Greater Manchester
My work explores architecture as a framework for adaptation, public life and environmental performance. I am particularly interested in how existing urban structures can be reinterpreted rather than replaced, and how architecture can respond to changing social and ecological conditions across different scales.
Through projects in Manchester, Shanghai and the Lingnan region, I have investigated adaptive reuse, urban regeneration, waterfront urbanism and the relationship between spatial morphology and environmental systems. My design approach often begins with the existing city — its structures, memories, circulation networks and ecological conditions — before introducing new interventions that increase permeability, accessibility and opportunities for collective occupation.
I am interested in architecture not as an isolated object, but as part of a wider urban system. This has led me to explore the relationships between building and city, permanent structure and temporary occupation, density and public space, and urban form and hydrological or climatic performance.
Ultimately, I see design as a process of re-framing existing conditions: retaining what remains valuable while creating new spatial possibilities for future urban life.
