Dr Shibu Raman
PhD, MSc (AAS), B Arch
Lecture in Architecture and Urban Design
- ramans@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 9440
- 3.22a, Adeilad Bute, Rhodfa'r Brenin Edward VII, Caerdydd, CF10 3NB
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Responsibilities
BSc and MArch Unit lead (Liveable Urbanism), MArch Dissertation Supervisor Research Methods and Techniques lectures and workshops, PhD supervisor, Member of University Learning Environmental Steering Group, Admissions Committee Member, Research Committee Member ,Board of Studies Member, PhD examiner.
External activities
Member of Editorial Board (International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development), PhD External examiner (London Met, School of Planing and Architecture New Delhi) Member of Housing and Land Administration Committee UNECE, Guest Lectures at many universities in India, China and South Korea
Other information
I am the founder director of City-Form Network which is involved in international collaborative research on sustainable urban form and relationship between urban form and quality of life. see www.city-form.org
Bywgraffiad
Dr Raman is an architect and urban designer trained in the UK and India. He has over 20 years experience in teaching, research and practicing architecture and urban design and has a number of completed projects in India and UK and number of peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters. On completion of his first degree in architecture, he worked with Dr B V Doshi at his international award winning architectural practice ‘Sangath’ at Ahmedabad, India for over 4 years before moving to UK to pursue a masters and an academic career. His design team has been recently been shortlisted in a prestigious international design competition for the National War Museum at New Delhi.
Dr Raman joint Welsh School of Architecture (WSA), Cardiff University in 2015 as a lecturer in architecture and urban design following a three year in China where is as the Course Director, lead the setting up and RIBA validation of the architecture programme at the University of Nottingham, Ningbo China. He is actively involved in the pedagogic development and in delivering design studio and theory modules in the undergraduate and masters in urban design.
His research interest and experience in designing sustainable urban neighbourhoods, urban design for aging, design of spaces and behaviour, social sustainability of cities, spatial network analysis, urban development in transitional economise. He is the Founder-Director of the research network called CityForm (www.city-form.org), which is investigating the relationship of urban form to urban sustainability and quality of life. He has presented his research or delivered keynote address in number of prestigious conferences around the worked including UN Habitat, Space Syntax Symposium and Smart Geometries. He has successfully supervised over 30 masters and PhD students in his area of research interests. In addition to UK, has lecture and taught in India, China, and South Korea.
Cyhoeddiadau
2022
- Porta, S., Venerandi, A., Feliciotti, A., Raman, S., Romice, O., Wang, J. and Kuffer, M. 2022. Urban morphometrics + earth observation: an integrated approach to rich/extra-large-scale taxonomies of urban form. Projections, the Journal of the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning 16
2021
- Venerandi, A. et al. 2021. Urban morphometrics and the intangible uniqueness of tangible heritage. An evidence-based generative design experiment in historical Kochi (IN). Heritage 4(4), pp. 4399-4420. (10.3390/heritage4040243)
- Lacy, K. and Raman, S. 2021. Network approach to understand the impact of human settlement on ecosystems in cities. In: Rahbarianyazd, R. ed. Contemporary Approaches in Urbanism and Heritage Studies. Cinius Yayınları Publication, pp. 3-10.
2018
- Janahi, H., Raman, S. and Zapata-Lancaster, M. G. 2018. Understanding the impact of residential built environment design on inhabitants' wellbeing. Presented at: ARCC-EAAE 2018 International Conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 16-19 May 2018.
2012
- Raman, S. and Dempsey, N. 2012. Cultural diversity and spatial structure in the Indian urban context. Journal of Urban Design 17(3), pp. 425-447. (10.1080/13574809.2012.683399)
2010
- Raman, S. 2010. Designing a liveable compact city: physical forms of city and social life in urban neighbourhoods. Built Environment 36(1), pp. 63-80. (10.2148/benv.36.1.63)
2009
- Dempsey, N. and Raman, S. 2009. Briefing: UK-India research network. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning 162(2), pp. 49-51. (10.1680/udap.2009.162.2.49)
2008
- Dempsey, N., Brown, C., Raman, S., Porta, S., Jenks, M., Jones, C. and Bramley, G. 2008. Elements of urban form. Dimensions of the Sustainable City 2, pp. 21-51. (10.1007/978-1-4020-8647-2_2)
2004
- Mitchell, L., Burton, E. and Raman, S. 2004. Dementia-friendly cities: designing intelligible neighbourhoods for life. Journal of Urban Design 9(1), pp. 89-101. (10.1080/1357480042000187721)
2003
- Blackman, T., Mitchell, L., Burton, E., Jenks, M., Parsons, M., Raman, S. and Williams, K. 2003. The accessibility of public spaces for people with dementia: A new priority for the 'open city'. Disability & Society 18(3), pp. 357-371. (10.1080/0968759032000052914)
- Mitchell, L., Burton, E., Raman, S., Blackman, T., Jenks, M. and Williams, K. 2003. Making the outside world dementia-friendly: design issues and considerations. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 30(4), pp. 605-632. (10.1068/b29100)
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Teaching profile
Dr Raman teaches at undergraduate and masters. He design and deliver the first year programe at WSA. He lecture on various topics to undergraduate and masters including research methods, urban morphology mapping, modeling urban systems, design thinking, diagrams and design narratives. He is s strong believer on research lead teaching, learning from places and learning by doing.
Dr Raman lead the MArch Studio Unit: Liveable Urbanism. see more on https://liveableurbanism.wixsite.com/liveableurbanism
Research interests
Liveable city, social sustianablity, urban form and quality of life, Sustainable urbanism, compact cities, urban form of rapidly growing cities in transitional countries, urban morphology, self-organised systems and informal settlements, and socio-spatial and cultural dimensions of cities. urban complexity, resarch methods.
Supervision
Urbanism
Liveable Cities
Sustainabie Urbanism, sustinable urban environment
Spatial structure, society, cultrue and behaviour
Space Syntax
Urban form, morphology, compact city
Cities in transitional economies
Welbeing and quality of life
Outdoor environment and dementia
