Abdulrahman Gamil Mahmoud Eltaliawi

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Ph.D. candidate in Architettura. Storia E Progetto , 40th cycle (2024-2027)
Department of Architecture and Design (DAD)

Profile

PhD

Research topic

MUD AND CONCRETE: The Practice and Discourse of Vernacular Architecture in Egypt at the Turn of the Century

Tutors

Research interests

History of Architecture
Construction

Biography

El-Taliawi is an architect and PhD researcher from Cairo, Egypt. Since 2009, he has been specialized in the research and practice of earthen and vernacular architecture in contemporary and heritage projects in Egypt, the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. He holds an MSc in Architectural Design from Politecnico di Milano (2013), and an MA in Architectural History from UCL (2020). He is currently a PhD researcher in the department of Architecture and Design at Politecnico di Torino, where his research, Mud and Concrete, looks at the decline of building with earth in late 19th century Egypt, and the parallel emergence of a discourse on Vernacular Architecture, branching the fields of Environmental and Construction History in the Modern Middle East. El-Taliawi is a cofounder of Boldan, an initiative for the exploration and documentation of vernacular architectural heritage, and has extensive professional experience overseeing heritage and earthen construction projects in various regions. He is currently based in Torino.