CoURSES

● RISD Dept. of Landscape architecture  ::  Seminar/ Material Tectonics  :  Spring 2024
LDAR INTAR 503G-01 "PROBLEMS IN PROTOTYPING: from Raw to Fired" :  Sustainability Design Lab
​● Auroville Earth Institute, INDIA  ::  special courses  :  2013 – 2019
          - Introduction to Earthen Architecture
          - Arch Vault Dome Theory  ::  Structural theory of Arches, Vaults and Domes
          - Arch Vault Dome Masonry  ::  Construction of Arches, Vaults and Domes
          - Earth & Bamboo  ::  Construction with raw & stabilized earth methods
          - Bioclimatic Earth  ::  Design studio (co-taught with Omar Rabie)
          - Elementerre  ::  demonstration on the science of soil
● ​eth Zürich  ::  Structural Design I  ::  head teaching assistant  :  Spring/fall 2010 – 2012
Prof. Dr. Philippe Block, Chair of Architecture and Structure
Faculty of Architecture (D-ARCH), ETH Zürich  :  Zürich, Switzerland

Thesis & Research supervision

● RISD  :  Landscape architecture/ interior design  :  graduate thesis advisor  :  2024
● AUROVILLE EARTH INSTITUTE  :  ​senior rESEARCH SUPERVISOR/  expert advisor   :  2013 – 2019
          - Master Theses (Civil and Environmental Engineering)  :  MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design  :  Cambridge, MA
          - DOCTORAL THESIS  :  Laboratoire Architecture et Environnement, Ecole Polytechnique d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme  :  AlgIERS, AlgERIA  
​          - DOCTORAL THESIS  :  uNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, dept. of architecture
● ETH ZÜRICH  :  FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE (D-ARCH)  :  Graduate thesis advisor  :  ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND  :  2011 – 2012
● MIT  :  TERRASCOPE/ MASONRY RESEARCH GROUP  :  underGRADUATE research ADVISOR ON low-carbon cement alternatives  :  CAMBRIDGE, MA, USA  :  2010

WORKSHOPS

● Auroville Earth Institute, India  ::   special workshops  :  2013 – 2019
          - Lime & Lime Stabilized Soil Workshop  ::  Bee Rowan (Strawbuild)
          - Training of Trainers Programme  ::  ‘Homes not Houses’ Project   :   January 2017
          - Nandadeep Building Centre  ::  Aurangabad, India  :  March 2016
          - Earth Block International, LLC  ::   Fredericksburg, Texas, USA  :  September 2015
          - Archi’Terre  ::  Ecole polytechnique d’architecture et d’urbanisme  :  Algiers, Algeria  :  2012 - 2015
          - CAPTerre, Ministry of Culture of Algeria  ::  Tamanrasset, Algeria  :  January 2014
● “Building with Earth: Context-Responsive Design & Construction” workshop  ::  EiABC, Addis Ababa University  :  Gubrie, Ethiopia  :  July 2012
● Harla Village Vaulting Workshop  ::   Zoma Contemporary Art Center (ZCAC)  Harla Village, Deri Dawa, Ethiopia  :  January 2011
● ETH Seminarweek “Scaffolding to Structure” ::   University of Cambridge  :  Cambridge, UK  :  2010
● Urban Laboratory ETHiopia Summer School  ::  ETH D-ARCH, ETH Sustainability, ETH North-South Centre  :  EiABC, Addis Ababa University  :  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  :  2010

sTUDIO CRITIC

​​● RISD  :  advanced studio Review 'solar trajectories'  :  Laura Briggs
● RISD  :  Advanced Studio Review 'FUTURE ARCHITECTING POLYCHROME WORLDS' :  Lafayette Cruise
● RISD  :  sustainability design lab 'clay matters'  :  tiago campos & Eduardo Benamor Duarte
​● MIT  :  Structure Design Review  :   Prof. jOHN oCHSENDORF
● ​VIT University Vellore  :  Undergraduate studio  :  Jaffer AA Khan
● Pan-India Travel Studio (PIT Studio)  :  Graduate studio  :  Gurgit Matharoo
● ETH Zürich  :  Master of Advanced Studies studio (MAS)  :  Prof. Marc Angélil
● ETH Zürich  :  Undergraduate Construction studios  :  Prof. Annette Spiro
● Ethiopian Institute Architecture, Building Construction & City Development (EiABC)
● MIT Dept. of Architecture
● Boston Architectural College (BAC)