Mike Fedeski
Honorary Senior Lecturer
- fedeski@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 9693
- 2.09, Bute Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3NB
Overview
Responsibilities
Director of Postgraduate Research Studies
MSc Admissions Tutor and Personal Tutor to MSc students
I am responsible for drawing up and administering the School Framework for postgraduate research studies. I am chair of the Research Student Committee and secretary to the Postgraduate Staff Student Panel, and I also sit on the School Research Committee and the Learning, Teaching and Assessment Committee.
External activities
My activities in the broader arena of the University include being Director of the Graduate School in Physical Sciences and Engineering, and sitting on the Graduate Development Committee, the Early Stage Researcher Steering Group, and the Unfair Practice Meeting.
Biography
Publications
2013
- Ampatzi, E., Fedeski, M. H. and Gwilliam, J. A. 2013. I know that I know nothing; the need for scepticism in environmental design education. Presented at: Architectural Education and the Reality of the Ideal: Environmental Design for Innovation in the Post-Crisis World, Naples, Italy, 3-5 October 2013.
2007
- Fedeski, M. H. and Gwilliam, J. A. 2007. Urban sustainability in the presence of flood and geological hazards: the development of a GIS-based vulnerability and risk assessment methodology. Landscape and Urban Planning 5(12), pp. 1-12. (10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.05.012)
2006
- Gwilliam, J. A.et al. 2006. Methods for Assessing Risk from Climate Hazards in Urban Areas. Municipal Engineer 159(4), pp. 245-255. (10.1680/muen.2006.159.4.245)
1992
- Vaughan, N.et al. 1992. Nabbotts Junior School, Chelmsford, Essex: solar building study: Final report. Technical Report.
Research interests
I am an architect whose persistent interest in the interface between architecture and the physical sciences has steered me through changing currents of public enthusiasm through the years for energy conservation, bio-climatic design, and sustainability. The part played by climate in architectural and urban design has been my area of expertise. My focus has moved from individual buildings towards urban environments, and such issues as the integration of green planting in cities and the adaptation of urban design to climate change. I led the School’s contribution to a consortium of research institutions and stakeholders investigating adaptive strategies for climate change in urban environments, funded by EPSRC and UKCIP, which reported under the banner BKCC (Building Knowledge for Climate Change).
More recently, I have become interested in the broader implications of environmental research and design in relation to "sensescapes", and in particular to urban soundscapes. I consider the soundscape to be a neglected aspect of urban design which calls for investigation at a fundamental level. I am investigating the concepts and issues that are pertinent to its understanding. This includes such activities as a review of past soundscape research, a programme of annotated sonic walks, and discussions with sonic artists and workers in other research disciplines who have an interest in environmental sound studies. I would welcome contact from other people who share this interest.
I am currently collaborating with the School of Psychology in a study of the effects of ambient sound in rooms on speech intelligibility.