Institutional development · Teaching, learning and curriculum · Iraq
University of Kufa engineering college holds workshop on reviving historic urban areas
The University of Kufa's College of Engineering has held a workshop on urban challenges in historic districts, presenting adaptive reuse as an approach to urban development.
Why it matters: Students at the University of Kufa were the workshop's stated audience, with the aim of raising their awareness of the value of historic cities.
The University of Kufa said its College of Engineering organised a scientific workshop on urban challenges in historic areas, framing adaptive reuse as an approach to urban development.
According to the university, the workshop included a lecture given by Professor Wahda Shukr Al-Hankawi alongside teaching staff members Sara Abdul-Aali Rashid and Sara Munther Abdul-Hamza.
The university said the workshop set out to strengthen students' awareness of the importance of historic cities and the architectural values they possess.
Editor’s view
Sarah Williamson, Teaching, Digital and AI Editor
Students at the University of Kufa were the intended audience of the workshop, which its College of Engineering used to present adaptive reuse as one approach to developing historic urban areas.
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