Aida Hoteit
Aida Hoteit FRSA (Arabic: عايدة حطيط) is a Lebanese architect, academic and scholar. She is a Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning and the Director of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture at the Lebanese University. Hoteit is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[2][3]
Aida Hoteit | |
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| Born | Lebanon |
| Occupation | Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Lebanese University |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Lebanese University (BA, DES), Complutense University of Madrid (MPhil), Polytechnic University of Madrid (PhD) |
| Thesis | Cultura, espacio y organización urbana en la ciudad islámica (Culture, space and urban organization in the Islamic city)[1] (1993) |
| Doctoral advisor | Fernando Chueca Goitia |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Architecture Urban Planning |
Education
Hoteit received a BA with Honors in Clinical Psychology and a DES with Honors in Architecture from the Lebanese University in 1988 and 1989, respectively. After moving to Spain, she attained an MPhil in Social Psychology from the Complutense University of Madrid in 1992 and a PhD summa cum laude in Architecture/Urban Planning from the Polytechnic University of Madrid in 1993.[1][2][3]
Career
Hoteit served as an Architect and the Chairperson of the Department of Urban Planning at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (Lebanon) between 1995 and 2000.[2][3] Since 1993, she has been conducting academic work at the Lebanese University Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture, where she is currently a professor and director. She served as the Chairperson of the Department of Architecture twice from 2001 to 2003 and 2015 to 2019.[2][3]
Awards
Hoteit is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (2019).
References
- "Cultura, espacio y organización urbana en la ciudad islámica". Dialnet. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- "Tamayouz Excellence Award Judges". TAMAYOUZ EXCELLENCE AWARD. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- "Aida Hoteit". Linkedin. Retrieved 25 January 2020.