Dr Hesam Kamalipour

Uwch Ddarlithydd mewn Dylunio Trefol
Cyd-gyfarwyddwr MA Dylunio Trefol

: KamalipourH@caerdydd.ac.uk
: +44 29208 74463
: Adeilad Morgannwg, Ystafell Room 2.98, Rhodfa’r Brenin Edward VII, Caerdydd, CF10 3WA

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Co-Director of the MA Urban Design programme
Co-Founding Director of the Public Space Observatory Research Centre
Senior Lecturer in Urban Design, School of Geography and Planning
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Advance HE

I am the Co-Founding Director of the Public Space Observatory Research Centre and the Co-Director of the MA Urban Design programme at Cardiff University. I am also a Senior Lecturer in Urban Design at the School of Geography and Planning and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My research and teaching activities have focused on the challenge of understanding the dynamics of informal urbanism in relation to urban design and the ways in which different forms of informality work in a global context. I have previously served as Research Fellow at Monash University, Research Assistant and Guest Lecturer in Urban Design at the University of Melbourne and Doctoral Academy Member at the Melbourne Social Equity Institute. My current research interests include informal urbanism, forms of urban informality and adaptation, typology, urban morphology and morphogenesis, tactical and temporary urbanism, public space and streetlife, place identity and urban mapping.

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2023

Kamalipour, H., Aelbrecht, P. and Peimani, N. eds. 2023. The Routledge handbook of urban design research methods. New York: Routledge.
Kamalipour, H., Aelbrecht, P. and Peimani, N. 2023. Introduction: Urban design research. In: Kamalipour, H., Aelbrecht, P. and Peimani, N. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Urban Design Research Methods. New York: Routledge
Kamalipour, H. 2023. Exploring Informal Urbanism. In: Kamalipour, H., Aelbrecht, P. and Peimani, N. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Urban Design Research Methods. New York: Routledge
Kamalipour, H. 2023. Shaping public space in informal settlements: a case study.. Sustainability 15(4), article number: 3781. (10.3390/su15043781)
Kamalipour, H. and Peimani, N. 2023. Designing a blended studio pedagogy: A postgraduate case study in urban design education. Presented at: Seventeenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices, Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa, Campus de Benfica Lisbon, Portugal, 29 - 31 March 2023.
Peimani, N. and Kamalipour, H. 2023. Mapping forms of street vending. Presented at: Thirteenth International Conference on The Constructed Environment, Honolulu, HI, USA, 17-18 May 2023.

2022

Thinh, N. K. and Kamalipour, H. 2022. The morphogenesis of villages-in-the-city: Mapping incremental urbanism in Hanoi city. Habitat International 130, article number: 102706. (10.1016/j.habitatint.2022.102706)
Peimani, N. and Kamalipour, H. 2022. Mapping the spatiality of informal street vending. Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability (10.1080/17549175.2022.2150267)
Kamalipour, H. and Peimani, N. 2022. Learning and teaching urban design through design studio pedagogy: a blended studio on transit urbanism. Education Sciences 12(10), article number: 712. (10.3390/educsci12100712)
Kamalipour, H. 2022. Assembling informal urbanism.. In: Marinic, G. and Meninato, P. eds. Informality and the City: Theories, Actions and Interventions.. Cham: Springer, pp. 83-97., (10.1007/978-3-030-99926-1_6)
Kamalipour, H. and Peimani, N. 2022. Sustaining place transformations in urban design education: learning and teaching urban density, mix, access, public/private interface, and type. In: Gamage, K. A. A. and Gunawardhana, N. eds. The Wiley Handbook of Sustainability in Higher Education Learning and Teaching. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 221-235., (10.1002/9781119852858.ch11)
Peimani, N. and Kamalipour, H. 2022. Informal street vending: a systematic review. Land 11(6), article number: 829. (10.3390/land11060829)
Peimani, N. and Kamalipour, H. 2022. Assembling transit urban design in the global South: urban morphology in relation to forms of urbanity and informality in the public space surrounding transit stations. Urban Science 6(1), article number: 18. (10.3390/urbansci6010018)
Peimani, N. and Kamalipour, H. 2022. The future of design studio education: student experience and perception of blended learning and teaching during the global pandemic. Education Sciences 12(2), article number: 140. (10.3390/educsci12020140)

