What is the Role of Architecture

About the Guest

Ramy Bakir has received his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees from Ain Shams University (ASU), Cairo, Egypt. He is currently Co-founder and General Manager at ASAS, and is also Assistant Professor at the Department of Architectural Engineering and Environmental Design at the Arab Academy for Science and Technology (AAST), Cairo, Egypt. Throughout his 18 years of practicing and teaching design he has won 4 local and international design awards, and contributed to many design projects in Egypt and the Middle East Region by collaborating with many engineering consultancies. He managed more than 100 projects as Design Principal at the ASAS; the Egyptian based design firm which he cofounded in 2009. He has also instructed 5 courses where he experimented with students in design, building and presenting creative and innovative ideas. He has conducted several empirical studies and has published several articles and papers focusing on the situated design process in architectural practice and pedagogy.