Sima Al Kanawati Başak Mah. - 4. Etap -1. Kısım- blok B3- daire 33- Başak şehir- İstanbul - Türkiye +90-5378207133 sima.kanawati@gmail.com Dear sir/ madam, I am applying for a Teacher position in the Faculty of Architecture of your University in Istanbul. I Hold a Bachelor's degree from Damascus University, 2000, and had a GOOD grade and the sixth order out of 142 students graduated on that academic year. I hold also a Postgraduate Diploma in Architectural Design in 2001 and have a VERY GOOD grade and the second order. I hold a Master degree in architectural design from Damascus University in 2014-2015; the thesis is about the roll and importance of space in architectural composition and have a VERY GOOD grade. I Practiced architectural work in several institutions before I started my own practice in 2006, along with academic teaching,since 2004 at the Private University of Sciences and Arts (PUSA) for three years, where I have taught Architectural and Urban Design, Theories of Architecture and AutoCAD under the supervision of distinct professors from the University of Krakow in Poland. Then I moved to the Arab International University (AIU) in 2007, and basically I have been teaching Architectural Design for the first year under the supervision of Dr. Mohammed Burhan Tayara since then. The teaching material provided by the League of AIU for Architectural Design is characterized by the focus on understanding the basics and principles of architectural design. Simplifying the design principles and putting them into practice through a variety of projects, in English language.enclosed to the letter, I attached some examples of the students work. Personally I benefited from these principles and has participated in an architectural competition and got the fourth prize, enclosed also to this letter. Additionally, I have good Office and computer skills throughout my work experience in different engineering institutions including governmental. I have become a certified trainer by attending a TOT (training of trainers) course in 2006, in addition to other skills development workshops, which helped me to improve my communication skills, especially with students and supported my teaching experience.
My volunteering experience in charitable organizations improved my skills in organizing events and workshops, by attending and organizing different training events. I am very happy to communicate with your university because of its high reputation and I am pleased to share with you my modest experience in case you accept my application in the beginning of first coming semester Please find enclosed my CV, my portfolio, and the contact information for three professors as referees. And I am ready to send any further information or translation for certificates if needed. I am available for interview at any time according to a prescheduled appointment, and looking forward to hearing from you shortly. Yours sincerely Sima Al Kanawati
References: 1- Dr.Arch. Omar Al Kouwatli Associate professor of Architecture Damascus University Arab International University Principal Consulting Group Al-Dar A.U.D. P.O.Box: 227 Damascus, Syria Tel +963-11-3338831 Fax +963-11-3342216 Mob +963-933-221428 Email kouwatli2@gmail.com 2- Dr.Arch. Wael Samhouri Associate professor of Architecture Damascus University & International University for Science & Technology Mob 00963933331322 Email samhouri@scs-net.org 3- Dr. arch Wlodzimierz Glen PhD. Eng. Architect & Town Planner, Professor Lecturer in Cracow University of Technology, Architecture Faculty- Krakow, Poland, (Visiting Professor in Private University of Science &Arts, Faculty of Architecture, Aleppo, Syria (2004 till 2010), Contact: tel. +48 793377422, or/and +48 12 6330709, e-mail: wlog39@yahoo.com, wlodzimierz.glen@wp.pl, address: Mazowiecka 46/27, 30-019 Krakow, POLAND
Arch. Sima Al Kanawati Mobile: +90-5378207133 E-mail: Address: sima.kanawati@gmail.com Başak Mah. - 4. Etap -1. Kısım- blok B3- daire 33- Başak şehir- İstanbul - Türkiye Social media Personal Information https://www.linkedin.com/in/sima-al-kanawati Nationality: Syrian. Birth: Damascus 4 th June 1978. Education 1995 Secondary Certificate-scientific section. 2000 Bachelor's degree in Architecture from the University of Damascus. 2001 Certificate of a post-graduate diploma in architectural design from the University of Damascus. 2015 Master degree in architectural design from the University of Damascus. Work Experience Oct.2015 to present Mar.2015- Oct.2015 Jun. 2011 Jun.2014 Oct. 2007 Jun.2014 Oct.2006 - Mar.2015 Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 Oct. 2004 - Oct.2007 Oct.2003 Jun. 2004 MORE DESIGN Company, Istanbul- Turkey, partner and senior architect working privately in interior design and furniture in Istanbul and achieved 4 apartments interior design and furniture layout. Coordinator of public relations and media section in Al-nada association (NGO) Assistant teacher at the Faculty of Architecture in the Arab International University (AIU) Damascus. Teaching architectural design, interior design, free hand drawing and executive drawings. Private Office authorized in the engineers union Damascus, Syria, Contracting & Consultations. Al-Ma moun center, trainer and course coordinator in decoration and interior design diploma. Assistant teacher at the Faculty of Architecture in the Private University of Science and Arts (PUSA), Aleppo, Syria. Teaching architectural design, theories of architecture, urban design and CAD Central Monitoring and Inspection Commission, Damascus Syria, oversight expertise on a range of projects as a private mission