2021

Peimani, N. and Kamalipour, H. 2021. Online education in the post COVID-19 era: students' perception and learning experience. Education Sciences 11(10), article number: 633. (10.3390/educsci11100633)
Kamalipour, H. and Peimani, N. 2021. Informal urbanism in the state of uncertainty: forms of informality and urban health emergencies. Urban Design International 26(2), pp. 122-134. (10.1057/s41289-020-00145-3)
Sartorio, F. S., Lopes Simoes Aelbrecht, P., Kamalipour, H. and Frank, A. 2021. Towards an antifragile urban form: a research agenda for advancing resilience in the built environment. URBAN DESIGN International 26, pp. 135-158. (10.1057/s41289-021-00157-7)
Peimani, N. and Kamalipour, H. 2021. Online education and the COVID-19 outbreak: A case study of online teaching during lockdown. Education Sciences 11(2), article number: 72. (10.3390/educsci11020072)
Kamalipour, H. and Iranmanesh, A. 2021. Morphogenesis of emerging settlements: mapping incremental urbanism. Land 10(1), article number: 89. (10.3390/land10010089)
Peimani, N. and Kamalipour, H. 2021. Teaching research methods in the wake of emergency online migration. Presented at: 14th International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies, Rhodes, Greece, 5-6 May 2021.
Kamalipour, H. and Peimani, N. 2021. Forms of informality and the COVID-19 pandemic. Presented at: 11th International Conference on the Constructed Environment, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 12-14 May 2021.
Peimani, N. and Kamalipour, H. 2021. Urban informality and the design of public space. Presented at: Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Online Small Format Conference 2021, Virtual, 12-14 July 2021.
Kamalipour, H. and Peimani, N. 2021. Informal urbanism in relation to urban design and planning in the age of public health emergency. Presented at: 2021 UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference, Newcastle, England, 8-10 September 2021.
Kamalipour, H. 2021. Feeding forward in urban design pedagogy: a critique strategy. In: Watson Zollinger, S. and Nyboer, J. eds. Effective Design Critique Strategies Across Disciplines. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing, (10.24926/edc.107)

2020

Kamalipour, H. and Dovey, K. 2020. Incremental production of urban space: a typology of informal design. Habitat International 98, article number: 102133. (10.1016/j.habitatint.2020.102133)
Peimani, N. and Kamalipour, H. 2020. Access and forms of urbanity in public space: Transit urban design beyond the global north. Sustainability 12(8), article number: 3495. (10.3390/su12083495)
Kamalipour, H. 2020. Improvising places: the fluidity of space in informal settlements. Sustainability 12(6), article number: 2293. (10.3390/su12062293)

2019

Kamalipour, H. and Peimani, N. 2019. Negotiating space and visibility: Forms of informality in public space. Sustainability 11(17), article number: 4807. (10.3390/su11174807)
Kamalipour, H. and Dovey, K. 2019. Mapping the visibility of informal settlements. Habitat International 85, pp. 63-75. (10.1016/j.habitatint.2019.01.002)
Kamalipour, H. 2019. Rethinking urban informality in the Global South and beyond. Presented at: Centre for Spatial Justice, Istanbul, Turkey, 9 March 2019.
Kamalipour, H. 2019. Mapping urban informalities. Presented at: Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 4 March 2019.
Kamalipour, H. 2019. Emergent morphologies: The spatial structures of informal settlements. Presented at: ISUF 2019 - XXVI International Seminar on Urban Form: Cities as Assemblages, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2-6 July 2019.
Kamalipour, H. and Peimani, N. 2019. Towards an informal turn in the built environment education: Informality and urban design pedagogy. Sustainability 11(15), article number: 4163. (10.3390/su11154163)
Peimani, N. and Kamalipour, H. 2019. Informal street trading and the emergent urban intensity. Presented at: CUI '19 VII. International Contemporary Urban Issues Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 13 December 2019.

