Abdullah N. Addas Bsc, MA

Email:arp10ana@sheffield.ac.uk

Educational Background

• Postgraduate:
• 2010 – 2013 Postgraduate research student in, PhD, Landscape Department, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
• 2008 – 2009 Master of Art in Landscape studies, Landscape Department, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom. With Merit
• Undergraduate:
• 2001 – 2006 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Degree GPA “4.20 / 5” (Spring 2006). College of Environmental Design, King AbdulAziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Work Experience

• Teaching Assistance in Landscape Arch. Department, faculty of Environmental Design, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 14-Sept-2006 “Until now".
• Teaching responsibilities:
• LA 394 – Design Processes in LA Studio III.
• LA 395 – Detailed Design in LA Studio IV.
• LA 598 – Professional studio in LA.
• LA 344 – Landscape Technology (Grading) III.
• Computer Application in LA (AutoCAD, Revit and Adobe Photoshop).

PhD Research Title and Supervisors

PhD Title: Value, meaning and affordances of public spaces in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Main Supervisor: Clare Rishbeth
Second Supervisor: Anna Jorgensen

PhD Research Aims and Objectives

Research Aims

1. To investigate how residents use designed and incidental public spaces in the Saudi Arabian urban context.
2. To address dimensions of place attachment in shaping values and meanings of public open space across diverse axes of identity.
3. To identify some implications for improved planning and design of public open spaces to meet the requirements of local users in the Saudi Arabia urban context.

Research Objectives

1. Identify typologies of the urban public spaces that are commonly used by the residents.
2. Record activities and use across demographic factors at different times of year and day as well as in selected case study locations.
3. Investigate the ways people develop place attachment, share meaning and develop responses to specific places and particular the differences between the Saudi Arabian users and migrants.
4. Record and critique current professional practice regarding the planning, design and management of open space in Saudi Arabia, with specific focus on social requirements.
5. Formulate implications for the landscape architecture profession, working on the planning, design and management of open spaces in Saudi Arabia.

Research Interests

1. Researches related to place attachment especially in Middle East. “current PhD research”
2. Researches related to healing gardens design and management. “undergraduate final project”