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: Centred 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 border construction as a spatial strategy to navigate the state's campaigns for Shenzhen SEZ and Hong Kong.
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.
The urban forest is nature close to home for many city dwellers. Yet, engagement with and access to the urban forest is unequal. This study explores how a sense of belonging in urban forests can be defined and fostered, in support of fair, inclusive, healthy and resilient urban forests.
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 a 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.
The Withdrawn Design: Object-Oriented Ontology and Architectural Practice
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 investigate the Built Environment in Contemporary Iran
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.
Yixuan’s research explores how architectural knowledge, as represented in professional journals in 1950s-60s, circulated among socialist countries’ geopolitical map.
My project examines the 1958 RIBA Oxford Conference on Architectural Education, exploring its origins, agenda, and impact on professional identity.
A study observing decisions and policy as they emerge in the arenas of everyday practice in active travel planning for inclusive mobility.
This research investigates Japan’s systematic exploitation of Northeast China’s resources from 1904 to 1945 through the South Manchuria Railway’s network of architectural complexes and infrastructure for extraction, processing, transportation, storage, and sales.
Sinan's research focuses on examining the structures, processes, and relationships between various stakeholders involved in community participation in heritage projects.
In collaboration with Historic Environment Scotland, Hutton Stone Company and external interdisciplinary advisers, the Creative Practice research investigates at micro and macro scales, the socio-economic, environmental, geological and technical potentials of stone
The project investigates local communities engagement and participation in heritage conservation and management in non-western societies while exploring the current dynamics between professionals and locals.
This research contributes to understanding how memories shape cultural resilience in conflict areas and provides a metaphoric framework for identifying mnemonic patterns and integrating memory into future urban planning initiatives.
As urbanization intensifies, greenspace justice has become a key focus, yet the intersection of green infrastructure and equitable access remains underexplored. This study, based in England, examines how GI influences residents' perceptions of greenspace equity.
This project explores neurodivergent people's experiences of public transport in North East England using co-creation, visual methods, and WhatsApp for data collection. Grounded in relational geography and Affect Theory, this project aims to inform inclusive transport policy.
My research is situated in the context of ecological decline and chronically insufficient housing supply in England. I'm seeking to uncover how the transformative potential of planning consultation processes might be harnessed to achieve alternative, nature-oriented ends.
Using comparative analysis with international experiences and stakeholder interviews, it examines how coordination mechanisms and strategic planning tools can strengthen TOD delivery, offering policy insights relevant to rapidly urbanising regions worldwide.
My proposed research investigates unresolved ambiguities in hermeneutical accounts of architectural design, focusing on pre-understanding, the iteration of design projections, and meaning formation.
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