Professor Karim Hadjri
DipArch MPhil PhD
School of Architecture and Landscape
Chair of Architecture
Karim is an architect with a Master of Philosophy and a Doctor of Philosophy in housing studies completed at the Joint Centre for Urban Design at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK. He has been teaching architecture and urban design at undergraduate and postgraduate levels since 1993. He has led large academic units and research groups and managed a self-funded research centre at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia.
k.hadjri@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0307
+44 114 222 0307
Arts Tower
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Professor Karim Hadjri
School of Architecture and Landscape
Arts Tower
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
School of Architecture and Landscape
Arts Tower
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
- Profile
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Karim's research is concerned with inclusive and sustainable design of the built environment, housing and health. His current research is concerned with the challenges of designing age-friendly environments, as well as enabling environments particularly for people with dementia. He has led and participated in 28 research projects worldwide, secured over £1.5m in competitive research grants, and published over 90 outputs. He currently supervises several PhD projects on people-environment studies and sustainable design.
He is a member of the ESRC peer review college, a member of the Newton Fund Social Sciences Review Panel under the British Council, a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) validation board, and a fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. He is also a reviewer for various UK and European funding agencies, and a referee for academic promotion to various universities worldwide.
- Research interests
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- Ageing and inclusive design of the built environment
- The influence of the built environment on cognitive health and cognitive ageing
- Housing studies
PhD students
- Esra Can
- Suyee Jung
- Aya Elghandour
- Mahmoud Alsaeed
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Wasted expertise: Why retrofit should include residents. Energy Research & Social Science, 119, 103894-103894.
- An exploration of live–work housing conditions of low-income older people in Bangkok, Thailand. Housing and Society. View this article in WRRO
- Co-designing a housing and livelihood toolkit with low-income older people for future housing in Klong Toey, Bangkok, Thailand. CoDesign, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), 1-17.
- Live-work interior quality for older people in low-income housing in Bangkok. Interiority, 6(2), 225-248. View this article in WRRO
- Neglected landscapes and green infrastructure: The case of the Limas Creek in Bogotá, Colombia. Geoforum, 136, 194-210.
- Developing and Testing a Live-Work Postoccupancy Evaluation Tool for Informal Settlements in Thailand. The International Journal of Design Management and Professional Practice, 16(2), 77-94.
- Factors Influencing the Visit to the Courtyard Gardens in Public Hospitals in Malaysia. Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies, 6(20), 29-47.
- Future scenarios of “housing with care” for the aging population in China. The Journal of Aging and Social Change, 11(1), 45-65. View this article in WRRO
- Social sustainability and supportive living: exploring motivations of British cohousing groups. Housing and Society. View this article in WRRO
- The potential of assistive technologies in facilitating better health and social care in China. The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge, and Society, 16(2), 15-33. View this article in WRRO
- Developing, validating and testing a ward environment assessment tool : WEAT. Journal of Nursing Management. View this article in WRRO
- The role of housing design in achieving aging in place in China. The Journal of Aging and Social Change, 9(4), 51-75. View this article in WRRO
- A critique of post-occupancy evaluation in the UK. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 34(1), 345-352.
- The Role of Cohousing In Building Sustainable Communities: Case studies from the UK. Asian Journal of Quality of Life, 3(13), 187-197. View this article in WRRO
- Experiencing visual impairment in a lifetime home: an interpretative phenomenological inquiry. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. View this article in WRRO
- A matrix for the qualitative evaluation of nursing tasks. Journal of Nursing Management. View this article in WRRO
- Living Independently. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal. View this article in WRRO
- Relationship between building intelligence and sustainability. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability. View this article in WRRO
- Meeting the Needs of Visually Impaired People Living in Lifetime Homes. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 30(2), 123-140. View this article in WRRO
- Identifying Challenging Job and Environmental Demands of Older Nurses Within the National Health Service. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 9(3), 82-105. View this article in WRRO
- Finding a way: long-term care homes to support dementia. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Urban Design and Planning, 168(4), 204-217. View this article in WRRO
- Housing Choices and Care Home Design for People With Dementia. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 8(3), 80-95. View this article in WRRO
- Healing the liminal space: a student project on the Nicosia buffer zone. GAU Journal of Social and Applied Sciences, 6(10), 412-427. View this article in WRRO
- An analysis of an international NGOs design decision-making in post disaster developing country context a Sri Lanka case study. Archnet-IJAR, 7(3), 130-145.
- Inclusion and the special educational needs (SEN) resource base in mainstream schools: physical factors to maximise effectiveness. Support for Learning, 28(2), 57-65.
- The sustainability of new urban developments in Dubai. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Urban Design and Planning, 166(2), 119-125.
- Assessing Lifetime Homes Standards and Part M Building Regulations for Housing Design in the UK. The Design Journal, 16(1), 29-50.
- The ethical and policy implications of e-health and telemedicine: an ageing-focused review. Clinical Ethics, 7(4), 147-156.
- Designing dementia nursing and residential care homes. Journal of Integrated Care, 20(5), 322-340.
