conservation Committee, Governorate of Port Said. 2005- present Member in the Committee for Historic Areas, The National Organization for Urban Harmony, Ministry of Culture. 2006- present Jury Member of Thyssen Krupp AG International Architecture Award. 2010-2011 Main Researcher for ARCHEUROB: The Enhancement of the Archeological Park as a tool for Regional and Urban Regeneration, Locations: Baia Spas Archeological fields, Phlegrean, Italy; Bahariya Oasis, Egypt; and Almohade Garden, Marrakesh, Morocco. Performer Body:
Fondazione Internazionale per gli Studi Superiori di Architettura and the Center for Architectural and Engineering Design Support, Cairo University. 2006-2010 Member in the Consulting Committee of Art, Bibliotheca Alexandrina. 2000-2005 Cairo University, Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture 2002-2004 The National Center for the Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage CULTNAT, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Main Researcher for the Documentation of the 19 th and early 20 th century architecture of Mansoura city. 2005-2008 Mimar Engineering Consultancy (S.A.E.), Main Researcher for the research project: Hammam: Multidisciplinary Methods of Analysis in the Mediterranean Region, A European Commission Funded Research, (FP6-2003-INCO-MPC-2, Contract No.: 517704). 2000-2003 Cairo University, Main Researcher for the research project: Heritage Conservation & Management in Egypt and Syria HERCOMANES. The following consortium participates in the project: Institute de Recherche et Detudes sur la Mediterranee et le Moyen-Orient (GREMMO), Instituo Universitario di Architettura di Venizia, Faculty of Architectural Engineering at the University of Aleppo, and the Center for Architectural and Engineering Support at Cairo University. 2001 The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Technical Reviewer for nominated projects in Izmir and Antalya, Turkey. 1999-present 1996-present Mimar Engineering Consultancy (S.A.E.), Managing Director University of California at Berkeley, International Correspondent and Editorial Advisor for the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE) 1992-2000 Cairo University, Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering 1992-1999 Consulting Group Gamal Bakry and Associates, Partner and Managing Director 1993-1994 Regional Information Technology and Software Engineering Center (RITSEC), Architectural Consultant, for project on the Documentation of the Islamic Monuments of Cairo 1987-1992 Cairo University, Assistant teacher, Department of Architecture 1990-1991 Mark Mac Office (San Francisco), Architect 1980-1987 Cairo University, Instructor, Department of Architecture 1979-1989 Egyptian and German Consultancy for Physical Development (E+G), Architect, Designer and Urban Planner 1980-1981 Kiemel Kreidt und Partner Engineers (Berlin), Architect Grants and fellowships: 1993 USIS International Visitors Program Grant for Studying Urban and Architecture Conservation in the United States 1989-1991 USAID Peace Fellowship Program at the College of Environmental Design, The University of California at Berkeley
Papers, Lectures and Exhibitions: 2010 Cairo, the Valorization of Sustainable Traditional Methods and Building Techniques, in Heritage: A Model for Sustainable Development, ICOMOS France- Euromed Heritage. Conference, 4-5 October, Paris, France. 2009 Popular Hertage: Under Sustainability Threats. In Towards a New Architectural Vision: Presentation and Representation, ARCHCAIRO 5 th International Connference, Cairo, December 16-17. 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 215-230. 2008 Hammam Folklore Dynamics in Cairo: Lessons from Operation to Regeneration. Archnet-IJAR, International Journal of Architectural Research - Volume 2 - Issue 3 - November 2008. 2007 Appropriating the Traditional Hammam to Modern Needs: Community Life and Development. REHABIMED Conference, 12-15 July, Barcelona, Spain. 2006 Housing for Low Income Groups, Egypt Case. CUIMPB Centre Ernest Lluch, Barcelona, Spain. 2005 The Cairo Case: Urban Morphology and Architecture as a Memory of Historic Evolution. 49 th IFHP World Congress, Urban Futures: Continuities and Discontinuties, Rome, Italy. 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 19 th and 20 th 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. 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, 9 th 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. 1996 Port Said: Invoked Style and Contemporary Denial, IASTE Fifth International Conference Identity, Tradition and the Built Form, the Role of Culture in Development, December 14 17, 1996, 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. 1991 Policies in Public Culture and Their Architecture, a paper presented at EDRA 22 Conference, Oaxatabec, Mexico. Prizes, and Competitions: 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, 6 th October City, Mena Company for Tourist and Urban Investment. Conferences: In addition to all the conferences where the papers were presented, 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 23-26, Beijing, China.
1998 Local Co-Director, 6 th IASTE Conference "Manufacturing Heritage and Consuming Tradition", Cairo University in Cooperation with University of California at Berkeley, December 15-19, Cairo. 1997 Architecture of the Future, UIA Working Group, Helsinki, Finland. 1997 Future of Arab Culture, Supreme Council of Culture, May 11-14, 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 2-5, 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, 10-14 June 1996, Istanbul, Turkey. 1995 Cairo International Conference, Improving the Living Environment for the Urban Poor: Towards Sustainable Development (Preparing Meeting for HABITAT II), December 18-21, Cairo, Egypt.