Email Address: virginia.madiro@nust.ac.zw

Academic Qualification: Arch/MSc Arch (Slovakia Technical University, Bratislava, 1997)

Work Experience: 1998 - 1999 Manyara Design Architects MDA, (Assistant Architect)

: 2000- 2002 Bulawayo Polytechnic, Construction Division Lecturer

: 2000-2002 NUST, Part-time Design Studio Assistant

:2002-2022 NUST, Full-time Lecturer, Architectural Design Studios for both Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programmes (5 years Bachelor of Architectural Studies Honours Degree and 1 year/18 months Bachelor of Architecture/Master of Architecture (Parts I, III, V and VI).

: Materials and Construction, Architectural Presentation, Building Construction I & II, Research for Architectural Design I & II, Dissertation Supervision I & II, Industrial Attachment visits

University Service                        : 2010-2017 Dean of the Faculty of The Built Environment

: NUST Team: Cyclone Idai affected sites, surveys, and analysis in Chimanimami and Chipinge Districts of the Eastern Highlands of Manicaland in March and April 2019

Current Position                           : Lecturer in the Department of Architecture

Professional Affiliation               : Institute of Architects of Zimbabwe Associate Member GR13/006

Research Interests                        : Flexible/Sustainability Architecture

                                                          : Appropriateness of architectural curriculum in innovative responses to climate emergencies