Auroville Earth Institute, Regular 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
Auroville Earth Institute, Special Courses :: 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
Structural Design I :: Head Teaching Assistant : 2010 – 2012 Prof. Dr. Philippe Block, Chair of Architecture and Structure Faculty of Architecture (D-ARCH), ETH Zürich : Zürich, Switzerland
ETH Zürich Workshops :: Workshop leader : 2010 – 2012 ● “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
research supervision
● AUROVILLE EARTH INSTITUTE : RESEARCH SUPERVISOR/ PRINCIPLE RESEARCHER : 2013 – 2019 ● MASTER THESIS : MIT TATA CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN : 2016 – 2018 ● FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE (D-ARCH), ETH ZÜRICH : ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND : 2011 – 2012 ● MIT MASONRY RESEARCH GROUP : MIT : CAMBRIDGE, MA, USA : 2010 ● TERRASCOPE RESEARCH GROUP : GRADUATE ADVISOR : CAMBRIDGE, MA, USA
