Staff

 

THE DEANERY 

Professor George Ofori

Dean

oforij3@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7253

Please direct all enquiries to the Dean’s PA, Ms Priscilla Donkor:

donkorp@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7673           

 

Bio

Professor George Ofori, the Dean for the School of the Built Environment and Engineering, joined the School in January 2017 after a career spanning over 30 years at the National University of Singapore. George is a Guest Chair Professor at Tsinghua University (Beijing, China), the Deputy Chairman of the International Board of CoST, a member of the Board of Directors of Engineers Against Poverty, and has been invited to speak at several high profile institutions. George’s expert knowledge encompasses construction economics, international construction project management, construction in developing countries, and leadership development in the construction industry.

Expertise

  • Construction economics
  • International construction project management
  • Construction in developing countries
  • Leadership development in construction
  • Environmental management

Research & Enterprise Interests

  • Construction industry development with focus on developing countries
  • Professionalism and ethics in construction
  • Productivity performance improvement in construction
  • Sustainable construction
  • Leadership and its development in construction 

Recent Outputs

  • Regular Ofori, G. (2015) Nature of the construction industry, its needs and its development: a review of four decades of research. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 20(2), 115-135
  • Li, A., Ling, F., Low, S., and Ofori, G. (2015) Strategies for foreign construction-related consultancy firms to improve performance in China. Journal of Management in Engineering, 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000379, 06015001 

International & Professional Links

  • Guest Chair Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  • Previously Visiting Professor at University of Science Malaysia and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Deputy Chairman of the International Board of CoST, the Infrastructure Transparency
  • Member, Board of Directors of Engineers Against Poverty, UK
  • External Examiner for academic programmes at various universities including: University of Cape Town, South Africa (2010-15); SIM University, Singapore (2013-2016); Tunku Abdul Rahman University (Malaysia) (2012-2016); University of Science Malaysia (various years); University of Technology Mara, Malaysia (2016-18)
  • Invited to deliver talks at universities including: Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India (2016); University of Technology Mara, Malaysia (2016); Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia (2014); University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa (2015); University of Cape Town, South Africa (2014); and University of Moratuwa (Sri Lanka) (2013)

Dr Mahmood Datoo

Acting Director of Student Experience & Student Experience

 

datoom@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7388

 

Expertise

  • Structural analysis
  • Thin-walled structures
  • Finite Element modelling
  • Mechanics of advanced composite materials

Research & Enterprise Interests

  • Warping of thin-walled structures
  • Stress analysis of fibrous composite materials

International & Professional Links

  • Link tutor for the Applied Science University in Bahrain
  • Link tutor for Chongqing
  • External Examiner for Portsmouth University

Dr Issa Chaer

Director of Enterprise

 

chaeri@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7149

 

Bio

Dr Issa Chaer, an Associate Professor and our Director of Enterprise, leads the School in solidifying its enterprise presence, as well as producing high level research outputs. Issa leads one of the School’s research centres, the Centre for Civil and Building Services Engineering (CCiBSE). His research portfolio spans over 15 years with evidence of significant contribution to the advancement of engineering knowledge at national and international levels including over 60 conference and journal articles. He has significant experience of collaborating with industrial partners, having led KPIs and consulted with businesses on areas such as air-conditioning, heat pumps, and heat and cooling networks.

Expertise

  • Design Application and Integrated Building Design
  • Heat Transfer and heat exchangers
  • Thermal Energy Systems including Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning, Heat Pumps, CHP & Tri-generation.
  • Heat  Networks and Energy Conversion
  • Renewable & Low Carbon Technologies
  • Remanufacturing & Circular Economy

Research & Enterprise Interests

  • Heat Transfer, Refrigeration, Air-conditioning & Heat Pumps, heat/cooling networks.
  • Energy conversion, CHP and Tri generation.
  • Refrigerants emissions and Refrigerant leakage.
  • Renewable and Low carbon technologies.
  • Remanufacturing & Circular Economy.
  • Life cycle assessment

Recent Outputs

International & Professional Links

  • SFHEA - Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
  • FInstR - Fellow of the Institute of Refrigeration.
  • MIIR- Member and founding member of the IIR-Working Party on Mitigation of Direct Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in Refrigeration- International Institute of Refrigeration.
  • CEng - Chartered Engineer of the Engineering Council.
  • External Examiner at Ulster university for MSc distance learning- Nov. 2016 – to-date.
  • External PhD examiner- Brunel university, University of  Birmingham, De Montfort University and Huddersfield  University.
  • Reviewer for the International Journal of Refrigeration
  • Reviewer for the International Journal of Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Editor of the International Journal of Sustainable Energy Development

Mr James Pang

School Executive Administrator

pangj@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7358

 

