The Department of Architecture at Mu'tah University hosted Engineer Fouad Bajani, the Shelter & WASH Project Manager from the Norwegian Refugee Council in Lebanon, on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, to give a lecture to students of the Humanitarian Architecture course taught by Dr. Lara Al-Shawawreh. Engineer Fouad began his talk on the importance of humanitarian architecture, presenting examples of successful shelter projects around the world. He then moved on to classify shelters and their types, specifying the appropriate field response pattern. He also explained the details of dealing with wars and disasters through Lebanon's crisis in displacement from its south during the recent Israeli aggression on Gaza and southern Lebanon. He shared his experience and tasks during the emergency humanitarian response after the Beirut port explosion in 2020. On behalf of the College of Engineering and the Department of Architecture, we thank Engineer Fouad Bajani for his valuable and passionate lecture that took us on a realistic journey around humanitarian fieldwork, and we look forward to further cooperation in the future.

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