Portsmouth School of Architecture (ARCH)
Urban and Landscape Design
The Research Group in Urban and Landscape Design of the Portsmouth School of Architecture is composed of experienced scholars and practitioners and explores a wide range of topics related to the city. The group investigates the built environment from diverse multidisciplinary standpoints, bringing together different staff expertises. Its aims are to provide a framework for the development of research streams and projects related to urban issues; to foster the development of teaching and learning within the school; to promote knowledge transfer and engage in partnership with external bodies. The research undertaken in the group is directly linked to the MA in Urban Design, current PhD projects and supports the teaching of urban design across the school at all levels.
Subgroups and research themes:
Urban regeneration and localism
LF, FG
Involves the relationship between academic research, knowledge transfer, teaching and the local community. Projects in this area have a strong focus on community engagement, ranging from research through practice to studies into knowledge economy, digital technology, creative cities and innovation space.
Landscape and architecture interface
KB, PCP
Includes research projects into enclosed gardens, ruins and landscapes, green infrastructures, landscape design and teaching, among others.
History and Theory of Urban Design and Planning
FL, PG
Centres its attention in the construction of discourses on the history of ideas in urban and landscape design. Current projects include the development of the green wedge idea in the UK in the first half of the 20th century, the significance of the First International Town Planning Conference organized by the RIBA in 1910 in the debates on urban and park system planning, history of park systems, etc.
Sub-Urban land(E)scapes
DCB
Focus on analyzing what defines ‘suburbia’ today, particularly on the south coast of England, and its transformation across the later half of the 20th century.
Urban Sustainability
FL, DCB, HH, SA
Research on this area is strongly embedded into teaching. We are engaged in a range of studies into eco-city design, thermal analysis of urban spaces, rules of low-energy spaces, etc. The school also works with the University of Portsmouth Environment Network on areas related to urban sustainability.
Other
Other areas of interest include studies on public space for the contemporary city; Intelligent cities; Computing in urban design; The virtual, the hybrid and the city and the relationships between interior and exterior spaces.
The Group’s research inform teaching across the school, especially the MA Urban Design
PhD applications in any of these areas are encouraged. Please get in touch with us if you would like to discuss your research ideas.
Recent research outputs
Farrelly L . (In press). Urban ideas and drawing. London: Laurence King Publishers ISBN 978 185669 718 7.
Karandinou, A. (2011) "Augmented Places: Educational Environments and the Sense of 'Play'", International Association of Technology, Education and Development, ISBN 9788461474233
Farrelly , L. 2010. 'Masters Design Education in the UK'. Invited Speaker at the Cirrus Design educators network, Iceland, academy of Arts, January.
Karandinou, A. & Lympouridis, V. (2010). Hybrid meeting places: from a real-scale ‘chat-room’ to an augmented public bus stop. In Voyatzaki, M. (Ed.), The design and fabrication of innovative forms in a continuum). Chania: CAM.
Lemes de Oliveira, F. (2010). The First Town Planning Conference Revisited (1910-2010). Paper presented at the 14th International Planning History Society (IPHS) Conference, Istanbul, 12-15 July.
Lemes de Oliveira, F. (2010). O nascimento da ideia de parque urbano e do urbanismo modernos em São Paulo. In Arquitextos, São Paulo, 10.120, Vitruvius, mai 2010 </revistas/read/arquitextos/10.120/3433> (The Birth of the Idea of Urban Park and of Modern Town Planning in Sao Paulo)
Farrelly , L.; Lemes de Oliveira, F. (2009). The Regeneration of a naval city : Portsmouth. In: Proceedings of the UPE8 European conference in Urban Design. Kaiserlsautern, University Germany, March.
