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Staff Profile

Dr Neveen Hamza

Reader in Architecture, Energy and Wellbeing

  • Address: School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
    The Quadrangle
    Newcastle University
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU
Background

Introduction

Neveen looks at architecture as an interface between healthy and sustainable indoors and outdoors environments. With a background in architecture and urban design, she  integrates her research into teaching in the design studio and environmental design lectures at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She is currently interested in the impact of the built environments on memory and well-being, and the implementation of Salutogenic theories in design. She has supervised 10 PhDs to completion and examined PhDs at over 25 universities nationally and internationally.

Neveen has edited a major book publication on the architecture and urban transformation of historic markets and over 100 original research journal articles, book chapters and refereed conference papers that reflect her main teaching and research. Her research highlights the relationships between Architectural design, building and urban performance simulation and energy consumption, human well-being and sustainability from a technical and environmental psychology perspective. you can find her publications and citations on https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=aY6mHuUAAAAJ

She was invited to teach in a number of international universities such as Wuhan University-China, Cairo University-Egypt and in the UK in Dundee and Brighton University, and is currently a visiting scholar in Adelaide University, Australia

She has recently won the Architectural competition 'Cool Abu-Dhabi' with a group of her ex-PhD students in which urban performance simulations are used in design optimizations of the potential of cooling the environment using brine and salt from desalination plants as a desiccant coolant combined with Mangrove trees and fog nets to decrease humidity levels outdoors in shaded areas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ps3cuQoEqg

Her work also led to the funded AHRC project looking at the impact of sustainably conserving historical markets in the historical 19th century city centre of Cairo in collaboration with Cairo University-Egypt. She is currently working on an edited book on the urban and architectural impacts of historical markets of the middle east on daily life and perceptions of the urban life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daWFYy0m-C0. 

Neveen Launched the MSc in Sustainable Buildings and Environments in 2012, and is its Director. 

She is on the Editorial board and reviews for leading journals in the field of building and urban performance simulation and sustainable architectural design such as 'Renewable Energy' journal, Intelligent Buildings International Journal and Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Energies and International Journal for Architectural Research IJAR.
She is currently PI on a Wellcome Trust Funded project looking a the impact of environmental design on agitation in dementia patients. Previously she was a Co-PI in the EPSRC funded Energy Visualization for Carbon Reduction (E-Viz) Project value £1.1 million, www.eviz.org.uk and the AHRC funded projects on 'Sustainaing heritage of 19th century market halls in Egypt'
She has undertaken a number of consultancies and worked with architectural practice to look into integrating building and urban performance simulation in the architectural design studio and on reducing the carbon footprints of buildings including Hexham Abbey and the Double Skin Façade design of the New Northumbria Police Headquarters in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Neveen welcomes new PhD students and enjoys teaching in the design studio and integrating architectural science into building design for more vulnerable users

Neveen is currently serving as:
- Chair of the International Building Performance Simulation Association-England (IBPSA-England)
www.ibpsa-england.org
-An Associate Peer Reviewers College-Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
-Board Director on The Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust
Research

Research Interests

 Environmental Performance Simulation of Buildings
 Energy Conscious Facade design
 Synergy between Environmental Psychology in buildings, Facade design and architectural technologies
 The Impact of Building Regulations on the environmental performance of buildings

Current Work

-Occupants Behaviour and Building Performance simulation in zero carbon buildings.

Research Roles

Research Theme Leader: Sustainable Buildings and Environments under the Applied Research in Architecture (ARA) research group.

PhD Completions
Dr. Islam AboHela: Integration of Wind Turbines in the Built Environment and Built Form (completed 2012)

Dr. Eno Nyong Choice Theory and Sustainable Construction frameworks in Nigeria (completed 2012)

Dr. Amina Batagarwa: Assessing the Thermal Performance of Phase Change Materials in Composite Hot Humid/Hot Dry Climates (completed 2013)

Dr. Mohammed Mohammed, Indoor air quality and thermal comfort of hospitals in Nigeria (completed 2014)

Dr. Mohammed Mahgoub, Thermal comfort and the use of urban spaces in the traditional Islamic Quarters of Cairo (Completed 2015)

Dr.Ali Sedki, Effect of prototype designs of social housing in hot arid areas on thermal comfort and building energy consumption (joint supervisor-University of Ferrara) (Completed 2014)

Mr.Khalid Seteih, Thermal comfort and expanding the use of urban spaces in hot arid climates, case study Qoba road Madina, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Yomna ELGhazy Shape Memory Materials as shading systems in double skin facades (completed 2021)

Esteem Indicators

 Journal Scientific reviewer:
Scientific reviewer for ‘Renewable Energy’,'Energy' Building and Environment', 'Energy and Buildings','Building Services and Engineering Technology' among others.
Conference scientific reviewer:
-2nd International Conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Developement,12-14 July, 2010. Centre for Sustainable architecture and urban environments in the Arab Region, Amman, Joran.
- the 11th International Conference for the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Glasgow,2009

Scientific committee member and editor for the the third international conference on 'Embodying Virtual Architecture' Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD), Alexandria Egypt(2007).

 Scientific Associations:
-Vice Chair, International Building Performance Association, England Chapter (current)
-Board Member for the Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD)-2008-2014

Funding

- PI-AHRC- Sustainable Heritage, Sustaining Green Markets (with Cairo University) (£39.600)

 - EPSRC funded Energy Visualization for Carbon Reduction E-Viz (total value £1.1 million share £128,000) collaboration between Plymouth, Bath, Birmingham and Newcastle Universities

-Co=PI- Building Performance Simulation as a design tool in architectural practice, Collaborative Innovative Partnership project, co funded by OneNorthEast and Newcastle University, value £20,000 (January-May 2010)
-By Design, tackling energy poverty in the North East of England. Funding body: Newcastle University Strategic research committee, value £3600, completed May 2010
-Advances in Building Performance Simulation, Newcastle University Strategic research committee, value £4000, Completed 2011.

Teaching

Main Undergraduate Teaching

She is Currently Module leader and contributing to teaching in Stage 3 graduation Project:

ARC1014: Principles of Construction Architecture (module Leader)

ARC 3060: Dissertation studies- Invisible Energies (theme leader)

ARC 3001: House of Memories- A graduation studio that links architecture, building psychology and building performance simulation for the design of Dementia wards

Publications