Engineering – Management – Entrepreneurship Sector
Prof. Dr. Eng. Omar Al Kouwatli is a distinguished architect and urban planner with more than three decades of extensive academic and professional experience. He holds a Ph.D. in Urban Planning and City Planning from the Higher Institute of Architecture in Sofia, Bulgaria, and two Consultant Degrees in Architectural Design and Urban Planning.
He has led major urban and architectural projects at both national and international levels, encompassing city planning, residential and commercial developments, as well as touristic and entertainment complexes in Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Albania, and other European countries. He has also contributed to studies on the redevelopment of damaged areas and neighborhood rehabilitation, with a strong focus on sustainability and socio-urban integration, including research on the Roma population in Bulgaria.
Prof. Dr. Al-Qutli has held senior academic and administrative positions, including Vice Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Head of the Urban Planning Department at the International Arab University. He has also served as a member of committees within the International Union of Young Architects and has actively participated in specialized international conferences on architecture and urban planning across Europe and the Middle East.
He is recognized for his extensive research and teaching experience in urban planning, geographic information systems (GIS), local development, and sustainable planning, and is regarded as a key reference in the fields of urban planning and urban regeneration.
| 2004 | Grade of Consultant in architectural design. |
| 1996 | Grade of Consultant in Urban Planning. |
| 1986 | PHD in Urban & Town Planning–Higher Institute of Architecture, Sofia, Bulgaria. |
| 1990 | Principal of private consultancy office–Consulting Group Al Dar (A.U.D.) for )Urban Design, Town Planning, Architecture (. |
| … | Member of Urban Planning Committee in Union of Architects in Bulgaria. |
| … | Member of the Regional Collegium -Sofia, city at the KAB Bulgaria. |
| 2009-2011 | Vice Dean of the Faculty of Architecture for Scientific Affairs– AIU. |
| 2011-2005 | Head of the City Planning Department of the –AIU. |
| 2005 | Associate Lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture –AIU. |
| 2009-1994 | Secretary General of the International Union of Young Architects (IFYA) Paris, France. |
| 2019-1988 | Member of International Relations Committee in International Union of Young Architects (IFYA) Paris, France. |
| 1985 | Associate Lecturer at the Higher Institute of Architecture– Sofia, Bulgaria Associate. |
| 2021 | Lecturer at a symposium on city planning for the regions of the Balkan Bulgarian, countries with a lecture on planning policies for areas of irregularities and reconstruction from the perspectives of sustainable urbanization and future renewal of the affected areas. |
| 2019 | Lecturer at the international geographical Conference in Istanbul for Urban planning problems of ghettoized urban structures, Contemporary practices in local development and urban security (programs and planning), to the 1s Istanbul International Geography Congress. |
| 2015 | International architectural meeting and scientific lectures in the city of Perpignan (France), on the revitalization of villages in the French countryside– Perrine Oriental. |
| 2013 | Lecturer at the geographical conference on GIS technologies and the prospects for their application in planning studies at Sofia University, Faculty of Geography, with a lecture on urban planning and the use of documentation programs geographical. |
| 2012 | Lecturer at the Regional Planning Conference and Future Prospects from a Sustainable Perspective at the Higher Institute of Architecture and Building at Sofia University with a lecture on the experience in planning sustainable urban areas around the big cities and Damascus. |
| 2009 | Lecturer at the International Engineering Conference of the Union of Engineering Bodies in Islamic Countries. |
| 2008 | International conference for Architecture and Urbanism (The UIA Turin congress), Italy, Turin, International Union of Architects. |
| 2005 | International conference for Architecture and Urbanism (The UIA Istanbul congress), Turkey, Istanbul – International Union of Architects. |
| 2004 | Current architectural & engineering work realities in Syria – lecture at the International Architectural Conference at the Arsenal – France. |
| 2002 | International conference for Architecture & Urbanism (The UIA erlin congress), Berlin, Germany – International Union of Architects. |
| 2002 | International conference for Architecture & Urbanism (The UIA Sofia congress), Sofia, Bulgaria – International Union of Architects. |
| 2001 | First Engineering conference – Damascus, Syria –Union of Arab Engineers. |
| 2000 | Lecture on the Future of the Arab City in the 21st Century, presented at the International Conference of Tunisian Engineers – Tunis. |
| 2000 | Lecture on the Sustainable Expansion of the Arab City – Second Architecture Conference, Amman. |
| 1997 | Lecture on the Emergence and Development of International Urban Planning and Its Application to Damascus – Engineers Syndicate, Damascus. |
| 1997 | Lecture on the Future Prospects of Balanced Planning – International Forum of Young Architects, France. |
| 1994 | International conference for Architecture & Urbanism – Montreal, Canada – International Union of Architects. |
| 2019-2022 | Urban planning studies in damaged areas of Qaboun in Damascus, and for alternative housing design in Basilia City, for the General Company for Engineering. Ranged 290 hectare. |
| 2017-2022 | Urban and Spatial studies and segregation on the socio-urban integration of roma population in Plovdiv. In its essence, this project is an interdisciplinary research, which is on the border between Urbanism, Ethnic Geography, Ethno psychology, urban sociology, urban development studies and Ethnic demography. The layers include maps of the residential buildings, health and educational institutions and another urban infrastructure. Ministry of Education and Science in Bulgaria. |
| 2012-2013 |
Urban and Architectural Design for Commercial and entertaining complex in Amman.
