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Angela Ruiz Del Portal

Angela Ruiz Del Portal

Teacher in Sustainable and Urban Design

Welsh School of Architecture

Email
RuizDelPortalA@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29208 70003
Campuses
Bute Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3NB

Overview

Responsibilities

I am part of both the MA Urban Design (MAUD) and the Architectural Science Master suite teaching teams. As a lecturer, I contribute to the shared module Earth and Society in the MSc degrees and to different MAUD modules including Autumn Studio, Spring Studio, Urban Design Research Methods. I also supervise MAUD dissertations.

MA Urban Design - Welsh School of Architecture - Cardiff University

Publication

2015

2014

Conferences

Teaching

Teaching profile

Deputy Module leader in Spring Studio; Unit tutor in Autumn and Spring Studios (MA UD); seminar tutor in Urban Design Research Methods (MA UD); Dissertation supervisor in MA UD; Supporting module leader in Earth and Society (ASM).

Since 2018 I hold a Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Biography

I obtained my Architecture degree from l’Escola Tecnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, in 2004. I gained 7 years of work experience collaborating in building and urban design projects in practices in Barcelona. I moved to the UK and achieved my MSc degree in Theory and Practice of Sustainable Design (TPSD) from WSA, in 2011. Within WSA and since 2012, my teaching experience spans from developing and delivering Continuing Professional Development courses* to lecturing and studio teaching in postgraduate programs in Sustainable Design and Urban Design**. I have been part of review panels for Urban Design Studios, Sustainable Design Project, and Sustainable Mega-buildings Design at posgraduate level, and Design in year 1 of BSc Architectural Studies. I have also contributed sessions to several international summer schools outside Cardiff University.

*Built Environment Sustainability Training (BEST) program - Low Carbon Built Environment. Welsh Energy Sector Training Project (WEST) in the Low Carbon Research Institute (LCRI) 

**MA in Urban Design - MSc in Environmental Design of Buildings - MSc in Sustainable Mega-Buildings - MSc in Theory and Practice of Sustainable Design (extinguished)

 

Honours and awards

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) (2018)
  • Outstanding Contribution Award, College of Physical Science and Engineering, Cardiff University (2016)

Professional memberships

  • Member of Les Ateliers Internationaux de Maîtrise d'Oeuvre Urbaine de Cergy-Pontoise (2012 -2014)
  • Member of Col.legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya (COAC) - Catalonian Architects’ Professional Body  (2005-2010)

Academic positions

  • 2023-present: Lecturer, Cardiff University
  • 2018-2023:     Teacher, Cardiff University
  • 2015-2018:     Tutor, Cardiff University
  • 2012-2015:     Research Assistant, Cardiff University

Research themes

Specialisms

  • Sustainable architecture
  • Sustainability
  • Urban design
  • sustainable urbanism