Hanaa Dahy

Hanaa Dahy leads the research group Bio-based Materials and Material Cycles in Architecture (BioMat). She researches methods for the design integration of material cycles in architecture and the development of bio-based materials and sustainable building systems for digital fabrication.

Education and Degrees

• 2014 PhD Agro-fibres Biocomposites’ Applications and Design Potentials in Contemporary Architecture: Case Study Rice Straw Biocomposites
• 2003 – 2006 Master studies, Ain Shams University, Cairo
• 1998 – 2003 Bachelor in Architecture (with honours, 1st prize) at Ain Shams University, Cairo

Professional Career

• 2016 – present Junior Professor for Bio-based Materials and Materials Cycles in Architecture (BioMat), ITKE, University of Stuttgart
• 2012 – 2016 Staff member at ITKE, University of Stuttgart
• 2009 – 2014 Doctoral candidate at ITKE
• 2003 – 2009 Architect - TU& TEG- KSA/Egypt
• 2000 – 2003 Assistant of the technical committee for the international Grand Egyptian Museum Competition

Collaborative Research Center

• SFB TRR 141: Biological Design and Integrative Structures – Analysis, Simulation and Implementation in Architecture