Thanks to the organizer for the invitation to talk about my design research on desert communities at this year's edition of the prestigious seminar in Camerino. I was also happy to see my sketches for Abha published in the last year’s seminar publication.
WAF 2023 JURY
The World Architecture Festival published the first group of jurors for the 2023 edition in Singapore. Glad to be part of it!! https://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/waf2023/en/page/judges
2A Archtalk 2022, Topic: Learning The Reality, Speaker: Cristiano Luchetti
2AA magazine published the video of my lecture “Learning The Reality,” where I talk about the ongoing decay of Architectural Design education in the Gulf and the valuable contribution of professional designers to contrast such phenomenon.
LECTURE @ POLIS UNIVERSITY / TIRANA
Visiting Polis University was a great experience. It is a very well-organized institution with good teachers. It is a really active place, and I look forward to seeing what the future will bring.
INVITED JUROR @ POLIS UNIVERSITY
I am looking forward to visit Polis University in Tirana where i will deliver a lecture and attend students presentations. This is the first stop of my May trip to southern east Europe. Next one will be Skopje in North Macedonia.
INVITED JUROR @ AJMAN UNIVERSITY
Thanks to Dr. Ayman Kassem for the kind invitation to the interior design 5 final reviews. I saw interesting work and great effort by the students.
INVITED SPEAKER @ LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
I thank the Lebanese American university for the opportunity for a theoretical reflection on my architectural journey, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. A synthesis highlighting the fundamental manifesto of the architecture I teach and practice. Architecture cannot be the expression of the designer's ego. It carries a social responsibility, and if it does not take sides, it is not architecture; it is just building design.
INVITED SPEAKER @ PRINCE SULTAN UNIVERSITY RIYAHD
Thanks to the SA Lab team for the invitation to be part of this exciting lecture series. Among many interesting topics presented by esteemed colleagues, I am glad to contribute to the discussion with our research on architectural and urban design solutions for the contemporary Arabian metropolis.
INVITED JUROR @ INSPIRELI
I thank the INSPIRELI team for the kind invitation to be a juror in the world’s largest architecture student competition. The level of the submitted projects is outstanding, and I wish all the participants the best of luck in competing in this year’s edition!
ABU DHABI MUNICIPALITY INNOVATION FORUM
It truly was a great honor to be selected and included among the presenters at the innovation forum. The Margham and Mina Zayed projects were highly commended, and we look forward to further collaborating with the local authorities.
Jury @ Simone Micheli Workshop / Ajman University
The workshop “From Interior Design to Graphic and Visual Communication” held at Ajman University in collaboration with Simone Micheli was a success. I am glad I was invited as juror for the final presentations. Students were engaged and enthusiastic about the 5 days intense educational experience.
INVITED SPEAKER @ INNOVATION FORUM
Participation in the Abu Dhabi Municipality Innovation Forum is another excellent opportunity to disseminate our research on architectural and urban design solutions for Arabian cities. I will present the projects we developed for Mina Zayed and Margham with students from UNIVPM and AURAK.
MARGHAM'S PROJECT PRESENTATION @ DUBAI MUNICIPALITY
The presentation to the Urban Planning Department at Dubai Municipality was an excellent opportunity for our team to initiate a possible research collaboration. We look forward to further occasions to provide more ideas on the future of desert settlements.
EVERYTHING ARCHITECTURE CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Happy to receive the certificate from the organizers of the event. Everithing Architecture was held as part of the Dubai’s International Building and Construction Show in December 2022. The session comprised a series of interesting interventions and discussion on buildings conservation and adaptation focusing on the Dubai’s context.
NEW BOOK CHAPTER
I am glad to announce the publication of the book “Urban Open Spaces toward the New Challenges of Adaptivity” which contains my chapter “The Characteristics of Dubai’s Public Spaces Some Differences to be Aware Of”. The book is published by FrancoAngeli Milano in the BETHA Open Access series and one can download it from this link:
https://series.francoangeli.it/index.php/oa/catalog/book/904
JURY @ WAF 2022
World Architecture Festival 2022 Day 2 Crit Room 3. Built Mixed Use Projects. Jury Panel: Philip Johnson (Senior Principal, Populous), Alastair Richardson (Principal Director, Cox Architecture), Cristiano Luchetti (Assoc. Prof. Aurak). Projects presented by Zaha Hadid Architects, Nikken Sekkei, Meccanoo, Woods Bagot. UN Studio, and many others. Congratulations to the Winners and the shortlisted.
Invitation for the Editorial Advisory Board of the book "Education Applications & Developments VIII"
I am delighted to join the editorial advisory board of this book. It is another excellent chance to learn from innovative and sophisticated pedagogic applications.
Learning from reality. Presentation @ 2a Arch Talk
Some pictures from my presentation at the 2022 2a Arch Talk in Dubai. I spoke about the decay of architectural design education quality and the role of practitioners in contrasting such an issue
SPEAKER @ EVERYTHING ARCHITECTURE
I am delighted to announce my participation as a speaker at the Architecture & Design Talks at Everything Architecture, taking place from 5 – 6 December 2022 in Za’abeel Hall 4, Dubai World Trade Centre. Apply now to attend my session: https://www.thebig5.ae/apply-to-attend-my-session
WAF 2022 JUDGES
I am happy to receive notification about my fellow jurors at the World Architecture Festival 2022 in Lisbon. I look forward to meet them both and take part in the Mixed Use typology projects presentations.
