Project Leader: 

Alula Tesfay Asfha, Ph.D. Asst. Prof. at School of Architecture & Urban Planning MU/ Frobenius Institute, Goethe University of Frankfurt. 

Academic Collaborators:

Binyam Fitsum Arefayne. Project Academic Assistant, Urban 

Planner, GIS expert, School of Architecture and Urban Planning. Mekelle University, Ethiopia. 

Friyat Asgedom.  Archaeologist, Toulouse 

University, France. Project Academic Assistant (Dec. 2024- Apr. 2025)

Selamawit Fthanegest Abrha, Structural/Material Engineer, Frankfurt, Germany.  Project Academic Assistant (May 2025- )

Gebremeskel  Teweldemedhin. School of Architecture and Urban Planning. Mekelle University, Ethiopia. .  

Selemun Kahsay. PG program coordinator, Architectural Design Technologies program. Mekelle University, Ethiopia. .  

Birhane Aregawi. School of Civil Engineering. Mekelle University, Ethiopia. . 

Yirga Asefa. Museum senior expert, Tigray Bureau of Culture and Tourism. 

Habtom Teklay. anthropologist, dean of Institute of Paleoenvironment and Heritage Studies. Mekelle University, Ethiopia. 

Project Collaborators: 

Dr.Rumi Okazaki, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Shibaura Insititute of Technology, Japan. 

Dr. Nobuhiro Shimizu, Architectural and Urban Historian, Hokkai-Gakuen University, Japan.

Tesfahun Haddis, Film maker/visual anthropology, Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany.

Dr..Samuel Kidane, Historian, University of Erfurt, Germany. 

Dr. Ryo Higuchi, Architectural Historian, Photogrammetry Expert, Nagoya University, Japan.

Taddesse Girmay,  Architectural Historian & Conservator, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

Dr. Wolbert Smidt, Ethnohistorian, Schiller University of Jena, Germany 

Gidey Gebreegziabher,
Archaeologist, University of Warsaw, Poland. 

Student Collaborators: 

Selam Gebrekristos, MEXT MSc. scholar, University of Tsukuba/ Mekelle University, Japan/Ethiopia. 

Melat Atsbeha, M. Eng. candidate in Structural Engineering, Mekelle University, Ethiopia. 

Kibrom Meles , MSc. candidate in Urban Planning and Development, Mekelle University, Ethiopia.

Sirak Gidey , MSc. candidate in Architectural Design and Technology, Mekelle University, Ethiopia.

Tsigab Berihu , MA. candidate in Anthropology, Mekelle University, Ethiopia.

Semere Zereabruk , MSc. candidate in Urban Planning and Development, Mekelle University, Ethiopia.

Merhawit Tesfay , MSc. candidate in Architectural Design and Technology, Mekelle University, Ethiopia.

Mulugeta Fisseha , MSc. in Architectural Design and Technology, Mekelle University, Ethiopia.

Tekeste Woldesillassie , MSc. candidate in Architectural Heritage Conservation and Management, Mekelle University, Ethiopia.