People

MAYA HASSAN

Born in Tartous, Syria 1982

2000entered the faculty of Architecture Engineering, Tishreen University in Lattakia, Syria, and was dispatched for a Training at Arab Contractors CO in Assiut in Egypt for one month in summer 2004.

2005obtained her Degree of Architecture Engineering from the faculty of Architecture Engineering, Tishreen University in Lattakia, Syria, with a general average of 71.19% (The Third-rank Graduation Student Award and The First-rank Graduation Project Award).

2006obtained her Diploma of High Studies in Architecture Design from the same faculty with a general average of 83.60% (Second Rank).

From 2006 to 2008worked as an architect in the planning department of Tartous Municipality in Syria, and has been the principal contributor to several projects funded by the European Union in the Municipal Administration Modernization Project (EU-MAM Project), including the rehabilitation and urban planning development of the coastal sector of Tartous city, and the documenting of the Spanish urban and city planning experience (dispatched in two study tours in Spain to each of Madrid-Barcelona –Alicante- Seville - Valencia in summer 2007and summer 2008).

From 2008 to 2013worked as a Teaching Assistant of Archeological Building Documentation specialization in the Department of Theory and History of Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture Engineering –Tishreen University –Lattakia-Syria (earned the teaching position through a national Teaching Assistants competition).

From 2013 to 2018enrolled as a Full -time Student under the Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC) in the Doctoral Program at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China (a researcher and PhD candidate in the Key Laboratory of New Technology for Construction of Cities in Mountain Area), with one-year of a Chinese language course. During her Doctoral Program, she has published more than 28 academic research, including one book (Climate Change and Conservation of Coastal Built Heritage) along with journals and international conference papers (conferences in each of Spain, Indonesia, Greece, France, Netherlands, Hong Kong, and China mainland). Besides, she received a number of academic awards and served as a referee for reputed international journals.

On December 25, 2018,obtained her PhD Degree in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University, China, with a general average of 92.57%.

Since April 3, 2019,is a Full-Time Lecturer in the Department of Theory and History of Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture Engineering and at the Faculty of Fine Arts-Tishreen University –Lattakia-Syria.

Since September 5, 2020, is a Part-Time Lecturer:

  • in the Master Program in Qualification and Specialization in Planning and Spatial Developmentof the Department of Geography at the Faculty of Arts and humanities-Tishreen University –Lattakia-Syria.

  • at the Faculty of Architecture Engineering–Tartous University –Tartous-Syria.

  • at the Faculty of Engineering– Wadi International University (WIU) –Homs-Syria, since February 25, 2021.

On September 2020,was the winner of the 2020 outstanding doctoral thesis of Chongqing University

Since December 23,2020,is a consultant in the field of engineering studies in the Department of Architecture-Syrian Engineers Syndicate.

Her main research interestsare Archeological Building Documentation, Urban Renewal, Preservation and Rehabilitating heritage sites and buildings. Additionally, the Microclimates and the effects of Climate Change on the built heritage and the history and theory of architecture. As well as, the History of Architecture of the Ancient Periods, Classic Periods, and Islamic Periods and the Theory of Architecture.

Remarks:

History is not just the significant past, it is evidence of a continuing commitment to tradition in the physical signifies the importance of heritage and a symbol of cultural resilience. The historic structure is more than a physical thing; it differentiates the landscape and provides society with the opportunity to merge our memory of the past, challenges of the present, and hopes for the future.

Developing comprehensive plans for managing the threatened archaeological and natural sites of climate change is essential according to the monitoring methodology and including the management stages. Zoom Out and Zoom In approaches are mixed methods that draw the frame of our research conservation principles and guidelines. Where two conservation frameworks and processes in both macrolevel and microlevel for preserving the threatened coastal historic sites and buildings are presented, considering the comprehensive documenting, and the definition of the environmental condition and problem based on research assessments to ensure the preserving quality and process.