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I welcome enquiries from prospective Master's students who wish to work in my…
introduction/brief CV
Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture and Building Sciences at King Saud University. He holds a professional Master of Architecture (M.Arch II) from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) and a PhD in Architecture from the University of Nottingham.
areas of expertise
My academic and professional work focuses on architectural design and design research, with particular interest in museum architecture, spatial experience, embodied cognition, and space syntax. It also engages with architectural theory and critical discourse, and with the integration of research into design practice, in support of analytically grounded, research-led approaches to design.
publications
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Museum layouts connect distinct settings for display within a larger spatial whole. This study examines how the diversity of gallery configurations at Kiasma in Helsinki provides architectural…
Visitors encounter museums through movement, as galleries, routes, and levels become visible and accessible from successive bodily positions. Yet, stair approaches, landings, balconies, and…
While the decolonial turn in museum studies has focused primarily on curatorial practice, less attention has been paid to the role of architectural space in shaping such encounters. This paper…
courses
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This course is the first stage of the graduation project and establishes the research and programming basis for the design developed in Graduation Project (2). Each student selects a…
This studio explores museum and exhibition design as environments that shape how people see, move, interpret, and engage with cultural content. Rather than treating museums as…
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…
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