Aya Mohamd Hisham Mohamed Abd El Rahman Elsisy

Assistant Professor at Architecture Engineering

Career Information

Academic Information

Brief

I am an urban studies researcher who is interested in understanding value & decision-making ideologies in urban practice especially in the field of intervention policies addressing informal urbanism & pro-poor housing. My research work focuses on the Egyptian context investigating drivers for urban development from the perspectives of different actors whether these drivers are economic, social, environmental, and/or political as well as understanding power dynamics between structures & agency.

Awards

Best M.Sc. Thesis in Architectural Engineering Department for the year 2017/2018 – Faculty of Engineering – Ain Shams University.

Publications

1. Mahmoud Elnably, Yasser Mansour, Ayman Assem, Aya Elsisy, " City Branding Through Porter’s Competitive Models: Investigating El Shorouk City Market Position ", Architecture and Urbanism: A Smart Outlook, 2020
2. , " THE IMPACT OF CITY BRANDING AND COMMUNITY PERCEPTION THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA ON HOUSING OCCUPANCY RATES: THE CASE OF EL-SHOROUK CİTY, EGYPT ", SPACE International Conference 2019 on Sustainable Architecture Planning and urban Design, 2019
3. Elsisy, A., Ashour, A.M., Khalifa, M.A., Khodeir, L.M., " Decision making ideology: Correlation analysis between informal settlements growth and upgrading policies in Egypt ", New Cities and Community Extensions in Egypt and the Middle East: Visions and Challenges, 2018
4. Laila M. Khodeir, Aya Elsisy, Muhammad Nagy, " Pre-assessment of Metropolitan Areas’ Smart Growth through Agent Based Modelling ", Procedia Environmental Sciences, 2016

Research Projects

--- Sustainable Development of the Built Environment (SDBE) – Joint project between Ain Shams University (ASU) & University of East London (UEL) – Second Training Round; Low Carbon Design Strategies & Renewable Energy – London - UK (April 2018)

--- Desert Wood Joint Project: Interdisciplinary & Intercultural Design Project (15ECTS) at Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM) in cooperation with Ain Shams University – Munich - Germany (April - August 2016)

--- Participatory Planning & Resources Management” PartNar Joint Project between Technical University of Cologne & Ain Shams University under the German – Arab Transformation Partnership Program – Cologne - Germany (June 2014)