Dr BERNADETTE DEVILAT

Biography	Dr Devilat is PhD in Architectural Design from the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UCL), practising architect and Master in Architecture from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, with teaching experience at those universities. Her research includes novel ways of improving heritage intervention of seismic-prone settlements, which started after the 2005 earthquake in Tarapacá, Chile, when she co-founded the Tarapacá Project, building a Community Library; as a prototype. She developed housing strategies via her MA, contributing to her work at the Heritage Reconstruction Programme of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development after the 2010 earthquake in Chile. She introduced advanced recording technologies to this subject in her PhD studies and continued with research projects in Chile and India. Dr Devilat is also the co-founder of DLA Scan Architectural Studio. In 2016, she created and led BScan, a 3D laser scanning teaching cluster at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, focusing on representation and digital preservation. She is a member of professional associations and a peer-reviewer for the Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. She has obtained funding and scholarships to carry out her research. Dr Devilat has presented her research as a key and guest speaker in several seminars, presented papers at International Conferences, published in journals, and books, and exhibited internationally. From 2020 to 2023, she worked at the Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Global Heritage (CAUGH) at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), collaborating with the research project on the Hawara Pyramid and Labyrinth, Egypt and obtaining internal and external funding to lead research projects as Principal Investigator. First, ‘Surveying Heritage Buildings In Ahmedabad, India: Empowering Local Action And Skills For Heritage Conservation’ (www.ntu3dscanlibrary.wordpress.com), funded by NTU. Second, 'A sustainable re-construction method for seismic-prone heritage areas of India based on advanced recording technologies' phases 1 and 2 (www.3d4heritageindia.com), in collaboration with international partners, funded by AHRC/DCMS. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham, teaching Design Thesis and leading phase 3 of the India Research project: 'Applicability and scalability of a sustainable re-construction framework for seismic-prone heritage areas of Gujarat, India’ and also the EWAP Grant: 'Documenting the Heritage Churches of Chiloé: the record as a knowledge transfer for conservation'.
Scopus Author ID	56287071000
PhD Supervision Availability	Yes
PhD Topics	Heritage intervention, digital technologies, post-earthquake re-construction, heritage disaster management, architectural documentation and representation.