The project contains a commercial mall, located in City center of Amman Area: 40.000 Sq. M. |
| 2009-2011 |
Studying area, No/ 4/ behind Al Razi hospital in Damascus – Syria ranged 176 hectare.
Owner: City of Damascus. The study included detailed master planning, surveying population onsite and re‐modeling the area according to the schematic and urban theories accredited nationally and internationally to house 40.000 persons. |
| 2007-2008 |
Urban and Architectural Design and working drawings for
commercial and entertaining complex. Location: Egypt– New Cairo. Area: 110000 Sq. M. |
| 2006-2009 |
Studying the organizational and planning expansion areas No. 1 and 3 in Homs– Syria .
ranged 700 hectare. Owner: City of Homs. |
| The study included detailed master planning, surveying population in the area, re‐modeling the area according to the schematic and architectural theories accredited by both nationally and internationally to house about 140.000 persons. | |
| 2003-2004 |
Urban & architectural Study for a touristic complex Interland consisted of a 5 star hotel, a mall & residential villas.
Location: Egypt– New Cairo. Area: 13 hectares. |
| 2003-2004 |
Working drawings for Al‐Abasyeen Square – (traffic, water, greenery, sculptural, artistic, Commercial & service elements).
Owner: City of Damascus. Location: Damascus. |
| 2002-2003 |
Urban and Architectural Design solution for Al‐Hijaz market & train station.
Owner: Akar Holding Co. Location: Damascus. Area: 50.000 Sq. M. |
| 2002-2003 |
Urban and Architectural Design & working drawings Study for a touristic complex Al‐Kawthar.
location: Surghaya. Area: 40.000 Sq. M. |
| 2002-2003 |
Urban & architectural Study for Al‐Hussein touristic complex
location: Iraq. Area: 11.500 Sq. M. |
| 2002-2003 |
Urban and Architectural Design & working drawings for Al‐Oumaween Square – (water, greenery, sculptural, artistic, pedestrian links & traffic tunnel). Owner: City of Damascus.
Location: Damascus Design & working drawings for Al‐Abasyeen traffic tunnel 800 m long. |
| 2001-202 |
Urban & architectural design for Marineland a touristic complex on the Mediterranean shores
Location: Tartous. Area: 300.000 Sq. M. |
| 2001-2002 |
Urban & architectural Study for Al‐Fardos Village for Culture touristic complex sponsored by the Syrian Trust for Development .
location: Al‐Ghab Valley–Idleb. Area: 110.000 Sq. M. |
| 2000-2003 |
Urban and Architectural Design & working drawings for residential complex towers. Owner: Private Investor Mitwali Group.
Location: Tirana, Albania. Area: 30.000 Sq. M. |
| 2000-2002 | Regional planning study to examine future Urban development between Damascus & Beirut. Planning study for future expansion of Damascus suburbs and highways |
| 2000-2002 |
Urban & architectural design for a touristic complex on Damascus – Beirut International Highway.
Area: 100.000 Sq. M. |
| 2000-2001 | Urban planning & design study for a residential neighborhood in Lom, Bulgaria. |
| 2000-2001 | Urban design & planning for a touristic & treating complex in Dobridj, Bulgaria. |
| 2008 | Jury & member of the arbitration committees in the city of Perpignan – France, on the revitalization of villages in the French countryside. |
| 1997 | Jury & organizational member of the International Forum of Young Architects – Sustainable Development of Cerdagne Capcir & Tet – France. |
| 1996 | Jury & organizational member of the international Forum of Young Architects – Sardinia as French – Spanish touristic spot – France. |
| 1994 | Jury & organizational member of the International Forum of Young Architects – movement, city & natural scenery – France. |
| 1994 | Jury & organizational member of the International Forum of Young Architects – A vision of a cost village in 2015 – France. |