Dr Cristina Gonzalez-Longo

Senior Lecturer

Architecture

Personal statement

Dr Cristina González-Longo RIBA SCA RIAS FHEA FRSA is the founder and Director of the MSc in Architectural Design for the Conservation of Built Heritage at the Department of Architecture of the University of Strathclyde, where she has also created and is leading the Architectural Design and Conservation Research Unit (ADCRU). Her research group deals with the challenges of conserving built heritage while allowing changes to adapt historic buildings to contemporary uses, incruding the need for retrofitting for energy purposes. ADCRU also deals with the design of new and existing buildings to conserve the environment and adpt to the impact of climate change, which requires an interdisciplinary approach. After graduating at the School of Architecture of the Technical University of Madrid (ETSAM), Cristina spent three years in Rome with a scholarship from the Italian Government to study architectural conservation at the prestigious Specialisation School of the University of “La Sapienza”. She is also a practising architect with over twenty years’ experience as a Chartered architect both in UK and Spain, is RIBA Specialist Conservation Architect (SCA) and is member of the RIBA Conservation Register Assessment Panel. She has had a central role in taking decisions concerning historic buildings of outstanding national importance and wide experience in leading the design, management and procurement of award winning architectural projects (both conservation and new build). She was the project architect and resident architect of Queensberry House, a Grade A Listed building, part of the new Scottish Parliament complex and designed Bowbridge Primary School in Newark (RICS Sustainability Award 2009). She is the President of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) International Training Committee (CIF).

Expertise

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Prize And Awards

President of ICOMOS International Training Committee (CIF): Recipient; 2020
Notre Dame Design Competition: Recipient; 2019
Elected Fellow of the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce): Recipient; 2014

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Qualifications

Registered Architect, UK, Architects Registration Board, ARB

RIBA Specialist Conservation Architect (SCA), RIBA Conservation Register

Chartered Architect, Royal Institute of British Architects, RIBA

Chartered Architect, Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, RIAS

Chartered Architect, Spain. Incorporation of Architects in Asturias (Spain), COAA

PRINCE2 Foundation, Project Management

Diploma in Advanced Academic Studies, University of Strathclyde

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, FHEA

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, FRSA

Publications

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Publications

Restauración arquitectónica : borrón y cuenta nueva: Gonzalez-Longo Cristina; Gremium Vol 11, pp. 43-58 (2024); https://doi.org/10.56039/rgn23a04
Capturing, analysing and interpreting the complexities of built heritage in historic cities : cultural approaches and BIM methodologies for appropriate conservation: Bin Mohd Alayudin Ammar Zuhdi, Gonzalez-Longo Cristina; MAJ - Malaysia Architectural Journal (2024)
Capturing, analysing and interpreting the complexities of built heritage in historic cities : cultural approaches and BIM methodologies for appropriate conservation: Alayudin Ammar Z uhdi Bin Mohd, González-Longo Cristina; UIA 2024 International Forum (2024)
The Venice Charter and the European Quality Principles for Cultural Heritage Interventions on Heritage Science : some reflections from ICOMOS CIF: Gonzalez-Longo Cristina, Zendri Elisabetta; 1964-2024 The Venice Charter. Theoretical reflections and operating practices in the restoration project 1964-2024 The Venice Charter. Theoretical reflections and operating practices in the restoration project (2024)
Brandi's Teoria del Restauro on architecture : prelude & fugue: González-Longo Cristina; Cesare Brandi e le Frontiere del Restauro Teoria e Prassi (2023) (2023)
Brandi's Teoria del Restauro on architecture : prelude & fugue: González-Longo Cristina; Cesare Brandi and the Frontiers of Restoration. Theory and practice (2023)

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Research

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Research Interests

- Complex architectural conservation projects

- New design in historic cities, buildings, monuments and archaeological
areas

- Reuse of historic buildings and monuments

- Environmental design and reduction of energy consumption

- Conservation theory

- Architectural history and the transformation of buildings

- Tendencies and restoration in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Scottish architecture

- Methods, strategies and instruments used by architects over the centuries in the transformation of a place.

- Conservation, Sustainable design and construction.

- Historic Construction technologies and systems

- Historic buildings, urban infrastructure and context

- Historic cities, buildings, monuments and local identity

- The Scottish Parliament building and the development of architecture and urban design in Scotland

- Architecture and archaeology

Professional Activities

RIAS Workshop (Event): Peer reviewer; 1/7/2024
Architectural Conservation Methodology: from research to design: Speaker; 12/6/2024
Interview in BBC News Channel: Recipient; 24/5/2024
Climate Change and Cultural Heritage: Disaster risk management strategies to face extreme weather events in archaeological areas: Chair; 21/5/2024
Non-destructive Testing for Heritage Preservation: Chair; 11/3/2024
Alma Mater Studiorum Universita di Bologna: Visiting researcher; 4/3/2024

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Projects

The Conservation of the Monteath Mausoleum at the Glasgow Necropolis: Gonzalez-Longo, Cristina (Principal Investigator); 20-May-2021
Erasmus + Strategic Partnerships (SP) (KA202): “RE-VET European Training Curriculum for Restoration Workers”: Gonzalez-Longo, Cristina (Principal Investigator); 31-Dec-2020 - 30-Dec-2023
“Cultural Heritage Actions to Refine Training, Education and Roles (CHARTER)”: Gonzalez-Longo, Cristina (Co-investigator); 15-Oct-2020 - 14-Oct-2024
Design Solutions for High-Rise Social Housing in Kuala Lumpur with Reference to Thermal Comfort and Indoor Air Quality: Gonzalez-Longo, Cristina (Academic) Sahabuddin, Mohd Firrdhaus Mohd (Post Grad Student); 01-Oct-2016 - 30-Sep-2019
Host of Erasmus Trainee: Gonzalez-Longo, Cristina (Principal Investigator); 02-May-2016 - 30-Sep-2016
Hosting Graduated Trainee: Gonzalez-Longo, Cristina (Principal Investigator); The work done during the traineeship provided by the Erasmus + Traineeship Programme at the Architecture’s Department of Strathclyde University (Glasgow, UK), in the Architectural Design & Conservation Area (ADCRU) can be divided into five sections: 1. Introduction and approach to the architecture of Scotland 2. Surveys, interviews to professionals, in situ visits, lectures 3. Processing data with software and approach to Microsoft Access software 4. Activities: video making and workshop 5. Indivual exercise: a reuse proposal for Gilbertfield Castle; 01-May-2016 - 30-Sep-2016