Mr Taher Eldanaf

Institute of Architecture
Institute of Art and Design

• THE FLOATING HOUSE, SKINS & SPACES DUBAI (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) – PALM JUMEIRAH. Ideal Journal of Engineering and Applied Science (IJEAS).
• Sensory Pollution from Treated Wood Panels on Perceived Air Quality and Human Comfort, SB - 13 Conference – Dubai, UAE 8 -10 December, 2013.
• Seminar Speaker at the Big 5 Show 2013, Dubai, UAE, Paper name: Adapting to climate change with floating houses.
• THE ELEMENTS OF NATURAL CONCEPT IN SUSTAINABLE BUILDING SKINS by: EURO-MED-SEC-2: The Second European and Mediterranean Structural Engineering and Construction Conference – American University of Beirut (AUB) July 22, 2018.  

• Building Skin and materials performance.
• Indoor Human Comfort.
• The impact of a various workplace spatial settings on behavioral and organizational outcomes (The effective perceived collaboration). 

Interior Design Studio I (Residential Villa)
Interior Design Studio II (Retails Design)
Interior Design Studio III (offices)
Sustainability for Interior Design. Developing the course and encouraging conference poster participation to students
Working Drawing I & II
Lighting & Acoustics course for ID

MSc. in Sustainable Design of the Built Environment, The British University in Dubai-UAE, 2013
Bachelor in Interior Design, Ajman University, Ajman-UAE, 2008
Preparing PhD in open-plan office. De Montfort University, Leicester-UK

Member of APID
Awards of Hotel International Conference/Dubai 2006
Honors, Five Star Hotel Competition – Ajman University, 2007
Solar Decathlon 2016, Submitting Preliminary proposal (Team Leader, Indoor Environment)
VMODERN Magazine (Library Chair, 21 NOV. 2015) – Participation
Supervisor in Students Affair Events, Design and Specifications (National Day and Global Day, 2017 till date)

• Hotel International Conference/Dubai, UAE 2006
• Sustainable Buildings Conference in Dubai, from 8 to10 December 2013 (SB – 13).
• The Big 5 Show - Dubai, 2013
• The Second European and Mediterranean Structural Engineering and Construction Conference – The American University of Beirut, 2018 Beirut – Lebanon.
• The 4th World Green Economy Summit, 2018 Dubai – UAE.
• Speech about “The Future Workplace” – The American University of Dubai, 2020 Dubai – UAE.  

PhD title

The impact of open-plan office spatial design components on the potential effective collaboration and job satisfaction in the UAE Socio-cultural context

First Supervisor: Beniamino Polimeni, Second Supervisor: Stuart Wright