Role
I am a Lecturer in Sustainable Design at the University of Plymouth. My research interests are investigating the relationship between Architecture and environmental performance and individual buildings with the wider urban system.
I am a member of the Architecture department in the School of Architecture Design and Environment.
I have a background in industry and government. In government I worked at the Commission for Architecture and the Built Envirionment (CABE) where I was responsible for large scale issues of sustainable placemaking and managed a programme of support with the 8 core cities in the UK advising them on adaptation and mitigation strategies on large regeneration projects.
I am a registered Architect with over 10 years experience and have worked for internationally recognised Architecture and urban design practices. I was responsible for the design of a number of award winning projects ranging in scale from large masterplanning projects to individual houses. I have experience working in low energy housing with a focus on reducing the performance gap between design and completion.
Teaching roles
MArch 401Master of Architecture 1st Year Design Studio leader and tutor (see student blog at http://plymarch.wordpress.com )
MArch 407 Connecting sustainable practices
MArch 560 Emerging Architectural Research
Qualifications & background
Architectural Association
Part III, Architecture
University of Cambridge DipArch, Architecture
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Architecture
University of Cambridge MA(Cantab), Architecture
Professional membership
Royal Institute of British Architects
Architects Registration Board
Roles on external bodies
UK Green Building Council - Task Group for Sustainability Training and Education Programme
Plymouth City Council - Housing strategy group
Tranform South Yorkshire Delivering Design Quality steering group
Research interests
Energy performance in housing and its relationship to socio economic constraints
Urban systems, sustainable cities and adaptation and mitigation policy
UoP Research group membership
Culture, Theory, Space
Creative practice & artistic projects
Selected completed projects:
Derwenthorpe Prototype Housing
Client: Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust
Architect: Simon Bradbury at Richards Partington Architects
2 Prototype houses designed to examine how to reduce the gap between predicted and in use energy performance as well as a range of other new technologies. Post-completion monitoring by Leeds Metropolitan University shows a significant narrowing of the performance gap between predicted and actual energy use. Each house also trials an alternative 'Modern Method of Construction'.
Awards: CBSE Building Performance Awards 2011 (shortlist), RICS Awards 2011 - sustainability (shortlist), Sustinability Awards 2010 - sustainable housing of the Year (shortlist)
See associated research on this project 'Redefining the prototype: evaluating the design process to reduce the performance gap in new housing'.
Derwenthorpe Phase 1
Client: Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust
Architect: Simon Bradbury at Richards Partington Architects
64 new houses as part of a new 540 home sustainable urban extension to York which will include a range innovative of technologies and managment arrangements designed to support a truly inclusive and sustainable new community. For further information see www.jrht.org.uk/communities/derwenthorpe .
Awards: Housing Design Award
East Bayfront Precinct Plan, Toronto
Client: Toronto Waterfront Revitalisation Corporation
Architect: Simon Bradbury at Koetter Kim and Associates
The ambitious 88-acre waterfront plan is located southeast of the city center%2c was created through a process engaging a wide range of stakeholders. It is viewed as an opportunity for Toronto’s city center to establish a positive and meaningful relationship with its lake frontage and to serve as an important place of linkage between the city and the Portlands. For further information see www.buildeastbayfront.com .
Awards: Congress for New Urbanism Urban Design Charter Award , Boston Society of Architects Urban design Award
Reports & invited lectures
(2010) Simpler and better, Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, London (contributor)
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010) Improving the design of new housing: What role for standards?, Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, London (contributor)
(2010) Improving the design of new housing: technical background paper, Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, London (contributor)
(2010) Housing standards evidence and research, Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, London (contributor)
(2010) What is the skills Gap in Sustainable design? Local Government Association, London
(2010) What next for Housing standards? RTPI York and London
(2010) What next for Housing standards? RTPI CABE Design Task Group, Manchester and London.
(2003) The Future City: Designing Sustainable Communities BP Institute, Cambridge, Science Week
(2003) The Growth of the Suburban Office Building Typology, Cambridge University Graduate Conference, Cambridge, The Good City
