Staff Profile

Sana is a chartered architect (ARB and RIBA member), a Lecturer at the School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape - Newcastle University, and the sole director of Archisana Ltd.

She is a Ph.D. holder in architecture from SAPL- Newcastle University, and an award-holder of the AHRC Northern Bridge Studentship. Thesis entitled: Architecture and Urbanism in Twentieth Century Iraq: The Enduring Legacy of Gertrude Bell.

Memberships

• Society of Architectural Historians (SAH)
• European Architectural History Network (EAHN)
• Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) _ member 10930930
• Architects Registration Board (ARB), UK _ member 069988H

Editorial Responsibilities

• Special Advisor at PLATFORM, A digital forum for conversations about buildings, spaces, and landscapes. (September 2020) – Present)
• Digital and Production Assistant at PLATFORM, A digital forum for conversations about buildings, spaces, and landscapes. (June 2019 (launch) – September 2020)
• Contributor to the project Documenting the Shrines from Mosul, a NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources project led by Professor Sara Wolper from the University of New Hampshire, USA.

Current research:

https://www.ncl.ac.uk/heritage/research/current-projects/new-baghdad/

Postgraduate Teaching:

• Part III Professional Examiner.
• Architecture Ways of Knowing - Two linked modules spanning semester two of stage 5 and semester one of stage 6.

Undergraduate Teaching:

• Architectural Design – Year 3 (BA): Studio Lead (Studio 6- Wall-Being.)
• Dissertation in Architectural Studies – Year 3 (BA): Elective Group Leader and Dissertation Supervisor.
• Dissertation Studies and Research Methods – Year 2 (BA): Elective Group Leader and Dissertation Supervisor. 
• Architectural Design – Year 1- SAPL and AUP: Design Tutor and Project Leader.
• Introduction to Architecture – Year 1 (BA): Module Leader.