Zoe Almazan

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Zoe Almazan
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Teaching and learning
Research
Business, knowledge transfer and international
Professional practice, knowledge exchange and impact
Leadership and management

About

I am a senior lecturer in building surveying at Kingston University. Prior to joining Kingston in 2020, I have over 15 years of experience in construction, urban planning, architecture and building surveying.

I am a qualified architect. Graduated Magna Cum Laude from the School of Architecture at the University of the Americas Puebla (UDLAP). I earned my Masters in Conservation of Historic Buildings (MPhil) at the Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP) and worked in collaboration with the local authorities surveying building defects on historical buildings after the impacts of natural disasters. I also hold a research degree in building pathology and earthquake simulations.

I am an active member of ICOMOS-UNESCO International Council on Monuments and Sites since 2009. I am an active researcher developing new technologies with artificial intelligence. I am currently the KTP Champion for the Department of Civil Engineering, Surveying and Construction Management.

Online conference: Sustainable Technologies in Conservation Areas: Managing Disaster Risks by ICOMOS-UK. Please click on the link below to see the presentation.

https://icomos-uk.org/icomosevents/sustainable-technologies-in-conservation-areas-managing-disaster-risks

ARCOM Conference 2023: Constructing for the Future, Association of Researchers in Construction Management. 39th Conference and Annual General Meeting, 4th - 6th September 2023.

COP 28 Campaign: Climate Change and Us. Presentation on the Impacts of Natural Disasters in Developed Countries, 5th December 2023.

Fairtrade Round Table - Gender Migration, Food Security, Circular Economy and Fairtrade. Fairtrade Forum, 25th January 2024.

Chair session for the London Student Sustainability Conference 2024. Imperial College London, 21st February 2024.

Upcoming journal publication: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Academic responsibilities

Senior Lecturer in Building Surveying

Qualifications

  • KTP Champion
  • FHEA
  • Active researcher in building technology
  • Member of ICOMOS-UK

Teaching and learning

I love teaching. I started teaching adults how to read and write since I was 15 years old. I later became a part-time lecturer for higher education since 2007, and I have been a full-time lecturer since 2020.

Qualifications and expertise

  • Building surveying
  • Building pathology
  • Construction management
  • Urban planning
  • Architecture

Undergraduate courses taught

Postgraduate courses taught

Research

2023  COP 28 Campaign: Climate Change and Us. Presentation on the Impacts of Natural Disasters in Developed Countries, 5th December 2023.

2023 Conference publication for the Association of Researchers in Construction Management. ARCOM Conference 2023: Constructing for the Future, 39th Conference and Annual General Meeting.

2022 2nd Place Winner of the ECE PGR Conference 2022 at Kingston University.

2021 Speaker for the International Council of Monuments and Sites - UK.

2018-2019 Independant research with Civil Protection of the peninsula of Baja California Sur in Mexico for Emergency Strcutures in case of Hurricanes.

2017 Construction of 3d models of the 270 churches of San Andres and San Pedro Cholula, Puebla.

2015 Construction of 3d models for earthquake simulations. Research team at the UniversitéBordeaux Segalen. Project leader: Ph.D. Professor Alejandro López Rincon.

2013 Speaker at the III International Symposium for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage of the Mexican Committee for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage, Civil Association. Name of Report: "Restoration and Adaptation of the Light and Power Cooperative of Chignahuapan, Puebla."

2012 Speaker at the III National Symposium about Heritage: Water Heritage seen from different Regions at the Mexican ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) in Puebla.

2011 Book: Restoring and Adaptation of the Light and Power Cooperative of Chignahuapan, Puebla.

2010 Catalogue of the churches of San Andrés Cholula and San Pedro Cholula, Puebla.

2009 Iconographic study of the Temple of Santo Domingo, Puebla.

2008 Project of Diagnosis of the Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Remedies of San Pedro Cholula, Puebla.

2007 Book: Emerging Structures Applied in case of Eviction of the Inhabitants of the Communities near the Volcano Popocatepetl due to an Eruption.

Areas of specialism

  • Conservation of Historic Buildings
  • Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Building Pathology

Business, knowledge transfer and international

2023 KTP Champion with Galliford Try

2019 Vice President of Unique Luminescence, Construction Technology Company.

2016 Associate Partner of Lab4D S.A. de C.V.

Qualifications and PROFESSIONAL expertise

  • Certified Architect
  • Certified Building Surveyor

Professional practice, knowledge exchange and impact

COP 28 Campaign: Climate Change and Us. Presentation on the Impacts of Natural Disasters in Developed Countries, 5th December 2023.

Fairtrade Round Table - Gender Migration, Food Security, Circular Economy and Fairtrade. Fairtrade Forum, 25th January 2024.

Chair session for the London Student Sustainability Conference 2024. Imperial College London, 21st February 2024.

Leadership and management

Module leader for CE6110 and CE7718.