Dr Homeira Shayesteh


Dr Homeira Shayesteh
NameDr Homeira Shayesteh
Job titleSenior Lecturer in Construction, Architecture and BIM
Research institute
Primary appointmentDesign Engineering & Mathematics
Email addressh.shayesteh@mdx.ac.uk
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8256-2327
Contact categoryAcademic staff

Biography

Biography

Dr Homeira Shayesteh is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture & BIM at Middlesex University. She received her PhD from Bartlett UCL where she also worked as post-doctoral researcher and design tutor until 2017. She was part of the delivery team of Digital Built Britain contributing to the UK government construction strategy. She held an EPSRC post-doctoral Knowledge Exchange Associate grant with Autodesk looking into BIM and Digital Twin data flow across the construction life cycle. 

She trained as an architect and have years of experience in applied research and practice in the built environment. That includes working with Space Syntax Limited as a Senior Design Consultant for seven years, through which she specialised in spatial analysis and observational/surveys of buildings and urban spaces in relation to their environmental performances and from users’ perspective.

Her research interest lies in applied data-driven approaches to sustainable, regenerative, and inclusive architecture/urbanism and from the users' point of view in response to global societal challenges and UNSDGs. She has many publications in peered reviewed journals and presented in prestigious conferences such as CISBAT, Space Syntax, CIB, SEEDS, COBEE, UK Higher Education Conference and Advance HE. 

In addition to research on sustainable and inclusive built environment,  she is passionate about pedagogic research and integrating digital innovations and sustainability into curriculum through co-design. She initiated embedding the UNSDGs on programme level at Middlesex University in 2021. She recently contributed to Engineering Professional Council's Sustainability Toolkit which is an open-access source with national and global impact. She was Architectural Lead for MDX Living Pavilion project which was runner up for Guardian Education Award in the category of Teaching and Learning Excellence in 2020 and finalist in London Sustainable Construction award in 2020. 

Homeira is the Pedagogic Research Group Lead for Faculty of Science and Technology in Middlesex University and chairing the UNSDG in Curriculum teaching group. She is member of University's Environmental Steering Group and Barnet Built Environment Skills Steering Group.

Teaching

 Programme Leader: BSc (Hons.) Architectural Technology

Module Leader:

  • PDE1810 Design Communication and Architectural Technology
  • PDE1812 Architectural Technology in Context
  • PDE1813 Building Information Modelling
  • PDE2810 Design Evaluation and Architectural Technology
  • PDE2812 Professional & Ethical Practice & Management
  • PDE2813 Digital Construction and Collaboration
  • PDE3810 Design Integration and Architectural Technology
  • PDE3811 Sustainable and Inclusive Built Environment

MSc Building Information Modelling & Construction Technology

Module Leader:

  • PDE4314 Sustainability and Smart City Design
  • PDE4317 Integrated Project Management and Planning

MSc Building Information Modelling Management & Integrated Digital Delivery

Module Tutor:

  • PDE4301 Technical BIM Management
  • PDE4302 Operational BIM Management
  • PDE4303 Strategic BIM Management

MSc and PhD supervisor and examiner

Pedagogic Research Group Lead (Faculty of Science and Technology)

Employment

Senior Lecturer in Construction, Architecture and BIM
Middlesex University London
01 Mar 2017

Education and qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy

Architectural and Urban Studies

Bartlett, UCL
Part 3 Certificate of Professional Practice in Architecture
Bartlett, UCL
PGCertHE

Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning Higher Education

Middlesex University

Grants

Prizes and Awards

Research outputs

Paving the path: empowering women in STEM from university to industry

Vaka, S., Trestian, R., Baskent, C., Shayesteh, H. and Megeney, A. 2024. Paving the path: empowering women in STEM from university to industry. 2024 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference. Kos, Greece 08 - 11 May 2024 IEEE.

