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Yr Athro Mhairi McVicar
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PhD, NCARB (USA), M Arch, BSc Hons in Architecture Studies
Arweinydd Prosiect Porth Cymunedol, Cyfarwyddwr Cydraddoldeb, Amrywiaeth a Chynhwysiant
- McVicarM@caerdydd.ac.uk
- +44 29208 74634
- Adeilad Bute, Ystafell 1.33, Rhodfa'r Brenin Edward VII, Caerdydd, CF10 3NB
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Cyfarwyddwr Cydraddoldeb, Amrywiaeth a Chynhwysiant - archi-equalitydiversityinclusion@cardiff.ac.uk
Arweinydd y Prosiect, Porth y Gymuned,
Goruchwyliwr Gradd Uwch (MPhil / PhD)
Tiwtor Uned MArch2 Dylunio Pensaernïol - Uned Gwerth
Gweithgareddau allanol
Aelod o'r Bwrdd, Sefydliad Incoporated Elusennol Pafiliwn Grange
Aelod Cyswllt, Sefydliad Brenhinol Penseiri Prydain; Cadeirydd Is-bwyllgor Grantiau Ymchwil RIBA
Cymrawd yr RSA (Y Gymdeithas Frenhinol er Annog y Celfyddydau, Gweithgynhyrchu a Masnach)
Gwybodaeth arall
Rwy'n Arweinydd Prosiect Porth Cymunedol Prifysgol Caerdydd, platfform ymgysylltu rhwng y gymuned a'r brifysgol sy'n datblygu prosiectau partneriaeth rhwng Grangetown a Phrifysgol Caerdydd, gan gynnwys lansiad 2020 o ailddatblygiad partneriaeth dan arweiniad y gymuned gwerth £1.8 miliwn mewn adeilad dinesig gwag, Pafiliwn Grange.
Mae fy niddordebau ymchwil yn cynnwys cysyniadau o werth yn yr amgylchedd adeiledig; datblygiad cymunedol a throsglwyddiadau asedau cymunedol; Beirniadu prosesau ymarfer pensaernïol; Adolygiadau o addysgu byw, cyd-gynhyrchu a dylunio cyfranogol; y Brifysgol fel angor dinesig; damcaniaethau technoleg ac adeiladu pensaernïol; hanes a theori bensaernïol, yn enwedig y DU a'r Unol Daleithiau o'r 19eg i'r 21ain ganrif. Mae ei gyhoeddiadau diweddar yn cynnwys y llyfr Precision in Architecture: Certainty, Ambiguity and Deviation (Routledge, 2019) a 'Gathering-in-action: the Activation of a Public Space', Architecture and Culture (2020).
Ymunais â WSA yn 2006, yn dilyn ymarfer pensaernïol yn UDA a'r DU. Rwy'n aelod Cyswllt RIBA ac yn eistedd ar Is-bwyllgor Grantiau Ymchwil RIBA. Rwyf wedi gweithredu fel rheithor ar Fedal Traethodau Hir Llywydd RIBA a Medal Aur yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol am Bensaernïaeth ac rwy'n adolygydd cymheiriaid ar gyfer Ymchwil Bensaernïol bob chwarter, Pensaernïaeth a Diwylliant, Ardeth, FormAcademisk a Bloomsbury Publishing. Rwyf wedi cyflwyno fy ymchwil yn y DU, Ewrop, UDA, Canada a Tsieina. Yn 2017, dyfarnwyd Gwobr Ryngwladol yr Athro Syr David Watson i'r Porth Cymunedol am ddatblygu partneriaeth rhwng y gymuned a'r brifysgol a derbyniais wobr Arwain Cymru yn y Sector Cyhoeddus .
Cysylltwch â mi ynglŷn ag ymchwil, ymgysylltu ac addysgu sy'n gysylltiedig â phartneriaethau cymunedol-prifysgol, gwerth dinesig, cynhyrchu gofod dinesig, rôl y pensaer mewn datblygu cymunedol, a dadansoddi ymarfer pensaernïol proffesiynol.
Cyhoeddiad
2023
- McVicar, M., Platt, C., Runting, H. and Walker, S. 2023. Insights from Portugal's research evaluation exercise. arq: Architectural Research Quarterly 27(2), pp. 176-180. (10.1017/S1359135523000234)
- Khan, M., Nekeb, S., Smith, T., Harris, N. and McVicar, M. 2023. A Grangetown to grow up in: A children and young people's plan for Grangetown, Cardiff.. Project Report. Cardiff University.
