Angela Ruiz del Portal Sanz
Sustainable Design Tutor
Sustainable Design Teacher
- ruizdelportala@cardiff.ac.uk
- 4.11, Friary House, Greyfriars Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AE
Responsibilities
Angela is part of both the Architectural Science Master suite and the MA Urban Design (MAUD) teaching teams. She leads the shared module Earth and Society in the MSc degrees and contributes as tutor in different MAUD modules including Urban Design Foundation, Spring Studio and Research Methods and Techniques. She also supervises MAUD dissertations.
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Other information
Angela obtained her Architecture degree from l’Escola Tecnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona in 2004. After 7 years of work experience in practices in Barcelona collaborating in building and urban design projects she moved to UK and achieved her Masters degree in Theory and Practice of Sustainable Design from WSA in 2011. For three years Angela worked as a research assistant on the Welsh Energy Sector Training Project (WEST) as part of the Low Carbon Research Institute (LCRI). Part of her work was the development and delivery of courses in relation to the Low Carbon Built Environment such as ‘Welsh Timber in Building Construction’ or ‘Low Carbon Building Principles’. In 2015 Angela changed roles to focus on teaching activities. Angela is a member of the French NGO Les Ateliers www.ateliers.org
Angela obtained her Architecture degree from l’Escola Tecnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona in 2004. After 7 years of work experience in practices in Barcelona collaborating in building and urban design projects she moved to UK and achieved her Masters degree in Theory and Practice of Sustainable Design from WSA in 2011. For three years Angela worked as a research assistant on the Welsh Energy Sector Training Project (WEST) as part of the Low Carbon Research Institute (LCRI). Part of her work was the development and delivery of courses in relation to the Low Carbon Built Environment such as ‘Welsh Timber in Building Construction’ or ‘Low Carbon Building Principles’. In 2015 Angela changed roles to focus on teaching activities. She has also worked as a Sustainable Architecture Lead Tutor in the BEST (Built Environment Sustainability Training) project. Angela is a member of the French NGO Les Ateliers www.ateliers.org
2015
- Ruiz Del Portal Sanz, A. 2015. Is the European Green Capital Award showcasing appropriate models of best practice for transition? The land use indicator.. Presented at: 52nd International Making Cities Livable Conference on Achieving Green, Healthy Cities, Bristol, UK, June 29 - July 3, 2015Fighting Climate Change through Sustainable Urban Design. International Making Cities Liveable pp. 9.
2014
- Ruiz Del Portal Sanz, A. 2014. A Welsh case study: The WEST Project and its context. Presented at: World Sustainable Building 2014, Barcelona, Spain, 28-30 October 2014.
- Ruiz Del Portal Sanz, A. and Gwilliam, J. 2014. WEST LCBE Course Suite. A blended-learning approach to addressing the low carbon educational needs of the Welsh built environment sector. Presented at: iBEE 2014. Innovation in Built Enviroment Education. Collaborative Futures: Practice, Places and Professionals, Nottingham, UK, 15 - 16 May 2014.
Teaching profile
Module Leader: Sustainable Design Practice (40 credits - MSc TPSD specialist) Module ’buddy’: Earth and Society (ASM core); Sustainable Building (MSc TPSD specialist) Dissertation supervisor: MSc and MAUD
Research interests
Angela’s research interests revolve around:
The transition of existing cities towards more sustainable cities including:
- Urban regeneration
- Socially inclusive strategies to avoid gentrification
- Urban morphology
- Climate change adaptation of existing urban environments
Nearly zero energy building standards: Passivhaus, Minergie,... The relationship between sustainability theory and architectural practice