Master-Thesis

Master's thesis is the final and utmost demonstration of our students' academic skills gained during the Urban Design and Sustainable Revitalization Programme. The ability to identify a problem pertinent to the field, to plan, structure, and undertake scientific research to address that problem, and finally to report the process and results in a scientific format are the main requirements for conducting a Master's thesis.

Selected Master-Thesis

2023

Raghuram Kaliamoorthy
Water heritage Varanasi, an integrated conservation and development project for reviving the sacred waters and heritage ecologies
supervised by Prof. Anna Lundqvist, Prof. Dr. Hebatalla Abouelfadl and Prof. Dr. Alaaeldin Elhabashi

Hamze Houjeiri
Post-trauma cities reconstruction, reconciling sectarian divisions in post-war Beirut
supervised by Prof. Anna Lundqvist, Prof. Dr. Hebatalla Abouelfadl and Prof. Dr. Alaaeldin Elhabashi

Yati Jain
Regeneration of a historic Indian precinct - a case study on Gadodia spices market and its surroundings in old Delhi
supervised by Prof. Anna Lundqvist, Prof. Dr. Nevin Gharib and Prof. Dr. Alaaeldin Elhabashi

2022

Abdelrahman Ibrahim
Fishing in Bahary as a Catalyst for the Regeneration of the Historic District
supervised by Prof. Anna Lundqvist, Prof. Christoph Wessling, Prof. Dr. Hebatalla Abouelfadl and Prof. Dr. Alaaeldin Elhabashi

Francisco Mondaca Molina
Revitalization of the Dreiländerecke Berlin through Traces of its Collective Memory
supervised by Prof. Anna Lundqvist, Prof. Dr. Hebatalla Abouelfadl and Prof. Dr. Alaaeldin Elhabashi

Shanmathi Rajkumar
Temporality in Public Apace: A Dynamic Urban Design for St. Pauli, Hamburg
supervised by Prof. Anna Lundqvist, Prof. Christoph Wessling, Prof. Dr. Hebatalla Abouelfadl and Prof. Dr. Alaaeldin Elhabashi

2021

Ahmed Adham
Abandoned Towns Between the Use and Disuse: A Vision for Revitalizing the Town of Umm El Howeitat
supervised by Prof. Anna Lundqvist, Prof. Christoph Wessling, Prof. Dr. Nevin Gharib and Prof. Dr. Alaaeldin Elhabashi

Samar Abdelaal
Historic Buildings Rehabilitation as a Catalyst to Reconcile Urban Segregation: A Colonial Narrative of Port Said's Historic District
supervised by Prof. Anna Lundqvist, Prof. Christoph Wessling, Prof. Dr. Hebatalla Abouelfadl and Prof. Dr. Alaaeldin Elhabashi

Mirna Ashraf Ali
Connecting the Urban Dots: Archaeological Sites as a Catalyst for Urban Development: Case of Kōm Al Naḍūra
supervised by Prof. Anna Lundqvist, Prof. Christoph Wessling, Prof. Dr. Hebatalla Abouelfadl and Prof. Dr. Alaaeldin Elhabashi

2020

Alia Alaa Sherif
Creative Neighbourhood: Revitalization of Souq Al Silah Street
supervised by Prof. Heinz Nagler, Prof. Dr. Hebatalla Abouelfadl and Prof. Dr. Alaaeldin Elhabashi

Mary Katherine Walker Sprague
Greening Tsukishima: Nature-based Revitalization and Resilience in Tokyo Bay
supervised by Prof. Anna Lundqvist and Prof. Dr. Nabeel El-Hady

2019

Vinicius Mazzoni
Re-thinking an Industrial Historical Site to Support the Urban development of Berlin, Sustainable Living Area between Rummelsburg and Oberschöneweide
supervised by Prof. Heinz Nagler and Prof. Dr. Ebtissam Farid

Natalia Camila Ramirez Arango
Green Haras - A Revitalization of Courtyards and its Relation with Public Spaces within the Historic Urban Landscape of Bayt Madkour Area in Historic Cairo
supervised by Prof. Anna Lundqvist, Prof. Dr. Hebatalla Abouelfadl and Prof. Dr. Alaaeldin Elhabashi

Laura Ximena Vargas Pabon
Rediscovery Routes of Memory in Historic Cairo, the Case of Bab Al Bahr Street, Cairo
supervised by Prof. Anna Lundqvist and Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ouf

2018

Sherine Ahmed Ibrahim Ismaiel Mohamed
Revitalization of Athar El-Nabi District
supervised by Prof. Heinz Nagler and Prof. Dr. Shahdan Shabka

Samaher Soliman
Physical Interventions in Historic Context, the Medieval Town of Köpenich, Berlin, Germany
supervised by Prof. Heinz Nagler and Prof. Dr. Ebtissam Farid

Heba Ibrahim Mansour
Regeneration of Historic Cairo: A Community Based Approach for Bayt Al-Qady Area
supervised by Prof. Heinz Nagler and  Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ouf

Dina El Mazzahi
Safeguarding and Developing Kom El-Dikka Urban Heritage District
supervised by Prof. Heinz Nagler and Prof. Ebtissam Farid

2017

Rana Sadek Adopting Heritage
Conservation Strategy in Prospect to Urban Development, Case study: Kafr Abdou, Alexandria, Egypt
supervised by Prof. Heinz Nagler and Prof. Dr. Hebatalla Abouelfadl

Anandit Sachev
Introducing Sustainable Tourism to the Historic Residential Area of El-Quseir, Egypt
supervised by Prof. J. Miller Stevens and Prof. Dr. Nabeel Elhady