2018

Peimani, N. and Kamalipour, H. 2018. Lessons from urban transport in less formal cities: Isochrone mapping, mode choice and informality. Presented at: Spaces and Flows: Ninth International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies, Heidelberg, Germany, 25-26 October 2018.
Lowe, M., Trundle, A., Stephan, A., Gile-Corti, B., Henderson, H. and Kamalipour, H. 2018. This is why health has to be at the heart of the New Urban Agenda. The Conversation 2018(14 Feb)
Kamalipour, H. and Dovey, K. 2018. Incremental urbanisms. In: Dovey, K., Pafka, E. and Ristic, M. eds. Mapping Urbanities: Morphologies, Flows, Possibilities. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 249-267., (10.4324/9781315309163-14)
Dovey, K. and Kamalipour, H. 2018. Informal/formal morphologies. In: Dovey, K., Pafka, E. and Ristic, M. eds. Mapping Urbanities: Morphologies, Flows, Possibilities. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 223-248., (10.4324/9781315309163-13)
Kamalipour, H. 2018. Mapping urbanities. Presented at: The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 3 December 2018.

2017

Kamalipour, H. 2017. Mapping urban interfaces: a typology of public/private interfaces in informal settlements. Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies 8(2), pp. 1-12. (10.18848/2154-8676/CGP/v08i02/1-12)

2016

Kamalipour, H., Trundle, A., Stephan, A., Henderson, H. and Lowe, M. 2016. When planning falls short: the challenges of informal settlements. The Conversation
Stephan, A., Trundle, A., Kendal, D., Henderson, H., Kamalipour, H. and Lowe, M. 2016. Our cities need to go on a resource diet. The Conversation 2016(30 Nov)
Kamalipour, H. 2016. Forms of informality and adaptations in informal settlements. International Journal of Architectural Research (ArchNet-IJAR) 10(3), pp. 60-75. (10.26687/archnet-ijar.v10i3.1094)
Trundle, A., Stephan, A., Henderson, H., Kamalipour, H. and Lowe, M. 2016. Habitat III is over, but will its New Urban Agenda transform the world’s cities?. The Conversation 2016(25 Oct)
Kamalipour, H. 2016. Urban morphologies in informal settlements: a case study. Contour Journal 1(2), article number: 61. (10.6666/contour.v1i2.61)
Peimani, N. and Kamalipour, H. 2016. Where gender comes to the fore: Mapping gender mix in urban public spaces. Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies 8(1), pp. 19-30. (10.18848/2154-8676/CGP/v08i01/19-30)

2015

Kamalipour, H. and Peimani, N. 2015. Assemblage thinking and the city: Implications for urban studies. Current Urban Studies 3(4), pp. 402-408. (10.4236/cus.2015.34031)
Kamalipour, H. 2015. Emerging urbanity: Learning from informal settlements as assemblages of permanent temporality. Presented at: Agency/Agents of Urbanity: International PhD Colloquium, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, 1-2 June 2015.

My current research interest lies at the intersections of:

Informal Urbanism, Forms of Urban Informality and Adaptation
Typology, Urban Morphology and Morphogenesis
Public Space, Streetlife and Urban Mapping
Place Identity, Visibility and Image

I am interested in exploring the dynamics of informal urbanism in a global context with a particular focus on mapping the morphologies and incremental transformations of informal settlements as well as the relations between informal and formal across different scales and multiple case studies. Investigating the processes of morphogenesis in relation to the dynamics of place identity is then a key part of my research to explore the space of possibilities for harnessing the productive capacities of urban informality in the processes of upgrading and formalisation.

PROJECTS

Forms of Informality in Public Space

This project engages with the ways in which forms of informality work in relation to streetlife and gender mix in public space with a focus on the spatial and temporal appropriations of space. Drawing on multiple case studies, this project aims to provide a better understanding of how different forms of informality negotiate space and visibility within the public realm. In collaboration with: Dr Nastaran Peimani

Mapping Incremental Urbanism

This project adopts urban mapping as a key method to unravel how the processes of morphogenesis work in emerging settlements. With a few exceptions, most informal settlements can be upgraded incrementally without displacement. Engaging with such processes of upgrading relies on a sophisticated understanding of the ways in which adaptive processes work in emerging settlements. In collaboration with: Dr Aminreza Iranmanesh

Forms of Informal Settlement

This project focuses on how urban morphology, adaptive processes, and visibility work in informal settlements to inform the ways in which the built environment professions can most effectively engage with the complexity of upgrading processes. Drawing on multiple case studies from the cities of the Global South, this project aims to explore how different forms of informal settlement work. In collaboration with: Professor Kim Dovey. Related funding: RTP, IPRS and APA Scholarships

