Melis Tekin
School of Architecture and Landscape
PhD Research Student
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School of Architecture and Landscape
Arts Tower
Western Bank
91直播
S10 2TN
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I studied my Bachelors in Architecture at Ozyegin University in Istanbul, Turkey and graduated in 2016. Whilst I was studying there, I got really interested in sustainable design and I decided to do my masters around this area. So I studied my Master鈥檚 degree on Design and Management of Sustainable Built Environments at the University of Reading and graduated in 2018 with Distinction. I started my PhD in Architecture in 2019, and my research is looking at resilience in nearly-zero energy housing in relation to social changes over time. My goal is to improve the built environment by designing resilient and long lasting sustainable housings for the future generations. Apart from my PhD work, I was one of the 91直播 School of Architecture鈥檚 PGR Manifesto/s Committee 2019/2020 member and I was responsible for organising manifestos meetings, contacting the professors and organising the Doctoral Research Conference. As a committee member I also helped my fellow committee members to organise seminars and peer-to-peer chats with Architecture and Landscape PGR鈥檚. I am currently Green Impact Project Assistant of the Architecture and Landscape Green Impact Team, and our team has been awarded with a Bronze Certificate for our projects in 2019-2020. As a project assistant, I encourage, motivate and support my Green Impact team in implementing sustainability actions.
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Project title:
Resilience in Housing Performance: Case Studies of Nearly Zero Energy Housing (NZEH) in UKProject outline:
This research explores nearly zero energy housing robustness, redundancy and adaptation in relation to social changes over time. Nearly zero-energy housing means a very low amount of energy is required and should be covered from renewable sources either on-site or nearby, which is considered critical for reducing CO2 because of the impacts of climate change. Consequently, there is a need for more understanding of the role that robustness, redundancy and adaptation within resilience play as an opportunity for NZEH by using quantitative modelling. The main research question is; 鈥淗ow can NZEH be future proofed through a better understanding of its robustness, redundancy and adaptation over time?鈥 The expected outcomes of this research are to understand the degree of robustness, redundancy and adaptation within NZEH and inhabitant negotiations, and to explore the impacts of social changes over time within NZEH.Supervisor:
Professor Fionn StevensonCo-supervisor:
Professor Darren RobinsonDate started: 01/10/2019
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Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) for ARC104 Architecture and Society.