Amir Gohar
Dr. Gohar is an urban & landscape designer, educator and sustainable urbanism expert with nearly two decades of working experience with municipal governments, research institutes, international development agencies, private sector firms and local community organizations. He has worked extensively in public space in congested cities, coastal settlements, dense urban forms, and historic urban centers across the Middle East and Africa. He completed his doctorate work in the Dep. of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning at UC Berkeley focused on understanding coastal development and its direct & relative impact on the local residents and the environment. His peer reviewed research focuses on finding the appropriate balance between the trendies of rapid urbanization and ecological integrity of open spaces in cities. He is passionate, experienced and delivered numerous lectures about community engagement in public space. He taught and still teaching landscape design studio and urban & environmental studies seminars in UC-Berkeley, K-State, SFSU, UniGe, and University of Huddersfield. In addition, he is founding member of “MIDAN”, a nonprofit dedicated to placemaking and public space rehabilitation. He is honored to to translate/تعريب the "New Landscape Architecture Declaration" into the Arabic language, and considered leader in the profession. Gohar obtained degrees in urban planning from Cairo, a Master in Urban design from Oxford Brookes, and a diploma in Land Management from Erasmus University. He is a member of Placemaking Europe and a regional leader for PlacemakingX