Negotiating Livelihoods and Rights in Contested Urban Space

This research project addresses the challenge of informal urbanism with a particular focus on the ways in which forms of street trading work in relation to gender, politics, and types in public space. It engages with the dynamics of street trading and explores the synergies and contradictions among multiple agents in public space. In collaboration with: Dr Nastaran Peimani and Dr Debdulal Saha. Related funding: GCRF Small Projects

Public Space Observatory Research Centre

The Public Space Observatory Research Centre has been co-founded as a knowledge exchange platform in public space research, practice and policy. The mission is to bring together local, national and international academics, practitioners and policymakers engaged with the provision, design, management and use of public space. In collaboration with: Dr Patricia Aelbrecht and Dr Nastaran Peimani

My/Your Cardiff Public Space Campaign

The My/Your Cardiff Public Space Campaign has been co-founded with the aim of raising public awareness on the social, cultural, economic and environmental values and benefits of well-designed, used and managed public spaces. In collaboration with: Dr Patricia Aelbrecht, Dr Nastaran Peimani and Dr Wesley Aelbrecht. Contribution to the project until November 2021. Related Funding: ESRC Impact Acceleration Account

Public Space Toolkit for Wales

This project aims to introduce a public space toolkit for Wales to support the work of Local Authorities. The toolkit can become a steppingstone towards innovative practices around placemaking for the public realm in Wales. In collaboration with: Dr Patricia Aelbrecht, Dr Francesca Sartorio, Dr Wesley Aelbrecht, Dr Richard Gale and Dr Nastaran Peimani. Contribution to the project until December 2021. Related Funding: Innovation Project Grant

Course Co-Director

MA Urban Design programme (Postgraduate)

The MA Urban Design programme at Cardiff University is one of the largest programs of its kind and is jointly delivered by the Welsh School of Architecture and the School of Geography and Planning.

Module Leader / Co-Leader

Urban Design Foundation 2021/2022 (Postgraduate)
Autumn Studio 2021/2022 (Postgraduate)
Spring Studio 2021/2022 (Postgraduate)
Urban Design Foundation 2020/2021 (Postgraduate)
Research Based Design Project 2020/2021 (Postgraduate)
Urban Design Foundation 2019/2020 (Postgraduate)
Space and Place 2019/2020 (Postgraduate)
Planning Theory and Practice 2019/2020 (Undergraduate)
Space and Place 2018/2019 (Postgraduate)
Planning Theory and Practice 2018/2019 (Undergraduate)

Module Contribution / Supervision

Urban Design Research Methods 2021/2022 (Postgraduate)
Urban Design Dissertation 2021/2022 (Postgraduate)
Autumn Studio 2020/2021 (Postgraduate)
Research Methods and Techniques 2020/2021 (Postgraduate)
Research Based Design Project 2020/2021 (Postgraduate)
Autumn Studio 2019/2020 (Postgraduate)
Research Methods and Techniques 2019/2020 (Postgraduate)
Research Based Design Project 2019/2020 (Postgraduate)
Spring Studio 2018/2019 (Postgraduate)
Development Management 2018/2019 (Postgraduate)
Research Project 2018/2019 (Undergraduate)
Research Dissertation 2018/2019 (Undergraduate)
Dissertation 2018/2019 (Postgraduate)
Research Methods and Techniques 2018/2019 (Postgraduate)
Research Based Design Project 2018/2019 (Postgraduate)

Yn flaenorol, rwyf wedi gwasanaethu fel Cymrawd Ymchwil ym Mhrifysgol Monash, Cynorthwyydd Ymchwil a Darlithydd Gwadd mewn Dylunio Trefol ym Mhrifysgol Melbourne ac Aelod o'r Academi Ddoethurol yn Sefydliad Ecwiti Cymdeithasol Melbourne. Mae gen i gefndir mewn Pensaernïaeth ac mae gennyf PhD mewn Dylunio Trefol o Brifysgol Melbourne yn ogystal â Thystysgrif Addysgu Melbourne o Ganolfan Melbourne ar gyfer Astudio Addysg Uwch.

