Amr Abdalla Abdelaziz Attia

Professor at Urban Planning


Career Information

Professor at : 2016-11-24
Assistant Professor at : 2005-04-26
Teacher at : 1999-11-29
Teacher Assistant at : 1994-10-25
Demonstrator at : 1991-11-04

Academic Information

Ph.D. : 1999-09-03 From University London
M.Sc. : 1991-10-24 From Ain shams University
Graduation : may / 1991 From Faculty of Engineering , Ain shams University

Brief

Dr. Amr Attia is a highly competent business leader who has extensive project leadership, contractual, commercial, and technical skills that traverse the full gamut of urban development planning including national programs, city management, real estate development, housing, environment, sustainability, infrastructure, ports and tourism development.

Amr is an expert urban and regional planning with over 25 years of experience and has led multi-billion dollar projects. He has led master planning teams for large infrastructure and planning projects including the Regional development of the North Coast of Egypt and New Najaf City with PUD and JSDP and JECPI in KSA with AECOM.

Amr has been a Professor of urban planning at Ain Shams University since 1991 and the executive chairman of PUD (Planning and Urban Development) Consultants, which has successfully completed several signature planning & urban design signature projects in the Middle East since its establishment in 1966.

Amr was member of the Technical Committee for the Grand Egyptian Museum and was involved in organizing and managing the International Architecture Competition of the museum which was sponsored by UNESCO & under the patronage of the UIA.

Amr was the Managing Director of the Consultancy Unit for Planning & Urban Design (CUPUD) of Ain Shams University, actively involved in the preparation of strategic plans for Egypt’s urban and rural settlements. He was the authorized representative of Ain Shams University in the implementation of the “National Programme for the Development of Rural Strategic Plans, which is a research oriented project sponsored by the General Organization for Physical Planning with technical cooperation from UN HABITAT in over 400 Egyptian villages.

Amr was selected as an Eisenhower Fellow in the Common Interest Program on the Challenges of Urbanization in which he visited more than 25 cities in the United States of America and attended extensive workshops and seminars with several decision makers, city managers, academics, developers and consultants. Amr has been an active participant in the Aspen Institute, USA in the leadership seminar and later in the seminar and white paper on Propositions for the Future of Art Museums.

Amr is the co-founder of the K2C (Kansas to Cairo) project which is an on-line studio of architectural collaboration in the Virtual Worlds between Ain Shams University and University of Southern California.

Awards

الجائزة الثانية (بعد حجب الاولي) عن تخطيط المنطقة المقابلة للحديقة الدولية بمدخل مدينة الاسكندرية
• الجائزة الأولى عن تخطيط وتصميم مشروع المنتجـع السياحى والفندقي والترفيهي بسمـلا وعلم الروم مارينا مطروح (1200 فدان)
• الجائزة الأولى عن تصميـم المجمــع السياحي والفندقـي والتجــاري بمدينة الغردقـة ملك شركة مصر للاستثمار السياحي
• الجائزة الأولى عن تخطيط وتصميم المركز السياحى (سماتور) على خليج السويس السخنة (1500 فدان ) ( ملك الشركة السعودية المصرية للاستثمار والتنمية)
• الجائزة الأولى عن تخطيط مدينة رفح - قطاع غزة – فلسطين
• الجائزة الأولى عن تخطيط مشروع دار السلام (ملك الشركة السعودية المصرية للاستثمار والتنمية)
• الجائزة الأولى عن تخطيط المرحلة الثانية لمدينة الخمائل

Books

Attia, A., Mansour, Y, Shafik, Z, AbdelMoneim, W, (eds), (2003), The Grand Museum of Egypt: International Architecture Competition, The Egyptian Ministry of Culture, Volumes I and II.

