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Alpha-Farm
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Brentford Lock West Masterplan
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Masterplan Consultation Event
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Full scale modelling with residents
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Spode Works
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Dearne Valley Eco-vision
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Bury Energy Strategy
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URBED Bus
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URBED Bubble
Design Tutor
BA(Hons) DipArch(Dist) MA
I operate as both a tutor and practitioner. Within the university I am Co-director of the MArch and run Studio 7 which this year is exploring the relationship of food and the city. Prior to joining MArch I taught in the 3rd year from 2007 -2011.
I am also a project manager at URBED, a design co-operative based in Manchester focusing on sustainable design and engagement. Recent projects include a 500 home mixed use masterplan in Brentford for ISIS, a 2000 home mixed use sustainable neighbourhood in Bradford for URBO and a Vertical farm for Manchester International festival.
| Administrative Roles |
MArch Co-director |
| Teaching Activities |
Studio 7 Description: ‘Nature operates according to a system of nutrients and metabolisms in which there is no such thing as waste.’ McDonough & Braungart, Cradle to Cradle Today no city lives within its own means. Instead they rely on a network of global distribution systems to feed their every increasing nutrient and resource needs. These same systems are then used to relieve the cities of their ‘waste’. As our cities grow the pressures on these systems and the natural environment will only increase. As a studio we will explore the relationship of food and the city. We will question the existing linear processes of production and develop strategies for cultivating ecological closd loop systems, which eliminate the notion of waste and move towards a low carbon future. We will explore alternatives to current models of living, producing and consuming in cities and reconsider their relationship to the hinterlands that feed them. In doing this we will look to cultivate habitats, economies, ecologies, communities and social capital. We will base ourselves at the heart of the existing supply network, at the gateway to Europe - Rotterdam. As the largest port in Europe Rotterdam is connected into a massive rail, road, air and inland waterway distribution system, which extends throughout mainland Europe. |
| Research Interests |
Urban design, Food and the City, Temporary Urbanism, Engagement |
| Grants, Awards, & Consultancy |
Project manager at URBED responsible for managing a variety of public and private sector projects ranging from neighbourhood strategies to individual buildings in scale over the last 3 years. Recent projects include a 500 home mixed use masterplan in Brentford for ISIS, a 2000 home mixed use sustainable neighbourhood in Bradford for URBO and a Vertical farm for Manchester International festival. Prior to joining URBED in 2006, I gained experience in participative and ecological design working with the atelier d’architecture autogérée in France, Germany and Northern Ireland |
| Professional Standing & Distinctions |
Brentford Lock West Shortlisted for UDG Project Award. (Results pending) [Urban Design Group] KPG Public Space Travel Scholarship [runner up] [Architecture Foundation] 2004 - Featured Student in Class of 2004 [1 of 9] [Building Design Magazine] 2004 - Nominated for Silver Medal [progressed to final shortlist] 2001 - Nominated for the White Rose award in architecture [University of Sheffield] 2001 - Pinders research award in Architecture for outstanding performance in degree [University of Sheffield] |
| Publications |
Brentford Lock West Case Study, Work Experience with John Sampson, Urban Scrawl: Issues 1 & 2 & 3, URBED, A Lucky Strike Class of 2004, [ex]changing spaces, |