 

Mr Thomas Madden

School Administrator

(Research, Enterprise & Internationalisation)

maddent@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7358

 

 

Mr Jakir Ahmed

School Administrator

ahmedj38@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7674

 

 

Ms Priscilla Donkor

PA to the Dean

donkorp@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7673

 

 

 

ARCHITECTURE

 

 

 

Professor Lilly Kudic

Head of Division

 

 

kudicl@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7101

 

Expertise

  • Design studio research centred on interface between architecture and progressive structural design; promotion of the principle of structure as space
  • Co-leader, Studio 23 [MArch: Master of Architecture]
  • Promotion of LSBU as international collaborator in design projects (Polyark 2, Polyark 3, Polyark 4, Polyark 5)
  • Invited member of RIBA validation panel (visiting boards to China, Colombia, Egypt, Lebanon, Serbia, Sri Lanka, UK etc.)
  • Invited member of UNESCO-UIA validation panel (visiting boards to Egypt, Japan, Kazakhstan, Russia etc.)
  • External examiner in Peru and Romania 

Research & Enterprise Interests

  • Research centred on interface between architecture and progressive structural design; structure as space
  • Working on collaboration with Arab Academy of Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport, Alexandria, Egypt to accept their Bachelors students to LSBU MArch: Master of Architecture
  • Promotion of LSBU as centre of excellence in design through making (especially MArch, and MSc courses)

Recent Outputs

  • My studio’s work has been exhibited in the annual President’s Medals exhibition at RIBA headquarters, London (2006-17).  My students have won the following awards in this competition:
  • Winner, RIBA President’s Bronze Medal for best degree scheme
  • Three RIBA President’s Medals Bronze Medal commendations
  • Winner, RIBA President’s Silver Medal online vote
  • Two RIBA President’s Medals Silver Medal commendations
  • Globally, my studio’s work has formed part of the RIBA President’s Medals travelling exhibition exhibited in Australia, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, France, India, Lebanon, Romania, Serbia, Sri Lanka, and Turkey
  • Outside the UK, locations of the exhibition have included the Biblioteca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt; the Kadir Has gallery, Istanbul, Turkey; the Confluence Institute, Lyon, France; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile; CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India
  • Invited speaker at Architectural Association Shadow Series, London; Universidad Nacional Ingenieria, Lima, Peru; Leibniz Universität, Hannover, Germany

International & Professional Links

  • University of Architecture and Urbanism, Ion Mincu, Bucharest Romania (external examiner; collaborative working)
  • Universidad Nacional Ingenieria, Lima, Peru (external examiner; collaborative working)
  • Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Delhi, India (co-hosted conference)
  • University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (collaborative working)
  • American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt (collaborative working)
  • Moscow Architectural Institute, Moscow, Russia (collaborative working)
  • Mongji University, Seoul, South Korea (collaborative working)
  • Member of both RIBA and UNESCO-UIA validation panels visiting schools in China, Colombia, Egypt, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Russia, Sri Lanka, and United Kingdom (monitoring academic standards)

 

 

Mr Luke Murray

Associate Head of Division

 

Course Director for MArch Architecture

murrayl@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7282

 

Expertise

  • Theory of design, tools, techniques and implementation
  • Structure as space
  • Advanced materials and speculative design
  • Innovative design and processes
  • Architecture as a constructive art

Research & Enterprise Interests

  • Theory of design, tools, techniques and implementation
  • Structure as space
  • Advanced materials and speculative design
  • Innovative design and processes
  • Architecture as a constructive art

International & Professional Links

  • ARB Architects Registration Board
  • Birkbeck University
  • The Aristotelian Society
  • International Society for the Philosophy of Architecture.

 

Miss Kira Ariskina

Senior Lecturer

 

Course Director for Architecture Apprenticeships

ariskik2@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7117

 

Expertise

  • High-density residential and mix-use architecture
  • Strategic masterplanning
  • Building Information Modelling (Implementation and management within established businesses)
  • Constructivist architecture
  • Higher Education Teaching, curriculum development MA degrees in architecture and design, architecture apprenticeships

Research & Enterprise Interests

  • Architectural Design – future trends
  • BIM
  • Constructivism
  • Methodologies of pedagogy in architecture

International & Professional Links

  • Moscow Architectural Institute – MarchI, Moscow Russia
  • Ural State University of Architecture and Art in Ekaterinburg, Russia

 

Mr Steve Bowkett

Senior Lecturer

 

 

bowketsh@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7153

 

Expertise

  • The pedagogical relationship between drawing, space and architecture
  • The study of ‘Cybernetics’, as an iterative design and teaching methodology
  • New Cultures of the Diaspora; the effect of the cultural hybridization on urban living
  • New sustainable developments in Concrete technology
  • The regeneration of urban landscapes; The development of Live / Work spaces in Cities and its effect on planning policies
  • The 20th Century House

Research & Enterprise Interests

  • The pedagogical relationship between drawing, space and architecture
  • The study of ‘Cybernetics’, as an iterative design and teaching methodology.

