Staff profiles

 

John Counsell

Anthony Whyman

Nick Evans

Kate Wiggins

Simon Cousins

Anne Griffiths

David Jones

Charlie Bull

 

John Counsell

BSc B.Arch MSc Architect RIBA

Head of the Department of Architectural Studies

Principal Lecturer

Tel: 02920 201556

Email: jcounsell@uwic.ac.uk

 

John is a chartered architect with over 35 years of professional and academic experience in the subject of architecture and architectural technology. After graduating with a BSc in Architectural Studies in 1971 from the Welsh School of Architecture, then in the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, he completed a Bachelor of Architecture in 1973, and became a registered architect in 1975. John began employment in 1973 in Somerset County Council, initially working on Schools, Hostels and similar buildings, and specialising to some extent in Fire Stations, while also undertaking a private practice in building refurbishment and conservation. He later moved into Conservation work in the Planning Department. An overland tour led to a post in a middle eastern oil company, leading a team on refinery buildings, such as the new training centre, and the company township. His MSc in 1985 was focused on computer aided building design. This then led to work in this specialism for prestigious London practices such as Arup Associates and Building Design Partnership, followed by a move back to general practice in Bristol. In 1989 John set up a rural architectural practice in Wells in Somerset, together with a consultancy in CAD, that later led to four years of consultancy with Westbury Homes leading development of their systems.

 

John entered higher education in 1990 lecturing part time in Construction in Bristol Polytechnic. He later migrated from general practice into what had then become the University of the West of England, moving towards full time teaching mixed with research over the period between 1994 and 1997. He helped establish the Architectural Technology and Design award, and taught design, CAD, and even business planning, to a wide range of students from many disciplines, at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He worked on several major European funded research projects, on consultancy projects such as the 3D modelling of contexts to examine proposals for change on sites like the Tower of London and the Bristol Millenium proposals, and on educational research projects.

 

John was appointed to UWIC in 2008 and shortly after became Head of Department.

 

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Anthony Whyman

BSc B.Arch MA IHBC RIBA

Programme Director Architectural Design & Technology

Senior Lecturer

Tel: 02920 416794

Email: twhyman@uwic.ac.uk

 

Anthony is a chartered architect with over twenty years of professional and academic experience in the subject of architecture and architectural technology. After graduating with a BSc in Architectural Studies from the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, in 1982 he completed a Bachelor of Architecture in 1984. From 1987-92 he was an Associate of a medium-sized architectural practice in Newport, South Wales and an active member of the Royal Institute of British Architects through committee membership of the South East Wales Branch, acting as Chair and Vice Chair between 1988 -94.

 

Anthony entered higher education in 1993 lecturing at the University of Glamorgan and developed a particular interest in the refurbishment and conservation of historic buildings. Between 1997-2000 he returned to architectural practice but maintained an involvement in higher education through part-time lecturing at the Welsh School of Architecture.

 

Anthony was appointed to UWIC in 2000 as Programme Director of Construction Studies and led the validation of a new degree in Architectural Design and Technology and subsequent accreditation by the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists.

 

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Nick Evans

MRICS

Senior Lecturer in Architectural Studies

Tel: 029 2041 6746

Email: nievans@uwic.ac.uk

 

Nick is a chartered building control surveyor with over 25 years experience in industry and academia. His main teaching and research specialist areas are building regulations and environmental design.

 

A former Local Authority Building Control Surveyor, Nick joined UWIC in 1990. He is now a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Architectural Studies where he was responsible for setting up the undergraduate programme in Architectural Technology. His main teaching and research specialist areas are Building Regulations and Environmental Design.

 

Nick has remained closely involved with professional practice, particularly focussing on building control and is frequently called upon to speak at events organised by RICS, CIAT, CIOB and RSAW. He has also provided specific training for Building Control Surveyors, Estates Officers, Home Inspectors and Domestic Energy Assessors.

 

He is a member of the Ecological Design for the Built Environment Research Strand in the Welsh Institute for Research in Art and Design and also sits on the 'Executive Guide To BIM Industry Review Group' a group working with the British Standards Institution and buildingSmart to produce a guide to Building Information Modelling.

