Soumyen Bandyopadhyay
Director
Prof Soumyen Bandyopadhyay is the Stirling Chair of Architecture and currently serves as Head of School of Architecture at the University of Liverpool. He is the founder and director of the ArCHIAM research center.
The team
Core members
Giamila Quattrone
Project Coordinator
Dr Giamila Quattrone is a Lecturer in Architecture, at Liverpool School of Architecture and Project Coordinator of ArCHIAM.
Konstantina Georgiadou
Research Associate
Dr Konstantina Georgiadou is an Architect, working as a Research Associate at Liverpool School of Architecture.
Mary Shepperson
Research Associate
Dr Mary Shepperson is an Archaeologist currently working as a Research Associate at the University of Liverpool for ArCHIAM.
Claudia Briguglio
Research Assistant
Claudia Briguglio is a registered Architect, working as a Research Assistant at Liverpool School of Architecture.
Matina Vrettou
Research Assistant
Matina Vrettou is a registered Architect, working as a Research Assistant at Liverpool School of Architecture.
Honorary Members
Haitham Al-Abri
Honorary Fellow
Haitham Al-Abri is an architect and architectural researcher in the traditional built environment of Oman.
Martin Goffriller
Honorary Fellow
Dr Martin S. Goffriller is an Archaeologist and Architectural Historian, working as a Honorary Fellow at Liverpool School of Architecture.
Affiliate Members
Monika Koeck
Architect & Filmmaker
Preetam S.P.
Architect
Shreya V.Pai
Architect
PhD Students
Said Al Mashrafi
PhD Title: Community Empowerment For Sustainable Tourism Development In Omani Oasis
Expected completion 2021 University of Liverpool
Khaled Alhamad
PhD Title: Failaka island’s lost cultural heritage: An analysis of the meanings, causes and orientations of cultural values in a contemporary Arab society
Expected completion 2021 University of Liverpool
Samie. I. Kayani
PhD Title: The Formation of Early Mosque Architecture in Masjid Al Haram in Makkah; Focussing on the Ottoman Riwaqs
Expected completion 2022 University of Liverpool
Ali Jaffar Al Lawati
PhD Title: Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism: the study of Sur Al Lawati a preserved coastal settlement in port-city of Matrah – Oman
Expected completion 2023 University of Liverpool
Rim Yassine Kassab
PhD Title: The medinas, World Heritage sites between destruction and reconciliation – Morocco (Tetouan medina) & Syria (Old Damascus-Old Aleppo)
Expected completion 2023 University of Liverpool
Noor Jamil Ragaban
PhD Title: The Evolution of Domestic Architecture and its Impact on Family Dynamics – A Case Study of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Expected completion 2023 University of Liverpool
Zainab Al-Majdi
PhD Title: Digitally aided documentation and analysis of historic vaulted structures in Iraq
Expected completion 2024 University of Liverpool
Past Members
Paul MacMahon
Research Assistant
Jonathan Wren
Research Assistant
Désirée Campolo
Research Assistant
Christos Papadopoulos
IT Consultant
Aida Hernández
Research Assistant
Pasquale Larosa
Research Technician
Hana Koubkova
Research Technician
Livia Lucilla Luciani
Research Technician
Serena Liguori
Research Technician
Ataa Alsalloum
Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Heritage
External Contributors
Ioulia Barmpouti
Architect
Paul Colfer
Architect
Smaranda Ghinita
Architect
Manwinder Lall
Architect
Interns & Trainees
Charles Adams
Scholarship Projects for Undergraduate Researchers (SPUR)
Nottingham Trent University
Ragad Badri
Summer Internship
Dar Al-Hekma University
Keyla Caldeira
Scholarship Projects for Undergraduate Researchers (SPUR)
Nottingham Trent University
Manuela Demurtas
Erasmus+ Traineeship
Università degli Studi di Sassari
Pasquale Larosa
Erasmus+ Traineeship
Universita’ Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria
Elisabetta Palagruti
Erasmus+ Traineeship
Universita’ Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria
Sara Ferrarotto
Erasmus+ Traineeship
Università di Pisa
Abd Latif Siti Hajar Sufini
Kick-Start Intern
University of Liverpool
Livia Lucilla Luciani
Erasmus+ Traineeship
Universita’ Sapienza di Roma
Serena Liguori
Erasmus+ Traineeship
Universita’ Sapienza di Roma
Awarded PhD Students
Paul Robinson
PhD Title: An exploration into the relationship between spirituality and urban design with specific reference to the city of Phnom Penh.
University of Liverpool 2020
Konstantina Georgiadou
PhD Title: Political effects on urban Landscapes: Urbanix in Drama, Greece.
University of Liverpool 2019
Ghazy Albaqawy
PhD Title: Cultural Heritage in Saudi Arabia: Gaps, Policies and Implementation.
University of Liverpool 2019
Christina Pieri
PhD Title: The divided city of Nicosia, Cyprus.
Nottingham Trent University 2018
Farah Al-Hashimi
PhD Title: Kurdish Cities (Erbil) and Urban Form.
Nottingham Trent University 2016
Haitham Al-Abri
PhD Title: Omani Oasis Settlement morphology and dwelling types.
Nottingham Trent University 2015
Mohammad Habib Reza
PhD Title: Early Buddhist Architecture of Bengal: Morphological study on the vihāras of c.3rd to 8th centuries.
Nottingham Trent University 2012
Nishan Wijetunge
PhD Title: Domestic Architecture of the Sinhalese Elite in the Age of Nationalism.
Nottingham Trent University 2012