Curriculum Vita 1- Personal Information: Name: Mazen Zuhdi Al Nabulsi - Married. Date and place of birth: 21-9-1963, Al Bireh. Position: Instructor, Dep. of architecture- College of engineering- University of applied sciences Place of settlement: Amman, 2- Academic Qualifications: - Master of (Urban planning and Design), Jordan University, 1994. Master thesis: (reexamining the human dimension of Amman Downtown) - Bachelor of Architecture, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan, 1987. 3- Areas of interest: - Reviewing and judgments of competitions and major projects to upgrade and develop architectural and planning concepts and implementation - urban design and design interventions setting regulations and guidelines to deal with the new generation of urban projects based on contemporary regional vocabularies - Conducting studies and reports on urban planning and design projects; analysis ' previous studies and prospects all are covered - Contemporary architectural theories and design process - the contemporary planning approaches of multi-disciplinary character and integrative approach - defining and training students and interest groups on the value and meaning of urbanization in relation to planning and environmental consideration
4- Major recent architectural and planning (practice and experience): - (Member of Specialized Planning and Architectural Projects review Committee at JEA( Jordan engineers association)) ; ( 2008-2009) examples on evaluated projects are: -- Tower at Abdali district (45000 sq meters). -- Major factory (109000 sq meters) at industrial zone- Amman,, -- Residential complex (51000 sq meters) - Na,or Amman -- 5 stars hotel and resorts (50000 sq meters)-dead Sea -- Commercial redevelopment within alsharq new city (24000 sq meters) - Al Zarqa. -- Alssaraya castle (planning and design of the hotel area) (60000sq meters) Aqaba -- Residential complex at (ein albasha) (23000sqm) Amman -- Cement factory (through north company)-(27000sqm)-amman --Housing project complex (50000sqm)-Amman --Mall (64000sqm)-Amman --Jordan investment bank (45000 sqm)- sixth circle - Amman -- Marriott hotel- (42000 sqm) Aqaba - member of council and supervision committee of environmental friendly buildings competition ( the third competition organized by JEA) - scientific committee coordinator of the 15 th architectural week ( desert architecture), dec. 2011 held by JEA - evaluation and review and development guidelines of master plan concepts of (major New residential albosheiri suburb)-(50000 sq meters built up area) - Amman-Feb.2009 - Head of supervision team and one of the two founders of the competition of (environmental friendly buildings) for the second year competition organized by JEA and support by a major construction industry company - (2009) - member of trainers team of the 1 st conservation and planning specialized course conducted in (sult city) with 45 participants including 5 architects from GAM, irbid municipality and other planning firms- 2008 covering urban design strategies -Design review projects for different typological buildings (conducting criteria evaluation and redesign criteria) USAID project (2008) - Part of studies and design team of universities lecture halls complexes at JUST, coordinated by prof. natheer abu obeid (2008).
-Proposing the winning technical proposal and tender of (Zara Resort Park) at Dead Sea pa -albasheer international consultants - (2007) - Part of team work of Aldeireh (residential complex at khilda; preparing the final report introduced to the client- (2007) - consultant: albasheer engineering international firm. - Physical planner in (Sahel al jazeera resort and housing project) at dead see- planned by albasherr international consultants; following Islamic tradition intentions in the architectural vocabulary (2007) - Supervision committee member in (sustainable building competition organized by LG Company and Jordan Engineers Association), (2007) - Member of many scientific committee's in JEA, most recently Coordinator of scientific committee of 4 th international conference on (high Rise Buildings) organized by JEA, head of scientific committee of the 13 th architectural week(resorts and landscape) held in June 2009 - participating in conceptual design for (major Justice Buildings); Design and urban design; in addition to (setting of standards and guidelines) Saudi Arabia (2006)-team head prof.natheer Abu obeid - Jury member in (his majesty king Abdullah the second bin al Hussein regional Park competition- Irbid)-(2006) - Supervision coordinator of (Sahab municipality Major Park Competition) - (2005) - Jury Member in (BEITONA) financial company competition (new down town center at Wadi Alremam) Organized by (baytona) real estates company (2002) 5- Academic and Professional Qualifications: Published papers: Analysis of the Socio-Cultural Heritage of Madaba - an Approach to Conservation of Heritage Buildings:-The Case Study of Dar Al Saraya in Madaba Ali Abu Ghanimeh, Ali El-Ghul, Rana Al Saqqa and Mazen Al Nabulsi Kamla-Raj 2010 Anthropologist, 12(1): 27-33 (2010) Academic qualifications: A. Feb. 2010-.: Instructor at dep. Of architecture- applied Science University teaching urban design, graduation project, design and history of architecture B- Oct.2006-2010: Instructor at dep. of architecture and dep. of urban planning, (JUST) teaching; urban planning, urban design, theory of urban design, contemporary architecture,, history of architecture,, graduation project
