I am interested in the city, warts and all. I think the city is a superorganism, and definitely the most complex thing man has designed. I like the way it is full of wicked problems, and these intrigue me. My work continually engages with the difficult and the impossible.

My particular focus is broadly around sustainability and resilience. I started my career looking at low energy buildings, and as I have matured, my work has become broader and broader. I am a designer, and in my research I use a research by design methodology to not only understand the complexities of urban contexts, but also to unlock new exciting trajectories that are latent in the spatial/content mix of the existing city: I see design as a way of making things better.

The focus of this work is the productive city: I like the idea of food and energy being produced near where it's needed, this will help build resilience. I am particularly interested in new productive technologies; how they are used and what potentials they might unlock.