Wandsworth Common
Playground
A proposal for a natural playscape for Wandsworth Council. Lady Allen Adventure Playground sits alongside the site. We wanted to take inspiration form some of her theories in play design - in particular her attitude to risk.
We wanted at the centre of the deign to be the highest possible (4m) free climb without barriers. This could be achieved with a web system of ropes that create a highly challenging risky climb but with an obstructed safe fall.
A live build pavilion project with Chelsea College of Arts Spatial Design students, installed at the Tate Britain.
Forest Studio
2025
A two-day design and build programme for young people, rooted in forest school principles. The workshop was a collaboration between myself, an architectural designer, and Robyn Lammiman, a woodland conservationist.
Hosted at St Mary’s Secret Garden in Hackney, with support from Hackney City Farm, the workshop took place within a rich environment of trees, meadows, flowering plants, and food-growing spaces.
The brief centred on creating infrastructure for new beehives arriving at the garden, inspired by historical examples where beekeepers housed hives in decorative and elaborate structures. As a beekeeper herself, Robyn guided the group in learning about beekeeping practices and the ecological relationships between bees and the garden.
Participants first explored ideas through model-making before moving on to full-scale construction. Using reclaimed softwood and hardwood timbers, hand saws, and drills, the young people built their designs. The final structures incorporated shelters, suspended elements for hives, and playful infrastructure for the beekeeper.