- McVicar, M., Soleman, M. and Nekeb, S. 2023. Community consultation for quality of life in Wales. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Quality of Life Foundation. Available at: https://www.qolf.org/wp-content/uploads/CCQOL_Wales-National-Report-compressed.pdf
2022
- McVicar, M., Kite, S. and Drozynski, C. eds. 2022. Generosity and architecture. Routledge.
2020
- McVicar, M. 2020. 'Engender the confidence to demand better?: the value of architects in community asset transfers. Architectural Design 90(4), pp. 46-51. (10.1002/ad.2589)
- McVicar, M. 2020. Gathering-in-action: the activation of a civic space. Architecture and Culture 8(3-4), pp. 468-483. (10.1080/20507828.2020.1798164)
2019
- McVicar, M. 2019. Precision in architecture: Certainty, ambiguity and deviation. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. (10.4324/9781315222639)
2018
- McVicar, M. and Turnbull, N. 2018. Creating common ground: the value of participatory design in articulating a common ethos for dwelling. Presented at: Cities, Communities and Homes: Is the Urban Future Livable?, Universityof Derby, 22—23 June, 2017 Presented at Tracada, E. and Cairms, G. eds.AMPS Proceedings Series 10: Cities, Communities Homes – Is the Urban Future Livable?, Vol. 10. AMPS Proceedings AMPS pp. 434-446.
- McVicar, M. and Turnbull, N. 2018. The live project in the participatory design of a common ethos. Charrette 5(2), pp. 117-135.
- McVicar, M. 2018. Deviation from the standard - the plasterboard ceiling in OMA's McCormick Tribune Campus Center. ARCH+ Magazine for Architecture and Urbanism 233, pp. 194-199.
2016
- McVicar, M. T. 2016. Precision in architectural production. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2015
- McVicar, M. 2015. The production of the Commons: Mies van der Rohe and the art of industrial standardisation. In: Lloyd Thomas, K., Amhoff, T. and Beech, N. eds. Industries of Architecture. AHRA Critiques: Critical Studies in Architectural Humanities Vol. 11. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 49-59.
- Odgers, J., McVicar, M. and Kite, S. eds. 2015. Economy and architecture. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
- McVicar, M. 2015. An optional extra: valuing architecture at the Brompton Boilers. In: Odgers, J., McVicar, M. and Kite, S. eds. Economy and Architecture. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 151-161.
2012
- McVicar, M. T. 2012. Specifying intent at the museum of childhood. Architectural Research Quarterly 16(3), pp. 218-228. (10.1017/S1359135513000067)
- McVicar, M. T. 2012. 'God is in the details'/'The detail is moot': A meeting Between Koolhaas and Mies. In: Sharr, A. ed. Reading Architecture and Culture: Researching Buildings, Spaces and Documents. London: Routledge, pp. 165-178.
- McVicar, M. T. 2012. Reading details: Caruso St John and the poetic intent of construction documents. In: Lees-Maffei, G. ed. Writing Design: Words and Objects. London: Berg Publishers, pp. 149-161.
2011
- Kite, S., McVicar, M. T. and Odgers, J. A. eds. 2011. Economy : abstracts. Cardiff: Cardiff University, Welsh School of Architecture.
2010
- McVicar, M. T. 2010. Contested fields: perfection and compromise at Caruso St John's Museum of Childhood. In: Ewing, S. et al. eds. Architecture and Field/Work. Critiques London: Routledge, pp. 138-150.
- McVicar, M. 2010. 1:1 – Architects build small spaces. arq: Architectural Research Quarterly 14(3), pp. 195-200. (10.1017/S1359135510000965)
- McVicar, M. 2010. Passion and control: Lewerentz and a mortar joint. In: Dutoit, A., Odgers, J. and Sharr, A. eds. Quality Out of Control: Standards for Measuring Architecture. London: Routledge, pp. 92-102.
2008
- McVicar, M. T. and Suau, C. 2008. Neglectfulness in the preservation and continuity of late-modern architecture - the case of St Peter's Seminary by Gillespie, Kidd and Coia. Presented at: 10th International DOCOMOMO Conference, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 17-19 September 2008 Presented at van den Heuvel, D. et al. eds.The Challenge of Change: Dealing with the Legacy of the Modern Movement: Proceedings of the 10th International DOCOMOMO Conference. Amsterdam: IOS Press pp. 81-86., (10.3233/978-1-58603-917-2-81)
2007
- McVicar, M. T. 2007. Memory and progress: confessions in a flagstone wall. ARQ Architectural Research Quarterly 11(3), pp. 198-208.
