Jury

Sustainability, Ecology

Saimir Kristo, Ph.D. is an architect and urban designer, Vice-Dean and lecturer in the Faculty of Architecture and Design at POLIS University. Saimir is also an alumnus of the International Visitor Leadership Program organized by the State Department of the U.S.A and a member of civil society. He is active in engaging communities and developing a common platform for discussion in the field of architecture and urban planning. He is the curator of Tirana Architecture Week 2014 - [En] Visioning Future Cities and Tirana Design Week 2015 – Design NOW, following his experience in several Urban Regulatory Plans in Albania. Keynote speaker in several conferences and member of international award juries.  He is a board member of A10 new European Architecture Cooperative in the Netherlands, Future Architecture Platform project manager for Albania and organizer of PechaKucha Night Tirana. His research activities extend out of Albania with books and various publications in international journals.

With Focus on Concept Design & Design Develooment of Residential,Comerical and Mixed Use Mega Project in Lebanon and Gulf Region 

Urban Designer

interior design

Expo 

Exterior design

My focus in Architecture since I got my PhD degree in 2017 has been on multiple fields. My main interest is environmental design and energy efficiency in buildings. This appears greatly in my researches and the courses I teach. I am interested in sustainability and how it can be achieved in both architecture and urban levels.
My focus in architecture as well is interior design. I teach interior design course for senior year where I highlight the interior space planning along with the lighting, furniture, materials, textures, design styles and flooring designs.

I also teach architecture design courses where I teach students the design principles, design considerations and site analysis. How to study the form, mass and void to present an integrated design project.

A Creativity enthusiast interested in experimenting in the intersection of the triad:  Architecture, Art and Computational design strategies … Through “Allegory”, Sana combines her passion for Architecture and Art in order to understand the abstract aspects of human conducts ..

She has participated and/or exhibited her work in several local & International art and architecture events such as: World urban forum Kuala Lampur/Malaysia 2018, Arab Architects Awards-Beirut 2018 - Art & Architecture day/LU 2018 - Beirut Art/Design Fair 2019 ...

Architecture Design Theory and Criticism

Architectural Pedagogy

The relation between the Architecture and the context.

The relations between land and sea (port-cities and port-regions).

Historical city and its regeneration.