The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Alessandro's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Alessandro
I am Professor of Urban Design within the School of Art, Design and Architecture, and teach in the Architecture subject.At Plymouth I have served as Head of the School of Architecture, Design and Environment (2009-2016), Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (2016-2019), and Associate Dean for Internationalisation in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business (2016-2022) I have previously worked at:
Newcastle University (2001-2009) where I was Deputy Head of School and Director (Head of Dept) of Architecture within the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
University College London (1999-2001) where I was Research Fellow at CASA (Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) and then Lecturer at the Bartlett School of Planning
Supervised Research Degrees
PhD (Newcastle University) – Rodrigo Jose’ Firmino “Building the Virtual City: The Dilemmas of Integrating Strategies for Urban and Electronic Spaces”, completed August 2004
PhD (Newcastle University) – Xuefeng Wang “Defining the Role of Knowledge in Chinese Contemporary Urban Development” – supervision handed over when I left Newcastle, Xuefeng has since completed
PhD (Newcastle University) – Reham Abdelatif “Computer-Mediated Communication in the Virtual Learning of Urban Design: Can this Enhance Critical Thinking?”, supervision handed over when I left Newcastle, Reham has since completed
PhD (Newcastle University) – Abdelatif El-Allous “Adopting ICT to Atcivate Urban Public Space in the Developing World: the case of Libya”, supervision handed over when I left Newcastle, Abdelatif has since completed
MPhil (University of Plymouth) – Karol Kwiatek – completed 2012
PhD (University of Plymouth) – Eleanor Browne “Social and Commercial Enterprise Interactions: Insights from UK Business Incubators” – completed June 2021
PhD (University of Plymouth) – Gianni Corino “Internet of props. A performative ontology and design framework for the internet of things” – completed May 2017
PhD (University of Plymouth) – Fadwa Barakat “Designing Complexity: Reconstructing the National Symbol of the Jordanian Community” – completed April 2017
PhD (University of Plymouth) – Pamela Varley “Sustainable Digital Neighbourhoods: A Case Study of People, Place and Technology under the Rural Village Condition” – completed January 2019
PhD (University of Plymouth) – Hana Hapiz “Theorising the Embodiment of Materiality and Experience in Man-made Objects from a Design Perspective” – completed May 2019
Teaching
I currently teach in the 'mainstream' architectural design modules at Plymouth, leading the semester 1 design module for year 3 of the BA course.
In the past I have taught in the M.Arch at Plymouth, and led various modules in the Architecture department at Newcastle. These included design studio, but also specialist modules such as 'Architecture in the Information Age', 'The Digital City' and others, more closely associated with my research expertise. At UCL/Bartlett I was teaching in the Planning school modules like 'Planning Skills' and 'Planning Analysis'.
At Newcastle I led two postgraduate programmes: the MSc Digital Architecture and the MSc Architecture.
Apart from my directly research-related interests - urbanism in general and digital urbanism/urban design - my teaching in architecture focuses on three main areas: dealing with urban spaces / urban design; the agency of architecture/space in helping tackling social challenges; and working with students on understanding and shaping a coherent and holistic design process/approach.
Contact Alessandro
Room 106, Roland Levinsky Building, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
alex.aurigi@plymouth.ac.uk
