Portsmouth School of Architecture (ARCH)

Profile

Huw joined the School of Architecture from practice, having been responsible for the design and implementation of projects ranging from concert halls to new university campuses and buildings for science and technology. He has previously lived and worked in Germany, Hong Kong, Shanghai and California, experiencing a very broad range of practice methods and design approaches.

Huw is the year coordinator for the second year and is responsible for coordinating technology (environmental design and construction) teaching in the undergraduate school. He also teaches in the undergraduate technology units. As a Part 3 tutor, he guides postgraduate students through the final professional qualification in architecture.

Many of Huw’s projects have been designed to high standards of environmental responsiveness, a particular area of practice and research interest. At Portsmouth, Huw teaches environmental and sustainable design in the undergraduate years. He also heads a second year design studio and tutors a MArch studio. Huw teaches a unit concerned with low energy-use architecture in the MA in Sustainable Architecture course and his first book, 101 Rules of Thumb for Low Energy Architecture, a design tool for use in any global climatic region, will be published early in 2013. For information about his book, access: http://www.ribabookshops.com/item/101-rules-of-thumb-for-low-energy-architecture