Dr. Rasha Sayed Mahmoud

Flying Faculty for BIFCA and Link Tutor for BIFCA & SHAPE

Birmingham School of Architecture and Design

Email:: Rasha.sayed@bcu.ac.uk

Rasha has a PhD in environmental architecture design and urban planning, and has been in international private practice as a licensed professional architecture consultant for sixteen years. By 2017/2018, Rasha finished her program as a Visiting Scholar at MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Urban Planning Department DUSP, sustainable cities program that enriches the personal capabilities to teach, practice, and contributes to global development policies and strategic plans. The project research title was “Promoting local community integration in world heritage site planning: George Town, Penang, Malaysia”. Currently, she is working as a lecturer on Birmingham City University’s Landscape Architecture programme.

Rasha graduated from Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering - Architecture Department 2004, then got a scholarship to finish her Masters' Degree from Scuola Superiore di Catania, Italy class 2009/2010, in Landscape Design, and Environmental Planning. In 2010, she started her P.HD studies in Landscape Design and Urban Planning, from Cairo University. Thesis Title “Climate change and Sea Level Rise impact on Coastal Urban Communities - Environmental urban design as an approach to mitigate and adapt with changes on North Egyptian Coastal Lines”. In 2018, she finished the program of Professional Trainer Board Member, from Missouri State. Currently, during her work as a lecturer at Cairo University and MSA University. Also, she is the CEO of SAAB Consultants & Design firm and is affiliated with P4CA, Planners for Climate Actions, UN.

Rasha has been working parallel with different authorities in the field of climate change actions for several years. She worked in implementing development for climate actions on different levels of architecture, urban planning, and environmental landscape design while respecting local stakeholders and peoples' reactions. Rasha has experience in the field of cities and development policies, climate change, safer cities, resilience cities, and other cross-cutting issues as her practice for more than 15 years inside Egypt and on an international scale in cooperation with different authorities for research and scientific papers.

Areas of Expertise

Qualifications

Publications

Sayed R., Shiba A. “The role of architectural design in raising the efficiency of temporary Infection Isolation to deal with epidemics as an alternative to public hospitals palaces”. In proceeding of Journal of Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology. ISSN No: 1006-7930. June, 2020.

Sayd R. “Promoting local community integration in world heritage site planning: George Town – Penang, Malaysia” In Proceedings of MIT-UTM Sustainable Cities Program, MIT Journal, 2017, USA.

Sayd R., Zaki R., 2015. “Climate change impact on Egyptian shorelines Living shorelines as a tool to mitigate Sea level rise,” In Proceedings of Urban Planning and Architecture Design for Sustainable Development conference, UPADSD 14- 16 October 2015, practices and policies, Salintro University, Italy.

Dabaieh M., Sayd R., 2014. “Affordable sustainable earth bag housing; achieving indoor thermal comfort in low cost housing in Egypt,” In Proceedings of the National conference on advancing the green agenda – technology, practices and policies, Dubai.

Dabaieh M., Sayd R., 2013. “Climatic responsive and energy efficient design strategies for contemporary vernacular buildings,” In Proceedings of the International Conference on Vernacular Architecture, CIAV2013 | 7ºATP | VerSus, Vila Nova Cerveira, l, 16-20 October 2013, Portugal.

Sayd R., Adel R., El Chafei S., 2014. “Living and sustainable Egyptian shorelines as a tool to mitigate natural hazards and sea level raise,” In Proceedings of the International UIA Conference, 2014 South Africa.

Sayd R., Moaty D., El Chafei S., 2014. “Sustainable heritage trail restoration development of the historical dead/live Cairo,” In Proceedings of the International UIA Conference, 2014 South Africa.

Sayd R., Moaty D., El Chafei S., 2014. “Festival city as a tool for urban cities development – El Mulid case study in Egypt,” In Proceedings of the International UIA Conference, 2014 South Africa.

Sayd R., Hassanein G., Abdelalaal K., 2012. “Dynamic Public Spaces emerges from Political Manifesto Movements,” In Proceedings of the ICUC8 – 8th International Conference on Urban Climates, 6th-10th August 2012, UCD, Dublin Ireland.

Books

URBAN COORPORIS BOOK- THE CITY AND THE SKIN, Chapter “City skin as a mediator between people and their dreams - Mediating between Cairo’s ancient recall and future dreams”. URBANCORPORIS, Books of Architecture, Art, Philosophy and Urban studies to nourish the Urban Body. Milocco Borlini M., di Loreto L., Amadori C. (Eds.). (2020). Urban Corporis. The city and the skin. Florence, Italy: I.U.V.A.S. Firenze; lulu.com. ISBN: 9780244552596. January 2020

Articles

Landscape Magazine – Middle East. “How to implement sustainable shorelines, tools to manage natural hazards and sea level rise in Egypt”. Volume May 2019.

Landscape Magazine – Middle East. “Ring Road development, socio-economic and cultural development in Cairo”. Volume September 2019.