Teaching
● RISD Landscape Architecture : Sustainability Design Lab :: Spring 2024
"Problems in Prototyping: from Raw to Fired" (LDAR INTAR 503G-01) : Seminar/ Material Tectonics
● AUROVILLE EARTH INSTITUTE, India :: 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-developed with Omar Rabie)
- Elementerre :: Demonstration on the science of soil
● ETH ZÜRICH Faculty of Architecture (D-ARCH) :: Spring/Fall 2010 – 2012
Structural Design I :: Head teaching assistant for Prof. Dr. Philippe Block, Chair of Architecture and Structure
"Problems in Prototyping: from Raw to Fired" (LDAR INTAR 503G-01) : Seminar/ Material Tectonics
● AUROVILLE EARTH INSTITUTE, India :: 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-developed with Omar Rabie)
- Elementerre :: Demonstration on the science of soil
● ETH ZÜRICH Faculty of Architecture (D-ARCH) :: Spring/Fall 2010 – 2012
Structural Design I :: Head teaching assistant for Prof. Dr. Philippe Block, Chair of Architecture and Structure
Thesis & Research supervision
● RISD : Landscape Architecture/ Interior Architecture : Graduate thesis advisor : 2024
● AUROVILLE EARTH INSTITUTE : Senior research supervisor/ 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 (D-ARCH) : Graduate thesis advisor : 2011 – 2012
● MIT MASONRY RESEARCH GROUP : Undergrad research advisor low-carbon cement : 2010
● AUROVILLE EARTH INSTITUTE : Senior research supervisor/ 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 (D-ARCH) : Graduate thesis advisor : 2011 – 2012
● MIT MASONRY RESEARCH GROUP : Undergrad research advisor low-carbon cement : 2010
HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS
● Auroville Earth Institute, India :: 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
- 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
● Columbia GSAPP
● RISD Architecture
● RISD Landscape Architecture
● RISD Sustainability Design Lab
● MIT Structural Design
● VIT University Vellore
● Pan-India Travel Studio (PIT Studio)
● ETH Zürich Master of Advanced Studies studio (MAS)
● ETH Zürich Construction studios
● Ethiopian Institute Architecture, Building Construction & City Development (EiABC)
● MIT Dept. of Architecture
● Boston Architectural College (BAC)
● RISD Architecture
● RISD Landscape Architecture
● RISD Sustainability Design Lab
● MIT Structural Design
● VIT University Vellore
● Pan-India Travel Studio (PIT Studio)
● ETH Zürich Master of Advanced Studies studio (MAS)
● ETH Zürich Construction studios
● Ethiopian Institute Architecture, Building Construction & City Development (EiABC)
● MIT Dept. of Architecture
● Boston Architectural College (BAC)