The implementation of digital tools for climate adaptation planning

Keibach, E. and Shayesteh, H. 2023. The implementation of digital tools for climate adaptation planning. Wang, L., Ge, H., Zhai, Z., Qi, D., Ouf, M., Sun, C. and Wang, D. (ed.) International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE 2022). Concordia University, Montreal 25 - 29 Jul 2022 Singapore Springer. pp. 2773–2783 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9822-5_295

Digitalization of climate adaptation planning: the potential of simulation software tools for landscape design

Keibach, E. and Shayesteh, H. 2022. Digitalization of climate adaptation planning: the potential of simulation software tools for landscape design. World Building Congress 2022. Melbourne, Australia 26 - 30 Jun 2022 IOP Publishing Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1101/2/022024

BIM for landscape design improving climate adaptation planning: the evaluation of software tools based on the ISO 25010 standard

Keibach, E. and Shayesteh, H. 2022. BIM for landscape design improving climate adaptation planning: the evaluation of software tools based on the ISO 25010 standard. Applied Sciences. 12 (2). https://doi.org/10.3390/app12020739

Refurbishment of UK school buildings: challenges of improving energy performance using BIM

Al Bunni, A. and Shayesteh, H. 2019. Refurbishment of UK school buildings: challenges of improving energy performance using BIM. Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2019 Tokyo (SBE19Tokyo) Built Environment in an era of climate change: how can cities and buildings adapt?. The University of Tokyo, Japan IOP Publishing Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/294/1/012073

An investigation into the energy performance of school buildings refurbished through Salix funding

Al-Bunni, A. and Shayesteh, H. 2018. An investigation into the energy performance of school buildings refurbished through Salix funding. Scott, L. and Gorse, C. (ed.) SEEDS 2018: 4th International SEEDS Conference 2018 Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society. Dublin, Ireland 06 - 07 Sep 2018 LSIPublishing. pp. 466-482

Energy use and height in office buildings

Godoy-Shimizu, D., Steadman, P., Hamilton, I., Donn, M., Evans, S., Moreno, G. and Shayesteh, H. 2018. Energy use and height in office buildings. Building Research & Information. 46 (8), pp. 845-863. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2018.1479927

All the way to the top! The energy implications of building tall cities

Hamilton, I., Evans, S., Steadman, P., Godoy-Shimizu, D., Donn, M., Shayesteh, H. and Moreno, G. 2017. All the way to the top! The energy implications of building tall cities. CISBAT 2017 International Conference – Future Buildings & Districts – Energy Efficiency from Nano to Urban Scale. Lausanne, Switzerland 06 - 08 Sep 2017 Elsevier. pp. 493-498 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.07.302

Typo-morphological analysis of housing layout and density in Tehran

Shayesteh, H. and Steadman, P. 2016. Typo-morphological analysis of housing layout and density in Tehran. in: Arefian, F. and Moini, S. (ed.) Urban Change in Iran: Stories of Rooted Histories and Ever-accelerating Developments Springer. pp. 187-204

Coevolution of urban form and built form: a new typomorphological model for Tehran

Shayesteh, H. and Steadman, P. 2015. Coevolution of urban form and built form: a new typomorphological model for Tehran. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. 42 (6), pp. 1124-1147. https://doi.org/10.1068/b140002p

UK builiding information modelling (BIM) road map for FM: where are the potholes?

Shayesteh, H., Marjanovic-Halburd, L. and Marmot, A. 2014. UK builiding information modelling (BIM) road map for FM: where are the potholes? 7th International Facility Management Congress. Wien, Austria Nov 2014 TU Wien. pp. 80-93 https://doi.org/10.34749/jfm.2014.2089

Utilizing building information modeling for facilities management

Williams, R., Shayesteh, H. and Marjanovic-Halburd, L. 2014. Utilizing building information modeling for facilities management. International Journal of Facility Management. 5 (1).

Creating a platform for effective academic and pastoral care in borderless teaching

Marjanovic-halburd, L., Marmot, A. and Shayesteh, H. 2013. Creating a platform for effective academic and pastoral care in borderless teaching. 5th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies. Barcelona, Spain 01 - 03 Jul 2013 IATED. pp. 4721-4731

The impacts of regulations and legislation on residential built forms in Tehran

Shayesteh, H. and Steadman, P. 2013. The impacts of regulations and legislation on residential built forms in Tehran. Journal of Space Syntax. 4 (1), pp. 92-107.
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