 

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Kate Wiggins

BSc (Hons) Building Maintenance and Management, MIMBM

Lecturer

Tel: 02920 416 707

Email: kwiggins@uwic.ac.uk

 

Kate has several years of professional experience working within public sector housing as a maintenance officer. She has a wide range of experience including reactive and planned maintenance of over 3000 properties. Whilst studying for her degree she became particularly interested in the conservation of historic buildings. After graduating with a BSc in Building Maintenance and Management (first class honours) from UWIC in 2005, she briefly worked as a Townscape Heritage Initiative Project Officer.

 

Whilst she is enthusiastic about all aspects relating to the construction and maintenance of old and new buildings, Kate is particularly interested in new technologies to achieve sustainable building. Kate was appointed as a Lecturer at UWIC in 2005.

 

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Simon Cousins

BSc (Hons) Building, MRICS, MCIOB, MIMBM

Programme Director Building Technology

Senior Lecturer

Tel: 02920 416 749

Email: scousins@uwic.ac.uk

 

Simon is responsible for the building courses in UWIC. A chartered surveyor and chartered builder he spent many years restoring old buildings before joining the university. He has appeared many times on television and radio; he was recently asked to give a presentation to an international conference in Canada on the sustainable design of buildings and he is presently the chairman of the Wales Region of the Chartered Institute of Building.

 

In his spare time he can be found walking the hills, cooking Italian influenced food, examining unusual stone walls, listening to traditional music and searching for the perfect pint of Guinness.

 

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Anne Griffiths

Senior Lecturer

Tel: 02920 201558

Email: aegriffiths@uwic.ac.uk

 

Anne has 25 years of experience in industry and academia. As a quantity surveyor within the client sector, Anne worked on a wide spectrum of projects ranging from the refurbishment of small cottage hospitals to large new-build projects.

 

After joining UWIC as a senior lecturer, Anne’s main teaching areas are within management and cost-management. With today’s focus toward sustainable buildings, Anne endeavours to encourage and develop students to consider whole-life aspects of construction schemes.

 

Anne has a keen interest in construction waste which led her to spending a day of her Hong Kong holiday visiting the local landfill site! On a more serious note she is an academic representative on the Construction Excellence SE Wales Waste Management working group, as well as a member of the Welsh Assembly Government Steering committee for Site Waste Management Plans.

 

Anne’s other focus is to encourage women within the industry. Within the UK, Anne has supported and been involved in many initiatives to attract, encourage and mentor girls and women in the industry. In addition, she has been an invited speaker at the International Institute of Women in Engineering conference held in Paris on a number of occasions.

 

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David Jones

Technician Demonstrator

BSc (Hons) Architectural Design and Technology

 

 

Hi, my name is Dave and I am the programme's Technician Demonstrator. I actually graduated the Architectural Design and Technology course in 2005, qualifying as an Architectural Technologist to degree level. The following 3 years saw me gain valuable experience working in a Mid-Wales architectural practice working on a variety of projects before joining UWIC in April 2008 to work in my current capacity. I believe the fact I've studied the course (and still came back!) gives me an excellent starting point whenever giving advice to current students. I've been there, I've done it and enjoyed it!

 

My role includes the teaching of all software packages, drawing techniques and surveying along with assisting students with all their project work and other other issues they may have throughout the duration of their study.

 

I enjoy the outdoors and try to be as active as possible but still spend far too much time in front of the TV! I enjoy all manner of sports, usually in seasonal cycles like football, tennis and golf and enjoy doing the odd pub quiz and generally going out and socializing! I have a passion for all things car related and spend far too much time and money on my own mode of transport but it keeps me busy! I believe NOW is our time as designers to make a difference. We have a chance to be at the forefront of cutting-edge sustainable building design and that can make for a very interesting, fulfilling and rewarding career within the built environment.

 

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Charlie Bull

Technician Demonstrator

Tel: 029 20 416677

 

Charlie graduated from the Welsh School of Architecture in 2003 and joined UWIC the same year, initially as a technician with Architectural Design and Technology. She joined Interior Architecture, as technician demonstrator, in January 2008.

 

Her main role is the teaching of all the CAD and graphics software used by the course, but she is also involved with teaching drawing and will happily offer up advice on design and other project work. She is particularly interested in the creative application of CAD software, encouraging students to experiment with different approaches to the presentation of their designs, combining manual and digital techniques in order to develop individual and unique styles. She loves working with the course and is constantly impressed by her students.

 

Charlie is originally from Wolverhampton but has adopted Cardiff as her new home. She lives near the city centre with her pet chickens, and loves baking, cycling and live music.

 

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