SHADI GHADBAN

Assistant Professor of Architecture

Architectural Engineering Department

Birzeit University

Ph.D. : Theory & Design of Public Buildings, 1979, Faculty of Architecture, Higher Institute of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Sofia/Bulgaria. New Approaches In Designing Public Libraries In Jordan, Syria & Iraq.

M.Sc. : Architecture, 1974, Faculty of Architecture, Higher Institute of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Sofia/Bulgaria. National Library In Damascus / Syria - Goals & Aspects.

  Previous Professional and Academic Experience:
  1. Associate & President ( present ), PETRA-MI’MAR / Architects, Planners & Consulting Engineers, Ramallah /Palestine.
  2. Faculty Staff Member (1980-1998), at the Department of Architecture /Birzeit University, Birzeit /Palestine.
  3. Chairman - Department of Architecture (1989-1997) at Birzeit University, Birzeit /Palestine.
  4. Dean of the Faculty of Engineering (1983-1987) at Birzeit University, Birzeit /Palestine.
  5. Senior Architect (1979-1980), MRM Construction Company, Amman / Jordan.
  6. Teaching Assistant (1977-1979), Department of Public Buildings - Faculty of Architecture, The Higher Institute of Architecture & Civil Engineering - Sofia/ Bulgaria.
  7. Senior Architect (1974-1976), Ministry of Public Works & Constructions - Alger/ Algeria.

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    Fields of Interest:

    Public buildings - planning & design of cultural, sport and educational buildings, institutions and facilities....etc.

    Housing buildings-planning, design & adaptation for human needs.

    Problems of regionality in architecture.

    Problems of engineering education.

    Problems of Local Development
     

    Publications:

    Ghadban Shadi, 1998. Contemporary Housing in Palestine: The Potential For Future Adaptation, Open House International Journal, Vol. 23, No. 2, PP. 37-49.

    Ghadban Shadi, 1998. Engineering Education in Palestine- An Analytic Study, Accepted for publication in the European Journal for Engineering Education ( EJEE ), Vol. 23, No. 2, PP. 213-232, Paris/France.

    Ghadban Shadi, Serge Santelli & Others, 1997. Maisons de Bethleeem, Maisonneuve & Larose / Institut du Monde Arabe, PP. 5-6 & 49-62, Paris/France.

    Ghadban Shadi, 1996. Adaptation as a Concept for Designing the Contemporary Housing, to be published in the proceedings of the International Conference on Affordable Housing in Palestine, organized by the Faculty of Engineering at Birzeit University and the Ministry of Housing/ Palestine, 1-3 November 1996.

    Ghadban Shadi, 1996. Local Development: A Strategy for Political and Economic Independence in Palestine, Published in the Proceedings of the International Seminar on Local Development in the Mediterranean, organized by GRERBAM / France and the Polytecnico di Milano / Italy, Milan-Italy, September 1996.

    Ghadban Shadi and Al-Mughani Nihad, 1995.The Economical House & the Decisive Factors for its Design, published in Open House International Journal, Vol. 20, No. 3, PP. 33-39.

    Ghadban Shadi, 1994. Endogenous Arab Architecture... Fundamentals of its Urban and Architectural Ingenuity, Published in Tishreen University Journal for studies and Scientific Research, Vol.16, No. 2, PP. 143-161, Latakia/Syria.

    Ghadban Shadi, 1992. Islamic Values in Architectural Context, Lecture published in the proceedings of the Seminar on Islamic Architecture in Palestine and Beit Al-Maqdess, organized by the Union of Engineers and the Jerusalem Center, Jerusalem, May 1992, PP. 67-70.

    Ghadban Shadi, 1991. Architecture in Yemen and the Constant Values for its Future Development, proceedings of the International Conference on Yemeni Architecture Development and Perspectives, Aden/Yemen, December 1992, PP. 159-171.

    Ghadban Shadi and Al-Mughani Nihad, 1991. Decisive Directions in Designing the Economic House, published in the proceedings of the 31st Week of Science, organized by Tishreen University, Latakia/Syria.

    Ghadban Shadi, 1989. Residential Environment and its Rational Adaptability, presented at the Twenty Ninth Week of Science, Alepo University, Syria.

    Ghadban Shadi, 1986. Traditional Architecture... Roots and Perspectives, Published in the Monthly of the Center of Planning and Architecture Studies "ALAM AL-BINA", Cairo/Egypt, Vol.69, PP. 27-29.

    Ghadban Shadi And Abdulhaq Abbas, 1985. Modern Technology and Construction Methods Versus Islamic Values of Urbanism, proceedings of the Islamic Architecture Fabric Conference, Manama/Bahrain, pp. 36-38, (Abstract). Published in the Monthly of the Center of Planning and Architecture Studies "ALAM AL-BINA, Cairo/Egypt, Vol. 57, PP. 8-14.

    Ghadban Shadi, 1984. Role of Urban Planning in the National Development of Arab Countries - Goals and Aspects, paper presented at the Workshop of Mediterranean Research Cooperation Project, Cairo/Egypt, and published in the Monthly of the Center of Planning & Architecture Studies "ALAM Al-BINA", Cairo/Egypt, Vol. 58, PP. 23-26.

    Ghadban Shadi, 1979. History of Libraries in Islamic World, Journal Librarian Sofia/Bulgaria, Vol. 7-8, PP. 81-83.

    Ghadban Shadi, 1979. Modern Trends In Public Libraries, the Annual Book of Higher Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering , Sofia Bulgaria, Vol. 8, 1998, Architecture, PP. 378-387.
     

    Languages:

    - Arabic, English and Bulgarian.

    Teaching Courses:

    - Descriptive Geometry

    - Architectural Design

    - Building Constructions

    - Traditional Architecture in Palestine

    Some Notable Assignments:

    - Design of several Residential and Public Buildings.

    - Participation in several national and international architectural competitions:

  8. First Prize:

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    - The Mosque of Al-Ahli Hospital, Hebron-Palestine (1989).

    - Interior Design of the Ministry of Tourism, Bethlehem-Palestine (1994).

    - The New Building of the Ministry of Education, Ramallah-Palestine (1996).

    - The Rehabilitation and Landscaping of Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah-Palestine (1996).

    - The New Building of Beit-Fajjar Girl’s School, Beit-Fajjar-Palestine (1997).

    - The New Building of Ethna Girl’s School, Ethna-Palestine (1997).

    -The Design of Four New Health Centers in Four Major Palestinian Villages (1998).

    -The Rehabilitation of Al-Madbaseh Square, Najajreh Street and Paul VI Street - Bethlehem -Palestine (1998).

    - The Design of Milk Grotto Street - Bethlehem -Palestine (1998)

    -The New Building of Thahria Girl’s School, Thahria /Hebron -Palestine (1998).

    - The New Building of Kober Girl’s School, Kober /Ramallah -Palestine (1998).

    - The New Building of Quireh Coed School, Quireh /Tulkarm -Palestine (1998).
     
     

  9. International Competitions:-
- International competition for Rehabilitation of The Manger Square, Bethlehem-Palestine (1997), Fourth Position.

- International Competition for Rehabilitation of Aristotelous Civic Axis, Thessalonice-Greece, (1998).