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Biography
Dr Saul Golden, SFHEA, is a Lecturer in Architecture and Spatial Design, a Chartered UK architect and academic with over twenty-years of international practice/research/teaching expertise across architecture, interior and urban design.
Saul's research and teaching are underpinned by peer-reviewed publications and field-based projects through his UK trademarked, Urban Research Lab, which promotes trans-disciplinary, inter-sector collaboration across architecture, interior, and urban design related to mapping and influencing policy on more sustainable shared and diverse urban spaces, critical spatial practice, and innovative performative public engagement methods. His 2016 doctoral thesis, Beyond Architecture: Other Influences on Approaches to Practice and Urban Space, combined architectural and social sciences approaches to uniquely examine the changing nature of architecture practice, and changing roles architects undertake as critical spatial practitioners. Saul currently has four PhD supervision roles across architecture, engineering, art-practice, and social sciences topics.
In 2017-2018 Saul was Principal Investigator for a GCRF Pump-prime project in Ghana titled Sustainable Design and Shared Space (SDSS), integrating research into urban-rural design, off-grid energy, and clean water infrastructure for deprived communities in partnership with the Ghana Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), NGO Just Ghana, and Ulster University's Centre for Sustainable Technologies. Since 2016, Saul has also been a Visiting Academic with the Bamford Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing undertaking research on architecture, interior and urban design relative to smart-ageing and dementia challenges, ageing-in-place, and healthy communities in the UK, US, and China.
Outside of his academic roles, Saul enjoys a strong international professional network including recognition for his practice Gillespie-Golden Architects, elected positions as a Trustee of the RIBA and RSUA Councils, and as an appointed Director of Northern Irelands' built environment outreach charity PLACE Ltd.
Education/Academic qualification
Higher Education Academy
PhD
1 Jan 2009 → 20 Apr 2016
University College London
… → 29 Jun 1999
Master, University of Washington
Sep 1994 → 13 Jun 1997
Bachelor, University of Virginia
Sep 1988 → 17 May 1992
University of Liverpool
Aug 1995 → Dec 1995
External positions
External Examiner - Interior Architecture, Griffith College
Nov 2019 → …External Examiner-Design-Florence Institute of Design International, University of Chester
Nov 2017 → …Invited Committee Member - Research & Grants Sub-Committee, RIBA
Oct 2016 → …Director-Trustee, Royal Institute of British Architects
2016 → 2019Director-Trustee, Royal Society of Ulster Architects
2016 → 2019Strategic Design Group, Ministerial Advisory Group (MAG), Department for Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL)
2015 → 2018Director-Trustee, Place, The Architecture and Built Environment Centre for Northern Ireland
Oct 2012 → Nov 2018Keywords
- NA Architecture
- Spatial Planning
- Urban Design
- Architecture
- Shared Space
- Healthy Communities
- Ageing Populations
- Sustainability
- Placemaking
- Interior Design
- Ageing-in-place
- H Social Sciences (General)
- agency
- critical spatial practice
- identity
- habitus
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Research Output
PUBLIC INTENTIONS FOR PRIVATE SPACES: Exploring Architects’ Tactics to Shape Shared Space in Private-led Development
Golden, S., Montgomery, I. & Rikala, T. M., Jul 2015, In : Archnet - IJAR. 9, 2, p. 170-183Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Occupied By Design: Evaluating Performative Tactics For More Sustainable Shared City Space In Private-led Regeneration Projects
Golden, S., 25 Sep 2014, In : WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment. 191, p. 441-452 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Mapping the expanding and fracturing field of architecture
Golden, S., 16 Feb 2017, Architectural Research Addressing Societal Challenges. Couceiro da Costa, M. J. R., Roseta, F., Couceiro da Costa, S. & Lages, J. P. (eds.). Lisbon, Portugal: Taylor & Francis, Vol. 2. p. 705-712Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Open Access
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Josep Llinàs and the Construct(ion) of Place Meaning in Urban Public Space: A Barcelona Case Study
Golden, S., 22 Oct 2018, p. 49-49. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
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Cinematic approaches to mapping spatial narratives
Golden, S., 6 Sep 2017, Envisioning Architecture: Space/ Time/ Meaning. Maver, T., Chapman, P., Platt, C., Portela, R. & Eaton, D. (eds.). Glasgow: Glasgow School of Art, p. 269-276Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Activities
Volunteer Now- Keeping Children and Adults Safe: Training for Staff and Volunteers
Saul Golden (Participant)12 Jun 2019
Activity: Other
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Sustainable Design + Shared Space: Ghana
Saul Golden (Organiser), Francis Agyenim Boateng (Participant)14 Jan 2018 → 17 Jan 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
KESS-A Fresh Look at Community Engagement and Regeneration: Toward Good Practice and Innovative Policy in Northern Ireland
Saul Golden (Invited speaker)31 Jan 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Research Consultant: Ideal Standard International Thought Leadership
Saul Golden (Consultant)Mar 2018 → May 2019
Activity: Consultancy
Public Seminar: Architecture at the Nexus of Water + Power
Saul Golden (Organiser)7 Mar 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Press / Media
Transmission Ballycastle - Media Coverage in Ballymoney Times newspaper
15/03/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Library Square Activention-press coverage: Crazy paving areas that could transform city: Pop-up green space in city a glimpse of what could be
2/03/13
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities