Sustainable Resilient Built Environments

The proceedings of Sustainable Resilient Built Environments are based on the SRBE 2022 conference held in December 2022. It focuses on the advances under the overarching theme of ‘Sustainability’. The concept of ‘Sustainability’ has been conventionally defined as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In scientific literature, sustainable development has been analysed using different qualitative approaches, such as economic, social, ecological, cultural, institutional, ethical, and political. In this edited volume, the concepts of both ‘sustainability’, and ‘resilience’ are considered to open up useful pathways towards achieving sustainable buildings and infrastructure. Though the concepts of sustainability and resilience are considered to help improve the built environment, the interrelations and interdependence between these two concepts are not clearly evident. This has led to the questions such as: Is thesustainable built environment always resilient? Is the resilient built environment always sustainable? What more is needed for sustainability? In exploring these pertinent questions, the proposed edited volume is expected to unveil and disseminate new insights on the themes related to sustainable and resilient built environment.

The themes of the proceedings lay a platform for researchers and professionals to integrate the aspects including smart, innovation, technologies, green, energy efficiency, carbon reduction, sustainability and resilience with regard to buildings and other built infrastructure.  Specific objectives included as per the five themes are as follows:

Environment Design and Sustainability

Sustainable & Smart Buildings

Community Resilience & Social Sustainability

Heritage and Sustainability

Pandemic issues and sustainable development​

Prof. Dr. Nandineni Rama Devi, an architect by profession is currently Professor and Director at Manipal School of Architecture and Planning (MSAP), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). She has an experience in the industry for over a decade, during which, she was actively engaged in designing residential, office, and healthcare buildings through her consultancy. Her passion for education led her to work as a visiting and full-time professor in esteemed architecture colleges in Hyderabad. She also serves as an expert, reviewer, and examiner for undergraduate, master's, and doctoral evaluations and interactions.  She is a Chairperson for all the doctoral committees and Board of Studies at MSAP, MAHE. She also had the privilege of chairing sessions at international and national conferences, along with delivering keynote addresses and has several scientific papers published in indexed journals and book chapters to her credit. She is involved in mentoring students and scholars across diverse areas and disciplines, including interprofessional domains, which include culture, allied health sciences, technology, hotel management, User experience design (UX) and sustainability in the built environment.  Her work has been particularly enriching in her engagement with intercultural dialogue through design. In this context, she has organized collaborative transcultural design studios at Manipal, India bringing together the students from different countries, such as Australia, Malaysia and India, to connect with local communities and develop participatory designs. She has a strong commitment to working for the betterment of the community and has had the privilege of mentoring students from MAHE and abroad in designing Anganwadis at Ajjarkad in Udupi district, and Shirthady in Mangalore District. Locally, her academic contributions, along with MAHE students, have supported sustainable developments of the river islands in Udupi and the city of Shivamogga. On behalf of MSAP, she is also involved in Smart cities and Academia Towards Action & Research – SAAR, an initiative by The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA).

Ms.Susan Ang has Master’s by Research in Architecture, Deakin University, Australia, in 2008. She is Associate Head of School International, Chief Investigator and Project leader for multiple interdisciplinary research grants. She is teaching expertise in architecture design and architecture research thesis. She is Member of Accreditation Standing Panel, Architects Accreditation Council of Australia. She is Creative Director for SONA 2021 Super studio, National Student Organized Network of Architecture affiliated with the Australian Institute of Architects.      

Norwina Mohd Nawawi is an Architect and a Senior Academic Fellow at the Department of Architecture, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design (KAED), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).  She has a Doctor of Philosophy (Built Environment), IIUM; a Master of Arts (Health Facility Planning), North London Polytechnic, UK;  a Postgraduate Diploma in Islamic Reveal Knowledge, IIUM; and a Bachelor of Architecture Degree, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). She was an Associate Professor at IIUM from 1998 to 2020, the first Head Department for Architecture in 1998. While in IIUM, she served as the Deputy Dean Student Affairs for KAED, Academic Advisor for undergraduate and postgraduate architecture programs, led the Islamic Architectural Heritage Research Unit (ISArcH) set up in June 2013, and Internationalisation and Global Network for KAED. She is also a Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) fellow. She represents PAM at the Union of International Architects (UIA) in Architecture for All and Public Health Work programmes. She also represents PAM at the Architect Regional Council of Asia (ARCASIA) under the ARCASIA Committee for Social Responsibility since 2014.