Complementary to my role in practice, I am a contributing writer for The Local Project — a trusted architectural print publication, showcasing the highest calibre of design thinking and place making. Drawing on my practical and theoretical backgrounds, my contribution to print and digital content celebrates the talent and craft that imbues the architectural profession, offering a far reaching and accessible dialogue.
Positioned in the heart of Auckland’s central business district, the compact office presents an exercise in strategic replanning, responding to an everchanging workplace setting amid a work anywhere era. The outcome is a rich and tactile interior environment, harkening the deep founded roots of the established brand. Functional spaces are pushed, pulled, squeezed and tightened, intent on giving back to the communal domain. Sterility is dissolved in favour of a residential atmosphere — comprising an aesthetic of refined utilitarianism, suited to an historic context of industrial activity.
A natural extension to my creative pursuits, photography affords me the freedom to explore culture, place, and design in a space with no rules. I look for the beauty in the status quo — the everyday environments that constitute our urban realms — finding neatly composed vignettes of splendour and intrigue amid the chaos of a larger context. Whether overt or incidental, the subjects of my images are profoundly architectural in one way or another, reflective of a fondness for order and restraint.
Bedded within an established inner-city industrial locale, Fifeshire Bolthole knits itself into a somewhat unorderly ad hoc streetscape. Designed as a weekend urban getaway for a semi-retired couple, the project is conceived as a collection of offset forms or varying permeability — commercial space to the lower floors, crowned by a modest private residence.
Intent on challenging the norms of government workplace, this large-scale fitout presents an innovative scheme of high-impact interventions, underpinned by a pivotal cultural expression that runs intrinsically throughout. Strengthened by gold-standard user equity and social sustainability, the project presents a suite of adaptable spaces, designed to flex and adapt in response to the ever-changing modes of a new era of hybrid working.
A natural extension of my pursuits in project delivery, I am passionately involved in the wider discourse of the art of architectural representation. From conceptual musings to the realisation of a tangible outcome, my role is to ensure a considered and legible narrative that speaks to a body of work and those who are viewing it.
Operating as a distribution and training outpost, the new construction presents a simple form of a commercial sensibility. Set within an industrial precinct on the outskirts of Wellington, New Zealand, the project comprises a medium-sized warehouse, staff facility, and professional studio. A balance is found between function and embellishment, embracing core sensibilities while elevating the brand experience.
Conceived as a sanctuary for staff and visitors to converge, the bespoke fitout presents an enveloping interior, deeply grounded in the roots of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Designed for inclusivity, the architecture provides for thresholds to push, pull, and expand into one another, bolstering idea sharing and community.
Set in a fast-approaching future, this speculative exploration proposes a new marketplace typology — bridging the current disparity between production, consumerism and public space. Located on a prominent Wellington site, the architecture challenges the way innovative manufacturing is conveyed, displayed and perceived, and the relationships it has with those who engage with it. Inserted within an established urban fabric, the architecture operates at multiple scales, thoughtfully composed as a public domain for human-scale encounters.