Phd in ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION

Rita Salamouni is a French-Lebanese conservation architect. Having completed her Bachelor degree in architecture at the Lebanese American University in Beirut (LAU), Lebanon. She then obtained her master degree in conservation at La Sapienza University of Rome, with a maximum vote and merit of publication. Her main research interests are in urban morphology and conservation. She is currently enrolled in the PhD program of Architecture and Construction at La Sapienza university of Rome. She is particularly interested in studying the forming process of traditional of houses along the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, using a both historical and morphological methodologies. She has also collaborated and worked with several international firms between Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and France, in particular on the conservation and restoration of UNESCO heritage sites. Combining both the morphological approach and conservation strategies, she tends to apply these methodologies in her work. Her interests also focus on demonstrative studies that try to show how these central hall dwellings can be used in contemporary cities in efficient ways.