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Rami Daher is Professor at the School of Architecture at the German Jordanian University (GJU) and a practicing architect and general director at TURATH for Studies and Design. He taught at the American University of Beirut's Department of Architecture & Design; at Texas A&M’s College of Architecture; and at Jordan University of Science & Tech. Daher had earned a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Jordan (1988), a Master of Architecture from the University of Minnesota (1991), a PhD in Architecture from Texas A&M U (1995) and did his post-doctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley (2001). At TURATH, Daher led several key projects on urban regeneration and public space design; heritage conservation & management; adaptive reuse of heritage sites & buildings; building and site design; development of intervention guidelines for heritage sites and urban areas; urban planning, and other in Amman and in the region. Furthermore, Daher also led projects on the preparation of conservation management plans; cultural sites interpretation plans; and nomination files of various sites to the World Heritage list. Daher is also the recipient of the prestigious Arab award: Abdelhamid Shouman Award for Arab Researchers for its 35th Cycle for the Category of Engineering Sciences/Conservation & Restoration of Historic Buildings. Daher is also the recipient of the Arab Architects Award (2018) in the category “Rehabilitation” for the adaptive reuse of Amman’s historic Electricity Hangar project and in (2022) in the category “Tourism & Entertainment” for the design of Shomari Wildlife Reserve Visitor Center. Daher’s ongoing research and publications investigate the politics and dynamics of public place making and of conservation of cultural heritage; levels of place understanding including typological and typo-morphological and their effects on nature of intervention within historic settings; Modern heritage in the Arab World; neoliberal urban transformations in the region, and cultural heritage definition, conservation, adaptive reuse, and management.  Daher served on the board of several institutions including the Arab Council for Social Sciences (Beirut, Lebanon), and ICOMOS Jordan.

Jomana is an architect and designer with experience spanning over a decade. She has worked in architectural practices in Jordan, USA and Switzerland. She deals with Architectural Design, Heritage Interpretation, Antidisciplinary Research, Digital Design and Fabrication as well as Urban design and Regeneration. The work she produced through her professional practice varies to include: designing buildings, complex large scale developments especially in the Arabian gulf region, post-disaster planning, management of heritage & interpretation strategies and design, multi-stakeholder projects, and recently digital fabrication of circular materials. Jomana has studied architecture at the University of Jordan, Master of Architecture and Urban Design at the Pratt Institute in New York, and Master of advanced studies in Architecture and Digital Fabrication at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. She has received several honors including the Engineering for Development scholarship (ETH4D) in 2019, the Fulbright scholarship in 2015, and the Jordanian Ministry of education distinction award in 2011. Jomana’s professional practice has motivated her research and vice versa. Recently, at the institute of technology for architecture (ITA) in Zurich she researched and implemented digital design & fabrication of circular materials. Her research interests include: Low-Tech & High-Tech fabrication, digital design of circular materials, looking at ways to expand its applications and upgrade its performance. Jomana is the design director at Turath Architects & Urban designers in Jordan leading a diverse cultural and natural heritage projects in the middle east. Currently and together with a collective of pioneer designers across Europe & Asia, Jomana is starting-up Artifica; a platform for architecture & technology.

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Sura AlHalalsheh is a Heritage Conservator and an Architect with a Master’s degree in Architectural Conservation from the German Jordanian University, supported by a full DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) scholarship. She also holds a Bachelor's degree in Architecture from Jordan University of Science and Technology.
AlHalalsheh has led a range of heritage conservation projects in collaboration with international agencies, covering archaeological, historical, and modern heritage sites. Her work includes the design and implementation of site maintenance and tourism development plans, and community empowerment initiatives through conservation and capacity building. She has also directed research and management projects related to heritage conservation, including the development of conservation management plans, heritage conservation strategies and guidelines, typo-morphological studies, and more. AlHalalsheh is deeply committed to research and to exploring innovative methodologies that address the complexities of heritage conservation. Her master’s thesis offered an in-depth investigation of Nahda heritage in the Arab world and modernity in Jordan, applying novel approaches to a subject that remains underexplored. Before specializing in conservation, she gained valuable experience in architectural practice through work with several firms in Amman, enhancing her understanding of the built environment and the interconnectedness of architecture and heritage.

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