Sarah Lappin

Senior Lecturer, School of Natural and Built Environment

Phone+44 (0)28 9097 4408
Emails.lappin@qub.ac.uk

Room 0G.309 - David Keir Building
United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Sound and architecture; architectural history of the island of Ireland

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Personal profile

Interests

Head of Architecture Dr Sarah A Lappin (BA Columbia, MArch Princeton, PhD University of Ulster, RIBA) is an architect who teaches theory, design and professionla skills at Queens University Belfast. As a practitioner, she worked on a large range of projects including preservation and healthcare. Dr Lappin is co-founder of the All-Ireland Architectural Research Group, and is past Chair of the Steering Group of the Architectural Humanities Research Association.

Research Summary
Dr. Lappin's research interests include architecture and identity and twentieth century architectural history. Her recent publications include the book Full Irish: New Architecture in Ireland (Princeton Architectural Press) 2009, as well as articles on architecture and cultural policy. Much of her research in recent years has concentrated on manifestations of identity in 20th century on the island of Ireland, including research into the Festival of Britain (published in the volume AHRA Critiques series Peripheries in 2012). Dr Lappin's further research into modernism and its local manifestations in Ireland acted as part of the Irish pavilion at the 2014 Venice Biennale for Architecture.

Additionally, Dr Gasia Ouzounian (Oxford University, Music) and Dr. Lappin co-direct the research group Recomposing the City: Sonic Art & Urban Architectures, which investigates how collaborations between sound artists and architects can generate new ways of understanding, analyzing and transforming urban environments. See www.recomposingthecity.org.

Particulars

Education

Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Columbia University, New York City

Master's of Architecture, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

Royal Institute of British Architects professional qualification

PhD University of Ulster, Belfast

Teaching

At Queen's

Master's Level Teaching

Module leader, Professional Skills, 2018 -

Co-director Master's level Design Studio with PLACE Architecture Centre Director Michael Corr, 2014-2015

MArch Dissertation Advisor 2008 -

Undergraduate Teaching

Course Leader Undergraduate Programme 2013 - 2016

Leader History and Theory Theme, Undergraduate 2008-2013

Stage One Leader 2008 - 2013

Coordinator History and Theory of Architecture I(i) Stage One 2008 -

Stage Three Design Studio 2013-2014

Stage Two Design Studio 2014-2015

Stage One Design Studio 2008 - 2013

Public CoLab/Street Society Live Project (BSc and MArch Level One) Team Member 2010 - and Staff Organiser 2014

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Projects

1 Finished

R1501CRA: Hearing Trouble: Sound Art in Post-Conflict Cities

Lappin, S. & Ouzounian, G.

19/03/2015 → 18/05/2018

Project: Research

Research Output

A vigorous corrective: The Ulster '71 festival in Northern Ireland, UK

Lappin, S. & Walker, U., 15 Nov 2018, Architecture, Festival and the City. Browne, J., Frost, C. & Lucas, R. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 172-188 16 p. (Critiques).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

The Sound-Considered City: A Guide for Decision-Makers

Lappin, S., Ouzounian, G. & O'Grady, R., Feb 2018, 44 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Other report

Open Access

File

Recomposing the City: New Directions in Urban Sound Art

Lappin, S. & Ouzounian, G., Jan 2016, In : Journal of Sonic Studies. 11

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

Open Access

Recomposing the City: New Directions in Urban Sound Art

Lappin, S. & Ouzounian, G., Jan 2016, In : Journal of Sonic Studies. 11

Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue

Open Access

Sonic Places: In Conversation with Peter Cusack

Lappin, S. & Ouzounian, G., Jan 2016, In : Journal of Sonic Studies. 11

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Activities

19 Participation in conference
10 Participation in workshop, seminar, course
8 Hosting of external, non-academic visitor
8 Invited talk
49 More

The Sound-Considered City

Sarah Lappin (Invited speaker)

24 Jan 2020

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

Built: East

Rachel O'Grady (Organiser), Christopher Upson (Contributor), Lisa Currie (Invited speaker), Sarah Lappin (Invited speaker), Joe Laverty (Invited speaker)

15 Jan 2020 → 19 Jan 2020

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in Festival/Exhibition