Recent Outputs

  • April 2019 AAE Conference Westminster University ; The Beautiful Accident; Cybernetics, Synectics and Serendipity – defining creative design pedagogy through ‘Oblique Strategies’
  • Summer 2019 ‘Archidoodle Home: The Architects Activity Book’ Pub: Laurence King
  • Feb 2017 ‘Archidoodle City: The Architects Activity Book’ Pub: Laurence King 2017 (Published in 10 Languages)
  • 2017. Dystopian Skyscraper Film Feature, ShortList Magazine

International & Professional Links

  • University of Applied Sciences, Dresden
  • TVB, School of Design, Delhi
  • Oxford Brookes University
  • Westminster University
  • AHMM Architects, DRMM Architects, TonkinLui Architects, Theis and Kahn Architects

 

Mr Todor Demirov

Senior Lecturer

 

demirot2@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 xxxx

 

 

 

Mr Juan-Carlos Fenick-Sanchez

Senior Lecturer

 

fenicksc@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7663

 

 

 

Ms Margarita Germanos

Senior Lecturer

 

germanm2@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 xxxx

 

 

 

Mr Hyunbai Jun

Senior Lecturer

 

junh@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7155

 

 

Expertise

  • Computational Architecture

Research & Enterprise Interests

  • Computation in Architecture
  • Computer-aided-design and frabrication

International & Professional Links

  • RIBA

 

Mr Spyridon Kaprinis

Senior Lecturer

 

kudicl@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7101

 

 

Expertise

  • Producing 2D drawings & 3D models for (mainly using Rhinoceros and Maya)
  • Participating in competitions as a 3D Designer/Part II Architect, modeller and visualizer (using Rhinoceros and Maya)
  • Experience in leading, supervising and managing architectural assistants and architects as they create key stage drawings, specifications and construction information
  • Co-leading MArch design studios and providing teaching through tutorials, seminars, and workshops

Research & Enterprise Interests

  • Congruence as style | typology
  • Congruence as concept | narrative
  • Congruence as dia-/digi-gramming
  • Congruence as technique
  • Congruence as anatopism

Recent Outputs

  • (Exhibition) Exhibition ‘The house. The mentor. The archive’ _ Christian Kieckens / 12.02.2016 – 05.06.2016, DeSingel, Antwerp, Belgium (Display of AA Diploma Thesis/Design drawings, entitled “ Anatopism” by Spyridon Kaprinis, Architectural Association, 2001-2002). 
  • https://www.vai.be/en/press/press-release-the-house-the-mentor-the-archive-christian-kieckens(Publication) 2011 - 2012, Yearbook, Interdisciplinary Projects, Artesis University College Antwerp, Workshop title: «TRANSFORMore: From Memory To Imagination» by Kaprinis / Tsironi. (p.185), UPA / University Press, Antwerp, Belgium.
  • (Publication) 2012, “The Autopoiesis Of Architecture (Vol.II): A New Agenda For Architecture” Patrik Schumacher _ 11.4 Elegance (fig. 112/fig.113: Parametric Gothic Interior), John Willey & Sons Ltd., London. ISBN-10: 0470666161 / ISBN-13: 978-0470666166.
  • (Publication) Anastasios Tellios (editor), Agile Design: Advanced Architectural Cultures, CND Publications, Thessaloniki, 2014 (Essay title: “Inflection / On The Complexity of Emerging Elegance”), ISBN 978 960 88610 9 1.
  • (Published article) 29.06.2011,   Archisearch,   “The   Congruence  Of   Dia-/Digi-Gramming”   (published article), https://www.archisearch.gr/theory/the-congruence-of-dia-digi-gramming/
  • (Published article) 04.07.2011,  Archisearch,  “Congruent  Architectures:  On  Typology  And  Narrative” (published article), https://www.archisearch.gr/theory/congruent-architectures-on-typology-narrative-by-spyridon-kaprinis/

International & Professional Links

  • Registered Architect with the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE/TCG) since 2003.

 

Mr Matthew Morrish

Senior Lecturer

 

morrishm@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7394

 

 

 

Mr Onur Ozkaya

Senior Lecturer

 

Course Director for MSc Architecture

ozkayao@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7166

 

Expertise

  • Developing industrial design solutions for commercial brands.
  • Architectural Design – Digital Manufacturing.
  • Higher Education Teaching, curriculum development for both BA and MA degrees in architecture and design.
  • Digital Fabrication and rapid prototyping techniques and technologies.
  • Traditional manufacturing process knowledge and experience such as, injection moulding, CNC, concrete and metal work in the field architecture and furniture design.
  • Specialist Advanced CAD, BIM and manufacturing training for architectural, engineering and design companies.

