RESEARCH & FACULTY
Tammy Gaber
Tammy Gaber
Assistant Professor705.675.1151 ext. 7204
85 Elm Street rm 212
Sudbury Campus
Tammy Gaber is an assistant professor at the School of Architecture where she teaches Architectural Design Studio and Sacred Geography. Dr.Gaber holds Bachelor degrees in Environmental Studies and in Architecture from the University of Waterloo. She earned her Masters of Architectural Engineering and Doctorate of Philosophy from Cairo University with research focused on the place of women in mosque architecture. Dr.Gaber has taught design, theory and building sciences at the University of Waterloo, British University in Egypt, Misr International University and the American University in Cairo.
Dr. Gaber writes and reviews regularly for various international periodicals and journals and has won first prize for a paper she co-authored in the UIA’s 2011 architectural research competition and presented at the UIA Congress in Tokyo. She has contributed a chapter on Egyptian design in the book Diversity in Design: Perspective from the Non-Western World.
- PhD Cairo University
- MSc. Cairo University
- B.Arch University of Waterloo
- B.E.S University of Waterloo
Gender and sacred space
Architecture of Islam, in particular contemporary mosque design
Approaches and practices to architectural education
Vernacular design and sustainability
- 2013 - FACULTY OF ENGINEERING COMMENDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, Canada. Highest Teaching Evaluation in the Faculty of Engineering, Spring 2013, Commendation from Dean
- 2012 - BERGEN INTERNATIONAL WOOD FESTIVAL, Norway. ‘Special mention’ award for installation
- 2011 - INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ARCHITECTS - 1ST place for co-authored paper in Architecture Research Competition
- Gaber, T. “Chapter 7, Egypt”. Diversity in Design: Perspectives from the Non-Western World. Vibhavari Jani Ed. Fairchild Publishing. 2011. ISBN-10: 1563677555
- Gaber, T. “Mythic Foundations: Engaging History for Architecture Education” Archnet-IJAR, International Journal of Architectural Research. Volume 6, Issue 2. 2012. pp. 7-23.
- Gaber, T. & Al-Ibrashy, M. “Is Grass the New Green? Landscape of satellite suburbs on the desert peripheries of Egyptian cities.” Built and Natural Environment Research Papers (BNERP) produced by School of the Built and Natural Environment, Northumbria University, England. Vol. 4 No. 1, 2011. ISSN: 1756-2473. pp 63-80.
- Gaber, T. & Al-Ibrashy, M. “Design with the Senses and for the Senses: An alternative teaching model for design studio.” Archnet-IJAR, International Journal of Architectural Research, Volume 4, Issue (2 and 3). pp 359-375.
