SELECTED WORK
I design, build, and teach at the meeting point of architecture, computation, and
making.
My research turns generative AI, immersive media, and digital fabrication
into methods others can use. I work across the studio, the laboratory and the city;
alongside students, industry, and communities.
I am an architectural and computational designer by profession; I teach and research at the seam between the two.
I studied in Greece and Sweden, then spent five years in London studios. At Assemble I learned that architecture is made through co-creation and digital/analogue fabrication as much as drawing. At Tonkin Liu I was brought in for the parametric-design work, and for making it legible to everyone else through real- time environments and VR. A knowledge transfer partnership with Motionspot showed me how little of what architects produce reaches disabled users. That gap became my doctorate. Funded by Hitachi UK, it worked with more than fifty mobility-disabled participants to build AI tools for co-designing inclusive environments. The resulting paper on “Disabled-by-design” environments has been cited over two hundred times.
I now work as a Lecturer in Architectural Design and lead two undergraduate programmes (BA Architecture; BA Interior Architecture) at the University of Derby. I act as Co-Investigator on the DUST Project, a £1.7m participatory placemaking initiative, funded largely by Toyota. I am the Director of the Osborne Lab for Digital Design where we experiment with analogue and digital tools for fabrication (laser-cutting, 3D printing) and design communication (VR, game engines). I have co-founded the “Derby Academy of Architects”, a consortium of over 50 architecture practitioners and academics, which exists to close the distance between how architecture is taught and practised in the region. As Head of AI Adoption for the Built Environment Department, I design both the tools and the staff training that bring generative AI into everyday teaching, from large language models embedded in our virtual learning environments to agentic systems built for subject-specific tasks.
Peer-reviewed research across inclusive design, generative AI, computational design, and urban analysis.
For academic inquiries, research collaborations, thesis supervision, or industry partnerships, please get in touch directly via email or visit the department at the University of Derby.
