Dr  Waleed  Al Sayyed  

  Director Lonaard and Dar Mimar

Title of presentation :KEY NOTES ON THE SOCIO-CULTURAL PARADIGM EMBEDDED IN REGIONAL PLANNING & URBAN DESIGN OF EXISTING TOWNS AND SETTLEMENTS   THE CASE OF MAJOR SCHEMES IN JORDAN
 

I am an architect, urban designer, scholar and critic, founder and director of Lonaard and Dar Mimar Group in London.  I have participated, as a lead designer, in the development of important projects across the Gulf and the Middle East. For the past 15 years.  I have published over 120 articles on architectural theory/criticism and urban design. My research interests include heritage conservation and the study of complex buildings within urban and regional contexts, the morphology of urban space, design methodologies and architectural criticism, and - on broader theoretical and sociocultural dimensions - architectural space, form and function within the question of tradition, identity and globalization.