Research & Enterprise Interests

  • Digital Fabrication and rapid-prototyping (3dprinting, CNC and robotic use)
  • Industrial design and furniture design (mass manufacture)
  • Value engineering for architectural and design process.
  • Sustainable materials and their production methods in the field of architecture and design.
  • Furniture design with composite materials such as carbon-fibre, fiberglass and fibre-concrete.
  • Pedagogic issues in the field of architecture and design with the help of digital techniques and technologies.

 

  • Ozkaya, O., and Morrish, M. (2018). Synthetic Landscapes: New Strategies for Landscape, Infrastructure and Architecture. Paper presented at ARCHDESIGN '18 / V. International Architectural Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 13 Apr 2018 - 14 Apr 2018.
  • Featured Project in Book: Organic Design: Products Inspired by Nature, 2016, Sendpoints, P. 132-133.
  • Featured Project in Book: Klooster, Thorsten (2009), Smart Surfaces and their Application in Architecture and Design, Birkhauser, P.57
  • Panel Speaker at Design for Manufacturing Summit, London, 2015-2017
  • Conference Speaker, Designing Creative Synergies, The International Hellenic University, Greece, 2016

 

  • Institute for computational design, Architecture, Stuttgart University, Germany.
  • Ringling College of Art & Design, Florida, U.S.A.
  • Bilkent University, Turkey
  • International Hellenic University, Greece
  • Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain.
  • Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
  • Architectural Association, School of Architecture, London, U.K.

 

Ms Carlene Prince

Senior Lecturer

 

princec3@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 8989

 

 

Expertise

  • Architecture and Urban Design
  • Teaching Degree - architectural studies
  • Building design, process  and analysis

International & Professional Links

  • ARB - Architects Registration Board
  • RIBA - Royal Institute of British Architects

 

Mr Federico Rossi

Senior Lecturer

 

Course Director for MSc Digital Architecture and Robotics

federico.rossi@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7130

 

Expertise

  • Computational design and process innovation
  • Advanced materials and constructive systems
  • Robotic control and digital fabrication
  • Integrated digital design processes

Research & Enterprise Interests

  • Computational design and process innovation
  • Mobility and community projects
  • Robotic control and digital fabrication
  • Integrated digital design processes

Recent Outputs

  • EcoShell Marathon Project; Digital Manufacturing of large-scale mock-up for a solar vehicle; Project value: £5K
  • Southwark Council – London College Communication; Digital Manufacturing project for Southwark Council with Mayor of London; Project value: £7K
  • Robotic research partnership with Delcam UK; DARLAB joined Autodesk Manufacturing and Delcam UK to receive their software, training support on site in order to write research grants with a large consortium for UK innovate; Project value: £25K
  • Quayola Ars Electronic Volkswagen Berlin; Robotic programming and design development for digital mock-up and museum nstallation in in Berlin at the VW Drive Museum; Project value: £9K
  • Ars Electronic Linz - robotic installation; Robotic programming and installation for Ars Electronica Linz; Project value: £2K
  • Royal Academy of Ars; Final project exhibited at the RA Summer Show 2016

 

International & Professional Links

  • Autodesk/ Delcam PLC, Birmingham, UK
  • SCMGroup UK, Sheffield, UK
  • HAL Robotics, London, UK
  • QD Design, Pisa, Italy
  • University of Ancona, Italy
  • Beirut Arab University, Egypt

 

Angela Vanezi

Senior Lecturer

 

Course Director for BA (Hons) Architecture

vanezia3@lsbu.ac.uk

020 7815 7251

 

Expertise

  • Building Information Modelling (Coordination and Management)
  • Project Management
  • Innovative design in Architecture and Engineering
  • Strategic masterplanning
  • Architectural Design and Analysis
  • Architectural Design – Digital Manufacturing.
  • Masterplanning
  • Leading, supervising and managing architectural assistants and architects at  key stages of delivery, specifications and construction information.
  • Co-leading MArch design Studio 20 providing teaching through tutorials, seminars, and workshops.
  • Invited member of RIBA validation panel

Research & Enterprise Interests

  • Building Information Modelling
  • Kinetic Architecture
  • Tectonic Architecture
  • Architecture and Phycology

International & professional Links

  • ARB - Architects Registration Board
  • RIBA - Royal Institute of British Architects
  • ETEK/CY Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber

 

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