ASCAAD

The Arab Society for Computer-Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD) is a society active in the area of computer-aided architectural design (CAAD).[1]

History and mission of ASCAAD

The founding meeting of ASCAAD took place on 16 May 2001 in Jordan University of Science and Technology.

ASCAAD is a society of those who teach and conduct research in computer-aided architectural design in schools of architecture in the Arab World. ASCAAD aims to facilitate communication and information exchange regarding the use of computers and information technology in architecture, planning and building science.

Membership

Membership of ASCAAD is available to architects, designers, educators and researchers. Membership is not restricted to any geographical region, however, the activities of ASCAAD are mainly carried out in the Arab World (West Asia, and North Africa). We accept members from all over the world. Anyone can register online via ASCAAD website.

Annual conference

ASCAAD organises an annual conference in one of the Universities or institutions in the Arab region . Papers are accepted in the conference after a blind review process. All accepted papers are published in the proceedings of the conference, and included in CUMINCAD.Public CumInCAD records are available via an Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) feed and records are available via multiple bibliographic archives and citation indexes online.[2][3][4]

List of conferences

YearTitleInstitutionPlace
2005E-Design in ArchitectureKing Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsDhahran, Saudi Arabia
2006Re-Thinking the DiscourseAmerican University of SharjahSharjah, United Arab Emirates
2007Embodying Virtual ArchitectureBibliotheca AlexandrinaAlexandria, Egypt[5]
2009Digitizing Architecture: Formalization & Content[6]University of BahrainManamah, Bahrain
2010CAAD - Cities - SustainabilityNational School of ArchitectureFes, Morocco
2012CAAD - Innovation - PracticeKingdom UniversityManamah, Bahrain
2014Digital CraftingEffat UniversityJeddah, Saudi Arabia
2016 Parametricism V. Materialism: The evolution of digital technologies for development SOAS University of London London, UK
2017 Adaptive Frontiers of Digital Architecture Al-Ahliyya Amman University Amman, Jordan

Conference Proceedings

A link to the abstracts for all conferences' papers can be found at: http://cumincad.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/BrowseTree?field=series&separator=:&recurse=0&order=AZ&value=ASCAAD

Board of directors

ASCAAD board of directors is composed of ten members elected by members of ASCAAD: president, vice president, and 8 members. Office term for each member in the board is two years, however, to ensure continuity of ASCAAD activities and mission, half of the board is elected annually to join the already existing half. The elected president replaces the existing president, who, in turn, replaces the existing vice president. The four newly elected members of the board replace half of the existing members.

ASCAAD BoD convene in a formal meeting once a year at least. Usually the meeting is scheduled during ASCAAD annual conference.

List of presidents

PeriodNameInstitution
2001–2005Jamal Al-QawasmiKing Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
2005–2007Ahmad OkeilAbu Dhabi University
2007–2008Amar BennadjiThe Robert Gordon University,
2008–2011Rabee ReffatKing Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals,
2011–20012Zaki MallasiEffat University,
2012–2013Neveen HamzaNewcastle University,
2013–20014Zaki MallasiEffat University,
2015–20016Aghlab Al-AttiliUniversity of London,

List of current members of the board of directors

NameInstitution
Neveen HamzaNewcastle University
Zaki MallasiEffat University
Aghlab Al-AttiliUniversity of London
Ayman Ahmed OthmanBritish University in Egypt
Bhzad SidawiUniversity of Dammam
Magdy IbrahimAbu Dhabi University
Sherif AbdelMohsenGeorgia Institute of Technology
Omar HelmyWS Atkins

List of Previous members of the board of directors

NameInstitution
Ahmad OkeilAbu Dhabi University
Aghlab Al-AttiliUniversity of Edinburgh
Dina TahaAlexandria University
Hassan SattiSkidmor, Owings, & Merrill LLP
Hazem HammadAssiut University
Maher El-KhaldiGehry Technologies
Ramzi HassanDept. of Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Sameh ShaabanRIBA Enterprises
Wael AbdelhameedSouth Valley University
Zaki MallasiPerkins + Will

References

  1. ↑ Digi-arts knowledge portal, UNESCO.
  2. ↑ "Architexturez CumInCAD OAI-PMH Mirror". Architexturez. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "DBLP". DBLP. University of Trier. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Researchgate". ResearchGate. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "اليوم الثقافي قدم خلاله دراسة للتغير العمراني في مكة المكرمة 25 دولة تشارك في مؤتمر "تجسيد العمارة التخيلية" 25 countries participate in the "virtual embodiment of Architecture"". Alyaum.com اليوم الإلكتروني (in Arabic). December 8, 2007. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
  6. ↑ http://www.bna.bh/portal/news/145302 Bahrain News Agency, BNA.

Sister organizations

There are five sister organisations around the world to provide a more accessible regional forum for discussion of computing and design. The major ones are:

  • ACADIA - Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture, since 1981
  • CAADRIA - The Association for Computer Aided Architectural Design in Asia, since 1996.
  • ECAADE - The Association for Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, since 1982.
  • SigGraDi - Sociedade Ibero-Americana de Gráfica Digital, since 1997.
  • CAAD Futures - Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures, since 1985.
  • CUMINCAD - The Cumulative Index of Computer Aided Architectural Design.
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