Architect / Urban Designer / Researcher Bahaa Bou Kalfouni

Gdansk University of Technology / Department of Urban Design and Regional Planning
Gabriela Narutowicza 11/12
80-233 Gdańsk
Poland

Architect Researcher Teacher/Educator Urban Designer (Urban, City, and Town Planning)

PhD Candidiate

Short CV

Bahaa Bou Kalfouni is an architect and urban designer in practice. Since 2019, he combined his professional career with research tools. His research interests include urban transformation and revitalization, with a special focus on degraded disadvantaged neighborhoods such as slums and informal settlements. Bahaa is focusing on developing sustainable transformation design strategies in cooperation with local communities and authorities "putting humans at the core"

Facts

Geographical Regions of Work

Middle East /Europe

Keywords

Architecture, Urban Design, Urban Poverty, Substandard housing, Refugees, Immigrants, Vulnerable Community, Sustainably, Low-cost Intervention, Technology, Socio-economic development,

Expertise

Academic Research | Academic Teaching

Construction Methods/Techniques

Low-Cost

Material Characteristics

Low-Tech, Natural, Recycled/Reused Materials, Traditional, Vernacular/Local/Indigenous

Languages

English, Arabic, Italian

Role in DesignBuild Network

Academic Partner/Teacher | Researcher

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