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I'm a Reader in Architectural Heritage at School of Architecture, the University of Portsmouth. My responsibilities include leading the MA Conservation Architecture course, coordinating Research Degrees (PhD/MPhil), supervising PhD students and MA Thesis, and teaching in Design and Technology subject areas.
I joined Portsmouth as a Senior Lecturer in 2016 following 3 years of teaching part-time at the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. I'm a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and have a Doctorate in Architecture, awarded by the University of Edinburgh 2016. My thesis focuses on strategies for the understanding of the architectural values of the early historic sites and their conservation. I also obtained a Master’s degree in Architectural Conservation at the University of Edinburgh in 2011. I graduated with a BA (Hons) from the School of Architecture, Al-Baath University, Syria in 2005, followed by a Diploma in Architectural Design in 2007.
Before commencing my postgraduate studies in the UK, I was involved in teaching as a design teaching fellow between 2006 and 2010 at the School of Architecture, Al-Baath University, Homs, Syria. In addition, I practiced architecture during the same period through my own practice and the local city council.
I am an architectural heritage scholar who has developed his leadership and research through local, national and international collaborations. I believe historic structures bear valuable knowledge of place, being authentic as their architecture is frozen, but their tangible and intangible significance is detached from contemporary debates. Therefore, my research focuses on setting a conservation framework to enhance the understanding of historic structures, landscape and ruins and their cultural values, and eventually contribute to their preservation and presentation. This multidisciplinary framework is based upon critical analysis of the building’s history, architecture and archaeology.
I advocate the development of sustainable conservation and adaptive reuse methodologies and holistic conservation approaches that balance heritage significance, community aspirations and needs and environmental requirements; I work on pushing forward conservation practices to meet the sustainability requirement, by doing so enabling heritage to contribute to the sustainable development goals. Therefore, my work concerns multi/inter-disciplinary approaches to heritage challenges and community engagement, informing the preservation of tangible and intangible heritage and its role in civic engagement and formal/informal education. My work on tangible and intangible heritage, digital preservation, community engagement and cultural mapping has enabled me to explore different historic and scientific contexts and diversify the methodological approaches to document, interpret, preserve, and communicate heritage values.
My virtual-modelling approach allows the appraisal of the conservation framework and the original architectural experience in its environmental and cultural conditions, and produces substantial material sufficient to engage local people, visitors, academics, conservation specialists and professional bodies in order to ensure constructive feedback on the conservation proposals and methodologies. Through cultural mapping and co-creation methodologies, I aim at grasping the intrinsic values that community and professional groups assign to historic structures, which facilitate the identification of contemporary social values of heritage and the exploration of effective conservation approaches. The creative and digital approaches to preservation contributes to conservation practice (testing interventions), promotes community engagement, and supports research inquiries. I have strategically promoted community-led heritage research, interdisciplinary teaching and extracurricular activities, so I am also interested in co-design and co-creation methodologies where students, professionals and local communities can play their role in identifying, preserving and regenerating their heritage.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Master of Science, MSc in Architectural Conservation: Conservation of stone-roofs: Challenges and the effect of new techniques, University of Edinburgh
27 Sept 2010 → 23 Nov 2011
Award Date: 23 Nov 2011
PG Diploma, Diploma in Architectural Design, Al-Baath University
10 Oct 2005 → 9 Aug 2007
Award Date: 9 Aug 2007
BA (Hons), BArch (5 years), Al-Baath University
10 Sept 2000 → 18 Sept 2005
Award Date: 18 Sept 2005
Ph.D., Ph.D in Architecture: The Conservation of Archaeological Sites in Syria: Ugarit as a Case Study, University of Edinburgh
4 Jan 2012 → 21 Nov 2016
Tutor in Technology and Environment , University of Edinburgh
10 Sept 2013 → 27 May 2016
Teaching Fellow, Al-Baath University
17 Aug 2008 → 6 Sept 2010
Architect and Coordinator , City Council of Homs
4 May 2006 → 6 Sept 2010
Part-time Teaching Assistant, Al-Baath University
8 Jan 2006 → 14 Aug 2008
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Teba, T. (PI), McBride, K. (CoI), Scarlett, G. (CoI), Bailey-Ross, C. (CoI), Coats, A. (CoI) & Bassett, M. (CoI)
1/03/22 → 31/07/26
Project: Research
Teba, T. (PI), Bailey-Ross, C. (CoI) & Scarlett, G. (CoI)
1/11/23 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
Teba, T. (PI), Bailey-Ross, C. (CoI), McBride, K. (CoI), Julier, A. (CoI), Scarlett, G. (CoI), Inkpen, R. (CoI), Hardiman, M. (CoI) & Ortolja-Baird, A. (CoI)
3/10/22 → 31/07/23
Project: Research
Teba, T. (Research Leader), Brown, R. (PI), Metalkova-Markova, M. (CoI) & Dimitrova, K. (CoI)
1/02/22 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
Teba, T. (Presented poster)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Teba, T. (Member)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of council
Teba, T. (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Teba, T. (Presented paper)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Teba, T. (Visiting researcher)
Activity: Visiting an external organisation types › Visiting an external academic institution