I welcome enquiries from prospective Master's students interested in working within my areas of…
introduction/brief CV
Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at King Saud University, holding a professional Master of Architecture (M.Arch II) from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) and a PhD from the University of Nottingham.
areas of expertise
My academic and professional work focuses on architectural design and design research, with particular interests in museum architecture, spatial experience, embodied cognition, and Space Syntax. It also engages with architectural theory, critical discourse, and the integration of research and design practice, supporting the development of analytically grounded, research-led design approaches.
Museum architecture shapes how knowledge is encountered. This article develops the concept of epistemological decentralization to describe spatial configurations that resist privileging a single…
In contemporary museum design, architects increasingly treat spatial experience as a medium of visitor engagement, yet movement is often reduced to a problem of routing and orientation rather than…
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Majed Alghaemdi, Nujud Alangari, Rawan Alwahaibi
This studio explores the design of museums and exhibitions as environments that shape how people see, move, interpret, and engage with cultural content. Rather than treating museums as neutral…
This course examines the key ideas, concepts, and texts that have shaped architectural thought. It introduces architectural theory as a critical framework for understanding, interpreting, and…