- McVicar, M. T. 2007. Adaptation and continuity: mediating the regional and global in Orkney and Shetland. Presented at: 2nd International CSAAR Conference of the Center for the Study of Architecture and Urbanism, Tunis, Tunisia.
- McVicar, M. T. 2007. Inhabiting space: body, scale and performance. Presented at: Intersections: Design Education and Other Fields of Inquiry. Iowa.
2004
- McVicar, M. T. 2004. Avec Wine Bar, Chicago.
Articles
- McVicar, M., Platt, C., Runting, H. and Walker, S. 2023. Insights from Portugal's research evaluation exercise. arq: Architectural Research Quarterly 27(2), pp. 176-180. (10.1017/S1359135523000234)
- McVicar, M. 2020. 'Engender the confidence to demand better?: the value of architects in community asset transfers. Architectural Design 90(4), pp. 46-51. (10.1002/ad.2589)
- McVicar, M. 2020. Gathering-in-action: the activation of a civic space. Architecture and Culture 8(3-4), pp. 468-483. (10.1080/20507828.2020.1798164)
- McVicar, M. and Turnbull, N. 2018. The live project in the participatory design of a common ethos. Charrette 5(2), pp. 117-135.
- McVicar, M. 2018. Deviation from the standard - the plasterboard ceiling in OMA's McCormick Tribune Campus Center. ARCH+ Magazine for Architecture and Urbanism 233, pp. 194-199.
- McVicar, M. T. 2012. Specifying intent at the museum of childhood. Architectural Research Quarterly 16(3), pp. 218-228. (10.1017/S1359135513000067)
- McVicar, M. 2010. 1:1 – Architects build small spaces. arq: Architectural Research Quarterly 14(3), pp. 195-200. (10.1017/S1359135510000965)
- McVicar, M. T. 2007. Memory and progress: confessions in a flagstone wall. ARQ Architectural Research Quarterly 11(3), pp. 198-208.
Book sections
- McVicar, M. 2015. The production of the Commons: Mies van der Rohe and the art of industrial standardisation. In: Lloyd Thomas, K., Amhoff, T. and Beech, N. eds. Industries of Architecture. AHRA Critiques: Critical Studies in Architectural Humanities Vol. 11. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 49-59.
- McVicar, M. 2015. An optional extra: valuing architecture at the Brompton Boilers. In: Odgers, J., McVicar, M. and Kite, S. eds. Economy and Architecture. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 151-161.
- McVicar, M. T. 2012. 'God is in the details'/'The detail is moot': A meeting Between Koolhaas and Mies. In: Sharr, A. ed. Reading Architecture and Culture: Researching Buildings, Spaces and Documents. London: Routledge, pp. 165-178.
- McVicar, M. T. 2012. Reading details: Caruso St John and the poetic intent of construction documents. In: Lees-Maffei, G. ed. Writing Design: Words and Objects. London: Berg Publishers, pp. 149-161.
- McVicar, M. T. 2010. Contested fields: perfection and compromise at Caruso St John's Museum of Childhood. In: Ewing, S. et al. eds. Architecture and Field/Work. Critiques London: Routledge, pp. 138-150.
- McVicar, M. 2010. Passion and control: Lewerentz and a mortar joint. In: Dutoit, A., Odgers, J. and Sharr, A. eds. Quality Out of Control: Standards for Measuring Architecture. London: Routledge, pp. 92-102.
Books
- McVicar, M., Kite, S. and Drozynski, C. eds. 2022. Generosity and architecture. Routledge.
- McVicar, M. 2019. Precision in architecture: Certainty, ambiguity and deviation. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. (10.4324/9781315222639)
- Odgers, J., McVicar, M. and Kite, S. eds. 2015. Economy and architecture. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
- Kite, S., McVicar, M. T. and Odgers, J. A. eds. 2011. Economy : abstracts. Cardiff: Cardiff University, Welsh School of Architecture.
Conferences
- McVicar, M. and Turnbull, N. 2018. Creating common ground: the value of participatory design in articulating a common ethos for dwelling. Presented at: Cities, Communities and Homes: Is the Urban Future Livable?, Universityof Derby, 22—23 June, 2017 Presented at Tracada, E. and Cairms, G. eds.AMPS Proceedings Series 10: Cities, Communities Homes – Is the Urban Future Livable?, Vol. 10. AMPS Proceedings AMPS pp. 434-446.
