Llazar Kumaraku
2023-10-11 20:55Llazar Kumaraku
Doctor of Science in Architecture
LLAZAR KUMARAKU
Departament
Faculty of Planning, Environment and Urban Management
Contact:
llazar_kumaraku@
ACADEMIC PROFILE
Llazar Kumaraku is an architect and Urban Planner. He completed his PhD studies at the Sapienza University in Rome with a thesis focusing on the compositional elements of the urban space in the ex-novo–built cities in Lazio between the two world wars.
Since 2015, he has been part of POLIS University, collaborating in the subjects of Urban Planning and Urban Design. He assisted and later directed the Urban Laboratory course in the Professional Master in Territorial Planning and GIS. Starting from October 2023 he is the Dean of the Faculty of Planning, Environment and Urban Management at POLIS University. Llazar Kumaraku was visiting Professor at TU Graz from October 2019 to March 2020. He also was Visiting professor in the University of Molise Italy and U-Minho Portugal.
He has published for national and international magazines such as (H)ortus-Sapienza in Italy, Athens Journal of Architecture, AP Forum and Polis Press in Albania and U-Minho in Portugal. In 2019 he published the translation from Italian to Albanian of the book of Franco Purini “Comporre l’Architettura”
LATEST PUBLICATIONS
KUMARAKU L. (2023) Spatial Proposals for The Post Pandemic City. Panacea Planning and Architecture for The Third Millenium Settlement. The Case of Lezha Region. In Scientific journal of the Observatory of Mediterranean Basin. Vol. 7. Tirane: Polis Press. ISSN: 2959-4081. DOI: 10.37199/o41008117
KUMARAKU L. ISTREFAJ M. (2023) Innovative housing models that reflect the needs of contemporary society. (Post-pandemic context) In Scientific journal of the Observatory of Mediterranean Basin. Vol. 7. Tirane: Polis Press. ISSN: 2959-4081. DOI: 10.37199/o41008204
KUMARAKU L. PULA D. (2023) Identity of Architecture: The Case of the National Library of Kosovo. Athens Journal of Architecture. 9 (3) July. Pages 281-298. DOI: 10.30958/aja_v9i3.
KUMARAKU L. ISTREFAJ M. (2023) Housing Solutions for The Post-Pandemic City: The Case Of Lezha (Albania). Proceedings of DARCH 2023 April – 4th International Conference On Architecture & Design, 17-18 April 2023. ISBN: 978-605-72065-1-0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46529/darch.2023apr06
KUMARAKU L. (2021), Innovative Urban Design Strategies for a Traditional City. The Case of Gjirokastra. In Scientific journal of the Observatory of Mediterranean Basin. Vol. 7. Tirane: Polis Press. ISSN: 2959-4081. ISBN: 978-9928-347-04-6. pp 252-262.
