On Thursday, October 31, 2024, the doctoral thesis of the student (Ziad Nimer Ajeel) was discussed, titled "Cosmic Plurality and Forming the Architecture of Challenges." The thesis addressed the role of cosmic pluralism in shaping architecture that can respond to challenges. Cosmic pluralism serves as the intellectual foundation for the new cosmic model of architecture, which responds to the conflict between the higher values of the universe as an intellectual stimulus and human values as governing concepts.
The research aimed to establish a balanced and integrated relationship between humanity and the cosmos, based on a new perspective of the universe, thereby laying the groundwork for the Survival Architecture Theory. The study emphasized survival as a resilience strategy that transforms architecture from a singular level—characterized by fragmentation, weakness, and inability to face challenges—to a cosmic level (in terms of survival), encompassing both physical and moral sustainability for achieving enduring survival.
Survival, with its flexible nature, forms the intellectual and strategic foundation for managing the challenges faced by architecture from various disaster risks, organized into three phases: before the disaster, during the disaster, and after the disaster. The research adopted survival as a strategy for managing global heritage in Southern Iraq (the Marshes and the Ziggurat of Ur) in confronting challenges and risks, aiming to develop a practical research methodology that enhances the resilience of these sites against both natural and human-made disasters, in addition to contributing to the development of surrounding areas and promoting the concept of "Survival Architecture."
The discussion committee comprised esteemed professors:
- Prof. Dr. Abbas Ali Hamza - Chair
- Prof. Dr. Abdullah Saadoun Salman - Member
- Assist. Prof. Dr. Zainab Hussein Raouf - Member
- Assist. Prof. Dr. Inas Salem Abdul Ahad - Member
- Assist. Prof. Dr. Zuhair Abdul Azim Nassar - Member
- Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Jawad Kazem - Supervising Member
We wish the researcher and all our graduate students success and achievement.
