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
“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
