Dr. Ramla Benaissa

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 

• Founder and Principal, Ramla Benaissa Architects, LLC, since 2009
• University of Pennsylvania, School of Design, Lecturer, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2016
  • Graduate Design Studios ARCH 701, ARCH 501, ARCH 502
  • Undergraduate Design Studios ARCH 301, ARCH 302
• University of Tennessee, College of Architecture and Design, Lecturer, 2008 - 2009
  • Modern Architecture Histories and Theories course
  • Graduate Theory Seminar
  • Second-Year Undergraduate Design Studio
• University of the Arts, College of Art, Media and Design, Senior Lecturer, 2012 - 2013
  • Object/Environment Design Studio
• Drexel University, Department of Architecture, Adjunct Associate Professor, 2004 – 2006
  • Theories of Architecture I, Theories of Architecture II

BIO

Founder and Principal of Ramla Benaissa Architects, Philadelphia, Ramla Benaissa holds a PhD from Weitzman School of Design University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, a Master Degree from McGill University, School of Architecture, Montreal, Canada. Ramla Benaissa taught design studio as well as architectural history and theory at University of Pennsylvania, Weitzman School of Design, Drexel University, University of Tennessee-Knoxville College of Architecture and Design.

Built projects include:

• Spring City Readiness Center Rehabilitation - Spring City, Chester County, PA
• Renovations and General Repairs to include New Adult Day Health Care Center - Southeastern Veterans’ Center, Chester County, PA
• Renovations and General Repairs, Delaware Valley Veterans’ Home, Philadelphia, PA

PH.D. DISSERTATION

From history to posterity: The œuvres complètes of Jacques-François Blondel and Claude-Nicolas Ledoux

RECENT ARTICLES

• “Jacques-François Blondel’s analytical teaching”, Symposium Constructing Imagination: The ‘matter’ of architectural scholarship, Virginia Tech’s Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center, Alexandria, VA, April 6, 2011
• “History as Criticism: Jacques-François Blondel’s Design Pedagogy”, History and Theory in Architectural Education, Third Architectural Conversation in the Bibliothek Werner Oechslin, Einsieden (Switzerland), 20-22 November 2009
• “Permanence and Literary practices: The Letters of Jacques-François Blondel”, Fresh Air, 95th ACSA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, ACSA Press Washington DC, 2007
• "Erudite Laughter: the Persiflage of Viel de Saint Maux," Chora 5, McGill-Queens University Press, Montreal, Canada, 2007