An architect, educator and maker who works mostly with trees, my services integrate digital methods alongside craft, design and material knowledge on ranging projects.

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Known for projects that demonstrate ways to put together non-linear bits of tree, I've started to apply the same set of tools for close observation to a broader range of building materials and sources.

We need to be better at working with what's around, and to work towards rediversifying the ways that we build with low energy and locality as priorities. This view guides both my teaching and consulting.

BACKSTORY

Variety of experience is my strongest trait.

Growing up, my father and grandfather, a contractor and carpenter respectively, involved me in their work from an early age. After a short time studying philosophy and physics, I found my way into architecture school, seeing it as an opportunity to combine these studies with my experience making and a passion for design. After undergraduate studies I worked for cultural and design practices in Amsterdam, Lunenburg, Toronto and Vancouver.

Along the way, I learned a bit of programming to build the first version of this website, and found my way into a host of projects for organizations big and small.

Then I landed in Hooke Park – a forested site that blends camping, hi-tech workshop and design studio. Arriving in 2014 as a postgraduate student of AA School's MArch Design + Make program, four years later I was tasked with leading this unconventional site, its staff and students.

My time in the forest was transformative. As a student I led the development of the Tree Fork Truss project. Deploying 3D scanning and robotics, it gained international recognition for demonstrating a different way to work with trees. Staying on as a tutor allowed me to continue working with students to produce a series of ambitious builds in the years to follow.

From 2018, I led Hooke Park in a new role as Warden. This included strategic and operational leadership, development of new programs, the launch of a wood-focused research lab and lots more. Through COVID, our dedicated team leveraged the site's unique facilities to keep students on the tools, working in person as a community in the woods.

Through Design + Make, I learned not only from architects, but also craftspeople, engineers, foresters and many others. The opportunity to study architecture surrounded by the materials we were working with changed my understanding of what design could involve.

That connection continues through my teaching and work with trees. I've gathered some of the methods, questions and references in Resources.

Lots more ahead.