Maha Basha

Maha Basha is an Assistant lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture Department at Ain Shams University (ASU), Cairo, Egypt, where she has been teaching since 2015. Also, she was engaged in teaching (Design studios and project management) for undergraduate students at the German University in Cairo (GUC). Maha obtained her double master’s degree in 2017 from both Ain Shams University in Egypt and the University of Stuttgart in Germany. This allowed her to gain international exposure and knowledge about the interdisciplinarity of integrated urbanism and sustainable design. Besides, she has worked in the Architecture industry in Egypt as a design architect and interior designer since her graduation in 2013.

Maha's PhD project started in 2019 and it is based on her MScs study, which was conducted in one of the peripheral areas in Sinai Peninsula with the Bedouin community. She found that there is a need to develop appropriate design ideas for the existing Bedouin houses in Sinai that will enhance their energy performance. Adapting autonomous renewable energy systems such as PVs can secure a reliable sustainable electrification source for those houses, however, the appropriateness of these ideas requires a general understanding of consumption practices, cultural values and other related arrangements in this specific context.