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Dima Albadra is a lecturer and researcher with background in architecture, and passive low-energy design. Her most recent research is in the fields of emergency architecture, thermal comfort, and participatory design.
Dima is the winner of the RIBA President’s Award for Research 2017: Housing Category, and the overall and category winner of EPSRC Science Photo Competition 2019.
Her main research interest and work so far lie in environmental and sustainable architecture. She is also interested in the influence of architecture and urban design on health and wellbeing; and how the design of the built environment affect behaviour and can support positive change. She is particularly interested in human-centred approaches to sustainable architecture and urban design - through involving the human and socio-cultural perspective in all the different elements of her research.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Environmental design, Doctor of Philosophy, Advancing building bioclimatic charts as an early stage design tool for hot developing countries, University of Bath
2 Jan 2012 → 5 Aug 2015
Award Date: 20 Apr 2016
Environmental design, Master in Science, University of Bath
24 Sept 2010 → 24 Sept 2011
Award Date: 13 Dec 2011
Architectural Engineering, Bachelor of Architecture, University of Aleppo
15 Sept 2005 → 15 Jun 2010
Award Date: 15 Jul 2010
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Impact acceleration account - Zero Energy Buildings Reduced Algorithm (ZEBRA)
Coley, D., Albadra, D. & Natarajan, S.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/11/22 → 31/10/24
Project: Research council
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An investigation into the relationship between social housing quality & spending decisions in the context of cost-of-living crisis
Albadra, D., Hinvest, N., Hoffmann, J., Bajoori, E. & Budd, C.
15/11/22 → 31/07/23
Project: Research-related funding
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Housing the marginalised in the global south
Coley, D., Albadra, D. & Hart, J.
14/09/20 → 31/07/21
Project: Research-related funding
Research output
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Narrative modelling: A comparison of high and low mass dwelling solutions in Afghanistan and Peru
Eltaweel, A., Kuchai, N., Albadra, D., Coley, D., Hart, J., Acevedo-De-los-Ríos, A. & Rondinel-Oviedo, D. R., 1 Jan 2023, In: Building Services Engineering Research and Technology. 44, 1, p. 5-24 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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End user engagement in refugee shelter design: contextualising participatory process
Hart, J., Albadra, D., Paszkiewicz, N., Adeyeye, K. & Copping, A., 31 May 2022, In: Design Studies. 80, 101107.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Understanding material and supplier networks in the construction of disaster-relief shelters: the feasibility of using social network analysis as a decision-making tool
Copping, A., Kuchai, N., Hattam, L., Paszkiewicz, N., Albadra, D., Shepherd, P., Sahin Burat, E. & Coley, D., 11 Jan 2022, In: Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. 12, 1, p. 78-105 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Combined multi-attribute inpatient thermal comfort requirements in hospitals: A designer's assessment method
Alotaibi, B. S., Codinhoto, R., Albadra, D. & Lo, S., 31 Oct 2021, In: Journal of Building Engineering. 42, 103039.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Participatory design in refugee camps: comparison of different methods and visualization tools
Albadra, D., Elamin, Z., Adeyeye, K., Polychronaki, E., Coley, D., Calabria-Holley, J. & Copping, A., 31 Dec 2021, In: Building Research and Information. 49, 2, p. 248-264 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access9 Citations (SciVal)
Datasets
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Dataset for "Analysing experiences and issues in self-built shelters in Bangladesh using transdisciplinary approach"
Klansek, T. (Creator), Rota, F. (Creator), Coley, D. (Creator), Albadra, D. (Creator), Paszkiewicz, N. (Creator) & Ball, R. (Creator), University of Bath, 8 Oct 2020
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00781
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Data for 'Toward healthy housing for the displaced'
Albadra, D. (Creator), Coley, D. (Creator) & Hart, J. (Creator), University of Bath, 11 Jan 2018
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00433
Dataset
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Dataset for "Participatory Design in Refugee Camps: Comparison of Different Methods and Visualisation Tools"
Albadra, D. (Creator) & Adeyeye, K. (Work Package Leader), University of Bath, 24 Mar 2020
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00687
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Dataset for "Thermal comfort in desert refugee camps: An interdisciplinary approach"
Albadra, D. (Creator), University of Bath, 2017
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00424
Dataset
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Dataset for "Combined multi-attribute inpatient thermal comfort requirements in hospitals: A designer's assessment method"
Alotaibi, B. (Creator), Codinhoto, R. (Supervisor), Albadra, D. (Contributor) & Lo, S. (Supervisor), University of Bath, 28 Jul 2021
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00934
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Thesis
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Advancing Building bioclimatic comfort charts for hot developing countries as an early stage design tool
Author: Albadra, D., 14 Feb 2016Supervisor: Lo, S. (Supervisor) & Shea, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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