Short bio

Mustapha El Moussaoui is an architect, urbanist, and a researcher at Free University of Bolzano. In 2020 he obtained his doctorate from Universitat Politecnica de Valencia. After that, he did a post-doctorate at the University of Coimbra - Portugal. Having studied architecture and philosophy, Mustapha took part in teaching courses in Lebanon, China, and Italy.
The focus of his research is on understanding the socio-cultural dynamics of the city and the existential well-being of its inhabitants. Moreover, he researches the effect of pandemics on our spaces and behavior from a phenomenological perspective. 

Main Research Areas

Phenomenology in architecture
Existential well-being
Socio-cultural dynamics
Pandemics and space
Virtuality and space
Urban communities