Dr Tara Hipwood

Assistant Professor

Department: Architecture and Built Environment

I am a Chartered Architect and a Senior Lecturer in Sustainable and Environmental Design in the Department of Architecture at Northumbria University

Prior to commencing my Ph.D in Low Carbon Housing Retrofit at Cardiff University in 2014, I was engaged in architectural education. Beginning at the University of Bath and the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) in Strasbourg, France, this was followed by postgraduate studies, specialising in Sustainable Building: Performance and Design and RIBA Professional Practice examinations, both at Oxford Brookes University. My studies were combined with periods in architectural practice both in the UK and abroad, working on a variety of projects across the commercial, public, healthcare and social housing sectors, first as an architectural assistant and finally as a qualified architect.

I currently teach across both the Architecture and Interior Architecture undergraduate programmes as a Design Studio tutor, as well as lecturing on various aspects of sustainability and environmental design.

Campus Address

C101, Ellison Building
Northumbria University,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 8ST,

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

My research interests focus around the intersections between occupant wellbeing, the built environment, and the natural environment – and perhaps most importantly where the distinction between these elements breaks down. My Ph.D. studies, explored a nexus-of-practice perspective towards teleological influences on owner-occupiers’ home improvements and the implications this has for encouraging low carbon retrofit. I am currently pursuing this interest further through participation in the Wellcome Trust Ideas Hub on Power, Ownership and Mental Health, as well as organising Northumbria University’s contribution to the Environments by Design Conference, to be hosted online in Dec 2021: https://architecturemps.com/northumbria/

Key Publications

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‘Unprecedented times’: historical narratives of public health in the built environment, Hipwood, T., Lee, S. 4 Apr 2023, In: Architecture_MPS
Adapting owner-occupied dwellings in the UK: lessons for the future, Hipwood, T. 11 May 2022, In: Buildings and Cities
Decarbonising Social Housing in North England, Mokhtar Azizi, Z., Davidson, G., Hipwood, T., Lilley, S., Watson, R. Oct 2021
Panel keynote: Connectivity in Design, A Joined-up Approach to Health and Wellbeing: Human-Centred Architecture and Designing for Inclusion, Hipwood, T., Torun, A., McIntyre, L., Sedgewick, F. 5 Nov 2021, Architecture Media Politics and Society: Global Health Conference – Environments by Design: Health, Wellbeing, and Place
Understanding low-carbon housing retrofit within a wider nexus of practices, Hipwood, T. May 2021, In: Journal of Architecture
Coronavirus: an architect on how the pandemic could change our homes forever, Hipwood, T. 26 May 2020
Living within a One Planet reality: the contribution of personal Footprintcalculators, Collins, A., Galli, A., Hipwood, T., Murthy, A. 11 Feb 2020, In: Environmental Research Letters
Intersections between home improvements and health: An owner-occupier’s perspective, Hipwood, T. 1 Nov 2018, In: AMPS Proceedings
Understanding home improvements within the wider nexus of practice: Implications for encouraging owner-occupier low carbon retrofit, Hipwood, T. 19 Oct 2018, Research Matters

Professional Activity

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Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Micro Civic Institutions of Care 2022
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Agency and Entanglement 2022
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Architecture Media Politics and Society: Global Health Conference – Environments by Design: Health, Wellbeing, and Place 2021
Publication Peer-review: Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning (Journal) 2021
Publication Peer-review: Buildings & Cities (Journal) 2019
Publication Peer-review: Energy Policy (Journal) 2013

PGR Supervision

Habib Ghasemi Architects as Educators: Reconsidering the role of design professionals in owner-occupier low-carbon retrofit Start Date: 18/01/2021

Qualifications

Geography PhD December 14 2018
Architecture MSc June 30 2011
Architecture DipArch June 30 2010
Architecture BSc (Hons) June 30 2007
Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy AFHEA 2015
RIBA Examination in Management, Practice, and Law RIBA Part III 2012

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