- An Assessment of Sheltered Housing Design in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Journal of Housing For the Elderly, 24(2), 171-192.
- Post‐occupancy evaluation: purpose, benefits and barriers. Facilities, 27(1/2), 21-33.
- Architectural and Urban Conservation in the United Arab Emirates. Open House International, 32(3), 16-26.
- Attitudes towards earth building for Zambian housing provision. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability, 160(3), 141-149.
- Architecture in the digital age: The effect of digital media on the design, production and evaluation of the built environment. OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL, 32(2), 4-6.
- Editorial. Open House International, 32(2), 4-6.
- Experimenting with 3D Digitization of Architectural Physical Models Using Laser Scanning Technology. International Journal of Architectural Computing, 4(2), 67-80.
- An analysis of the spatial structure of a new desert town: Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. URBAN DESIGN International, 11(1), 3-19.
- Experimenting with hybrid construction - Guadua Bamboo and Adobe - For housing in Rural Colombia. International Journal for Housing Science and Its Applications, 29(2), 165-179.
- Appropriate urban design approaches for Algeria achievable with the no-fines method. URBAN DESIGN International, 2(2), 109-122.
- Appropriate urban design approaches for Algeria achievable with the no-fines method. Urban Design International, 2(2), 109-122.
- Algerian Housing Policies, Practices and End Product. Third World Planning Review, 15(3), 287-287.
- Current Algerian housing policies affecting the methods for housing provision. Habitat International, 16(3), 71-78.
- THE ARCHITECTS’ AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS’ VIEWS ON THE DESIGN AND PLANNING OF THE HOSPITAL COURTYARD GARDENS (HCG) IN MALAYSIA. PLANNING MALAYSIA, 20.
- Housing and Living off the grid in an era of Urbanisation. Academia Letters.
- Factors Affecting the Visitation and Non-Visitation to the Courtyard Gardens: Evaluation at three Malaysian public hospitals. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, 6(18), 107-118.
- Exploring Collaborative Design and Sustainable Living in British Cohousing Communities. Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies, 3(14), 30-30. View this article in WRRO
- Designing Residential Buildings for Older People in China to Promote Ageing-in-place. Asian Journal of Quality of Life, 3(13), 18-28.
- ICT-uptake in older peoples’ home environments. Gerontechnology, 11(2).
Chapters
- Inclusive Design In Noguchi M (Ed.), ZEMCH: Toward the Delivery of Zero Energy Mass Custom Homes (pp. 151-174). Springer View this article in WRRO
- Mass Custom Design for Sustainable Housing Development, Handbook of Research in Mass Customization and Personalization (pp. 892-910). World Scientific Publishing Company
- The impact of the design charrette process creation of sustainable community: The case of Tornagrain In Corrigan N, Sayce S & Taylor R (Ed.), Practice from Local to Global: Making A difference (pp. 131-142). Kingston, UK: Kingston University Press ltd..
- Planning Middle Eastern Cities Routledge
Conference proceedings papers
- A systematic approach to mapping social housing challenges. Housing Studies Association Annual Conference 2023: Futures of Housing Justice. Sheffield, UK, 29 March 2023 - 29 March 2023. View this article in WRRO
- Mode 2 science: Exploring a common ground of knowledge production in the fields of housing and sustainability. RE-DWELL Conference “Housing co-creation for tomorrow’s cities”, Vol. 1(1) (pp 9-14). France, 8 December 2022 - 9 December 2022.
- The role of cohousing in social communication and sustainable living environments. Global Dwelling: Approaches to Sustainability, Design and Participation, 23 September 2016 - 23 September 2016.
- The role of co-housing in building sustainable communities: Case studies from the UK. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, Vol. 2(6) (pp 255-265), 14 October 2017 - 16 October 2017. View this article in WRRO
- An Examination of the Relationship between Building Intelligence and Sustainability Using LEED and BREEAM Certified Case Studies in the UK and Europe. Zero Energy Mass Custom Home (ZEMCH) 2015 International Conference Proceedings (pp 319-332), 22 September 2015 - 24 September 2015.
