Besim hakim biography of rory

by Antonio Caperna

We’d like to thank Professor Besim Hakim for this interview and for his participation to the ISB’s Summer School in Neuroergonomics and sociogenesis that will be held in Artena (Rome), July 13th-20th 2014.

Besim S.

Hakim (FAICP, AIA) is a consultant in urban design and an independent scholar. He is Fellow at the American Institute of Certified Planners, Member of the American Institute of Architects, and a Harvard graduate in Urban Design.

He has been researching and writing about traditional urban management and related codes from the Mediterranean region since 1975.

He has articulated how those management procedures and codes shaped the traditional built environment.

The purpose of his research is to provide lessons and models for contemporary and future architects, urban designers, lawyers, city administrators and officials who are involved in formulating or revising codes and related implementation strategies.

He has practiced architecture and urban d