Key details
Naomi Gibson
Senior Lecturer in Architecture
Naomi Gibson is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the 秋葵视频, and Programme Lead for BA (Hons) Architecture since September 2023. She has previously been a Lecturer at the 秋葵视频, teaching across design, and histories and theories modules. Naomi has previously taught in architecture schools at Oxford Brookes University and Central St Martins, and has been a visiting critic for a variety of architecture schools across the UK and internationally.
Naomi is also a registered architect in the UK, and spent several years working in architectural practice with a focus on education projects. She holds a BSc and MArch in Architecture, both from The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, and completed her professional studies (Part III) at the University of Cambridge. She is currently a PhD candidate at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.
Responsibilities within the university
- Programme Lead for BA (Hons) Architecture.
- Unit 6 Design Tutor – BA Architecture Years 2&3
- Thesis Tutor – MArch Architecture
Research / Scholarly interests
Naomi's research is interdisciplinary, threading together architecture, the social sciences and arts-based practice. Her research interests include: the role of speech in architectural design processes; speech and the imagined architectural project; speech-drawing relationships; intersections between voice and architecture; architectures of speaking and listening and the social, cultural and spatial performance of institutional buildings.
Her PhD research is a study of architect's design conversations, with a focus on the creative, collaborative role of speech in early, concept-stage design projects. Other recent research projects include a comparative study of 28 European National Parliament Buildings, a project led by Professor Sophia Psarra (UCL), undertaken with Gustavo Maldonado Gil (UCL).
Recent publications
- Gibson, N., Psarra, S. and Maldonado Gil, G. (2023) ‘Shaping and Expressing Politics: A Comparative Study of National Parliament Buildings within the European Union.’ in Psarra, S. Sternberg, C. and Staiger, U. (eds.) Parliament Buildings: The Architecture of Politics in Europe. London: UCL Press
- Gibson, N. (2021) ‘Reperforming as a Practice for Preserving Confidentiality.’ in Rendell, J. and Roberts, D. (eds.) Practicing Ethics. [online] Available at: https://www.practisingethics.org/processes
Presentations
- 'Precedents as Spoken Constructions: Imagining Through Shared Recollections in Architects' Design Conversations.' in Agora II (Un)common Precedents. Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism, Carleton University, Canada. (22-24 September 2023).
- 'Speaking to Design: Verbal Interpretation and Architectural Invention'. in PhD Research Projects Conference, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. (22 February 2021).
- 'Shaping and Expressing Politics: A Comparative Study of National Parliament Buildings within the European Union', with S. Psarra and G. Maldonado Gil, in Parliament Buildings International Conference, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. (18-19 February 2021).
- 'Speaking to Design: Architects' Design Conversations and Finding a Practice for Confidentiality'. Presentation to New Centre for Spatial and Digital Ecologies, 秋葵视频. (30 May 2023)
- 'Introducing the London Schools Atlas'. Guest Seminar for MSc Learning Environments, Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, UCL. (13 March 2023)
- 'National Parliament Buildings within the European Union: A Spatial and Cultural Study'. Lecture with G. Maldonado Gil for Media x Design Lab, 脡cole Polytechnique F茅d茅rale Lausanne. (01 March 2023)
- 'PhD Conference'. Lecture co-chair with K. Culhane for the International Lecture Series, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL (23 February 2021)
- 'Oral Histories and Qualitative Interviews: Research and Practice'. Guest Seminar for MA Architectural History, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL (02 October 2020)