PhD student profiles
We asked some of our postgraduate research students why they chose the School of Architecture to study for their PhD.
Weaam Alhabashi
“I decided to do my PhD at the University of Liverpool because I am confident it is a great place for me to develop my knowledge and achieve my dreams. As one of the famous universities in UK it is popular in the academic community, has great staff, students from different nationalities and has a great rank in the UK in architecture.”
Tianyin Xia
"I studied Multifaith Space with my supervisor Andrew Crompton at the University of Liverpool in my postgraduate course, and I am honoured to continue this research topic for a PhD in the Liverpool School of Architecture. Multifaith Space, which emerged in large numbers after 2000s, is a sacred, novel, contradictory and controversial space, but society needs it. If you are interested in Multifaith Space, please join us."
Matina Vrettou
“I have been working at the School of Architecture for 6 years and I have always enjoyed the engaging environment within the school. My growing interest in the research topics explored with the ArCHIAM team and the opportunity to carry out my research within such a vibrant context are the main reasons why I have chosen the Liverpool School of Architecture.”
Hongrui Li
“I have chosen the Liverpool School of Architecture to pursue my PhD because it provides a wide variety of excellent opportunities to significantly improve my research skills in the area of sustainable environmental design. I believe that I will develop top-level research on the human-environment interaction in a high-density urban area in LSA.”
Nazmiye Yilmaz
“I am Nazmiye Gulenay Yilmaz, a PhD student from the Acoustics Research Unit in the School of Architecture. I choose to be here as a research student because the interaction between sound and architecture always impressed me and made me want to study architectural acoustics and psycho-acoustics. Our supervisors and the Research Lab offer us so many opportunities to learn and improve ourselves.”
Claudia Briguglio
“I have been working at the School of Architecture for 6 years and I have always enjoyed the engaging environment within the school. My growing interest in the research topics explored with the ArCHIAM team and the opportunity to carry out my research within such a vibrant context are the main reasons why I have chosen the Liverpool School of Architecture.”
Mohammed Faraj Al-Suwaidi
“The Liverpool School of Architecture pushes the digital platform in various ways, utilising technology to elevate the process of architectural design and development.”
Roberto Cruz Juarez
“I chose the University of Liverpool to work on my research because after doing my masters here I got to know people within the Liverpool School of Architecture working on key areas within the sustainability world that I found extremely interesting and that I could see myself getting into.”
Hao Deng
“The engaging PGR research community at the Liverpool School of Architecture helps me look with a fresh eye at places and people in the city who are often overlooked.”
Mariam Gulamhussein
“The opportunity to work with an industry partner and pursue research in response to the demands of our time, as part of the Low-Carbon Eco Innovatory Programme, is why I chose to study at the Liverpool School of Architecture. It is the ideal setting to combine research and action, work closer with modern methods of construction and inform industrial processes in order to maximise our resources in pursuit of a post carbon built environment. The practice-led research in collaboration with SME Ideal Modular Homes aims to develop existing processes, designs and material use towards the construction of sustainable off-site modular housing.”
Heather Alcock
My choice of university was straight forward since I was well-acquainted with the University of Liverpool's School of Architecture and its contributions to the innovative Heritage research group. Both the Architecture and Planning departments have historic associations with my research site and the Special Collections and Archives hold significant primary source materials for my work. In the end though, it was University of Liverpool's people that convinced me; my supervisors and the lecturers, professors and fellow students who collectively make University of Liverpool a world class research institution.