Profiadau Ymchwil ac Addysgu

Uwch Ddarlithydd mewn Dylunio Trefol, Ysgol Daearyddiaeth a Chynllunio, Prifysgol Caerdydd, y DU
Cyfarwyddwr Cyd-sylfaenydd y Ganolfan Ymchwil Arsyllfa Mannau Cyhoeddus, Prifysgol Caerdydd, UK
Cyd-gyfarwyddwr y rhaglen MA Dylunio Trefol, Prifysgol Caerdydd, y DU
Darlithydd mewn Dylunio Trefol, Ysgol Daearyddiaeth a Chynllunio, Prifysgol Caerdydd, y DU
Cymrawd Ymchwil Ôl-ddoethurol, Celf Monash, Dylunio a Phensaernïaeth, Prifysgol Monash, Awstralia
Cynorthwy-ydd Ymchwil mewn Dylunio Trefol, Ysgol Dylunio Melbourne, Prifysgol Melbourne, Awstralia
Darlithydd Gwadd mewn Dylunio Trefol, Ysgol Dylunio Melbourne, Prifysgol Melbourne, Awstralia
Tiwtor Academaidd mewn Dylunio Trefol, Ysgol Ddylunio Melbourne, Prifysgol Melbourne, Awstralia

Datblygiad Proffesiynol ac Aelodaeth

Aelod o'r Grŵp Dylunio Trefol
Aelod o'r Academi Urbanism
Cymrawd yr Academi Addysg Uwch, Advance HE
Memebr o Gymdeithas Ymchwil y Dyniaethau Pensaernïol
Aelod o'r Grŵp Mannau Cyhoeddus a Diwylliannau Trefol, Cymdeithas Ysgolion Cynllunio Ewrop
Aelod o'r Grŵp Cynllunio a Chymhlethdod, Cymdeithas Ysgolion Cynllunio Ewrop
Aelod o'r Arsyllfa Ymchwil Anffurfioldeb, Prifysgol Caerdydd
Aelod o'r Ganolfan Ymchwil Dinasoedd, Prifysgol Caerdydd
Aelod o Grŵp Ymchwil SPACE yn yr Ysgol Daearyddiaeth a Chynllunio, Prifysgol Caerdydd
Aelod o'r Academi Ddoethurol yn Sefydliad Ecwiti Cymdeithasol Melbourne, Prifysgol Melbourne (2016)
Aelod o Ddirprwyaeth Prifysgol Melbourne yng Nghynhadledd Cynefin III yn Quito (2016)

Siarad Ymrwymiadau

Cyfarfodydd Trefol Anffurfiol/Ffurfiol (2021) Digwyddiad Blynyddol Arsyllfa Ymchwil Anffurfiol/Ffurfiol 2021: Normaleiddio Anffurfioldeb Byd-eang Prifysgol Caerdydd, Caerdydd, y DU
Ailfeddwl Anffurfioldeb Trefol yn y Ganolfan Byd-eang De a Thu Hwnt (2019) ar gyfer Cyfiawnder Gofodol, Istanbul, Twrci
Mapio Anffurfioldebau Trefol (2019) Prifysgol Dechnegol Istanbul, Istanbul, Twrci
Mapio Urbanities (2018) Prifysgol Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Adolygu Ymrwymiadau

Adolygydd cymheiriaid ar gyfer cyfnodolion rhyngwladol, gan gynnwys Astudiaethau Trefol, Habitat International, Urban Geography, Cities, Urban Design International, Sustainability, Journal of Urban Management, Heliyon, Gwyddorau Addysg, Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, International Planning Studies, Urban Design and Planning, The International Journal of Housing Policy, Sustainable Cities and Society, and Urban Planning

Mae fy niddordeb goruchwylio yn gorwedd ar groesffyrdd y canlynol:

Urbanism Anffurfiol, Mathau o Anffurfioldeb Trefol ac Addasiad
Teipoleg, Morffoleg Drefol a Morffogenesis
Mannau Cyhoeddus, Bywyd Stryd a Mapio Trefol
Hunaniaeth Lleoedd, Gwelededd a Delwedd

Goruchwyliais gyfanswm o 20 o fyfyrwyr ôl-raddedig/israddedig a chyd-oruchwyliais 4 cynorthwyydd ymchwil.

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