Read about the research interests of our current PGR students in the School
A wide range of definitions to describe the term ‘heritage’ exists, and heritage is now more commonly seen as a process of mobilising some pasts selectively for present-day purposes. Minki will explore how selective history as a resource is actively mobilised to shape the presence of power.
Collagist-researcher in architecture, exploring the potential of collage in contested spaces. Focused on using this medium as a creative practice for reimagining the city.
Propose climate-responsive building design strategies for policymakers suitable for housing low-income rural seniors.
Lingfei’s research is aiming to discover how Jianzhu Xuebao acted as the main discursive space between architects, academics, authorities, and other institutions in which a dialogical communication occurred to help professionals define the architectural autonomy in the 1970s and early 1980s in China
Urban history study: Centered on transportation-related works, this study conducts a cross-scale examination of the built environment and society in Dalian during the Japanese colonial period.
Jun’s project investigates the overlap between architecture and geopolitics by conceiving multi-scalar ‘space’ as a tool, technique or symptom under the state-steered Reform motives in ‘bordering’ Shenzhen SEZ
This study delves into the development of autonomous architecture in contemporary China, examining key figures like Yung Ho Chang, Wang Shu, and Liu Jiakun, and their interactions with state, market, and developers
Elena’s research uses a lens of care to investigate the threshold between the domestic and public realms in UK council housing.
Planning practices have been criticised for privileging the city while putting non-city spaces aside in their considerations. How does this affect existing socio-ecological arrangements and possibly contribute to maintaining injustice?
This study explores Tehran's urban transformation from a feminist perspective, focusing on the often-overlooked experiences of women and underrepresented spaces during the city's modernist transformation in the early 20th century.
Collaborative place-based storytelling sessions in Gateshead Riverside Park facilitate explorations of more-than-human senses of belonging. These moments of story sharing help support inclusive urban forest planning, design and management.
The research explores educational spaces that can enable mixed digital physical embodied learning. It offers a framework to support educators in adapting and repurposing spaces to meet children’s needs.
The aim of my research is to understand the relationship between practice culture and the resultant designs produced, which is expected to contribute to the knowledge of practice culture in architectural firms.
Shenzhen, as the pioneer city during China’s Opening-up movement, assumes a pivotal role in China’s urban reform in the post-1980. This research aims to scrutinise the evolution of Shenzhen, in terms of urban planning, urban economics, and sociology, revealing a broader story.
Improve the current methodologies used in the construction sector by incorporating the concept of FMEA into the risk assessment field
The paper questions the emergence of cultural identity problems in cities under social change, focusing on the forgetting of urban 'memory' under the transformation of post-industrial cities
The research aims to reconstruct an regional concept of architecture through a network of architects, interpreting the ethical redefinition within the discipline of architecture in response to external societies.
Urban Housing cooperatives of the 4th wave: an investigation
This research enables urban planners understand subterranean space evolution and propose sustainable use plans. The findings aim to inform policymakers, urban planners, and architects designing London's urban future.
Mainstreaming Strategic Thinking in Policy Making for new Oil and Gas Frontiers in Nigeria through a transition to Strategic Environmental Assessment
An auto ethnographic study of feminist practices of running in the city.
This research designed a method to accesses, represent, and synthesise embodied knowledge of place. As such the resulting method Direct Me is valuable to any research engaged with spatial knowledge.
My research focuses on urban heritage conservation, participatory planning, and community engagement in heritage sites.
A study examining British postwar landscape design and children’s play: Housing Landscapes and the Politics of Play: From Parker Morris to Byker, c.1955-c.1995
Gathering Voices: A human-natural systems approach to developing integrated place-based strategies to improve the long-term sustainability and resilience of rural communities in Scotland.
In my research project, I delve into the transformations within Iran's built environment following the 1979 revolution.
The project utilises the concepts of reversibility and dharma to build an analytical framework to study the ethics of the policymaking process, in environmental development policies in the UK.
The thesis delves into the complex interplay between heritage, regeneration, and community identity within the framework of a post-industrial town.
My research is dedicated to studying the urban-rural duality phenomenon in China, the social stratification caused by this phenomenon, and its expression in urban space.
An exploration of domestic spaces and the museumification of the home through an autoethnographic study of Walmer Yard.
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