Michel Banna, Urban Designer and Planner

Michel Banna

Urban Designer and Planner

Omrania & Associates

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Master's degree, Urban Design
Experience
7 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :7 years, 2 Months

Urban Designer and Planner at Omrania & Associates
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • October 2013 to July 2015

Master Planning, Urban Design, Project Research and Analysis, Construction Documents and Detailing,
co-ordination with various Departments including Roads, Traffic Engineers, Infrastructure and Utilities, MEP, Landscape, and Architecture.

Urban Designer and Planner at Atkins
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • May 2011 to October 2013

Master Planning, Urban Design, Project Research and Analysis, Construction Documents and Detailing, co-ordination with various Departments including Roads, Traffic Engineers, Infrastructure and Utilities, and Architecture.

Free Lance Urban Designer at Turath - Architecture and Urban Design Consultants
  • Jordan - Amman
  • June 2011 to May 2012

Researching and studying the current conditions of the Baptism Site of Jordan as part of a plan to apply the site for the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Architect at Turath - Architecture and Urban Design Consultants
  • Jordan - Amman
  • July 2007 to May 2010

Architectural Design, Urban Design, Interior Design, Research, Documentation of
Historical Buildings, Adaptive Re-use and Rehabilitation Projects, 3Ds Max Modeling and Rendering,
AutoCAD Drawings and Construction Documents, Co-ordination with Electro-Mechanical Engineers,
Co-ordination with Structural Engineers, Co-ordination with Traffic Engineer in Urban Design Projects.

Education

Master's degree, Urban Design
  • at University of Michigan
  • May 2011

Degree pursued as a Fulbright Scholarship Grantee of year 2010 (ranked third), graduated with Very Good GPA and with Distinction. Awards include Winner of Gerald Hines Student Urban Design Competition 2011 among the United States and Canada, organized by Urban Land Institute.

Bachelor's degree, Architecture Engineering
  • at Jordan University of Science and Technology
  • June 2007

Graduated ranked third on Class of 2007. The Graduation Project was a comprehensive Development Plan for 'The Baptism Site of Jordan' on the Jordan River. It included conservation design of Religious Historic Sites, adaptive re-use of existing recent built environment and buildings, and Architectural Design of a proposed visitor center and other service sites.

Specialties & Skills

Interior Design
Urban Design
Modeling
AutoCad

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
French
Beginner