- A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF URBAN REGENERATION PROGRAMMES IN EUROPE. Architecture_MPS View this article in WRRO
- A critical analysis of urban regeneration programmes in Europe. University of Liverpool and John Moores University}
- What is the relationship between building intelligence and sustainability? Analysing LEED and BREEAM certified buildings in the UK and Europe. University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
- Assessing the risks of dampness and mould growth in renovated properties (pp 4-6)
- Healing the liminal space: a student project on the Nicosia buffer zone. Girne American University, Girne, Cyprus
- Drivers of contemporary housing research. La Salle University, Barcelona, Spain
- ASSESSING THE RISKS OF DAMPNESS AND MOULD GROWTH IN RENOVATED PROPERTIES. ZEMCH International Conference (pp 30-44)
- Code for Sustainable Homes: opportunities or threats for offsite manufacturing and mass-customization?. Housing. University of Miami
- An analysis of International NGOs design decision making for housing reconstruction in developing country contexts. Hanoi, Vietnam
- Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: housing and the living environment (pp 29-31)
- Principal factors influencing the acceptability of ICT in the homes of older people. BRAID fringe Conference, Vol. 2012(28)
- The design of dementia nursing and residential care home environments in Belfast. IAPS, Vol. 2012 (pp 24-29)
- Including cognitive needs in the built environment. The Role of Inclusive Design in Making Social Innovation Happen (pp 20-20)
- Earth construction between tradition and modernity: Case studies from Algeria. Hanoi, Vietnam
- Affordable sustainable housing in developing countries: A literature review. Hanoi, Vietnam
- CAD assessment software: The influence of UK architects in the design of an assessment tool (pp 15-16). METU Ankara, Turkey
- A more fitting housing design for the ageing population: A case study from Northern Ireland. Hong Kong
- Decision making tools for housing design for the aged population. 57th Annual Conference, Irish Gerontology Society, Vol. 25-26.. Belfast.September
- Revitalising the buffer zone of Nicosia. University of Edinburgh
- Reusing brownfield sites for housing development in the UK. Dubai
- Building partnership for the future: An overview of bi-communal initiatives in Cyprus. Queen's University Belfast, Belfast
- Attitudes towards earth construction in the developing world: a case study from Zambia. Trinidad & Tobago
- Dubai revisited: Is new planned housing sustainable? XXXV IAHS World Congress on Housing Science (pp 4-7)
- Spatial morphology and intelligibility: Enhancing movement and wayfinding in high-density environments: the Case of Mina Tent City. UPE7 World Class Cities. Environmental Impacts, Planning Opportunities?. (pp 3-5). Bangkok, Thailand
- A mass custom design tool for user participatory approaches to housing. MCPC (pp 7-10). MIT Cambridge/Boston, USA
- The impact of the design charrette process creation of sustainable community: the case of Tornagrai (pp 6-7). Kingston University
- eFeedback and eAssessment tools for improved student engagement. Developing Competent People (pp 12-13). University of Westminster
- Sustainability of Dubai's ambitious planned communities. Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh
- Better homes for the ageing population in Northern Ireland (pp 4-7). Melbourne, Australia
- Dubai's ambitious planned communities. Naples, Italy
- The transformation of residential patterns in Al Ain city. Sustainable Development and Planning Conference, Vol. 1 (pp 35-44). Bologna, Italy
- Dubai's new urban landscape: A critical look at its emerging housing forms. Pretoria, South Africa
- Assessing the use of contact and non-contact 3-Dimensional digitisation in architectural design studios. eCAADe 2005 Conference: Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (pp 319-327). Lisbon, Portugal
- The transformation of residential patterns in Al-Ain city, UAE. Sustainable Development and Planning II, Vols 1 and 2, Vol. 84 (pp 35-44)
- 3D modelling and visualisation of Al Bastakiya in Dubai. United Arab Emirates.XIXth International Symposium on New Perspectives to Save Cultural Heritage. Antalya, Turkey
- Bridging the gap between physical and digital models in architectural design studios. International Workshop on Visualization and Animation of Reality-based 3D Models., Vol. XXXIV-5/W10. Vulpera (Engadin), Switzerland
- Green space planning tools for Bogota, Colombia
- No-Fines in Algerian urban morphologies. 13th IAPS conference The Urban Experience. Manchester, UK
- Courtyard living: Low-cost No-Fines housing, in The Future of Human Settlements: Challenges and Opportunities. Cape Town, South Africa
- An assessment of the Algerian housing provision strategies and housing product. Housing for the Urban Poor. {ENHR} International Conference. Istanbul, Turkey
- Users’ Perceptions, Experiences and Level of Satisfaction with the Quality of a Courtyard Garden in a Malaysian Public Hospital. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, Vol. 3(9) (pp 63-63)
- Investigating Space Use Patterns in a Malaysian Hospital Courtyard Garden: Lessons from real-time observation of patients, staff and visitors. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, Vol. 3(8) (pp 32-32)
- Creative Housing Design: Promoting sustainable living in cohousing community in the UK. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, Vol. 3(8) (pp 129-129)
- Promoting Ageing-in-Place: Design of residential buildings for older people in China. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, Vol. 2(6) (pp 113-113)
Other
- Achieving zero carbon targets in buildings without compromising health and wellbeing of occupants – a new FM research direction. Journal of Facilities Management, 13(3).
- Wasted expertise: Why retrofit should include residents. Energy Research & Social Science, 119, 103894-103894.
- Research group
- Grants
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'Protecting the livelihood of vulnerable residents in Klong Toey, Bangkok, Thailand’. Arts and Humanities Research Council GCRF Urgency Grant. In collaboration with Faculty of Architecture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok. 01/06/2020-31/05/2021. £100,000. Principal Investigator (PI).
‘Delivering affordable and sustainable housing in Europe’. Horizon 2020 - Research and Innovation Framework Programme. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020). 01/10/2020-30/09/2024. Total grant value: €3,882,470. UoS share: €606,345. PI for UoS and Work Package leader.
- Teaching interests
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- Architectural Humanities
- Architectural Design
- Research Methods
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Affiliate member of the Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA
- Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects - RIBA Validation Board