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Shorouq Tawfiq 

Co-Founder & Creative Director of Ritz for Interior Design 

A well-known interior design company that operates in Jordan and the region. 

Shorouq with her 15 years of experience developed a portfolio that includes residential and commercial projects, also includes hotels, offices and restaurants. she is recognized for bringing Design Psychology, Feng Shui into her designs. Her focus isn’t just about designing spaces that allow for people to improve their family functioning or work environment. Instead, she also seeks to study, examine, and explain how one’s surroundings impact their behavior in the first place. 

She is fluent in various styles. However, she believes in a contemporary style with a twist, yet also loves the chance to create totally modern interiors sometimes using antiques as punctuation. She believes in a sense of balance and proportion. She has extensive experience in decorative arts.

Another advantages of her wide experience is her furniture design making, long roster of unique sources for furniture, fabric, & objects and her touch of palette for the right colors and color combinations are widely recognized as a specialty in her work. 

From the republic democratic of Congo practising in south Africa. 

My architectural philosophy consists of finding the right balance between being innovative,responsive, financially and enviromentally aware, in order to make good architecture accessible to all.

My Design process consist of 3 things:

1. Understanding the context 
2. Responding to the user needs
3. Exploring new ways of resolving issues from the first two points

I believe Architecture should be pushing its boundaries and that each building should not just be a functional structure but a unique answer to a social, a contextual or even an economical problem.

I am intrested in architectural heritage, historical buildings rehabilitation and cultural landscape (urbanism). I am also intrested in cities of culture and its projection on social development and sustainable tourism.

Urban renewal of the heritage core city areas of South Asian cities.

Vice President, AECOM Canada Architects Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Samuel Óghale Oboh (Sam) is a highly accomplished architect, resourceful leader and design management specialist committed to innovation, stewardship and achieving excellence for the greater public good. He is the 2015 President of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) – the first Canadian of African descent to lead the 110-year-old professional organization.

interactive and kinetic design

My architectural focus is developing concepts using contemporary methods, theories, and programs, while  researching them throughout all architectural phases that transfer the ideas to reality.

I am an architect and interior designer, reasearching the theme of biological materials in architecture.

Interior architecture & design

I am pretty clear what architecture means to me, and after 50 years of being in this profession on three continents, I will not change my mind. There are great architects out there, and I just hope they see clearly the development of our profession. It is not about YOU anymore, it is about the survival of our planet. Please take this seriously!

Architecture is an emotional experience.

When artificial intelligence is used to build superstructures, then the human input can only be done by designers with great imagination and vision. High-Tech is terrific if it is applied to social benefit. We forget so quickly that everything we make, including artificial intelligence, comes from the raw materials of this planet.

I can see that people are fascinated by monstrous shiny skyscrapers, but the reality is, that this is nothing more than modern human anthills. Who wants to live there with thousands of others?

We should integrate the beauty of Nature harmoniously into our architecture. The grand design of Nature (mountains, valleys, meadows, lakes, streams, oceans shores) gives us enough inspiration to follow the idea to compliment Nature, instead of destroying it.

• PhD thesis in the field of cinema, city and sociology of art.
• Professor of Azad University of Iran (Science and Research Branch & Central Tehran Branch)
•  Co-founder of the design studio of Ravanshadnia and colleagues since 2011
•  First place in the International Architectural Competition for the Design of the Great Square of Azerbaijan 2015.
• 3rd place in the International Architectural Competition  INSPIRELI AWARD2016(Azerbaijan Square)
• Finalist of the Asia-Berlin Architecture Biennial 2017 Award.(Azerbaijan Square)

• Cooperation with Tehran Hashtak Consulting Engineers from 2009 in projects:

  ·        Design of phase zero and one in horse racing series in Norouzabad, Tehran

  ·        Design of phase 1 in Research Institute of Medical Sciences University in Tabriz University

  ·        Internal design of Amphitheater Hall in Malayer University

  ·        Design of library in Malayer University

• Cooperation with Consulting Engineers Firm of Palardej Tehran (Shiraz Branch) on 2007

  -         Design and draw of phase 2 in Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kongo-Kinshada Africa country

• Different residential and commercial projects independently.

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  Member of the brilliant talent club and elite of the Islamic Azad University of Science and Research Branch of Tehran

My focus is on generative design in architecture as well as extending our tools and capabilities through collaboration with algorithms and technology. My daily job is based on creating algorithms that can solve various design and engineering problems in architecture through parametric and computational design, as well as different simulation and optimization techniques. 

I am currently a PhD student at the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade. My research topic is based on 3D Graphic Statics and developing new algorithms for it (a topic that Block Reseacrch Group from ETH is also exploring).

During 2019. I was a Inspireli finalist. 

I have served in this profession for over a decade as an academacician and have been working as a practicioner in field as well. I have always focused on how bringing nature close to the humans daily activities and spaces by making them part of it as nature has a magical answer for many problems from healing to calmness, from energy saving to mood bootness etc. I belief you can do wonders with it. 

Simplicity.

Analysis, Understanding the project, need of the project, respecting the site climate and requirment.

Architecture is following rules with freedom...

                                            - Kazi Niaj Hossain.