From the Ground Up
Masters Architectural Studies
Pass with Distinction
Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art. September, 2025.
From the Ground Up: Reclaiming and Re-Greening Neglected Urban Common Grounds Through Community-Led Design explores the idea that community-led re-greening of under-used urban public spaces can lead towards intertwined social, spatial, and ecological renewal. My thesis critically addressed the impacts of urban disinvestment – disconnection, stigma, and ecological degradation – while proposing co-designed, incremental interventions rooted in care, participation, and long-term stewardship.
In a time of ecological urgency, re-greening must go hand-in-hand with re-valuing the skills and people that make it possible. Landscapes are long-term investments. And that investment must include not just materials and design but maintenance, attention, and above all, community.
Now, more than ever, we need to build cities not just of concrete and capital, but of care.*
WINNER: Sustainability Prize, Graduate Degree Show, 2025
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