Professor in Architecture
GB School of Architecture, Construction & Environment
Inclusive design, Ageing, Housing, Sustainability
Karim Hadjri is a professor in Architecture at The Grenfell-Baines Institute of Architecture, University of Central Lancashire, in Preston, UK. Karim is an architect with a Master of Philosophy (1989) and a Doctor of Philosophy (1992) in housing studies completed at the Joint Centre for Urban Design at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
He has worked as a scholar in the United Kingdom (Queen’s University Belfast), UAE and Saudi Arabia, and managed academic units and research centres in both Cyprus and Colombia. He has been teaching architecture and urban design at undergraduate and postgraduate levels since 1993. His teaching interests include urban design, inclusive design, housing, and post-occupancy evaluations.
Karim's research explores the influence of the built environment on
more...Karim Hadjri is a professor in Architecture at The Grenfell-Baines Institute of Architecture, University of Central Lancashire, in Preston, UK. Karim is an architect with a Master of Philosophy (1989) and a Doctor of Philosophy (1992) in housing studies completed at the Joint Centre for Urban Design at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
He has worked as a scholar in the United Kingdom (Queen’s University Belfast), UAE and Saudi Arabia, and managed academic units and research centres in both Cyprus and Colombia. He has been teaching architecture and urban design at undergraduate and postgraduate levels since 1993. His teaching interests include urban design, inclusive design, housing, and post-occupancy evaluations.
Karim's research explores the influence of the built environment on various user groups, including people with physical, sensory and cognitive impairments. His current research is concerned with the challenges of designing age-friendly environments, as well as enabling environments particularly for people with dementia.
Karim has led and contributed to over thirty research projects worldwide since 1992. He currently supervises several PhD students examining ageing and accessibility related topics such as the influence of housing quality on ageing in place, and inclusive workplace design. His recent PhD completions include work that investigated how building design standards can become more inclusive of the needs of visually impaired people; a person-centred, evidence-based design study that investigated and identified features of design which assist or hinder the wayfinding ability of those with dementia.
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