Research*
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RESEARCH PAPERS and PUBLICATIONS ______________________________________________________________________________
REFEREED
Yasser G. Aref "Adoptive reuse of Fire House # 2" Applied Research (option) Paper Topics, City and Regional Planning Program. College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994.
Yasser G. Aref, "Rural Tourism: An Approach to Rural Development", the 3rd Conference of Egyptian Rural Development, University of Menofeya, Faculty of Engineering, Egypt, September 2001.
Yasser G. Aref, "Value Engineering Applications in Architecture", Al-Azhar 7th Engineering International Conference, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, April 2003.
Yasser G. Aref, "Controlling the Expansion of Rural Settlements in Egypt", the 4th Conference of Egyptian Rural Development, University of Menofeya, Faculty of Engineering, Egypt, September 2003.
Yasser G. Aref, "Tourism as a Key Component in Urban Conservation Plans", the 1st International Conference on Architectural Conservation between Theory and Practice, Dubai, UAE, March 2004.
Yasser G. Aref, "Development of Desert Settlements, Case of Siwa Oasis Egypt," the 1st Conference, Arch-Cairo. Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, February 2004.
Yasser G. Aref, Mohsen Ibrahim, "Architectural and Planning Aspects in Future Cities", the 1st Conference. Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, April 2004.
Yasser G. Aref, "Revitalization of Downtowns, Downtown Alexandria Rediscovered," Ismarmed, International Seminar for Mediterranean Heritage, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, March, 2005.
Faisal Abdel Maksoud, Yasser G. Aref, Mona Ezzat, "The Role of Private Sector in Rural Development," the 5th conference of Egyptian Rural Development, University of Menofeya, Faculty of Engineering, Egypt, September 2005.
Yasser G. Aref, "Alexandria's Forgotten Architecture, Defensive Buildings of Alexandria", First Euro Mediterranean Regional Conference, Traditional Mediterranean Architecture. Present and Future, RehabiMed, Barcelona, Spain, July 2007. (poster session)
Yasser G. Aref, The Informalization of Heritage, The Case of The Turkish Town, Alexandria, Egypt, The International Conference "Scenarios of Illicit Living", Agrigento, Italy, October 2007.
Yasser G. Aref, Mohamed M. Mehaina, Urban Natural Forms, Lake Mariout Scenarios of Deterioration Or Prospects of Sustainability, GreenLink Mediterranean seminar, “Respecting Nature and Environment In Urban Extensions”, Seminar co financed by InterregIIIBMedocc, Firenze, 30 May 2008.
Yasser G. Aref, Urban Renewal of Old Residential Districts in Downtown Areas, The case of the Turkish Town, Alexandria, Egypt, IV International Forum of Studies “Mediterranean City”, organized by Department of Architecture and Analysis of the Mediterranean City, Universita Mediterranea, Reggio Calabria, Italy, 27-29 May 2008.
Yasser Aref, "Alexandria's Forgotten Architecture, The lighthouses of Alexandria", seminar on Heritage Conservation and Development in Educational Practice organized by the Laboratory "Cities & Patrimony", Department of Architecture and Town Planning at Mentouri university, 4-5 November 2009
Yasser Aref, "Alexandria's Forgotten Architecture, The lighthouses of Alexandria"Cultural Heritage Cairo 2009 4th International Congress on Science and Technology for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage of the Mediterranean Basin 2-4 December 2009, Cairo, Egypt
Yasser Aref, “Heritage Management and Sustainability, The Case of the Ottoman Town, Alexandria, Egypt”, conference on Technology & Sustainability in the Built Environment, organized by college of Architecture and Planning at King Saud University, 3-6 January 2010
Yasser Aref, Tasneem Khalil, Evaluation of Large Scale Housing Projects in Terms of Their Compatibility to Criteria of Environmental Design, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS 6th International Engineering and Construction Conference (IECC’6), Cairo, Egypt, June 28-30, 2010
INVITED TALKS
Rehabilitation of Old Buildings, National Organization of Urban Harmony Seminar, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, December 2004.
Rediscovering Downtown Alexandria, presentation to members of Salah Salem Street Development Association, Alexandria Center for the Arts, Alexandria, May 2005.
