Generate a tailored SOP for Dr. Fiona Smyth. Improve your application with a focused, well-structured draft.
Fiona Smyth is an Assistant Professor in Architectural History Theory at the University of Cambridge's Department of Architecture. Her research focuses on the intersection of architectural history and environmental design, emphasizing the cultural studies of sound and historical ideas. Her approach combines archival work, fieldwork, and iconography, revealing the intangible aspects of ideas through the interdisciplinary interactions of music and architecture. Smyth's book, 'Pistols St Paul’s: Science, Music, Architecture Twentieth Century,' examines the experiments at the nexus of music and architecture, including the idea of buildings as instruments. She was awarded the European Research Council Starting Grant for the project 'Spectres & Camouflage: Sound Silence,' a five-year initiative investigating the transformations of knowledge affecting environmental design. Smyth has prior experience with the Marie Sklodowska Curie Global Fellowship focusing on the role of acoustics in building sciences in Britain. Her work has been published in various journals, and she has received multiple awards for her contributions to the field of architectural acoustics and history.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge
Teaching and researching architectural history and theory.
Standard postgraduate requirements for Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and related humanities departments.