Landscape Architecture (MLA/MSLA) Faculty and Staff
Safei-Eldin Hamed
shamed@chatham.edu
Program Director
Academic Areas of Interest
Safei-Eldin Hamed is a scholar of environmental planning, an educator of landscape architecture, and a consultant of international development. He practices primarily in the United States and the Middle East. Dr. Hamed has taught at the University of Guelph and The University of Nova Scotia in Canada; King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia; and the University of Georgia, Virginia Tech, the University of Maryland, and Texas Tech University in the United States. He has been invited to lecture in different universities around the world including: Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, DePaul, Cairo, Kuwait, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.
Education
- Virginia Tech, Ph.D. in Environmental Planning & Design
- University of Georgia, Master of Landscape Architecture
- Cairo University, Bachelor of Architectural Engineering
Publications
- Hamed, S., "A Pioneering Vision From Doha" in Landscape-ME, May 2009, Volume III:23, pp. 22-25
- Hamed, S., "Best Practices in Selecting a Landscape Architectural Consultant" in Landscape-ME, April 2009, Volume III, pp. 54-55
- Hamed, S., Best Practices Landscape Maintenance and Grounds Operation, in Landscape-ME, February 2009, Volume III: 20, pp. 34-36
- Hamed, S. “Oxford and the Environment: 1st International Symposium, Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire, UK” in Landscape-ME, December 2008, Volume II-18, pp. 42-44
- Hamed, S., “The Cultural Dimensions of the Islamic Garden”, in Landscape-ME, November 2008, Volume II-17, pp. 26-32
- Hamed, S. “Landscape Construction Strategies for Sustainable Development”, in Landscape-ME, October 2008, Volume II-16, pp. 44-48
- Hamed, S.A., 2005 “Assessing the Environmental Situation in Egypt: Initiatives, Issues, and Prospects”, in Richard C. Foltz (editor), Environmentalism in the Muslim World”, (Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York), pp. 4-19.
- Hamed, S. A., 2004. “Mainstreaming Sustainable Development and Best Practices in Resort Planning Along the Red Sea”, in Susan L. Jacobson (editor) ASLA 2004 Annual Meeting Abstracts, (American Society of Landscape Architects: Washington, D.C.), pp. 112-115
- Hamed, S.A., 2003, “Capacity Building for Sustainable Development”, in R. Foltz, F. Denny, and A. Baharuddin (Editors) Islam and Ecology: A Bestowed Trust, (Harvard University Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts ), pp.403-421
- Hamed, S.A. 2002, Landscape Planning Objectives for the Arid Middle East: An approach to setting environmental objectives, (The Edwin Mellen Press: Lewiston, New York), 241pp.
Organizations
- Policy Committe of the American Society of Landscape Architects
- Council on education of the American Society of Landscape Architects
- ASLA International Practice Open Committee (Chairman from1990-1994)
- World Future Society (Chapter President, 1984-1986),
- City of Lubbock Community Relations Commissions
- Lubbock Interfaith Group,
Achievements
- The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Geneva, Switzerland, 1990-2004), Board of Nominators
- Harvard University: Member of the Advisory Board of “Forum on Religion and Ecology”, 1998-Date
- City of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Served as an international urban design/environmental planning consultant