Lemes de Oliveira, F. (2009). O lugar do jardim: debates sobre a criação de uma paisagem moderna e brasileira. In Sá Carneiro, A. & Bertruy, R. (Eds.), Jardins históricos brasileiros e mexicanos/ Jardines historicos brasileños y mexicanos. ISSN 978-85-7315-625-6. Recife: UFPE Publishing. (The Place of the Garden: Debates on the Creation of a Modern Brazilian Landscape)
Karandinou, A. & Koutsoumpos, L. (2008). Performing mimetic mapping: a non-visualisable map of the Suzhou river area of Shanghai. Footprint, 2, 53-66.
Lemes de Oliveira, F.(2008). Modelos Urbanísticos Modernos e Parques Urbanos: as Relações entre Urbanismo e Paisagismo em São Paulo na Primeira Metade do Século XX. Barcelona: Department of Architectural Composition/ Technical University of Catalonia, PhD Dissertation. (Modern Urban Planning Models and Urban Parks: The Relationships between Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture in São Paulo in the first half of the XX Century). 488p. http://www.tesisenxarxa.net/TDX-1107108-100349/index.html
Lemes de Oliveira, F. (2008). Urban Planning and the needs of the metropolis: the park system projects for São Paulo. In Amoêda, R., Lira, S., Pinheiro, C., Pinheiro, F. & Pinheiro, J. (Eds.), World Heritage 2008: world heritage and sustainable development (pp. 461-470). ISBN 978-989-95671-0-8. Barcelos: Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development.
Farrelly , L. (2007). A collaborative practice between university and practice. In Proceedings of the International conference on architectural education. Beijing, September. Lemes de Oliveira, F. (2007). Discursos historiográficos acerca das relações entre parque e cidade no Brasil. In Território, Cidade e Educação. ISBN 978-84-611-9113-0.
Lemes de Oliveira, F. (2007). Discursos historiográficos acerca das relações entre parque e cidade no Brasil. In Território, Cidade e Educação. ISBN 978-84-611-9113-0. Barcelona: UB, 2007. (Historiographical Discourses on the Relationships Between the Park and the City in Brazil)
Lemes de Oliveira, F. (2006). Parque e cidade na obra de Prestes Maia. In Seminário de História da Cidade e do Urbanismo. São Paulo: FAUUSP/EESC-USP/Mackenzie.(Park and the City in Preste Maia's works)
Lemes de Oliveira, F. (2005). Siegfried Giedion e o caso brasileiro: uma aproximação historiográfica. In J. Pessôa, et al. (Eds.),Seminário DOCOMOMO Brasil 6. CD-ROM. Niterói: GEU-UFF. (Siegfried Giedion and the Brazilian Case: a historiographical study)
Farrelly , L. & Blott, D. (2005). Urban housing in the UK and the European city. In F. Claessens and L. Van Duin (Eds.). The European city: architectural interventions and urban transformations. Transactions on architectural education vol. 25 (pp. 154-160). Delft: Delft University Press.
Farrelly , L. Zambelli A. (2005) ‘Fictional Cities’ Presentation at UIA International Conference on the City Istanbul Turkey: ‘Fictional Cities’ XXII World Congress of Architecture/ uia/ Page 106 – 107 – Fictional Cities: Venice.
Farrelly, L. (2004). Research and integration with public bodies. In B. Grimes (Ed.), Between research and practice. Transactions on architectural education vol. 23 (pp. 00-00). Dublin: School of Architecture/EAAE.
Farrelly, L (2004) ‘Reconnecting the city’. In The European City Architectural Interventions and Urban Transformations/ Publicatieburo Bouwkunde, Delft University of Technology/ISBN 90-5269-322-6.
Farrelly , L. & Blott, D. 2004. Description of urban design course. In C. Spiridonidis (Ed.). Monitoring urban design education in European schools of architecture. Transactions on architectural education vol. 20 (pp. 75-86). Leuven: European Association for Architectural Education.
Baker, K. (2004). Landscape and architecture: a plan for Worcester water meadows. In K. Jorgensen & G. Fry (Eds.), ECLAS Conference 2004: a critical light on landscape architecture. Agricultural University of Norway, Dept of Landscape, Architecture & Spatial Planning.
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