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Dr Scott Orr
Lecturer
Bartlett School Env, Energy & Resources
Faculty of the Built Environment
- Joined UCL
- 1st Mar 2016
Research summary
My research uses data-driven multi-scale approaches to further understanding and management of heritage, with a particular focus on the historic environment and climate change.
Some current areas of active research include:
- climate change risk assessment for heritage
- microclimatic effects of urban greening on heritage buildings
- CFD modelling and semi-empirical representation of wind-driven rain
- assessment of salt crystallisation risk
- non-destructive testing for moisture measurement in masonry
- leveraging social media and open data for improving access to heritage
Teaching summary
I am the Programme Director for the MSc in Data Science for Cultural Heritage, which pioneers a new way of teaching data science through application in the transdisciplinary context of cultural heritage. I lead on several modules, including Heritage Data Mapping and Visualisation and an Introduction to Heritage Science, having previously led on application-based and skills-oriented modules including Technologies and Digital Approaches for Built Heritage and Heritage Data Management.
I am also currently the Departmental Graduate Tutor (Research) for the Institute for Sustainable Heritage, with oversight and responsibility for the wellbeing and academic progression of postgraduate research students.
I have developed and delivered short course programming for the Foundation for the Advancement in Conservation (FAIC) on statistics, data science, and data visualisation. I have also been an invited lecturer at the University of Amsterdam on data visualisation for conservation and other institutions on climate change and sustainable heritage more broadly.
Education
- University of Oxford
- Doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy | 2018
- University College London
- Other higher degree, Master of Research | 2015
- University of Toronto
- First Degree, Bachelor of Applied Science | 2014
Biography
Dr Scott Allan Orr has been a lecturer in Heritage Data Science at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage (within the Bartlett School of Environment, Energy, and Resources) since 2019. An engineer with broad interests, his research primarily uses data-driven approaches to further understanding and management of heritage, with a particular focus on the historic environment and climate change. His research emphasises a holistic approach to considering heritage within its natural, anthropogenic, and sociocultural contexts. He is the Programme Director for the MSc Data Science for Cultural Heritage, on which he teaches modules about heritage data visualisation and heritage science.