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Terri Peters is an Associate Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) in the Department of Architectural Science. Dr. Peters is a registered architect in the UK and holds a PhD in architecture relating to the design and renovation of high performance apartment housing. She is an award-winning educator and recipient of this year's Dean's Teaching Award, and is one of three TMU professors selected as a TMU Teaching Fellow for 2024-2026. Over the past six years, she has participated as PI or co-PI on numerous research projects, with funding of more than $400,000. Grants have been provided by BC Housing, CIHR Project Grant, MITACS, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, NSERC, SSHRC, TMU/Ryerson University, and others. Since 2018 the funding has supported the training of 32 HQP, and outcomes have included nine journal papers, twenty seven conference papers and six book chapters. Additionally, she is a Co-Investigator on a $8.4m multi-university grant from the SSHRC Partnership program about evaluating design quality in the built environment 2022-2027.
Areas of Expertise
Apartment housing - High performance housing, multi-unit residential buildings (MURB) environmental simulation tools for daylight and energy. Current research funding in this area from BC Housing, recently published five conference and journal papers, recent IBPSA webinar on this topic, co-author of MURB Design Guide, supervising both Building Science and Architecture students in this topic area. My research work on this topic builds on my PhD research in Denmark and my post-doctoral work at UofT.
Sustainable Architecture - Performance gaps, computational design tools, social sustainability, resource efficient architecture. Current research funding in this area, recent conference and journal papers, invited speaker on these topics, authored a book on this theme "Computing the Environment", often teaching large undergraduate course "Sustainable Practices" and a graduate studio with Prof Cheryl Atkinson called "Circular Urbanism". Supervising a PhD student in our Architecture program on this topic.
Design for Well-being and healthy housing - Design for daylight, salutogenic design, circadian lighting, biophilic design, WELL Building standard, Pre- and post-occupancy evaluations. Current research funding in this area from Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, five recent conference and journal papers in this area, edited a journal issue "Design for Health" in this area, several invited talks on these themes, currently teaching a design studio on Architecture, Nature, Health where the final project is a long term care home, supervising a PhD student in our Building Science program on this topic. I'm an affiliated researcher at Institut du Savoir Monfort in Ottawa Canada.
Previous Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, (Tenure-track), Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, Carleton University Ottawa, 2018
Post-doctoral Researcher, John H Daniels School of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto, Canada, 2015-2017, SSHRC Post-doctoral Award.
Instructor, John H Daniels School of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto, Canada, 2015-2016
Education
PhD in Architecture, Aarhus Architecture School, Aarhus, Denmark, 2015
Post-graduate Diploma in Professional Practice, (Part III) Kingston University, UK, 2008 (Licensed Architect in the UK since 2008)
Diploma in Architecture (DipArch) London Metropolitan University, London, UK, 2006
Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies, Architecture (BEDS) Dalhousie University, Canada, 2002
Bachelor of Arts, Honours, University of Victoria, Canada, 2000
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