Dr Rahmatollah Amirjani is a Lecturer in Architecture at the School of Design and Built Environment, University of Canberra. He completed his Ph.D. in Architecture at the University of Canberra in 2019, under the supervision of Professor Gevork Hartoonian.

Rahmatollah teaches building technologies, design studio, and architectural history and theory across both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. His research interests include adaptive reuse, building decarbonisation, sustainability, and the historiography of housing and its theoretical transitions.

With a focus on the dichotomy between tradition and modernity, Rahmatollah’s research also examines recent developments in housing provision in Australia, as well as in developing countries, investigating the impacts of inappropriate housing policies and design approaches on communities.

Rahmatollah’s industrial projects explore building lifecycle, prefabrication, circularity, and the use of responsive skins in sustainable buildings. In addition, the application of collaborative machines and robotics in architectural and modular-construction has been a key focus of his recent industry work.

Key research areas for PhD applicants:

Building Technologies and Construction:

- Adaptive Reuse and Circularity

- Embodied Carbon, Decarbonisation

- Responsive/Adaptive e

- Smart Envelopes & Facade Systems 

- Modular Design and Prefabrication

- Robotics for architectural and building production

Architecture:

- Historiography of contemporary modern architecture

- Housing theories

- Housing policies and design strategies

- Canberra architecture,

- Architecture, state, and ideology

- Pre- and Post-revolutionary Iranian Architecture