We Made That

Oliver co-founded We Made That in 2006. He has led the practice’s work on a variety of public spaces and urban scale strategies, including an innovative incremental masterplan in Streatham, award-winning interventions in Blackhorse Lane and ambitious proposals to support cycling across the Nine Elms Opportunity Area.

Oliver has a background in both design and architecture. He holds a Masters Degree from the Royal College of Art in Design Interactions, having previously graduated from the Bartlett School of Architecture in 2005. 

Oliver is a member of the Design South East review panel, Hackney Design Review Panel and Harrow Design Review Panel. He is appointed to the Greater London Authority’s Specialist Assistance Team to help with the shaping and realisation of Mayoral projects across the capital.

Holly co-founded We Made That in 2006. She has led a unique range of urban projects for the practice, from pioneering industrial intensification work through to comprehensive high street regeneration projects. Holly also leads the research portfolio of the practice, which has included studies of local economies and placemaking across London.

Holly is a registered architect and affiliate member of the Landscape Institute. She was shortlisted for the AJ Emerging Woman Architect of the Year Award 2012. She is a member of the Tower Hamlets Conservation and Design Advisory Panel, and a CABE Built Environment Expert.

Holly has taught BSc Architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL and London Metropolitan University. She has also lectured in the UK and abroad, including Denmark, Spain and Argentina. Holly is a trustee of The Architecture Foundation.

Nicola is an experienced architect who has worked across a range of projects at We Made That since 2012, including play proposals on the edge of the Olympic Park, public realm enhancements in North East Enfield and small scale housing in east London. 

Nicola previously worked as a project architect at Cottrell & Vermeulen and Macreanor Lavington, where she was responsible for designing schools and playspaces, with a focus on consultation. She has also been working on an independent live practice-led PhD research project ‘a learning architecture’ in Mumbai. Whilst in India, Nicola was also responsible for establishing the FOCUS photography festival, a biannual event to bring more art and photography into the public realm of Mumbai.

Laida has a range of experience running a wide range of different architectural, urban and design projects in the UK, Netherlands and the Basque Country. She previously worked at Wayward Plants, London where she was responsible for Farmopolis on the Greenwich Peninsula and courtyard and playground in LB Kensington & Chelsea, and delivery of civic buildings whilst at Toki Arkitekturak, Basque.

At We Made That, Laida is responsible for two civic-focused projects in Wealdstone, including the public realm for Harrow Council’s new Civic Centre and a separate commission to deliver a new public space in the town centre. Both projects combine technical design and delivery with social agendas, including the delivery of a youth-focused programme of events and meanwhile uses.

Mat is an experienced urban designer with knowledge of the London regeneration landscape. He joined We Made That in 2016 to lead delivery of large-scale masterplanning projects and influential spatial strategies. 

Prior to joining We Made That, Mat was Principal Urban Design Officer at the London Borough of Hounslow, Design & Planning Advisor at the Design Council and Urban Design Officer at the London Borough of Hackney. These roles included a broad range of work, including design review for major schemes across England, masterplanning of key sites and strategic areas and development of statutory design policy for a Local Plan. This experience within the public sector translates directly into his role at We Made That.

Hannah has been responsible for a broad range of exciting projects in the practice, having joined We Made That in 2012. Hannah studied at the University of Sheffield, and subsequently at The CASS, London Metropolitan University where she completed an MA in Spatial Planning and Urban Design in parallel with a Diploma in Architecture.

Hannah is able to combine her expertise in masterplanning and urban strategies with an acute eye for the character of a place that guides delivery of public open space projects, engagement activities and urban research studies. Most recently she has been responsible for urban frameworks and strategies in Plumstead, Burnt Oak, Erith, Finchley Church End and Kingston.

Andrew is an urban designer with a track record of a variety projects in the UK, Rotterdam and Melbourne. His experience includes production of masterplans, urban frameworks and strategic plans, as well as public space proposals. At We Made That he is working on key urban frameworks and area plans for local authorities in London including the Tolworth Area Plan and industrial intensification studies in Park Royal and Waltham Forest.

He has taught at the University of Melbourne, presented at a conferences in Lisbon and Shenzhen on new urban planning approaches, written about production in cities, and spoken on the role of the night time economy at New London Architecture.

Melissa is an Urban Researcher working on a number of commissioned studies, including incisive research on employment and places of work. Most recently she has been responsible for We Made That’s work on the London Industrial Land Supply and Economy Study commissioned by the Greater London Authority. She has a Masters degree in City Design and Social Science from LSE and degrees in Value & Policy Studies as well as Politics, Philosophy, Economics.

Prior to joining We Made That she worked as a Research and Projects Officer for The Prince’s Foundation for Building Community and coordinator for Future London - the London branch of Our Future Cities, an independent non-profit organisation committed to building a democracy around the future of cities.

Pénélope joined We Made That in 2016 having graduated from LSE with a Masters degree in City Design and Social Science. Her Masters thesis investigated the current development trends in London through a case study of the largest ongoing regeneration scheme in London: the King’s Cross regeneration project. She also has degrees in Economics, Political Science and Urban Systems.

