Susannah Hagan
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Susannah Hagan is the founding Director of R_E_D (Research into Environment + Design), Professor of Urban Studies, and Director of the Office of Spatial Research at the University of Brighton
. She has written and lectured extensively on the theory and practice of environmental design, in particular, environmentally led urban design. Hagan’s major publications include City Fights: Debates on Sustainable Cities (James & James (Science) Publishers, London, 2000); Taking Shape: A New Contract between Architecture and Nature (Architectural Press, Oxford, 2001); and Digitalia: Architecture and the Environmental, the Digital and the Avant-garde (Routledge, London, 2008).
in New Haven, Connecticut, receiving a Bachelor of Arts with Honors degree in 1973. She then moved to New York City where she attended the Graduate School of Architecture at Columbia University
, earning a Master of Architecture degree in 1978. As part of her architectural studies, Hagan spent a year abroad as an exchange student at the Architectural Association School of Architecture
in London.
Susannah Hagan moved from United States to London in 1991 to pursue her studies in architectural history and theory, first at the Architectural Association Graduate School and then at Birkbeck, University of London
. In 1999, Hagan was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of London. In 2002 and 2003, she pursued postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge
, completing the Master of Philosophy program in Environmental Design and Architecture.
She taught on the Environment and Energy Masters Program at the Architectural Association from 1996 to 2002, and in 2002, was invited to set up a new Masters program at the University of East London
. The MA Architecture: Sustainability + Design was the first to completely integrate the relevant technology and social theory with design. Hagan ran the program until 2009, when she took up her present appointment at the University of Brighton.
Her work with R_E_D includes EMPTYing CITIES, Wuppertal, Germany, 2004–05, research-by-design into the problem of "shrinking cities," post-industrial cities losing population; EnLUDe 1 (Environmentally Led Urban DEsign), Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2005–07, a pilot research project with the LCAEE, University of Sao Paulo, involving environmentally led urban design on a large brownfield site earmarked for development by the city of Sao Paulo; and EnLUDe 2, Royal Docks, London, 2007–08, research-by-design into an environmentally led spatial planning on a high risk floodplain in the Thames Gateway.
In addition to her books on the relationship between environmental design and contemporary architecture and urban design, Hagan has also contributed to numerous others, including Nature, Landscape and Building for Sustainability (University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2008) and Ecological Urbanism (Lars Müller Publishers, Baden, 2010), and to journals ranging from the Architectural Review
to the Harvard Design Magazine
. She has lectured internationally, including the Union of Baltic Cities Commission on Urban Planning, the annual NUTAU conference, Sao Paulo, the Moderna Museet
, Stockholm, and the Victoria and Albert
Museum, London.
, New York, and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA), and a member of the International Development Network, the Royal Town Planning Institute
, and the Newham Borough Design Review Panel. Hagan was a finalist in the 2008/09 James Stirling Memorial Lecture Competition. In September 2010, “The Seed Catalogue, “ an urban design competition entry submitted by Susannah Hagan, Silvio Caputo, and Mark Gaterell, was premiated in the international Integrated Habitats Design Competition.
University of Brighton
The University of Brighton is an English university of the United Kingdom, with a community of over 23,000 students and 2,600 staff based on campuses in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings. It has one of the best teaching quality ratings in the UK and a strong research record, factors which...
. She has written and lectured extensively on the theory and practice of environmental design, in particular, environmentally led urban design. Hagan’s major publications include City Fights: Debates on Sustainable Cities (James & James (Science) Publishers, London, 2000); Taking Shape: A New Contract between Architecture and Nature (Architectural Press, Oxford, 2001); and Digitalia: Architecture and the Environmental, the Digital and the Avant-garde (Routledge, London, 2008).
Biography
Hagan was born in London and raised in England and the United States. She studied English and French literature at Yale UniversityYale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
in New Haven, Connecticut, receiving a Bachelor of Arts with Honors degree in 1973. She then moved to New York City where she attended the Graduate School of Architecture at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, earning a Master of Architecture degree in 1978. As part of her architectural studies, Hagan spent a year abroad as an exchange student at the Architectural Association School of Architecture
Architectural Association School of Architecture
The Architectural Association School of Architecture, more usually known as the AA, is an architectural school in London, United Kingdom...
in London.
Susannah Hagan moved from United States to London in 1991 to pursue her studies in architectural history and theory, first at the Architectural Association Graduate School and then at Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It offers many Master's and Bachelor's degree programmes that can be studied either part-time or full-time, though nearly all teaching is...
. In 1999, Hagan was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of London. In 2002 and 2003, she pursued postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, completing the Master of Philosophy program in Environmental Design and Architecture.
She taught on the Environment and Energy Masters Program at the Architectural Association from 1996 to 2002, and in 2002, was invited to set up a new Masters program at the University of East London
University of East London
The University of East London is a university located in the London Borough of Newham, East London, England, based at two campuses in Stratford and Docklands areas...
