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Four waysto worktogether

Practice, research and teaching share one method: build the thing, measure it, and publish what it teaches. Engagements range from a single design commission to multi-year consortium research.

01

Architectural, Urban & Product Design

Design and design-build across scales — from small buildings and masterplans to street furniture and prototypes — with bio-based materials and prefabrication logics carried from concept through to on-site assembly.

  • Concept and schematic design
  • Design-build delivery and site supervision
  • Timber and bio-based material systems
  • Prefabrication and assembly detailing
  • Masterplanning and urban installations
Architectural, Urban & Product DesignArchitectural, Urban & Product Design
02

Sustainable Innovation Research & Consulting

Applied research on forest-to-frame supply chains, bio-based construction and the policy that governs them — delivered as consortium work, technical reporting and advisory for institutions, industry and development banks.

  • Funded research design and consortium coordination
  • Life-cycle and embodied-carbon assessment
  • Forest-to-frame supply chain studies
  • Technical reports and policy briefings
  • Expert advisory and peer review
Sustainable Innovation Research & ConsultingSustainable Innovation Research & Consulting
03

Experiential Education, Workshops & Trainings

Studios and workshops where students design and physically build the work — full-scale, on real sites, to real deadlines. Curriculum, direction and assessment for postgraduate programs, plus lectures and short-format intensives.

  • Design-build studio direction
  • Postgraduate curriculum and assessment
  • Fabrication workshops and intensives
  • Thesis supervision
  • Lectures and juries
Experiential Education, Workshops & TrainingsExperiential Education, Workshops & Trainings
04

Grant Writing & Project Management

Funding strategy and delivery for research and innovation projects — from consortium building and proposal authorship through stakeholder coordination, subgranting and milestone reporting. 19 awarded proposals totaling approximately €7 million, delivered on time and under cost.

  • Proposal authorship and funding strategy
  • Consortium building and partner onboarding
  • Horizon Europe, LIFE, EIT and Built by Nature schemes
  • Subgranting, expert review and open calls
  • Milestone delivery, budgeting and reporting
Grant Writing & Project ManagementGrant Writing & Project Management
Colorado

Timber Age Systems — Head of Design

Barcelona

IAAC Valldaura Labs

Cambridge

Gates Cambridge PhD Scholar alumnus

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