People

Ayham Dalal (Former Members)

C08 : Architectures of Asylum II

Research Associate

Technische Universität Berlin
BH-5-1 | Room 205
Ernst-Reuter-Platz 1
10587 Berlin

+49 (0)30 314-73783

ayham.dalal@live.co.uk

CV

  • since 2015

    Doctoral Dissertation, TU Berlin
    (Working Title) Between Humanitarian and Socio-Cultural Order: Understanding the Conflicts and Potentials Emerging from Refugee Camps Urbanisation. (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Philipp Misselwitz).

  • 2012 – 2014

    Master of Science in Integrated Urbanisma and Sustainable Design (M. Sc.), Stuttgart University and Aim Shams University,
    (Thesis) Camp Cities between Planning and Practice: Mapping the Urbanisation of Zaatari Camp. (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Nina Gribat, Prof. Dr. Mohamed Salheen, Dr. Yehya Serag, M. Arch. Omar Aziz Hallaj).

  • 2005 – 2011

    Bachelor in Architectural Engineering (BA), Al-Bath University, Syria
    (Thesis) Planning and Designing the Campus of Tartous University in Syria.

Research Focus

    • In his research, Ayham focuses on urban space, informality, resilience, culture, power dynamics, and identity politics. In particular, he is interested in the socio- spatial practices and transformations of space and how they can be mapped and visualized through mixed media and illustration techniques. His research is driven by strong interest in ethnography, anthropology, cultural studies and urbanization theories and how they can be linked to architectural design and contemporary urban practices.

Dissertation

(Working Title) Between Humanitarian and Socio-Cultural Order: Understanding the Conflicts and Potentials Emerging from Refugee Camps Urbanisation. (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Philipp Misselwitz).

Publications

  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

    • Dalal, A., “Why ‘now’ is an important moment in history: coronavirus and the refigured mobility of the world.” Town Planning Review, 92(1),97-105, 2021.

    • Dalal, A., “The Refugee Camp as Site of Multiple Encounters and Realizations”, Review of Middle East Studies, Special Issue edited by George Bajalia, Sami Al-Daghistani & Soraya Batmanghelichi, 55(2), 215-233, 2021.

    • Dalal, A., “Why ‘now’ is an important moment in history: Coronavirus and the refigured mobility of the world”, Town Planning Review, Special Issue on Coronavirus, Liverpool University Press, 2020, 1-9, [Ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2020.76

    • Dalal, A., “The refugee camp as urban housing”, Housing Studies, 2020. DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2020.1782850

    • Dalal, A., Darwish, A., Misselwitz, P., Steigemann, A., “Planning the ideal refugee camp? A critical interrogation of planning ‘innovations’ in Germany and Jordan”, Urban Planning, 2019. DOI: 10.17645/up.v3i4.1726

    • Dalal, A., “Uncovering Culture and Identity in Refugee Camps”, Humanities, 6(3), 61, 2017. DOI:10.3390/h6030061

    • Dalal, A., “A Socio-Economic Perspective on the Urbanisation of Zaatari Camp in Jordan”, Migration Letters, Vol. 12, No: 3, 263-278, 2015. ISSN: 1741-8984 & e-ISSN: 1741-8992

  • Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters

    • Dalal, Ayham, Aline Fraikin, and Antonia Noll. 2021. “Appropriating Tempohomes.” In Spatial Transformations: The Effect of Mediatization, Mobility and Social Dislocation on the Re-Figuration of Spaces, edited by Angela Million, Christian Haid, Ignacio Castillo Ulloa and Nina Baur. Routledge. [Forthcoming]

    • Dalal, Ayham with Aline Fraikin. 2021. “The Production of Syrian Refugee Camps in Jordan: Contextual Factors” In Forced Migration in Jordan, edited by Valentina Napolitano, Norig Neveu and Jalal Al-Husseini. Bloomsburg. [Forthcoming]

    • Dalal, Ayham, Petra Heber, and Leticia Palomino. 2021. “Between Securitization and Appropriation: The Architecture of Inhabitation in Azraq Camp.” In Inhabiting Displacement, edited by Shahd Wari, Maja Momic, and Somayeh Chitchian. Forthcoming. Birkhäuser. [Forthcoming]

    • Dalal, Ayham, Petra Heber, and Leticia Palomino. 2021. “Appropriating Azraq Camp.” In Camps: A Genealogy of Refugee Camps in the Middle East, edited by Ayham Dalal and Kamel Doraï. Press de l’ifpo, Beirut. [Forthcoming]

  • Books

    • Dalal, Ayham, From Shelters to Dwellings: The Zaatari Refugee Camp, Transcript Verlag (Bielefeld: 2021). [Forthcoming]

    • Dalal, Ayham, with Kamel Doraï (eds), Camps: A Genealogy of Refugee Camps in the Middle East, Press de l’ifpo (Beirut: 2021). [Forthcoming]

    • Dalal, Ayham, with Philipp Misselwitz (eds), Displacement and the City, Bauwelt Fundamente Series, Birkhäuser (Basel: 2022). [Forthcoming]

  • Other Publications

    • Dalal, A; with Shea, N. “Displacement and the City: Interview with Ayham Dalal”, Europe Now Journal, Issue: Networks of Solidarity During Crisis, Centre for European Studies at Columbia University, 2020.

    • Dalal, A. & Misselwitz, P., “Asylarchitekturen als Verhandlungsräume: CampCities zwischen universalistischer humanitärer Ordnung und lokaler Handlungsmacht”, ARCH+, 2017.

    • Dalal, A., “Responding to the Refugees’ ‘Design’ Design Crisis”, XXI, 2016. [Online: http://xxi.com.tr/articles/responding-to-refugees-design-crisis].

    • Dalal, A., “The Emergence of Habitat in Zaatari Camp in Jordan: Between Humanitarian and Socio-Cultural Order”, Trialog, Vol. 112/113, 43-58, 2015.

    • Dalal, A. et al, “Negotiating the Future: Observations and Visions of Urban Phenomena in Djerba”, IUSD Publications, Cairo, Ain Shams University, 2013.