Amanda is a qualified UK architect (ARB/RIBA) and artist. Amanda's current architectural practice mostly focuses on community projects including public spaces, churches and other public amenities. Amanda also works on large-scale public art commissions in outdoor spaces, often activated by events, music or performance to utilise underused areas of public space.
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT;
Freelance Artist and Architect
EDUCATION;
Bartlett School of Architecture (University College London) Dip Arch RIBA/ARB
Royal College of Art MA
The Ruskin School (University of Oxford) BFA Hons
SELECTED ARCHITECTURE;
Marwell Zoo - New animal exhibit: Hampshire
Twyford Water Works - Visitor and Volunteer facilities within Scheduled Ancient Monument: Hampshire
St Hilda's College - Student Accommodation and Facilities (Passivhaus and low-embodied carbon): Oxford
Feldon Valley Golf Club - Leisure: Banbury, Oxfordshire
Crossrail Custom House - Railway Infrastructure: Newham, London
Westfield Residential Masterplan - Residential and Commercial: White City, London
Brighton College Boarding House - Student Residential: Brighton
Ash Court, Girton College - Student Residential: Cambridge
SELECTED ART COMMISSIONS;
Trees and Bees [2026] commission by Eastleigh Borough Council to design nature habitat sculptures and sound works within wildlife corridors which can be managed by local community groups.
River Droplet [2024] commission in collaboration with Gobbledegook Theatre to design an installation activated with performance and sound in Frampton, Dorset.
Allegra's Ambition [2024] commission in collaboration with Studio B.A.D to design a gathering space for charity Allegra's Ambition: Winchester.
Stonewater Housing [2023] three public art commissions within new housing sites in the UK.
Gosport Mural [2022] design of 28m long mural installed onto a building referencing landmarks and naval history of Gosport.
Eastleigh Town Centre Artworks [2022-2025] design of artworks installed onto retail unit facades, translucent vinyls installed onto high-level glass canopies and translucent vinyls installed onto glass balustrades.
Guildford Square Summer Activation Project [2021] commission as part of a larger project with Studio B.A.D to design an urban rug painted onto the square as a backdrop to a range of summer activities to enliven an underused space.
Bedford Place Activation Project [2021] commission as part of a larger project with Studio B.A.D to design a road mural to enable visitors and retailers to use and interact with a vehicular road in Southampton now pedestrianised due to COVID-19 restrictions and test as a potential longer-term closure.
Kind Places and Spaces [2020] commission to develop a concept to make public space more community oriented post COVID-19 which can be rolled out around the UK
Dorset Coastal Connections [2018] commission to improve coastal shelters in Highcliffe, Poole: (Completion 2020)
ArtVaults:Live [2018] commission to design and install a temporary exhibition inside Canute's Palace ruin Southampton as the backdrop for several events: (Sept 2018)
Black Down Welcome Area and Orientation Point [2016] commission to design a welcome area for new walking routes within Dorset AONB and a central sculpture
MAKING, group show of architect-made design objects and sculpture, Allies and Morrison, London: 2015
BIO-Facade, indoor working hydroponic exhibit for Green Sky Thinking week, Allies and Morrison, London: 2011
Adjusting Soane, furniture design exhibition at Pitzhanger Manor, London: 2009
TEACHING;
Previous Tutoring: Dept. of Architecture and Built Environment, Nottingham University
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT;
Freelance Artist and Architect
EDUCATION;
Bartlett School of Architecture (University College London) Dip Arch RIBA/ARB
Royal College of Art MA
The Ruskin School (University of Oxford) BFA Hons
SELECTED ARCHITECTURE;
Marwell Zoo - New animal exhibit: Hampshire
Twyford Water Works - Visitor and Volunteer facilities within Scheduled Ancient Monument: Hampshire
St Hilda's College - Student Accommodation and Facilities (Passivhaus and low-embodied carbon): Oxford
Feldon Valley Golf Club - Leisure: Banbury, Oxfordshire
Crossrail Custom House - Railway Infrastructure: Newham, London
Westfield Residential Masterplan - Residential and Commercial: White City, London
Brighton College Boarding House - Student Residential: Brighton
Ash Court, Girton College - Student Residential: Cambridge
SELECTED ART COMMISSIONS;
Trees and Bees [2026] commission by Eastleigh Borough Council to design nature habitat sculptures and sound works within wildlife corridors which can be managed by local community groups.
River Droplet [2024] commission in collaboration with Gobbledegook Theatre to design an installation activated with performance and sound in Frampton, Dorset.
Allegra's Ambition [2024] commission in collaboration with Studio B.A.D to design a gathering space for charity Allegra's Ambition: Winchester.
Stonewater Housing [2023] three public art commissions within new housing sites in the UK.
Gosport Mural [2022] design of 28m long mural installed onto a building referencing landmarks and naval history of Gosport.
Eastleigh Town Centre Artworks [2022-2025] design of artworks installed onto retail unit facades, translucent vinyls installed onto high-level glass canopies and translucent vinyls installed onto glass balustrades.
Guildford Square Summer Activation Project [2021] commission as part of a larger project with Studio B.A.D to design an urban rug painted onto the square as a backdrop to a range of summer activities to enliven an underused space.
Bedford Place Activation Project [2021] commission as part of a larger project with Studio B.A.D to design a road mural to enable visitors and retailers to use and interact with a vehicular road in Southampton now pedestrianised due to COVID-19 restrictions and test as a potential longer-term closure.
Kind Places and Spaces [2020] commission to develop a concept to make public space more community oriented post COVID-19 which can be rolled out around the UK
Dorset Coastal Connections [2018] commission to improve coastal shelters in Highcliffe, Poole: (Completion 2020)
ArtVaults:Live [2018] commission to design and install a temporary exhibition inside Canute's Palace ruin Southampton as the backdrop for several events: (Sept 2018)
Black Down Welcome Area and Orientation Point [2016] commission to design a welcome area for new walking routes within Dorset AONB and a central sculpture
MAKING, group show of architect-made design objects and sculpture, Allies and Morrison, London: 2015
BIO-Facade, indoor working hydroponic exhibit for Green Sky Thinking week, Allies and Morrison, London: 2011
Adjusting Soane, furniture design exhibition at Pitzhanger Manor, London: 2009
TEACHING;
Previous Tutoring: Dept. of Architecture and Built Environment, Nottingham University
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