Amman- 17 November 2021
This year’s network meeting of the School of Architecture and Built Environment (SABE) was able to take place in person again after one year of online meetings due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The event was held HS Koblenz, hosted by the German network head for Architecture, Prof. Dr. Dagmar Eisermann, and equally supported by Prof. Dr. Christine Bernhardt from HS Rhein-Main the network head for Design. The meeting took place from 11th to 12th of November 2021. The dean of the school, Dr. Maram Tawil, joined the meeting together with SABE’s exchange coordinator Arch. Amani Malhas for the department of architecture, while exchange coordinator and head of the Design department at GJU, Dr. Rawan Majzoub, joined the meeting online. Network coordinator Iris Wildfeuer from the International Office was also present.
The different German partner universities such as FHWS, University of Weimar, RWTH Aachen and HS Trier were represented in person and further partners such as HS Coburg, HS Mainz, HS Bochum and TH Köln joined the hybrid session that was made possible by the team at TH Brandenburg.
After some welcoming words by the host, Prof. Dr. Dagmar Eisermann and by Dr. Maram Tawil the dean of the school, followed by a brief introduction of all participants, Prof. Dr. Ralf Rosskopf GJUs Vice President started the meeting online with some updates that GJU had undergone throughout the pandemic, including changes in digitalization and the new German Language Concept. This general introduction was followed by an introduction to the school by the schools dean Dr. Maram Tawil and followed by some updates on department development by Arch. Amani Malhas and Dr. Rawan Majzoub.
After this an open discussion was held between all participants on topics such as the development of the new film track in the design department for which more seats will be needed and the general prospect of more exchange, both on students and teaching level, online and in person with a focus also on blended learning.
The discussion was followed by different presentations by the German partners which were held online, such as a project on “International Virtual Academic Collaboration” by Prof. Claudia Aymar, HS Rhein-Main, and presentations by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eberhard Möller from HS Karlsruhe (architectural design, structural design, structural engineering) and Prof. Tatjana Vautz, Dipl.-Ing. Arch. from Frankfurt UAS.
A joint meeting of the design department with the School of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (SEEIT) took place online the next day in order to discuss the “Media Informatics Program” between the two schools. Furthermore alumni experiences and current projects were presented by graduates of both departments (Lubna Sukhni for Architecture and Murad Abu Eisheh for Design).
The meeting concluded with intentions from all sides to use this turning point after the pandemic to further interlink and expand the network and to look towards expanding collaboration on multiple levels.