Feb. 2001 Oct. 2004 Feb. 2001 Oct. 2007 Ministry of Education, school building restoration department, Damascus Syria. Senior architect part time architectural designer and site engineer with several institutions and engineering offices. Teaching Experience At PUSA, under the supervision of distinct professors from the University of Krakow in Poland, and in both English and Arabic, I have taught: Architectural design for 1st year's students for totally 60 students, 2 semesters Architectural design for 2nd year's students for totally 140 students, 4 semesters Architectural design for 3rd year's students for totally 75 students, 2 semesters Urban Design for 4th year's students for totally 75, 2 semesters Theories of Architecture for 2nd year's students for totally 140 students, 4 semesters And AutoCAD2&3d for 1st year's students for totally 60 students, 2 semesters At AIU, under the supervision of Dr. Mohamed Burhan Tayyara and other professors, and in both English and Arabic I have taught: Architectural design for the 1st year's students for totally 360 students, for 18 groups 20 students each, for 17 semesters, Architectural design for 3rd year's students for totally 80 students, three semesters, 4 groups 20 students each Building construction for 1st year's students for 9 students, one semester Executive drawings for 3rd year's students for 40 students, in two groups, one semester Free hand drawing for 1st year's students for totally 260 students in 13 groups for four semesters Interior design for totally 36 students in two groups for one semester Generally the students evaluation results was good Development of Courses/Instructional Material Architectural design: The teaching material provided by the League of AIU for Architectural Design is characterized by the focus on understanding the basics and principles of architectural design. Simplifying the design principles and putting them into practice through a variety of projects, personally, I have participated in developing and preparing the course continent for the year 2011-2012
Building construction: This course gives the basics of construction systems and materials in practical drawings Executive drawings: This is a practical course teaches the way of professional presentation for executive drawings of a project Interior design: Principles of interior design and working with interior space, fabrics, colors, visual and movement accesses Freehand drawing: The course teaches the basic skills of freehand sketching focusing on what the student of architecture needs to express and present his ideas in a correct and clear way Additional information Languages: Arabic Native English German Advanced Intermediate, Obtained a certificate in German language Zertificat Deutsch from (Goethe Institute Damascus) 1999 Turkish Intermediate (A1, A2, B1) levels in TÖMER institute Sabahttin Zaim University in Istanbul Computer programs: Auto Cad - 3DS-Max, Photoshop, and MS Office Full Clean Current Driving License Training 2013 Certificate in economic feasibility study by ELLAF TRAIN center Damascus 2011 Certificate in active learning by GLOBAL ACADEMY OF TRAINING AND CONSULTING - Damascus 2011 Certificate in preparing a business plan organized by JCI Damascus 2011 Certificate in project management (PMP) at the Dutch cultural center in Damascus 2011 Certificate in administrative skills development at AIDEAL CENTER 2010 Certificate in business communication in the American language center ALC 2008 certificate in renewable energy and power saving buildings at DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY and DAAD 2006 Certificate in training of trainers (TOT) at the Arab web for NGO s
2004 Certificate practitioner in Neural Linguistic Programming NLP 2003 Certificate diploma in Neural Linguistic Programming NLP at INLIPTA institution Architectural Awards and publishing 2014 article about symbolism in architectural space in the official magazine of Damascus University. 2009 fourth winner in the architectural competition (Social and Recreational club for engineers in suburb Qudsaya 2009 -Home for the elderly and an entertainment center), under the patronage of the Syrian society of engineers 2006 participation in the competition of the historical museum in Homs, under the supervision of General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums 2003 participation in the competition of the diplomatic quarter organized under the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2002 fourth winner in the architectural competition of urban design of Bludan under the auspices of the Ministry of Housing and Damascus Countryside Governorate Activities and interests Beside my interest in social work and training, I have benefitted from my abilities of coaching in leading architectural teams in most of the companies I have worked with. I also had the following activities: Participating in preparing the course continent of the first year for architectural design and free hand drawing for the summer course 2010-2011 and the first and second semester 2011-2012 in AIU Prepared a project s business plan for al-nada association and won the first price under the patronage of JCI junior chamber international, Damascus 2011 Membership of Syrian Architects society 2009 Contributing in the further education course on NEW and RENEWABLE ENERGIES AND ENERGY SAVING BUILDINGS in the frame of the 3 rd German Syrian environmental week 2008 Volunteer in Al-Nada association in Damascus and participating its different activities since 2006 Membership of Syrian engineers union 2000 Expedition with the Faculty of Architecture to the Technical University of Dresden in Germany 1999 and attending a workshop in historical analyses of buildings.
