Prof Salma Damluji
Trustee
Professor of Architecture in the Islamic World at the American University of Beirut (2013-2024), Founder and Chief Architect Daw‘an Mud Brick Architecture Foundation (2007-2024) and founder of Earth Architecture Lab. She worked with the Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy in Cairo, in 1975-6 and in 1984–5.
Graham Modlen
Trustee
Architect and academic. Architecture Design Tutor at Greenwich University, Trustee Daw’an Eco Arch Ltd, Design Director Atelier SET Architecture, worked with Zaha Hadid Architects for 17 years. Consultant architect for James Burrell and team in London and with Tomas Amat studio in Alicante.
Peter Murray OBE
Trustee
Co Founder New London Architecture, Chair Temple Bar Trust, Founder of the London Festival of Architecture, Adjunct Professor IE University, Madrid, Member of King Salman Charter of Architecture and Urbanism Advisory Committee.
Sanne Letschert
Advisor
Sanne Letschert is director of Cultural Emergency Response (CER) – Combining art history, cultural diplomacy and memory studies, her interest in the relationship between heritage and communities drives her in this work. One of her main goals is to inspire and promote a more locally-led and inclusive approach to cultural- and humanitarian relief.
Viola Bertini
Collaborators
Viola Bertini is a Researcher at Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Architecture and Design. She obtained her PhD with a thesis on Hassan Fathy. Her research spans from heritage landscapes to the relationship between tradition and modernity in the work of several 20th-century architects.
Jacopo Galli
Collaborators
Jacopo Galli (Crema, 1985) is currently an associate researcher at FEEM Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and project manager for the Venezia Sustainability Foundation-VSF. Since 2014 he has been dealing with the topic of urbicides and reconstructions and organising the “Urbicide Syria” conference.
Alejandro Garcia Hermida
Collaborators
Alejandro Garcia Hermida, Executive Director of the Traditional Building Cultures Foundation and Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Madrid, his professional practice has been focused on traditional architecture and the restoration of historic buildings, mainly in Spain and Morocco.
Rui Leão
Collaborators
Rui Leão is Secretary-General of the International Union of Architects (UIA), and immediate past President of CIALP, the International Council of Portuguese Speaking Architects. He is Chair of Docomomo Macau. His practice is based in Macau, advocating socially responsible architecture and urban planning.
Mohammed K. Al Shaqra
Collaborators
Mohammed is a civil engineer with over seven years of experience leading humanitarian programs, coordinating international cooperation efforts, and supporting cultural heritage preservation in crisis-affected settings. He has directed emergency response, managed donor-funded projects, and contributed to initiatives integrating cultural resilience and built heritage into recovery strategies.
Maryam Safe
Regenerative Systems and Funding Strategist
Maryam Safe is a cultural strategist, designer, and educator specialising in holistic and regenerative design. A Teaching Fellow at Coventry University, she brings a multidisciplinary approach, integrating art history, social anthropology, ecological design, and holistic systems thinking to cultivate a deep, place-based understanding of design. Rooted in environmental activism, her work emphasises care and belonging, ensuring that places are shaped in ways that honour their histories, communities, and potential.
Egypt
SIWA Oasis Workshop
Volunteers Training Programme 2019 – 2024
Iuav, Venice 2013
Oman
Yemen
India
Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Dummy cover, The Architecture of Mehrangarh, Laurence King Publishing 2013
Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Dummy cover, The Architecture of Mehrangarh, Laurence King Publishing 2013
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