ARCSR Academic Staff
A range of academic staff including studio tutors, research assistants and craftspeople support the teaching and research of ARCSR.
Shamoon is an Urban Practitioner and Senior Lecturer based at London Met. He has extensive experience of working in and teaching Architecture at both the School of Art, Architecture and Design and within the architectural development field on community based infrastructural projects. He has worked on architectural research and live projects in India and Sierra Leone since 2007, and co-edited the publications Learning from Delhi (2008) and The Architecture of Three Freetown Neighbourhoods (2014) which investigates the development of unplanned urban settlements. Shamoon is also part of The Architecture of Rapid Change and Scarce Resources (ARCSR) at London Met.
Robert is currently a senior lecturer in Theory and Design at the School of Art, Architecture and Design. He obtained his Diploma in Architecture at Cambridge University's School of Architecture, subsequently gaining his Master of Arts and registering as an Architect with ARCUK in 1978. In 1988, he was elected as a member of the RIBA, and in 1996, he was elected to the Ordre des Architectes in Paris, France. Robert has worked for Cambridge Design, Colin St John Wilson and Partners, Hunt Thompson Associates, Derek Walker Associates, Jeremy Dixon, Richard Rogers and Partners, prior to the creation of his practice Robert Barnes Architects in 1988. Robert has also taught as a Diploma Tutor at Cambridge University’s School of Architecture, and is currently a senior lecturer in Theory and Design. He has been a visiting lecturer at the London School of Economics’ Architecture and City Planning Unit.
Hosn is a Vice-Chancellor Scholar at London Metropolitan University, researching emergent mapping methodologies, Urban Imaginaries, and their architectural applications in the context of the Beirut, Lebanon. This follows on from her Part II studies with ARCSR and her contribution to the Lines through the City Research Project. During her studies Hosn was London Metropolitan University’s nominee for the AJ Sustainability Student Prize for her project Feast on Samba (2020) based in Christchurch, Freetown: a proposal looking to establish informal pathways as socially flourishing formalised places of commerce run by local women.
Sara is a Research Assistant at ARCSR whilst working in Architectural Practice and obtaining her Part III diploma. Her Part II masters thesis with ARCSR explored storytelling and home-making practices of displaced people and diaspora, and was awarded Best MArch Portfolio at London Metropolitan University in 2023. Since then, Sara has been involved in the After the Arrival City Research Project, co-edited several publications and facilitated student fieldwork and research in Athens, Greece.
Corina is a practice-based Research Associate and programme alumni at ARCSR. She is also an Architect, Senior Design Tutor in Architecture at Loughborough University, and Design Associate at Adventure Playground Engineers. Her work advocates participatory approaches to delivering community-focused projects, in collaboration with educational institutions, local authorities, SMEs, charities, youth groups and NGOs. She is particularly passionate about projects that meaningfully engage and amplify the skills and agency of young people and community groups.