I am an Associate Principal working on education and public projects – from schools to performing arts centres, galleries, libraries and sports centres, projects that provide for communities in a vast range of ways.

Being a senior architect and team leader involves managing a variety of staff with varying levels of experience. I value my ability to relate to everyone in my team, and to ensure everybody understands the project and appreciates how important their contribution is.

The opportunities to work with a broad range of community and stakeholder groups has been an important part of developing my experience as an architect. Working on public projects allows for a great range of inputs and being able to be a part of this process is one of my favourite parts of being an architect.
From the very beginning of a project, you’re testing and experimenting. At the beginning, you never quite know how it will look, and my role is guiding the design through its journey of testing, of trial and error, and of fleshing out the design until it’s complete.

I am a parent and navigating the balance of looking after young children and working has helped to highlight the importance of supporting those who have come before me offering mentorship and learning opportunities and providing that to the next crop of architects and designers.

Outside of work I have been a jury member for the Victorian Architecture Awards and I also like to teach, being involved in design studios and tech at RMIT.