To build momentum for space syntax research in the region, the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Engineering at Qatar University instituted the new MENA Space Syntax Webinars series in August 2021. The 45-60-minute webinars occurred the second Wednesday of every month during the semester using QU’s WebEx virtual platform beginning at 4:00 pm Arabian Standard Time (AST), 2:00 pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), or 1:00 pm GMT during UK Daylights Saving Time.
Everyone anywhere in the world is welcome to participate in the webinars. Guest speakers will present space syntax research focusing on the MENA Region. If you are a space syntax researcher or practitioner in the MENA Region and would like to be MENA Space Syntax Webinars Guest Speaker, contact Dr. Mark David Major at m.major@qu.edu.qa.
Please watch the recordings of the Fall 2021 series below.
FALL 2021 PROGRAM
Space Syntax Middle East North Africa (MENA) Webinars
Hosted by the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Engineering at Qatar University
Second Wednesday of Each Month at 4:00 AST (Arabian Standard Time) | 2:00 GMT (before 31 Oct) or 1:00 GMT (after 1 November)
11 August 2021: The Doha Syntax & More
Mark David Major, Qatar University with Deepthi John, Qatari Diar
https://echo360.org.uk/media/965cb9fc-7813-49c7-aea2-5ce918bc2121/public
8 September 2021: GCC Housing & Heritage
Mark David Major, Qatar University (last-minute replacement for Wafa Al Ghatam, University of Bahrain) with Asmaa Al-Mohannadi, QU
https://echo360.org.uk/media/7f593e58-ed7b-422e-8827-9f13606c4fe3/public
13 October 2021: Latest Research from Oman
Chaham Alalouch, Sultan Qaboos University with Heba O. Tannous, QU
https://echo360.org.uk/media/4ead9905-b382-43f3-9850-4ade08dfcfb6/public
10 November 2021: Urbanism in the MENA Region
Ayşe Sema Kubat, Istanbul Technical University with Jiin Baek/Mark David Major, QU
https://echo360.org.uk/media/c95ee357-d34b-4ec7-b54b-d16e2886ef0e/public
8 December 2021: Space Syntax Today in MENA
Kayvan Karimi, University College London with Velina Mirincheva, QU
https://echo360.org.uk/media/88953c5d-fd11-4e39-ae1e-420dff4968a3/public