Articles

Attia, A., (1994), “Planning for Sustainable Tourism Development: The Case of Marina Al-Alamein Project in the North West Coast Region of Egypt”, Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, University of London.
Attia, A., (1999), “Planning for Sustainable Tourism Development: An Investigation into Implementing Tourism Policy In the North West Coast Region of Egypt”, Unpublished PhD thesis, University of London.
Attia, A., Salheen, and M, Borombally, H (2003), “Planning for Sustainable Transportation In Historic Cairo: The Case of Al-Muizz Street”, Proceedings of Al-Azhar Engineering Seventh International Conference, April 7th – 10th , (In Arabic).
Attia, A., and Mohamed, A, F, (2003), “The Impact of the Environmental Concerns on the Feasibility of Urban Development Projects”, Proceedings of Al-Azhar Engineering Seventh International Conference, April 7th – 10th, (In Arabic)
Attia, A., and Mohamed, A, F, (2003), “The Constraints of Implementation of the Ring Road around the Greater Cairo Region”, Proceedings of Al-Azhar Engineering Seventh International Conference, April 7th – 10th , (In Arabic).
Attia, A., and Salheen, M, (2003), “Urban Transitional Zones in Greater Cairo Region: Problems and Opportunities”, Proceedings of the 39th ISoCaRP International Congress Cairo, Egypt, 19th -22nd October.

Attia, A. & Mostafa, A., (2007), The development of Urban Settlements & the New Approaches for Measuring Quality of Life Indicators, JAUES: Journal of Al-Azhar University Engineering Sector, ISSN: 1110-640 (In Arabic)
Attia, A., Eid, Y & Latif, M., (2012), Strategic City Planning in Egypt, JAUES: Journal Al Azhar University Engineering Sector, Volume 7, no. 24, July.
Attia, A., & Afifi, S., (2014), Spatial Planning & Need to Spatial Planning Support Systems – Urbanism as Example, Journal of Al Azhar University Engineering Sector (JAUES), Volume 9, no. 32, July.
Attia, A (2016), Utilizing Information Technologies in Urban Renewal Initiatives: Opportunities & Constraints, Humanities and Social Sciences Journal, 2016; 4(1): 5-15; Published online on March 2, 2016;

Publications

  1. Reham Kamel El-Khadrawy, Amr Abdalla Attia, Rowaida Rashed, " Partnerships for Sustainable Tourism Development in the Cultural Heritage Sites ", Book Chapter - Conservation of Architectural Heritage, 2022

Research Projects

إعداد بحث تطبيقي مشترك بعنوان إعادة تدوير المخلفات الورقية في جامعة عين شمس بالاشتراك مع د. محمد عبدالباقي ود. غادة فاروق
المساهمة في ندوة جامعة عين شمس في خدمة المجتمع وتنمية البيئة: الواقع والمأمول - في الفترة بين 11-13 مايو 2004 و إعداد و إلقاء ورقة عمل بعنوان دور جامعة عين شمس في خدمة المجتمع و البيئة في مجال التخطيط العمراني بالاشتراك مع د. غادة فاروق
التنسيق الفني بين جامعة عين شمس والهيئة العامة للتخطيط العمراني الخاص بمشروع إعداد المخططات الإرشادية لقرى الجمهورية لعدد 53 قرية في الفترة ما بين أبريل 2002 إلى أبريل 2004
إعداد المخططات العمرانية الإرشادية لمجموعة من قرى الجمهورية بمحافظات الشرقية والغربية والدقهلية
اعداد المخططات الاستراتيجية لقرى الوحدة المحلية لقرية كوم اشو بمركز كفر الدوار بمحافظة البحيرة ولقرى الوحدة المحلية لقرية البلاشون بمركز بلبيس – محافظة الشرقية ولقرى الوحدة المحلية لقرية كفور الغاب – مركز كفر سعد – محافظة دمياط ولقرى الوحدة المحلية لقرية الشهيدي بمركز المحلة الكبرى – محافظة الغربية.
مشروع إعداد المخططات الاستراتيجية العامة لمدينة طنطا بمحافظة الغربية ومدينة المنصورة بمحافظة الدقهلية
مشروع امحتب - "إدخال بالأجواء: التجربة الحسية في الفراغات الحضرية" بالخاص بالتعاون بين جامعة عين شمس - كلية الهندسة - قسم التخطيط العمراني وكلية العمارة بجرونبل بفرنسا - مركز CRESSON البحثي
Imhotep Program - Ambiances: sensory experience in urban spaces