Almost 40 years ago, my grandfather (who I’ve never met), stayed at a vineyard near Lagrave in Southern France. As…
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Community workshop in Southport
In late July 2026, I facilitated a participatory model-making workshop at The Engine Room – a historic seasonal music venue…
Community workshop in Leeds
In mid-July 2026, I ran a participatory model-making workshop at Nests – a grassroots, DIY arts space in the centre…
Research goes to town
Reflections on Respectful Disposal exhibition ( Manchester / 25-26 July 2026 ) Over the weekend of 25-26 July 2026 I…
Respectful demolition?
Earlier this month I delivered a seminar to PhD researchers and academics at the Architectural Association in London. The talk…
New article published in Antipode
My new article has been published in Antipode. It is about the wider economic reasons and consequences of dead bodies…
Respectful disposal: exhibition
The exhibition with drawings from my PhD will take place in Saan1 Gallery in Manchester on 25 and 26 July…
Breeding sheep in Yorkshire
Yesterday I got a chance to feed hay to sheep in their lambing period. A friend helping a farmer in…
Hydropolis workshop in Nanjing, China
The making workshop formed part of Hydropolis – an interdisciplinary spring school, where visiting researchers and professionals from Manchester collaborated…
Edgelands workshop at Bath Spa
In early March 2026 I worked with third year undergraduate students at Bath Spa. Their final project, Edgelands, focuses on…
Non-Standard habitats at the MSA
The fourth year students (first year masters) at Manchester Architecture School are working on an adaptive and sustainable reuse of…
Waste model at the Leeds Architecture School
The students are designing a structure for an existing scout campsite in Morley, South West of Leeds, belonging to SLAM…
Making workshop at Bradfield
In November 2025, I worked with Lower Sixth Form Art pupils at Bradfield College. During the first term of their…
Design-Build reviews at Dalhousie
This Monday I was invited to join the online reviews for a group of architecture students at Dalhousie University in…
Talk at Virginia Tech
On 5 December 2025 I gave a talk for the STS department at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA. The talk covered…
Lecture on Infrastructure and Biopolitics
As part of my TA work with Ben Blackwell on the Architecture of Authority course for 3rd year undergraduates, I…
Pavilion concept making at Bath Spa
In early November 2025, I worked with the first year cohort at Bath Spa University – a group of around…
Necrowaste paper published
My first PhD article is out. Using drawings, I discuss how waste incineration practices and technologies shape respect towards the…
Sign up for drawing your research workshop (Manchester)
Zoe Cox (with whom we run biweekly drawing sessions) will be running two research drawing workshops in the coming weeks.…
Presentation at the DDD conference
Last Wededay (27.08.25) I presented my phd at the biannual conference on Death, Dying and Disposal in Utrecht. First I…
Emilia’s on Victoria Street
Emilia’s fifth restaurant was underway in 2025. As with previous projects, I assisted the team on resolving the technical details…
Draw your research
Together with Zoe Cox (who recently completed her PhD at the MMU) we started to run regular drawing sessions for…
3 Minute PhD presentation
At the Early Career Researchers’ Summer school organised by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change I delivered a 3 minute…
Detroit vs Manchester and other impressions from America
Some of the Eurocentric stereotype-based perspectives on life in the United States have proven to be simplistic, based on a…
Craft museum workshop at Bath Spa
1st year students at Bath Spa are designing a small museum dedicated to a craft. Willow weaving, print making, ceramics and…
‘Connection’ workshop at Bath Spa
The 3rd year undergraduate students at Bath Spa are working on their final project ‘Connection’, on a series of sites…
Workshop with the CPU at Manchester
The 3rd year students at the CPU atelier at the MSA are continuing with projects primarily influenced by parametric modelling.…
Research Methods Exhibition Opening
During the autumn semester 2024 I worked as a teaching assistant on the Architecture and Ethnography class with Trude Renwick.…
Materialising a pavilion concept at Bath Spa
First year architecture students at Bath Spa have been given a new brief to design a pavilion for a craftsperson.…
Art workshop at Bradfield College
Similarly to last year I worked with Lower Sixth Form fine art pupils in a workshop dedicated to conceptualising non-physical…
Giving a Graphic anthropology lecture
As part of the Research Methods Workshops course for the Architecture and Landscape students at the University of Manchester, I…
Urban model prototyping at Sheffield
Similarly to my last workshop at Sheffield I worked with a group of students on the Master in Architecture and…
Prototype making at Bath Spa
Bath School of Design, at the University of Bath Spa, is located in the former Herman Miller Factory, an iconic…
Sustainable Paths within Capitalist Ruins
Over the last summer I have been part of a reading group dedicated to Anna Tsing’s (2015) Mushroom at the…
Death x Design x Culture Conference
Scholars, artists, coffin craftsmen, designers, museum managers and euthanasia specialists assembled in Falmouth to problematise the creative practices happening around…
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