. The MA Architecture: Sustainability + Design was the first to completely integrate the relevant technology and social theory with design. Hagan ran the program until 2009, when she took up her present appointment at the University of Brighton.
Her work with R_E_D includes EMPTYing CITIES, Wuppertal, Germany, 2004–05, research-by-design into the problem of "shrinking cities," post-industrial cities losing population; EnLUDe 1 (Environmentally Led Urban DEsign), Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2005–07, a pilot research project with the LCAEE, University of Sao Paulo, involving environmentally led urban design on a large brownfield site earmarked for development by the city of Sao Paulo; and EnLUDe 2, Royal Docks, London, 2007–08, research-by-design into an environmentally led spatial planning on a high risk floodplain in the Thames Gateway.
In addition to her books on the relationship between environmental design and contemporary architecture and urban design, Hagan has also contributed to numerous others, including Nature, Landscape and Building for Sustainability (University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2008) and Ecological Urbanism (Lars Müller Publishers, Baden, 2010), and to journals ranging from the Architectural Review
Architectural Review
The Architectural Review is a monthly international architectural magazine published in London since 1896. Articles cover the built environment which includes landscape, building design, interior design and urbanism as well as theory of these subjects....
to the Harvard Design Magazine
Harvard Design Magazine
The Harvard Design Magazine is a biannual publication of the Harvard Graduate School of Design that has been published since 1997....
. She has lectured internationally, including the Union of Baltic Cities Commission on Urban Planning, the annual NUTAU conference, Sao Paulo, the Moderna Museet
Moderna Museet
Moderna museet, the Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden, is a state museum located on the island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, that was first opened in 1958. Its first manager was Pontus Hultén...
, Stockholm, and the Victoria and Albert
Victoria and Albert
Victoria and Albert refers to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her Prince Consort, Albert of Saxe-Coburg-GothaIt may also refer to these things named in honour of the couple:*The Victoria and Albert Museum in London...
Museum, London.
Awards and recognition
Susannah Hagan is a Fellow of the Institute for Urban DesignInstitute for Urban Design
The Institute for Urban Design is a not-for-profit organization based in New York that promotes productive dialogue between architects, planners, policy-makers, developers, and academics within the city and around the world...
, New York, and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA), and a member of the International Development Network, the Royal Town Planning Institute
Royal Town Planning Institute
The Royal Town Planning Institute is a body representing planning professionals in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. It was founded in 1914.-Members:...
, and the Newham Borough Design Review Panel. Hagan was a finalist in the 2008/09 James Stirling Memorial Lecture Competition. In September 2010, “The Seed Catalogue, “ an urban design competition entry submitted by Susannah Hagan, Silvio Caputo, and Mark Gaterell, was premiated in the international Integrated Habitats Design Competition.
Selected bibliography
- City Fights: Debates on Sustainable Cities, James & James (Science) Publishers, London, 2000. Co-editor and contributor with Mark Hewitt.
- Taking Shape: The New Contract between Architecture and Nature, Architectural Press, Oxford, 2001.
- More with Less, MCA Mario Cucinella Architects, “Integrated Design, or the art of both/and,” Mandragora s.r.l., Florence, 2002.
- Digitalia: Architecture and the Environmental, the Digital and the Avant-garde, Routledge, London, 2008.
- CPULS – Continuous Productive Landscapes, ed. Andre Viljoen, “Plant It,” Architectural Press, Oxford 2005.
- Material Matters, ed. Katy Lloyd-Thomas, "The New and the Renewed," Routledge, London, 2006.
- Nature, Landscape and Building for Sustainability, ed. William Saunders, “Five Reasons to Adopt Environmental Design,” University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, London, 2008.
- Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Journal, “Sustaining Architecture during a Revolution,” eds. Juhani Pallasmaa, Kenneth Frampton, New York, 2008.
- Ecological Urbanism, Harvard Graduate School of Design, “Performalism: Environmental Metrics and Urban Design,” Lars Müller Publishers, Baden, Switzerland, Nov 2009.
- Harvard Design Magazine, “Five Reasons (to adopt environmental design),” spring/summer 2003, ed. William S. Saunders, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Boston.
- Building Material, ed. Gary Boyd, “Shiny, or is new always better?,” Issue 12, autumn 2004, Architectural Association of Ireland, Dublin.
- Harvard Design Magazine, “New and Post-Urbanisms,” May 2005, ed. William S. Saunders, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Boston.
- Ehitukunst, ed. Epp Lankots, “Five reasons (to adopt environmental design),” (Latvian translation), February 2007.
- Arkitekturmuseet Yearbook, Global Cities, “The City as Artificial Ecology: Performativity and Productivity in the ‘Sustainable City,’” Stockholm, 2008.