Bouzid Boudiaf

Bouzid BOUDIAF graduated in architecture from the Ecole Polytechnique d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme d’Alger, in 1984 with first class honors. After one year in professional practice in the headquarter of housing in Algiers, he accepted a post - graduate research grant from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research that enabled him to study at Heriot - Watt University, Edinburgh. He has a degree of master of science in urban - design and a Ph.D in Architectural Design from the University of Wolverhampton. He was the course director at the E.P.A.U. In 1996, he was designated by the ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to coordinate the pedagogical programs of technology and architecture. He taught at the I.T.T.P.B and was a visiting Associate Professor at the Institute of Town and Regional Planning at the University of Sciences and Technology ( U.S.T.H.B.), Bab- Ezzouar. He is an associate researcher at the laboratory of town planning at the U.S.T.H.B. He published more than forty papers and chapters’ books dealing particularly with architectural training, housing, and heritage and urban - design. In 2005, he joined Ajman University of Science and Technology as an assistant Professor in Architecture and Urban Design. He is also a member of editing board of some architectural magazines. He published many books and his last book is: Towards a responsive environment.