Arch. Sima Al Kanawati Mobile: +90-5378207133 E-mail: sima.kanawati@gmail.com Address Başak Mah. - 4. Etap -1. Kısım- blok B3- daire 33- Başak şehir- İstanbul - Türkiye Social media https://www.linkedin.com/in/sima-al-kanawati-1b230324 This port folio contains samples of my professional work in architecture, and samples of my students work. Sima Al kanawati
Professional work: My graduation project:2000 Professional complex for artists This project is a composition of three functions related to artistic works. Residential, art workshops, and presentation facilities including galleries and auditoriums It is located in Palmira, viewing the ruins of the ancient city in the middle of the Syrian Desert
Interior design samples: Nabeel sweets shop in Damascus 2003
Residential apartment in the mall of Istanbul- Istanbul, turkey 2015
Architectural design samples: residential building in Damascus 2004 Architectural study for restoration of a residential building in Beirut- Lebanon 2004 with Alkassem for engineering and trading co. Suggested Present
Site photos of project Jannat with alkassem co. It is a compound of 24 private villas built on 3 different types, on a 14000 sq. m land in Yaafour the suburb of Damascus. With a health club and a market place. I participated in design, shop drawings and supervising the site work.
Architectural compatition 2009- fourth prize winner Social and Recreational club for engineers in suburb Qudsaya Home for the elderly and an entertainment center Design Concept: 1-The idea of this project is about a plane moving in the opposite clockwise along the route determined by a curved line key. The frequency of this plane on the track generates a space eventually gives the form of the building. 2-Path selection in this way came to serve many things: curved shape gives flexibility to the configuration, which reflects the feelings of the users familiarity towards it. Movement of the path in this way creates an inner space within the cluster aimed at the introduction of nature into the building and creates
a vacuum in sympatric within a project. 3- The inner space has become the beating heart of the project because of being surrounded by the functions which are open to it. And can be reached from any, so it can be called interactive space. Functional analyses: MAIN ENTRANCE CAFETERIA ENTRANCE HELTH CLUB ENTRANCE MULTI PURPOSE HALL ENTRANCE CAR PARKING & STORAGE ENTRANCE
Students work at Arab International University 1- Summer semester 2009-2010, Architectural Design This is a summary of the first year s students work during the summer semester 2009-2010, which I participated in preparing the course plan and exercises. The course had tree access, the volumetric composition, functional design and architectural drawing The students started to work on creating a composition out of a number of cubes on a basic structural grid. Then, on a grid in a larger scale, each student presented his design and was discussed with teachers and colleagues.
After discussions, students draw their final design and presented it for evaluation The second stage was to study the functional design, starting with getting familiar with the personal measurements and body proportions, Then, each student worked on the primary unit form (the cube) and designed a residential apartment, working on interior and exterior design The final presentation was concentrating on architectural hand drawing techniques
2- Students work from different years in design course: First year students between 2007-20011 creating a volume using serial planes Creating a volume using different unit forms Using triangular structure to create a volume where the function is later studied as a religion studies complex
3- Students work from different years in free hand drawing course:
4- Students work from different years in interior design course:
Private University for Science and Arts students work between 2004-2007 Residential complex in Palmyra- Syria. 3 rd year students Characteristics of residential function in a desert climate Urban design projects 4 th year, Residential complex, introduction to urban esign City hall of the old city of Damascus, next to the historical fence of Damascus. 3 rd year students