URBAN DESIGN & PLANNING WORK

Apr 2018 to present - Nottingham City Council

Senior Principal Urban Design and Conservation Officer

Design review, policy writing, project designing, planning and running. Work includes the Design Quality Framework and Co-PLACE.

2015 to present - AG design consultants, UK

Co-founding Director, responsible for design and community engagement

Urban Design consultancy

2015 to 2020 - alkiki healthy:happy:places CIC, UK

Co-founding Director, responsible for community engagement and grounded research

alkiki is a not-for-profit organisation that works with communities, authorities and charities to provide consultancy support for positive Placemaking schemes. Work includes Redrow Placemaking and New Lubbesthorpe design code review, amongst others.

2013 to 2016 - Nottingham Trent University, UK

Senior Lecturer

Housing post-graduate course.

2013 - Igloo Regeneration Ltd, Blueprint, UK

Urban Designer & Technologist

Working with various consultants to coordinate feasibility and design at various scales, from the master plan to the architectural detail. Work includes award winning Trent Basin, Green Street Phase II, Hobart & Pitcairn, and others.

2012 - DSA Environment and Design, UK

Urban Designer & Technologist

Responsible for producing landscape drawing packages for projects at a variety of scales including protected areas within National Parks.

2001 - Ensenada City Town Centre Regeneration Framework

Consultant to Ensenada City Council, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Project declared of local and regional interest by the Local Committee and included in the main regeneration agenda for Ensenada City and currently in implementation. Analysis, evaluation, feasibility studies, master plan, transport system and design guidelines.

University of La Plata Master Plan

Masters student dissertation

Competition-winning proposal for the renovation and extension of the Faculty of Architecture campus, with a focus on sustainability and waste management. Analysis, evaluation, feasibility studies, master plan and detailed design.

University of La Plata Master Plan

Undergraduate student dissertation

Competition-winning proposal for the construction of a junior and nursery school in a deprived area of Buenos Aires. The design reflected the latest research on psycho-geographical studies of wellbeing and performance in education environments. Analysis, evaluation, feasibility studies, master plan and detailed design.

Viejo Puente, Campamento, Ensenada, Argentina

Vice-president and co-founding member

Renovation of a conservation area involving the reactivation of a dilapidated canal and waterfront. Refurbishment of the old railway station and reconstruction of a historic bridge. Project declared of local and regional interest by the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies and the Local Committee, and included in the main regeneration agenda for Ensenada City. Survey, analysis, feasibility studies, master plan and detailed design.

1999 to 2001 - Ensenada City Strategic Framework      

Consultant to Ensenada City Council, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Improvement of existing urban structure and integration of Ensenada City and Punta Lara Town, including the water front regeneration. Project declared of local and regional interest by the Local Committee and included in the main regeneration agenda for Ensenada City. Analysis, evaluation of existing condition, feasibility and master plan.

Ensenada City Regeneration Programme - Strategic Plan

Technical Director

Detailed proposal for a regeneration programme to convert decaying buildings into affordable housing and brown fields into quality urban realms. Framework, legislation, design codes and guidance.