- McVicar, M. T. and Suau, C. 2008. Neglectfulness in the preservation and continuity of late-modern architecture - the case of St Peter's Seminary by Gillespie, Kidd and Coia. Presented at: 10th International DOCOMOMO Conference, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 17-19 September 2008 Presented at van den Heuvel, D. et al. eds.The Challenge of Change: Dealing with the Legacy of the Modern Movement: Proceedings of the 10th International DOCOMOMO Conference. Amsterdam: IOS Press pp. 81-86., (10.3233/978-1-58603-917-2-81)
- McVicar, M. T. 2007. Adaptation and continuity: mediating the regional and global in Orkney and Shetland. Presented at: 2nd International CSAAR Conference of the Center for the Study of Architecture and Urbanism, Tunis, Tunisia.
- McVicar, M. T. 2007. Inhabiting space: body, scale and performance. Presented at: Intersections: Design Education and Other Fields of Inquiry. Iowa.
Monographs
- Khan, M., Nekeb, S., Smith, T., Harris, N. and McVicar, M. 2023. A Grangetown to grow up in: A children and young people's plan for Grangetown, Cardiff.. Project Report. Cardiff University.
- McVicar, M., Soleman, M. and Nekeb, S. 2023. Community consultation for quality of life in Wales. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Quality of Life Foundation. Available at: https://www.qolf.org/wp-content/uploads/CCQOL_Wales-National-Report-compressed.pdf
Other
- McVicar, M. T. 2004. Avec Wine Bar, Chicago.
Thesis
- McVicar, M. T. 2016. Precision in architectural production. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Ymchwil
Research interests
My research links closely to my role as Project Lead of Cardiff University's Community Gateway, a long place-based partnership between Cardiff University and Grangetown, Cardiff. Since 2012, I have facilitated engagement partnerships and have embedded live teaching and research activities within these partnerships, support ongoing development and observing and reflecting on the role of the architect and of the University within community development. Recent publications emerging from this work include 'Gathering-in-action: the Activation of a Public Space', Architecture and Culture (2020) and 'Engender the confidence to demand better? The value of architects in Community Asset Transfers', Architectural Design (July 2020).
My research in progress includes an analysis of the first eight years of a university-community partnership, and a proposal (in peer review) for an edited book, Architecture and Generosity (with editors Professor Stephen Kite and Dr Charles Drozynski), and interests in concepts of value in Architecture and the role of architects, architectural pedagogies and professional architectural practice in community-led development and participatory design processes.
My prior research includes the close analysis of the processes and values of architectural practice, published as Precision in Architecture: Certainty, Ambiguity and Deviation (Routledge, 2019). This publication investigates the pursuit and consequences of precision in architectural practice, interpreting technical drawings, specifications and correspondance accompanying constructed architectural details by Sigurd Lewerentz, Mies van der Rohe, Caruso St John Architects, and OMA.
Addysgu
Teaching profile
My teaching in Architecture embeds within community-university partnerships in Grangetown, Cardiff, facilitated through my role as Project Lead of Cardiff University's Community Gateway.
Working with the support of a long term partnership between Cardiff University and Grangetown which begins with community led ideas, skills, and expertise to inform and develop university teaching and research, my teaching builds upon established engagement partnerships with a geographically defined local community, encouraging students to collaborate and to build on previous interdisciplinary research and ideas within design and dissertation work.
I am currently the year chair of the Masters of Architecture (Year2), and module lead of the Design Thesis, leading a design Unit on Value. I supervise Masters of Architecture Dissertations and PhD Theses.
I have previously taught Architectural Technology and Architectural Design in the BSc in Architectural Studies, and contribute to a range of Undergraduate and Postgraduate modules in Design, Technology and History and Theory.
I have a PG Certificate in University Teaching and Learning (2009) and previously taught as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois. I am an external assessor at Newcastle University, and have been an invited external reviewer or speaker at numerous institutions including UCL (London), London Metropolitan University (London), IIT (Chicago), UIC (Chicago) and Dalhouise University (Canada).
Bywgraffiad
Mhairi trained as an architect in the UK and USA, and has been teaching architecture at Cardiff University since 2006. Her interests include the ways in which architects can work collaboratively with people to improve the quality of their built environment.
Mhairi has a Masters of Architecture from the Illinois Institute of technology in Chicago, Illinois, USA and a First Class Honours BSc in Architecture from Robert Gordon Institute of technology, Aberdeen, Scotland. She will submit her PhD on Precision in Architectural Practice in September 2015.
For more information on Mhairi's research and publications, see: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/archi/staff/mhairi-McVicar'
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:
- Participatory design and co-production in Architecture
- Critiques of the processes of professional architectural practice
- Concepts, definitions and measurements of value and quality in architecture
- Civic space and community-led development
- Architectural History and Theory
