Maya El-Nesr

Maya El-Nesr serves as Assistant Lecturer at The Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport (Cairo) while completing her PhD at Laboratoire Cresson, Université Grenoble Alpes. Her dual affiliation bridges Egyptian architectural education with French urban research through the CNRS-affiliated CRESSON lab.

Research interests include:

• Urban Design
• Child Development in Built Environments
• Architecture and Movement
• Soundscape Studies
• Sustainable Urban Development
• Eco-districts

Recent publications (2022-2024) reveal consistent focus on children's spatial experiences using interdisciplinary methods. The 2024 thesis establishes foundational links between urban design parameters and play behavior, while 2023 journal work demonstrates innovative sensory documentation techniques in French eco-districts, advocating for embodied design approaches.

Dr. El-Nesr's unique dancer-architect perspective informs her teaching at the Arab Academy, where she integrates movement analysis into architectural pedagogy. Her international collaboration with CRESSON provides students access to European research networks and child-centered design methodologies.