This project proposes a self-sufficient workshop and teahouse in Wendling Estate, Camden. Each sycamore tree acts as a pivot to define the key workshop areas, while the underground level is used for communal gardens and contemplative spaces.

The building is the materialisation of porosity and visibility. This determines spatial character in the existing environmental and structural components which can be appreciated and reinterpreted to improve inhabitants’ wellbeing.

Bringing a sensory nature into the site was realised by the vertical green, sensory cavity wall and roof system.

‘An Exchange of Words’ proposes a community library on Hawley Road, Camden. The project explores the idea of a folded exterior and interior. This building aims to address the journey that a reader experiences and provides a calming experience.

‘Interactions in a shared space’ is an after-school centre which connects to the neighbouring nursery, community centre and street market. It is a place where children from local schools and nurseries can come together with people from the community.

The building weaves around a cluster of trees, opening gradually up to the street below. Pockets of space float at different heights within the structure, looking out at specific moments. The rooms are designed to capture elements of nature.

The project explores the boundaries between private and public; the private areas for children are separated from the public ground floor, however the two spaces intersect at certain moments, thereby maintaining safety but encouraging communication.

This project proposes a space that seeks to re-establish a connection between people and nature, and bring back a shared sense of community in Gospel Oak.

Designed to enable the exchange of books, providing both individual reading nooks and larger collective spaces, the design is inspired by the experience of inhabiting or moving through a forest.

‘A Curious Building’ proposes a site that addresses the lack of safety in Camden by championing the benefits of eyes on the street.

The building’s skin is an outer layer of defense, carefully impeding and allowing visual access into the workshop. Its skeleton acts as a structure and allows the skin to be perceived as rigid and protective, while maintaining fluidity and softness.

Carved spaces within the organs of the building provide the most protected rooms. This offers a safe haven for the public and offers a space for the local craft community to gather, discuss, think and exhibit.

The concept of interconnectedness as a form of health and wellbeing is present within the structure.

A space of minimal constraints is of utmost importance. Safety, true safety, cannot be achieved without eyes on the street.

‘The Common Tree’ is a vision built upon the needs of Wendling Estate's residents, primarily composed of elderly persons and families with young children.

The area is populated with schools, but community education, graduation and employment rates remain relatively low. The key objective of the project is to create a safe after-school environment in which children can come to learn and play.

The building serves primarily as a learning centre, where Wendling children and residents can learn in ways beyond sitting down and reading a textbook.

With spaces for reading, gardening, climbing, and running, the project contributes and accommodates the desire to learn through interaction and play.

The building is a symbol of children in the community and their safety is a priority.

‘Seeing, seeking, seeding’ is a project that brings multi-generational and multi-cultural people together to celebrate nature through planting and seeding. The building is located on a site with an allotment entrance next to Nassington Road.

Most of the people in charge of the allotment are elderly people, while the surrounding functional places were built for young people. This building is for people to feel the joy of planting and to integrate the younger and older generations.