Dr Irene Perez Lopez
Senior Lecturer
School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Email:irene.perezlopez@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 4921 6608
Career Summary
Biography
Irene Perez Lopez is Doctor in Architecture and Critics by theSchool of Architecture of Madrid ETSAM-UPM. Her PhD explore the limit between the city and the building fabric, analyzing big scale architecture and urban projects in the limit between scales and disciplines.
Irene ran her own practice focus on the development of architecture, urban design and landscape architecture projects. She had collaborated with other design practices in Spain, United Kingdom and USA, in the development of consultancies and projects at different scales from master plans to details, on an international domain.
She worked in Chile as director of TerritorioMayor (2013-14), the Centre for Urban Studies at the Mayor University, on the development of consultancies and design-led research regarding to sustainable urban city planning, landscape and territory.
Irene is President and co-founder of the Pan-American Observatory of Landscape, Territory and Architecture OPPTA, a non-profit international organization focused on the protection, restoration, recovery and reconstruction of urban and rural environments with a special focus on sustainable design and planning and the implementation of Resilience cities and societies.
She is Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University. Previously, she has been teaching at the Bío Bío University and Mayor University in Chile and Salamanca University and the School of Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Madrid ETSAM-UPM, both in Spain.
Keywords
- architecture and urban design, resilience
- architecture design
- resilience and sustainability
- urban design
Languages
- Spanish (Mother)
- English (Fluent)
- German (Working)
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 120101 | Architectural Design | 30 |
| 040104 | Climate Change Processes | 30 |
| 120508 | Urban Design | 40 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
| Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|
| Senior Lecturer | University of Newcastle School of Architecture and Built Environment Australia |
Academic appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|---|
| 15/4/2013 - 15/5/2014 | Director and Head of Research | Universidad Mayor de Chile Centre of Urban Studies Chile |
| 1/6/2014 - 1/6/2016 | Senior Lecturer | Universidad del Bio Bio Urban Design and Planning Chile |
| 1/1/2012 - 31/12/2012 | Guest Lecturer | Universidad de Salamanca Master of Architecture and Interior Design Spain |
| 1/6/2006 - 1/6/2008 | Research Assistant | Polytechnic University of Madrid, School of Architecture Unit Federico Soriano Spain |
Professional appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|---|
| 1/3/2017 - 31/10/2018 | Senior Landscape Architect | Grant Associates United Kingdom |
| 5/5/2005 - 31/12/2010 | Director | Local Landscape Architecture and Design Spain |
| 1/2/2011 - 31/3/2013 | Director and Head of Research | Observatorio Panamericano de Paisaje Territorio y Arquitectura OPPTA Spain |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Chapter (1 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Zazo Moratalla A, Alvarez A, Perez Lopez I, Varela Martinez C, 'Proyecto ARA: Plan estratégico municipal integral para la incorporación de medidas de adaptación al cambio climático en Chimalhuacán', Cambio climático: lecciones de y para ciudades de américa latina, U. Externado de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia 699-736 (2016) |
Journal article (4 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 |
López IP, Martínez MDCV, 'Oppta Methodology for Intervention in Areas Affected by Risk in Latin America', Procedia Engineering, 161 1893-1898 (2016)
|
||||
| 2015 | Perez Lopez I, 'Radicales Libres. Estrategias proyectuales y docentes de gran escala en las escuelas de arquitectura asociadas a los movimientos visionarios de 1960-1970', Arquitecturas del Sur, 33 80-93 (2015) | ||||
| 2015 | Perez Lopez I, 'Hacia una arquitectura y un urbanismo infraestructural', Revista Urbano, 32 26-37 (2015) | ||||
| Show 1 more journal article | |||||
Conference (5 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Perez Lopez I, Maldonado Rios A, 'Strategic Urban Plan for the Araucania Region (Chile): The environmental awareness of the Community.', PLEA 2017 Proceeding, Edimburgh (2020) | ||
| 2020 | Perez Lopez I, 'New perspectives for design in the urbanized delta: Living with water in Newcastle s threshold between land and water', New perspectives for design in the urbanized delta: Living with water in Newcastle s threshold between land and water, Gotterborg, Sweeden (2020) | ||
| 2020 | Perez Lopez I, 'Research methods and design strategies to improve resilience in coastal and estuary cities', Research methods and design strategies to improve resilience in coastal and estuary cities, San Francisco, USA (2020) | ||
| 2014 | Pérez López I, Varela Martínez C, Zazo Moratalla A, 'Paisajes para la emergencia en cinco emplazamientos de América Latina', 51st World Congress of the International Federation of Landscape Architects, IFLA 2014 (2014) | ||
| Show 2 more conferences | |||
Dr Irene Perez Lopez
Position
Senior Lecturer
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
Contact Details
| irene.perezlopez@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Phone | (02) 4921 6608 |
| Fax | (02) 4921 6608 |
| Link | Personal webpage |
Office
| Room | AG31 |
|---|---|
| Building | School of Architecture |