At We Made That she has been responsible for significant quantitative and qualitative research, including studies specifically investigating industrial and other places of work typologies, with a large amount of work undertaken across industrial areas in Enfield, Charlton, OPDC and Hackney Wick/ Fish Island. A recent study also investigated the socio-economic value of London’s high streets.

Sam is a talented senior architectural assistant who has worked across a number of urban scale projects in the office, including the Streatham Street Manual, LLDC Local Economy Study and development of growth area proposals in Alperton, Church End, Burnt Oak & Colindale. He has firm conceptual as well as technical and hands on abilities. He has been responsible for delivering We Made That’s recent exhibition projects for the Wellcome Trust and British Council.

He joined We Made That in 2014, having previously worked for space&matter architects in Amsterdam between 2011 and 2013 on urban projects such as competition proposals to regenerate the disused central market hall in Amsterdam. He completed his Masters at the Royal College of Art in 2016.

Mark joined We Made That in 2015 and has been responsible for a range of public realm and place-making proposals including: cycling and public realm proposals in Nine Elms for Transport for London, proposals to improve public spaces in a housing estate in the Whitechapel area, high street and market enhancements in Walworth and characterful interventions in Burnt Oak town centre. 

He graduated from the Liverpool School of Art & Design with a Masters degree in Architecture in 2013. Shortly following his graduation he was awarded the Deutsche Bank Award in Architecture 2013 and founded ‘RAAD’ - an architecture and urban design collective that promotes the use of vacant and under-used spaces in the city through temporary pop-up architecture and events.

Laura joined We Made That having previously worked for Adam Khan Architects and 6a Architects on a range of mixed use schemes, commercial and community projects in London. She graduated from ETH Zurich with a diploma and Masters degree in Architecture, having completed a BSc in Architecture in 2011. 

Laura has been particularly responsible for the practice’s work to support sustainable transport options and improved public realm in Beddington, Sutton through a Transport for London supported Major Scheme. She is also working on proposals for the reinvigoration of a local open space and community building in Waltham Forest, in close consultation with local people and school children.

Hara joined We Made That in 2015 having graduated from the Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design. Her degree project proposed an industrial facility at the end of a disused cement works, with the scheme proposed to be developed using an alternative economic model based on ’time-banking’ and shared labour. She has building and interiors experience covering workspace, cultural and commercial projects.

At We Made That, Hara has used her excellent drafting and communication skills to assist on numerous projects, including a town centre strategy in Uxbridge and a new public space in Wealdstone, Harrow. Hara continues to work at We Made That as she currently works towards her Masters in architecture at the Royal College of Art.

Alastair has worked across several public realm projects in Harrow, where his ability to communicate clearly through drawings has been an asset. Alastair has also contributed to the practice’s super-local newspaper, The Unlimited Edition, with an exploration of supply chains of small scale food production businesses in Bermondsey, the ‘larder of London’.

Alastair studied architecture at Oxford Brookes University and joined We Made That having previously worked at Metropolitan Workshop. His degree project proposed a series of new judicial courts in Southwark, which has prepared him well for working on new civic-focused projects in Harrow for We Made That.

Yousuf is currently studying to complete his architectural degree at Kingston University. He has joined We Made That for the summer period of 2017 to expand his experience. 

Whilst at the practice, Yousuf is working on proposals for a local open space and community building in Waltham Forest.

Max joined We Made That as an assistant in 2016 having previously worked at Cullinan Studio. Since working at the practice, he has assisted across a wide range of projects including pedestrian and cycling proposals in Beddington, Sutton, research into London’s high streets, and public realm proposals for Harrow Council’s new Civic Centre. 

Max studied architecture at The Bartlett, University College London. Whilst studying, Max ran a series of documentary screenings entitled, ‘Home Sweet Home’, which were intended to provoke discussions about housing and the housing crisis amongst the student body. 

Katie joined We Made That in 2016. She is an experienced studio manager whose organisational skills contribute to both general administration and project-specific tasks. Katie is responsible for the practice’s general administration, day-to-day financial management and human resources.

Katie is also a commissioned photographer for a number of live music events in the UK and globally.

• The Architecture Foundation
• The Building Centre
• The British Council
• Dorset Design & Heritage Forum
• Greater London Authority
• Institute of Contemporary Arts
• InStreatham BID
• Knowle West Media Centre
• Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
• Legacy List
• Lincolnshire County Council
• London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
• London Borough of Barnet
• London Borough of Bexley
• London Borough of Brent
• London Borough of Croydon

• London Borough of Enfield
• London Borough of Hackney
• London Borough of Haringey
• London Borough of Harrow
• London Borough of Hillingdon
• London Borough of Islington
• London Borough of Lambeth
• London Borough of Lewisham
• London Borough of Newham
• London Borough of Southwark
• London Borough of Sutton
• London Borough of Tower Hamlets
• London Borough of Waltham Forest
• London Borough of Wandsworth
• Royal Borough of Greenwich
• Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea

• Royal Borough of Kingston
• London Legacy Development Corporation
• The National Trust
• New London Architecture
• Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation
• Olympic Delivery Authority
• The Southbank Centre
• Transport for London
• Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
• UCL Urban Lab
• Victoria and Albert Museum
• V2 Institute, Rotterdam
• Wellcome Trust