Research
Sustainable integrated heritage management and development
Cultural heritage documentation, management and development.
Cultural heritage resilience.
Built heritage adaptive reuse.
Digital heritage.
Arabian and North African vernacular architecture
Historical oasis landscapes.
Transformation processes in settlement, dwelling and constructional patterns.
Re-cycling of waste lands, buildings and materials
Creative urban and architectural recycling.
Post-industrial regeneration and changing urban identities.
Building remodelling.
Research groups
Research grants
AHRC IAA 22-25
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2022 - January 2026
Indian Ocean Islamic Trade and its Impact on Architecture
AGA KHAN TRUST FOR CULTURE (SWITZERLAND)
October 2022 - September 2023
Architecture and Urban Development of the Deccan Sultanate
AGA KHAN TRUST FOR CULTURE (SWITZERLAND)
November 2018 - January 2020
The Gulf Architecture Project (GAP)
QATAR FOUNDATION (QATAR)
December 2018 - June 2020
Development of teaching material based on AKHCP material with additional material from ArCHIAM
AGA KHAN TRUST FOR CULTURE (SWITZERLAND)
September 2017 - February 2018
Restoring, Recording and Inventorying the Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage of the M'Hamid Oasis, Morocco
BARAKAT TRUST (UK)
January 2019 - December 2019
Rehabilitation and restoration proposal for Bayt as-Sail (Al Ghassanni family house)
PRIVATE BENEFACTOR (OTHER OVERSEAS)
March 2016 - July 2018
Research collaborations
Marta Colmenares Fernández, Alejandro García Hermida, Rebeca Gómez-Gordo, Carmen Moreno Adán, Raquel Peña López
Terrachidia
Collaborative training, public dissemination and engagement as part of "Restoration, Recording and Documentation of Earthen Architectural Heritage" Workshops in the M'Hamid Oasis, Morocco (2017-to date)