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University of Illinois, Chicago
Keywords
Jamal Al-Qawasmi
King Fahd University for Petroleum
and Minerals, Department of
Architecture, PO Box 312, Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia
Keywords e-studio, digital design,
architectural design education, CAAD
Giorgio Alberti
Keywords Eros, HermAfrEros, myths
and mythology, archetypes, Carl
Gustav Jung
Columbia University in New York. She has taught at Columbia
University, Humboldt University, the New School, Pratt Institute and
METU. Akcan has received awards and fellowships from the Institute
for Advanced Studies in Berlin, the Clark Institute, the Graham
Foundation, the Getty Research Institute, the Canadian Centre for
Architecture, the Mellon Foundation, DAAD, Kinne, and
KRESS/ARIT. She is the author of (Land)Fill Istanbul, Çeviride
Modern Olan, Architecture in Translation (forthcoming) and Turkey:
Modern Architectures in History (with Sibel Bozdoğan, forthcoming).
› Book Reviews, International Journal of Islamic Architecture, 1.1, 151-168.
Jamal Al-Qawasmi obtained a B.Sc. in Architecture in 1987, M.Sc. in
Architecture in 1993, and a Ph.D. in Architecture in 1999 from Texas
A&M. Since 1993 he has taught architecture and design computing in
several universities and is involved in research and consultation. His
experience lies in several fields related to computer applications in
architectural education and practice such as programming, drafting and
3D modelling, photo-based 3D modelling, rendering and animation,
graphic design and image manipulation, panorama presentations, web
development, e-learning, collaborative environments, virtual reality,
stereo imaging and virtual reality. His interests include computermediated
collaborative design, virtual design education and
applications of virtual reality in architectural education. He has
published numerous articles, is the founding Chair of the Arab Society
for Computer Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD) and has
organized five international conferences in the field of computer and
information technology applications in architectural design and
education.
› Digital media in architectural design education: reflections on the e-studio
pedagogy, Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education, 4.3, 205-.
After a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering and a Ph.D. in Informatics
at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (Dr. sc. techn.
ETHZ) Giorgio Alberti has completed an MBA at the INSEAD in
Fontainebleau. After different positions in Management of
Multinational Industries and Consulting at international level he is now
owner of the AGB Strategy & Management Consulting in Muralto-
Locarno (Switzerland).