Penulis: Flora Samuel

Flora Samuel is Professor of Architecture in the Built Environment at the new University of Reading School of Architecture and the RIBA”s first Vice President for Research. She is former Head of the University of Sheffield School of Architecture. She wrote several well-received books on Le Corbusier before turning her attention to public perception of design and how architects need to be able to demonstrate their value to the public and policy makers with clear, convincing evidence. She received over £500K in research funding for this initiative, which culminated in the book: Why Architects Matter: Evidencing and Communicating the Value of Architects (Routledge, 2018). Samuel trained as an Architect at Cambridge University and Princeton. Eli Hatleskog is a Norwegian architect and theorist who likes to work through participatory architectural processes. She is currently based at the University of Reading working with Samuel on the Newton funded project “Mapping Eco-Social Assets (MESA)”, a collaboration with Santo Tomas University in the Philippines.