Audrey Leonore Lopez
Urban DesignerMGS Architects
Audrey is a qualified urban designer and a Philippine-registered architect, with over eight years of combined professional experience in Australia and the Philippines. As a vital member of the team at MGS Architects, Audrey has been instrumental in delivering a range of institutional, educational, and city-shaping projects, notably the University of Canberra Master Plan, Xavier College Campus Master Plans, Monash University Clayton Campus Master Plan Update, and City of Hobart Urban Design Framework.
Audrey is passionate about urban design and its collaborative process with architecture, planning, and other diverse fields that help shape our urban environment. She has a keen interest in socially and economically diverse responses to housing, workplace, and public spaces which informs both her work in practice and research.
Outside practice, Audrey also contributes to the education sector through research and teaching. She has worked as a researcher at the InfUr– Research Hub and as a sessional tutor and guest critic for several urban design studios and subjects at the University of Melbourne, where she also serves as a member of the Urban Design Advisory Board. Audrey is also an active committee member for Urban Design Forum, a non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting public interest outcomes in our cities.