د. م موفق دغمان

An architect and university professor specialising in building construction and the restoration and protection of architectural heritage, with long experience in university teaching, cultural administration and urban planning.

Qualifications

• Higher education diploma, Faculty of Architecture, Damascus University, 1992

• Master's degree in building construction, Faculty of Architecture, Damascus University, 1995

• PhD in building construction, Department of Building and Construction Science, Faculty of Architecture, Damascus University, and the Faculty of Architecture, Aachen University, Germany, 2000 (with the help of a DAAD scholarship)

Teaching

Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Damascus University (2000-2013), teaching:

• 1. Working designs (tall buildings, steel structures, building construction, building materials)

• 2. Building construction

• 3. Building protection and restoration

• 4. Architectural design

• 5. Supervision of final-year projects

• 6. Supervision of postgraduate research projects

• Teaching at the Faculty of Architecture, International University for Science and Technology (IUST), Syria (2008-2012): building construction, working drawings

• Dean of the Department of Architecture at IUST (2019-2021)

• Vice-dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Al-Rashid Private University for Science and Technology (2021-2022)

Professional experience

• Director of the Damascus Office for Architecture and Heritage, Damascus (2009-2022)

• Director of Damascus Antiquities at the Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums, Ministry of Culture (2000-2004)

• Director of the Old City of Damascus, Damascus Governorate (2004-2006)

• Director of the master plan for the Old City of Damascus (2006)

• Member of the Chaillot Institute for restoration team, Damascus University, Faculty of Architecture (2003-20012)

• The Damascus city documentation project

• Project director, planning of Islamic capital cities (1995-2008), Organisation of Islamic Capitals and Cities