recent supervision (Jordan and( bilad alsham) history museum, airport planning and design, music and drama complex, urban design of old district of weibdeh). C- Jan. 1997 Oct. 2006:- Full-Time Lecturer-dep.of architecture-faculty of engineering, in the following Courses: - Graduation Project, Urban Planning, urban design, Architectural Design - Contemporary Architecture, history of architecture, Design Philosophy. - Part time Lecturer at Al Balqa Applied Univ. (approved by the Presidency office at JUST) in the academic years 2001, 2002, 2003, teaching graduation project, planning, urban development and planning theory courses for planning students at the faculty of planning and management. E- Sept. 1991-Jan. 1997:- - Teaching Assistant & Part Time Lecturer at Jordan University in the following courses: - Urban Design, Architectural Design, Basic Design, free hand drawings, Building Construction, and Graduation Project. F- Sept. 1987-1991:- Designer and Supervision architect in various projects; (Villa's and Apartments and public buildings). 6- other academic and research experience: Since 1998 recently: Concentration on directing planning and urban design courses on real practice issues and concerns: 2007- Recently: 1- The future of Amman city center; urban space change, urban form and morphology; alternate urban infill within sub districts 2- High rise policy; planning and implementation and design proposals in collaboration with the comprehensive planning department at amman greater municipality 3- Corridor intensification policy in collaboration with the greater Amman municipality planning team 4- Structural plan of the city of Irbid- Jordan 5- Redevelopment schemes for ajloun downtown students oriented project at ASU 2002-2006 1- Evaluation of (Greater Municipality of Irbid) experience; impacts, constrains And prospects 2- Urban infill in Amman downtown area 2000- (2002) 1- Team member in a study on: Jordan Planning Regions, coordinated By Dr. Fuad Malkawi in collaboration with (CERMOC)- French institution. 2- The development of Jarash city center and future opportunities (1999-2005)
Coordinating different student's redevelopment projects and downtown design development plans proposals for particular districts of: Jerash, Irbid and Amman. (1996) Feasibility study for (Al Abdali district- Amman) and its future Commercial planning criteria. (1995)- Within the collaboration between Univ. of Jordan and the European Union- three studies on redevelopment of the Jordanian city of Madaba, the Moroccan city of Fez, and the city of Tunis, with specified Planning and urban design future guidelines. (1993) Within the collaboration between Univ. of Jordan and Aga Khan Design unit at M.I.T. and Harvard; redevelopment of planning and design Criteria and intervention strategies for the Pakistani cities of: Kari Abad, Gilgit, Multan were adapted. 7- Conferences and Workshops:- a- International :- Major participation in :- 1- Symposium on (cultural resource management and ecotourism of Cretan settlements )-Greece- ( paper on the intrinsic values of the urban monuments of Jordan and their role in the future development ) --October 2008 2- Participation in (The international forum of architects; Abu Dhabi); April 2008 3- Workshop on Labor Market Evaluation -Rome/Napoli 1995. 4- Workshop on Conservation of Historic Cities-Rome/ Venice - 1994. 5- Heritage Conservation- in collaboration between Jordan University, Harvard University and M.I.T.- Karachi / Lahore/ Rawalpindi/ Kashmir, 1993. b- Regional: - Participation in the following events: Conferences: 1- Symposium on engineering education in the Arab world, Cairo- 2005 2- Yemeni architecture: a conference (a member in the Preparatory committee----sanna 2004 3- Planning roads network in the Arab world symposium, Aleppo Syria, 2003 4- Arab Engineering Consultations Conference (Paper on the Interrelated Dialogue between Academicians and Practitioners), Damascus-2001
5- Engineering Consultation in Palestine Conference (Paper on the Importance of Developing Engineering legislation to improve Consultation Work) ----Nablus, Palestine, 2000. Workshops:- 1- Participating in Arab universities architectural exhibition- Beirut-Lebanon- march. 2006 2- Economic Development and Labor Market- Nablus / Rome and Napoli -Italy----1995. 3- Conservation of Heritage Sites-Tunis /Fez- Morocco/ Venice-I Italy----1994. c- Local :- Participation in the following Conferences :- 1- Post War Reconstruction (paper on reconstruction of al-karama town in Jordan valley in collaboration with dr.kamel Mahadin, dr.ali Goul) --- Amman, 1993. 2- Heritage Conservation(paper on Evaluation of the Impact of Traffic Movement on Conservation Policies of The Downtown of Amman IN collaboration with Dr. Kamel Mahadin, Arch, Ihab Ammarin)------Amman,1993. 3- Architectural Identity (a preparatory committee member) -----Amman, 1998. 4- Towards Sustainable Environment conference (a member in the preparatory committee and scientific committee) ----Amman, 2000) 5- Threatened cities conference (a member in the preparatory committee and scientific committee, Amman, 2003) 6- Architectural weak: "Souq and commercial centers", organized by JEA, Amman. Member in the preparatory committee, 2005 In addition to wide spectrum of workshops and seminars on issues related to Architectural Identity, Architectural Education, Professional Practice, Planning, Legislation, and Project Implementation 8- References: 1- Prof. Natheer Abu-Obeid Dean of college of Architecture and Design -JUST Irbid- Jordan. 2- prof.imad Al Hashemi, prof. of urban and regional planning, faculty of architecture and design, JUST 3- Arch. Kamal Habash. Head of architectural chapter. Jordan Engineers Association 4- Arch. Ayman Zoaiter- associate and head of architects at Teibah consultants- Amman 9- Address:- Work: college of engineering- dep. of architecture- ASU E-mail: mazen1ster@gmail.com Home: Amman Tila a al ali district Mobile (00962-79-5577506) (00962-79-5350796) P.O.Box (Bayader Wadi Essir :140095--code:11814 ).