BArch(Hons)(Melb), GradDipEd(Hawthorn), PhD(Melb), FRAIA

Head of School

Roger Fay is the Professor and Head of the School of Architecture & Design, University of Tasmania. He has taught at Deakin University and RMIT as well as practising as an architect in Australia and the UK. Roger is a Registered Architect and a Fellow of the AIA.

Research Interests

Sustainable design including:

• affordable housing;
• the environmental assessment and rating of buildings;
• life cycle energy analysis and simulation;
• design processes leading to improvements in the environmental performance of buildings;
• design for sustainability for people with dementia.

Research Areas:

• Sustainable Development  Read More

Teaching

Roger teaches design and building technology. His teaching, with a major focus on sustainable design, challenges students to improve the environmental performance of buildings through the application of design knowledge and creative problem-solving skills.

Current and Supervised Project/s:

• An analysis of wall cavity and subfloor space air movement in a residential building, and its effect on thermal performance
• University of Tasmania-TTPB Cooperative Agreement