Informal urbanism: Food and commerce

Prof Sahar Attia

Board Member, Ecocity Builders, Chair UN Universities Network Initiative

Dr Sahar Attia is an Emeritus Professor of urban design at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University. She is a member of the Supreme Council of Urban Development in Egypt,  a member in the Stakeholders Advisory Group Enterprise UN-Habitat,  a board member of Ecocity Builders, and the vice-chair of the Science & technology working group in the International Parliamentary Union.  

Delfina Bocca

First Year, Materials & Technology Studio Tutor, Head of Digital Exploration Clinic at the Architectural Association, Associate Lecturer at Buckinghamshire New University Oxford Brookes University

Before founding MOTHER STUDIO, Delfina worked as a Senior Architect for Zaha Hadid Architects, specialising on design concepts and international projects. Her previous experience includes work with practices in UK, Italy, and Buenos Aires, where she is currently a registered architect. Engaged with education and research, she focuses on exploring digital and critical narratives as tools for architectural design.

She is currently a First Year, Materials & Technology Studio Tutor and Head of Digital Exploration Clinic at the Architectural Association as well as an Associate Lecturer at Buckinghamshire New University Oxford Brookes University where she leads Interior and Design digital  course as well as a master on Sustainability and Mindfulness.  She has previously co-leaded Digital Romanticism: an undergraduate studio at Oxford Brookes University in Oxfordshire. She curated Digital Nomad: Architecture and the Metaverse at Fundación PROA for the 18th Architecture Biennale in Buenos Aires working with digital platforms.

Nillapat Srisoparb

Lecturer, Architecture Urban Design & Creative Arts, Mahasarakham University & Country Representative & Observer of ARCASIA Committee on Young Architects (ACYA)

Nillapat Srisoparb obtained doctoral degree in Architecture and Building Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, in 2019 and worked as Teaching and Research Assistantship during her Ph.D. life. Afterward, she worked as head of Department of Architecture at Mahasarakham University in Thailand during 2019 - 2022. She works for Association of Siamese Architects as co-curator on international forum for Thailand Architect Expo 2022. Furthermore, she works for ASIAN Young Architects (ACYA), which belongs to Architect Regional Council Asia (ACASIA), as a representative from Thailand. She specializes in design theory, environmental architecture, and behavior in urban design for the community.

Nastaran Peimani

Senior Lecturer in Urban Design, Leader of the Urbanism Research and Scholarship Group, and Co-Founding Director of the Public Space Observatory Research Centre at Cardiff University

Nastaran Peimani is Senior Lecturer in Urban Design, Leader of the Urbanism Research and Scholarship Group, and Co-Founding Director of the Public Space Observatory Research Centre at Cardiff University. She has also served as the Co-Director of the MA Urban Design programme at Cardiff University. Her research focuses on the intersections of urban design, built environment, urban transport and forms of informality. Her current research interests include transit-oriented urbanism, urban morphology, urban mapping, spatiality of street vending, public space and urbanity, and urban design education and pedagogy.­ Nastaran has a PhD from the University of Melbourne.