Research output per year
Research output per year
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
I would be interested in Supervising PhDs on the following topics:
Low carbon renovation and re-use
Sustainable Building Design
Environment and Society
Designing for better Health
Building Performance Evaluation
Willing to speak to media
I am a Chartered Architect and a Senior Lecturer in Sustainable and Environmental Design in the Department of Architecture at Northumbria University
Prior to commencing my Ph.D in Low Carbon Housing Retrofit at Cardiff University in 2014, I was engaged in architectural education. Beginning at the University of Bath and the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) in Strasbourg, France, this was followed by postgraduate studies, specialising in Sustainable Building: Performance and Design and RIBA Professional Practice examinations, both at Oxford Brookes University. My studies were combined with periods in architectural practice both in the UK and abroad, working on a variety of projects across the commercial, public, healthcare and social housing sectors, first as an architectural assistant and finally as a qualified architect.
I currently teach across both the Architecture and Interior Architecture undergraduate programmes as a Design Studio tutor, as well as lecturing on various aspects of sustainability and environmental design.
My research interests focus around the intersections between occupant wellbeing, the built environment, and the natural environment – and perhaps most importantly where the distinction between these elements breaks down. My Ph.D. studies, explored a nexus-of-practice perspective towards teleological influences on owner-occupiers’ home improvements and the implications this has for encouraging low carbon retrofit. I am currently pursuing this interest further through participation in the Wellcome Trust Ideas Hub on Power, Ownership and Mental Health, as well as organising Northumbria University’s contribution to the Environments by Design Conference, to be hosted online in Dec 2021: https://architecturemps.com/northumbria/
Geography, PhD, Cardiff University
6 Jan 2014 → 14 Dec 2018
Award Date: 14 Dec 2018
Architecture, MSc, Oxford Brookes University
1 Sep 2010 → 30 Jun 2011
Award Date: 30 Jun 2011
Architecture, DipArch, Oxford Brookes University
30 Sep 2008 → 30 Jun 2010
Award Date: 30 Jun 2010
Architecture, BSc (Hons), University of Bath
1 Sep 2003 → 30 Jun 2007
Award Date: 30 Jun 2007
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hipwood, Tara (Recipient), 30 Jun 2010
Prize
Nadia Bertolino (Organiser), Cameron McEwan (Organiser), Tara Hipwood (Participant) & Lee Ivett (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Nadia Bertolino (Organiser), Cameron McEwan (Organiser), Tara Hipwood (Participant) & Scott McAulay (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Lesley McIntyre (Chair), Tara Hipwood (Chair), Faye Sedgewick (Chair) & Ayse Ozbil Torun (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Tara Hipwood (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
Tara Hipwood (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review