My highest aspiration in life is to design and build natural systems that create regenerative abundance for ecosystems and the people who co-inhabit them.
my passions and past experiences are seemingly random and span between many scales, but all have been sought towards gaining experience towards fulfilling my aspirations. I enjoy working hands-on as a designer/maker with natural architecture and sharing what I have learned whilst connecting people to sustainability through facilitating experiential experiences. At a larger scale, but still a similar grain, I enjoy using collaborative ecological design thinking processes with projects and organisations guiding their transition to more socially and ecologically sensitive and regenerative practices.
my diverse skill set is geared towards collaboration, creative idea generation and problem-solving. I am motivated daily by the values of compassion, honesty and equality and embody these in my work.
ecological designing + making + thinking // natural architecture + construction // design for healing // design for regeneration // systems design + thinking // permaculture // experiential education + facilitation
Education
BA (Hons) Architecture at the University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth // 2011 – 2014
MA Ecological Design Thinking at Schumacher College
England // September 2018 – August 2019 (Distinction)
Post Graduate Diploma in Architecture with Building Beauty
Online / Sorrento // October 2020 – Ongoing
exploring wholeness in architecture based upon the teachings of Christopher Alexander, particularly the Nature of Order
Relevant Work Experience
Marketing Operations Assistant with Equipe International (UK Startup)
England // September 2014 – September 2015
Freelance Web Design + Development
Nomadic // September 2015 – Present
Architectural Assistant with Peter Hulbert Architects
England // May 2016 – February 2017
Architectural Assistant with Dharmalaya Institute for Compassionate Living
Himachal Pradesh, India // March 2017 – January 2018
Role included project management, site management, volunteer coordination and program co-facilitation
Self Employed Construction Work with Avec Projects (groundworks and carpentry)
England, Scotland and Wales // May 2018 – September 2018
Project Collaboration with Instituto Capora
near Porto Alegre, Rio Grande de Sul // June 2020 – Present
Relevant Unpaid Experiences (volunteering) + Courses
Timber Framing with Wilderness Woods
England // Winter and Spring 2016
Open Days and Course Support with Brighton Permaculture Trust
England // Various events Spring and Autumn 2017
Forest Gardening + soil Science with Dr Spero
Upper Bir, Himachal pradesh, India // October 2017
Permaculture Design Certificate with Rico Zook and Narsanna Koppula
Hyderabad, India // February 2018
Biomimicry (Week-long course) with Allesandra Araujo
Totnes // September 2018
Designing Regenerative Cultures (week-long course) with Daniel Wahl
Totnes, England // October 2o18
Creative Facilitation (4day course) with the Art of Invitation
Totnes, England // January 2019
CSEB Arches, Vaults and Domes Course at Auroville Earth Institute
Auroville, India // December 2019
Living Future Accreditation
Online (Seattle, USA) // July 2020 – Present