ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT UNIT
KAAU
KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY
Academic assessment unit
COURCE PORTFOLIO
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGEN
DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REDIONAL PLANNING
COURSE NAME
Urban Design
COURSE NUMBER
URP 403
SEMESTER / YEAR
Second
DATE
1427
Instructor Information

Name of Instructors
The course is taught by:
Name of
instructor
Dr. Wahid Salem
Office
location
Office hours
Contact
number
FED306
Sat. by app.
Sun. 10:14
Mon. 10:14
Tues. by app.
Wed. 10:14
66571
E-mail
Eng2salem@yahoo.com
 Instructors profile
 Dr. Wahid Salem
PERSONAL DATA
Name
: WAHID ZAKARIA IBRAHIM SALEM
Religion
Citizen of
Social status
E-mail
Mobil
: Moslem
: EGYPT
: married
: Eng2salem@yahoo.com
: 012 73 72 8 74
Qualification
Position
: Dr. Eng. in Architectural Eng.
: Associate Prof. in Architectural. Eng. Department, Faculty
of Eng. Ain Shams Univ.cairo
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Degree :
Doctor Eng. in Architectural Eng. - 5 November 1997.
Grade :
VERY GOOD.
University : RWTH- Aachen, Technische Hochschole , Arch. Dep., Germany.
Degree :
University:
Master of Science in Architectural Eng. Town Planning - 12 Sep.1988.
Ain Shams univ., Faculty of Eng., Architectural Eng. Department.
Degree :
Grades :
University :
Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering. - June 1983.
VERY GOOD with HONOR DEGREE as a general grade
Ain Shams univ., Faculty of Eng. Architectural Eng. Department.
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
Position
Assignment date
Demonstrator,
September, 1983
Assistant Lecturer
September , 1988
Lecturer (Doctor Eng.) July 1998 till now.
Organization name
Ain Shams Univ., Architectural Eng. Dep.
Ain Shams univ., Architectural Eng. Dep.
Ain Shams Univ., Architectural Eng. Dep.
1
Puplished Papers
THE FRAGMENTATION AND DISPERSION IN URBAN TISSUE VISUAL
FORMATION AND ITS RELATION TO THE DEVELOPING CYCLE OF INDIVIDUAL
BUILDING PROPERTY - April 2001
2
A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ACOUSTICAL DESIGN METHODS AND THEIR
APPLICABILITY IN THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN - June 2002
3
THE EFFECTS OF THE URBAN TISSUE CHANGES ON IT’S ARCHITECTURAL
FORMATION AND FUNCTIONAL EFFICIENCY - April 2003
4
ANALYSIS OF THE DETERIORATION OF ATCHETCTURRAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL RULES OF THE SIDEWALKS IN CAIRO CITY - April 2003
5
THE EFFECTS OF RANDUM CHANGES OF THE FUNCTIONS IN URBAN
DISTRICS ON THE ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPE OF SQUARES - April 2003
‫‪THE PROGRESS OF TECHNICAL AND ECONOMICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF‬‬
‫‪HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE URBAN CONTEXT‬‬
‫‪an analytical study on their possible application in cairo - April 2003‬‬
‫‪6‬‬
‫‪THE SOCIAL ROLL OF THE ELEMENTS AND DESIGN OF THE LANDSCAPE IN‬‬
‫‪THE PEDESTRIAN AREAS - April 2003‬‬
‫‪7‬‬
‫الرسائل العـلمية‪:‬‬
‫رسالة الماجستير‪ :‬أسس و معايير تخطيط القرى المصرية ‪ -‬رسالة قدمت الى قسم الهندسة المعمارية ‪ -‬كلية‬
‫الهندسة – جامعة عين شمس‬
‫رسالة قدمت للحصول على درجة الماجستير فى الهندسة المعمارية فى سبتمبر ‪.1988‬‬
‫رسالة الدكتوراة‪ :‬دراسة مقارنة دولية ألحياء منطقة مركز المدينة – دراسة مقارنة بين شتوتجارت –‬
‫فرانكفورت‪ -‬القاهرة – فيينا – بروكسل‬
‫رسالة قدمت الى كلية العمارة – جامعة أخن – المانيا الغربية للحصول على درجة الدكتوراة فى الهندسة‬
‫المعمارية فى نوفمبر ‪.1997‬‬
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A welcome letter to the student:
Dear Students,
I would like to welcome you at the beginning of urban design course. This course
was prepared to help you to understand the nature of urban study.
In general, to learn any language you have to begin with the alphabetical listing;
In the same way, learning urban initiates with possessing the basic tools of this
task. Thus, this course will provide you with the alphabet of urban study. The
course attempts to deal with the essential elements urban spaces.
Part of the course time will be allocated for theories and literature review. But an
other part of the work will be analyzing urban problems in the real case study, as
well as creating new solutions.
To be a successful planner, student needs to be accurate, hard-worker, able to
cooperate in teamwork, open minded, and endeavour to learn new technologies.
However, the task is not easy it needs effort and patience.
We wish you the best of luck.
Your staff members.