About
I am a Cambridge-educated, award-winning, ARB-registered architect with extensive international experience delivering projects at leading design studios in the UK and the EU. For me, architecture is a frame for human life. I have designed buildings around the planet, always rooted in local context and in harmony with nature.
Research
My academic journey has been defined by a steadfast commitment to rigorous, interdisciplinary research. I hold multiple degrees from the University of Cambridge (BA, MPhil, MA and PGCert), all of which have deepened my engagement with the question of resilience in the built environment. My award-winning MPhil project, developed under the direction of Dr Ingrid Schroder, involved an intensive study of post-earthquake recovery in central Italy. This research was grounded in independent fieldwork as a Visiting Research Fellow at UNIVPM. Since 2018 I have been involved with the interdisciplinary Living with Earthquakes research program, integrating architectural analysis, engineering tests, heritage studies and community engagement.
“I use design to help solve some of the big issues of our time — starting with the climate crisis”
Art
I love working with my hands. Sculpture is where my architectural thinking slows down and becomes tactile — an intimate way of exploring materiality, form, scale and light before they are translated into buildings and cities. Working with a chisel and hammer, and sometimes a mechanical saw, I come to understand stone, clay and wood at a much deeper, bodily level: through resistance, weight, fracture and grain. This physical dialogue with matter sharpens my intuition and feeds directly into my design process, informing how spaces are shaped, how they are touched, and how they age. There is something primal and grounding about sculpting — an act of making that strips the material back to its essence — and it remains a vital source of inspiration in my design work.
Contact
Let’s talk about potential collaboration, architectural or artistic projects, research, consultancy, participatory design or community engagement.
