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Staff Profile

Dr Sana Al-Naimi

Lecturer in Architecture and Senior Tutor for Architecture and Landscape Programmes

Background

Sana is a chartered architect (ARB and RIBA member), FHEA fellow, Lecturer at the School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape - Newcastle University, and the sole director of Archisana Ltd.

She is a Ph.D. holder in architecture from SAPL- Newcastle University, and an award-holder of the AHRC Northern Bridge Studentship. Thesis entitled: Architecture and Urbanism in Twentieth Century Iraq: The Enduring Legacy of Gertrude Bell.


Memberships


  • FHEA fellow.
  • A Chartered Architect - Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) _ member 10930930
  • Architects Registration Board (ARB), UK _ member 069988H
  • Society of Architectural Historians (SAH)
  • European Architectural History Network (EAHN)

 

Editorial Responsibilities

  • Special Advisor at PLATFORM, A digital forum for conversations about buildings, spaces, and landscapes. (September 2020) – Present)
  • Digital and Production Assistant at PLATFORM, A digital forum for conversations about buildings, spaces, and landscapes. (June 2019 (launch) – September 2020)
  • Contributor to the project Documenting the Shrines from Mosul, a NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources project led by Professor Sara Wolper from the University of New Hampshire, USA.

Research

Essays:


-Al-Naimi, Sana. ‘Intensities, Part 1: In Search of Baghdad’. PLATFORM. https://www.platformspace.net/home/intensities-part-1-in-search-of-baghdad-1.


-Al-Naimi, Sana. ‘Intensities, Part 2: Erased Histories’. PLATFORM. https://www.platformspace.net/home/intensities-part-2-erased-histories.


Book Section:


-Al-Naimi, Sana, and Damien Wootten. ‘Weaving Place and Time’. In The Killing Ditch, First edition. 2025.


-Al-Naimi, Sana, Mark Jackson, and Andrew (Andrew R.) Parkin. ‘Al-Khatun’. In The Extraordinary Gertrude Bell. Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Tyne Bridge Publishing, 2015.


Ongoing research:

https://www.ncl.ac.uk/heritage/research/current-projects/new-baghdad/



Teaching

I am involved at all levels of study as module leader, lecturer, dissertation supervisor, guest reviewer, Part 3 Internal Professional Examiner, and PhD Panel reviewer.


My main modules this academic year are:

Postgraduate Teaching:


  • Architecture Ways of Knowing - Two linked modules spanning semester two of stage 5 and semester one of stage 6: Dissertation supervisor.


Undergraduate Teaching:

  • Architectural Design – Year 3 (BA): Studio Lead (Studio Wall-Being.)
  • Dissertation in Architectural Studies – Year 3 (BA): Elective Group Leader and Dissertation Supervisor.
  • Dissertation Studies and Research Methods – Year 2 (BA): Elective Group Leader and Dissertation Supervisor. 
  • Architectural Design – Year 1- SAPL and AUP: Design Tutor and Project Leader.
  • Introduction to Architecture – Year 1 (BA): Module Leader.