Pelsmakers, Sofie
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6933-2626 Beskrivning av forsknings
I am a (full) Professor in sustainable architecture and sustainable housing design, and I chair the sustainable housing design research group at Tampere University (ASUTUT). My passion is for teaching, practice and research that makes a difference and responds to current societal and environmental challenges, including the current climate emergency and the role of architects and educators within it. I have over 20 years of experience in designing, building and teaching sustainable architecture with specialty in ecological, low energy, affordable housing design and housing retrofit. I am particularly interested in how buildings and spaces work in reality (i.e. actual performance and user satisfaction). I am an architect by training, in addition to which I completed an MSc Architecture in Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies (at UEL), and a Masters in Research in Building Energy Demand Reduction at the UCL Energy Institute, part of the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, where I also completed my PhD. I bring experience from practice (e.g. Levitt Bernstein Architects and ECD Architects), and from the Aarhus School of Architecture in Denmark, the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment (University College London (UCL)), as well as the Sheffield School of Architecture, and the University of East London. To date I have over 40 peer-reviewed publications with several in review or in press, and over 70 industry articles and invitations for keynote speeches, guest presentations, or other invited scientific or industry roles. This included periodic engagement with the UK government Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC/DBEIS). I (co)-authored 7 peer-reviewed book chapters and I sole authored 1 peer reviewed book (The Environmental Design Pocketbook), and I am co-author of another peer-reviewed book 'People, Energy, Buildings- Architecture for a Changing World' and lead-author of another peer reviewed book 'Designing for the Climate Emergency- a Guide for students (2022), and I guest edited 'Everything Needs to Change- Architecture in the Climate Emergency' (2021). I was Associate Editor of peer reviewed journal Buildings and Cities; external examiner at Cambridge University (Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment masters, 2018-2021) and am Visiting Professor at the Sheffield School of Architecture (2021-2024). I acted as a reviewer for the Swedish Research Funding Council FORMAS (Sustainable urban and rural development, 2018-2021), the EU ERC (2021), and the Swiss Research Council SNCF (2023) and for several conferences (Sustainable Built Environment, PLEA etc), and for several journals such as Energy and Buildings, BRI, ICE, BSERT etc. I am a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy in recognition of my pedagogical approaches, and I also hold pedagogical training certificates from Denmark and Finland in support of student-centred learning. Some of my pedagogical approaches in embedding sustainability in design studio, and use of peer-peer and blended learning are also published. Recognition of my work includes Bartlett PhD Alumni Role model (2017), RIBA Role Model (2015), Women influencing sustainability in architecture (Architects journal, 2013), recognition for the Environmental Design Pocketbook (RIBA, 2012 and UKGBC, 2013).Nyckelord
Sustainable housing design, sustainable architecture, retrofit, low energy, building performanceAffiliering
Tammerfors universitet
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Källa: Tammerfors universitet
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Associate Professor (tenure track) 2021 - 2021
Arkitektskolen Aarhus
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Assistant Professor 2018 - 2019
University College London Energy Institute
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Energy Institute
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PhD researcher 2011 - 2015
Tampere University
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Architecture Unit
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Assistant Professor (tenure track) 2018 - 2021
University of Sheffield
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School of Architecture
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Lecturer in Environmental Design 2015 - 2018
University of East London
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School of architecture and the Visual Arts
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Lecturer 2007 - 2011
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PhD Energy and the Built Environment 26.9.2012 - 28.7.2016 / University College London
Professional Practice in Architecture (RIBA/ARB Part 3) 15.9.2005 - 15.10.2006 / Kingston University
MSc Architecture: Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies 1999 - 2000 / University of East London
MRes Building Energy Demand Reduction 26.9.2011 - 26.9.2012 / University College London
Pg Dip in Architecture (RIBA/ARB Part 2) 2001 - 2003 / University of East London
BSc Architecture 1994 - 1997 / Universiteit Hasselt
Publikationer (76)
Architectural education in the climate emergency
Asuminen muutoksessa – Asunnot ja naapuruston jaetut tilat asukkaiden arjessa
Nisonen, Essi; Pelsmakers, Sofie
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
2022
Architectural education in the climate emergency
2022
Asuminen muutoksessa – Asunnot ja naapuruston jaetut tilat asukkaiden arjessa
Lehtinen, Taru; Maununaho, Katja; Varis, Katarina; Kaasalainen, Tapio; Luotonen, Elina; Saarimaa, Sini; Nisonen, Essi; Pelsmakers, Sofie; Tarpio, Jyrki; Blomgren, Wilma; Castano De la Rosa, Raul
2022
Beviljade finansiering (2)
JUSTHEAT:Katse taakse- ja eteenpäin: kodin lämmittämisen sosiaalinen ja kulttuurinen historia Finlands Akademi2022 - 2025
KIInteistöt Kriisinhallinnan Apuna - Ratkaisuja Integroituna Tulevaisuuteen KIIKARIT Finlands Akademi2020 - 2023
Aktiviteter och priser (98)
annan uppgiftMember of recruitment panel for Professorships in Sustainable Architecture at AAA Denmark.2018 - 2019