Patricia Tzortzopoulos Fazenda

Patricia Tzortzopoulos is Professor of Integrated Design, Associate Dean for Research and Enterprise and Director of the Innovative Design Lab research centre at the School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Huddersfield. She comes from an architectural background and has developed research for the past 20 years focusing on different aspects of design and the built environment. Her interests cover design management, the design of healthcare facilities, Lean Design and Construction and Building Information Modelling. She has developed a number of research projects examining the design process, including front-end design issues, requirements capture and management, evidence-based design, participatory design approaches, BIM in the retrofit of existing social housing, adoption of code checking in healthcare design, between others. Patricia is an associate editor of the Brazilian Journal Ambiente Construido, has supervised research students and published widely. Patricia has been an active member of the International Group for Lean Construction since 1998 and a board member of the CIB – International Council for Research and Innovation in building and construction.