Tamer El-Khouly

Associate Professor at Architecture Engineering

Career Information

Academic Information

Brief

A senior lecturer in Architecture and Design Studies.
Specialised in Design Processes, Computing and Creative Cognition
Research interests include: the applications of digitally mediated environments, computing & fabrications, building information modelling BIM, generative & parametric components, Space Syntax (Syntactic Analysis), Social Networks, and Graph Theory.
In 2000-2005, awarded a MSc degree in Architecture theory, semiotics of contemporary mosque architecture.
Research studies in building information modelling, design and construction management.

Awards

First Award of the Ministry of Housing Design Competition, Egypt, 2006
The Exemplar Lecturer Award – Ain Shams University, Egypt, 2004 & 2005
The Visionary Youth Award – By Ministry of Culture, Egypt, 2003
The Future Architects Award – By Society of Egyptian Architects SEA, Egypt, 2002
The Exemplar Student Award – Ain Shams University, Egypt, 1998

Books

El-Khouly, TAI; (2015) Creative Discovery in Architectural Design Processes: An empirical study of procedural and contextual components. Doctoral thesis, UCL (University College London).
http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1467244/

Articles

El-Khouly, T. (2017a) Directed Linkography: Distinguishing the Range of Roles Among Creative Insights in Design Reasoning Processes. Journal of Space Syntax 6(2) (FORTHCOMING)
El-Khouly, T. (2017b) Is creativity structured or chanced upon arbitrary? An empirical study of reasoning in architecture design. Journal of Design Studies (FORTHCOMING)

Publications

1. Tamir El-Khouly & Omnia Abdelhalim, " Preserving conceptual design integrity: strategies for enhancing interoperability in architectural digital design workflows ", Scientific Reports, 2024

Research Projects

A research associate position at the Bartlett School Env., Energy & Resources BSEER, University College London UCL, where I worked within a research teamwork on developing guidelines for mixed-Use development projects in Guangzhou, South China. This role was to provide strategic planning studies for one of the large developers in Southern China to develop projects for sustainable growth of the community of Guangzhou and its surrounding.

Building information modelling BIM is a promising research application in design processes and construction project management that is authorised by the British Government to be a system delivery for every project in UK. In this particular subject, I held a research initiative in the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London to answer the question: How to make use of big data provided in design process of large scale projects in order to improve design enterprise, management and quality control? A research proposal was developed collaboratively with software firms –i.e. Bentley & Autodesk– to develop considerations for design models.