Consuming Heritage, problems and prospects, the case of Alexandria, Aphrodite’s Heritage II, a conference organized by London Metropolitan University and Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 2005.
Oral History and Cultural practices, Digitizing the Memory of The Arab World Conference, Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage (Cult-Nat), Cairo, November 2005.
Places and Memories of Cosmopolitan Alexandria, Med-voices Final Conference, Turning Back to the Mediterranean, Alexandria, November 2005.
The Cemeteries of Alexandria, The untold narrations of a cosmopolitan city, Ramses2. Euro-Mediterranean Research Network, Workshop Memories in the Mediterranean between history and politics, Places as Time Carriers, Pieces of Memory and Narratives in the Mediterranean, 1-4, 2006, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, September 2006. (prepared in collaboration with Dr Sahar Hamouda)
Urban Development Of Alexandria's Waterfront, Urban Mediterranean Landscapes, Annali Dell'Architettura e dell Citta Napoli, Naples, Italy, November 2006.
New Interventions in The Historic Center of Alexandria, 29th Course on Intervention in Historic Centers, College of Catalan Architects, Barcelona, Spain, December 2006.
Documentation and Conservation of Alexandria's Modern Architecture and Urban Heritage, Journées Internationales, sources, patrimoine et Architecture en Méditerranée, Documentation les architectures modernes en Méditerranée", Université Maouloud Mammari, Algeria, 15-19 April, 2007.
Urban Development of the City of Alexandria, presentation for the students and professors of Universitat de Barcelona workshop in Alexandria, Alexandria, May 2007.
Urban Development of the City of Alexandria, presentation for the students and professors of Cottbus University during thier visit to Alexandria, Goethe Institute Alexandria, October 2007.
Development Projects Around the Eastern Harbor, presentation for the students and professors of Politecnico Di Milano workshop, Alexandria, November 2007.
Alexandria, A Legendry Past, Troubled Present, Promising Future, Mersin, the Mediterranean World, and the Twentieth Century Intersecting Trajectories, organized by department of urban studies, Mesrin University, Mersin, Turkey, October 16-18, 2008.
Alexandria Urban Development Projects 1950-2008, Alexandria Beyond the Myth Seminar, Turin International Book Fair, Turin, Italy, 17 May 2009. learn more.....
INVITED PAPERS Urban Development of Alexandria’s Waterfront, paper presented at the Sustainable Construction, action for development in the Mediterranean Region, SB04 International Conference, Athens, Greece, June, 2005.
ARTICLES
Yasser G. Aref, The Urban Development of Alexandria's Waterfront, Portus, no. 13, June 2007. learn more
Yasser G. Aref, Alexandria, a Changing City, Tracing urban transformations since the 19th century, Article to be published in Medterranea, 2009, Dipartimento di Architettura e Analisi della Città Mediterranea Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria.
Yasser G. Aref, Mohamed M. Mehaina, Urban Natural Forms, Lake Mariout Scenarios of Deterioration Or Prospects of Sustainability, TRIA" – the International Review of urban planning culture edited by Naples University (L.U.P.T)
A series of articles in Alex Med Newsletter, published quarterly.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Yasser G. Aref, Plans and Projects for Alexandria, 1952 to Present. In Luisa Ferro, Cristina Pallini Ed., Alexandria Beyond the Myth, Architecture, Archaeology Urban Change, Arab AFenice, 2009. learn more...
Yasser G. Aref, "Revitalization of Downtowns, Downtown Alexandria Rediscovered. In Galila El Kadi, Sahar Attia Ed., Shared Mediterranean Heritage, concept, management and collective memory, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, 2009.
ONGOING RESEARCH
Yasser Aref, Adapting Merited and Award-winning Buildings, Permitted Levels, and Non-negotiable Values,
Yasser Aref, Reintegration of Industrial Heritage of Alexandria in Urban Development Plans,
MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC COMMETTIES
Member of the International Scientific Committee of 3rd Housing Symposium, Riyadh Urban Development Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 2007.
Member of the International Scientific Committee of SB11 Helsinki, World Sustainable Building Conference, 18th to 21st October 2011. www.sb11.org/
Member of the International Scientific Committee of Sustainable Construction, Revitalisation and Rehabilitation of Districts, SB10mad Conference, Madrid 28-30 April, 2010. learn more.....
