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We Made That is an energetic architecture and urbanism practice with a strong public conscience.
Practice
All our work is public, and we aim to make imaginative and considered contributions to the built environment through socially engaged design processes. The relationship between local communities, development and creative practice is a particular focus of our work and we believe that - handled correctly - it can lead to enriched, exciting and engaging places.
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We Made That LLP, reg. OC367789, is registered in England & Wales at the address below.
Who
Oliver Goodhall, Co-founding Partner
BSc (Hons) MA RCA
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.
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 is a member of the Design South East review panel and Hackney 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 and is a visiting critic on the GLA Mayor’s Design Advisory Group.
Oliver has taught at the Royal College of Art and been an invited critic at Central St Martins, London Metropolitan University, Bartlett School of Urban Design and the Architectural Association, London.
Holly Lewis, Co-founding Partner
BSc (Hons) DipArch MArch ARB
Holly is a registered architect and affiliate member of the Landscape Institute who studied at the Bartlett School of Architecture. She was shortlisted for the AJ Emerging Woman Architect of the Year Award 2012.
She has led a unique range of urban projects for We Made That, from facilitated urban discussion events through to comprehensive high street regeneration in South Croydon. Holly also leads the research portfolio of the practice, which has included studies of local economies and placemaking in the London Legacy area, a ’citizens urban advice bureau’ in Southwark and research into trends in industrial land uses across London.
She continues to pursue her interests in the relationship between policy making and design as a member of the Tower Hamlets Conservation and Design Advisory Panel, as well as being a visiting critic on the GLA Mayor’s Design Advisory Group. She is appointed to the Greater London Authority’s Specialist Assistance Team.
Holly has taught BSc Architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London and The Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture & Design, 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.
Team
Together, Holly and Oliver run the practice with a talented team of staff from their studio in London.
Nicola Antaki, Project Architect
BA (Hons) MA (RCA) ARB
Nicola is an experienced architect who has worked across a range of projects at We Made That, 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 research project ‘a learning architecture’ in Mumbai.
Laida Juanikorena, Project Architect
BA (Hons) MArch ARB
Laida has a range of experience running a wide range of different architectural, urban and design projects in 3 different countries. 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 Country.
At We Made That she 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.
Mat Proctor, Senior Urban Designer
BA, B.Des Arch MAUD AssocRTPI
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. As a senior member of the team he works closely alongside the practice partners and is responsible for managing a small project team delivering masterplans and area strategies at a range of scales across the capital.
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 Martin, Urban Designer
BA (Hons), DipArch, MA
Hannah has been responsible for a broad range of exciting projects in the office, 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.
Her expertise is primarily focused on masterplanning and urban strategies, but has also contributed to key delivery of public open space projects, engagement activities and cultural mapping studies in Bristol and London. Most recently she has been responsible for urban frameworks and strategies in Plumstead, Burnt Oak, Erith and Kingston.
Andrew Reynolds, Urban Designer
MSc (Urbanism), BA (LArch)
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.
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.
Sam Brown, Senior Assistant
BA (hons) Architecture MA RCA
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 Negen Stegen (9 alleys) and competition proposals to regenerate the disused central market hall in Amsterdam. He completed his Masters at the Royal College of Art in 2016.
Mark Flynn, Senior Assistant
BA (Hons), MArch
Mark joined We Made That in 2015, and has been working on 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 and high street enhancements in Walworth. 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 Haenni, Senior Assistant
BSc MSc (ETH)
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. She now works on a number of projects across the office, including delivery of a high street regeneration programme in Burnt Oak, London.
Melissa Meyer, Urban Researcher
BA BA (Hons) MSc
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 Seguin, Urban Research Assistant
BA Sc MSc
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.
Hara Anastasiou, Assistant
BA (Hons)
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.
Alastair Johnson, Assistant
BA (Hons)
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.
Max Worrell, Assistant
BA (Hons)
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. Max joined We Made That in 2016 having previously worked at Cullinan Studio.
Katie Frost, Practice Manager
BSc (Hons)
Katie is an experienced studio manager whose organisational skills contribute to both general administration and project-specific tasks. Katie joined We Made That in 2016, and is also a commissioned photographer for a number of live music events.
Past team and assistants include:
Pooja Agrawal, Alicja Borkowska, Gemma Drake, Ned Scott, Kathryn Timmins, Emma Tubbs, Alex Turner, Christine Wehrmeier and Nick Wood.
Work with us
We are always looking for talented, ambitious individuals to join our team at all levels. If you are interested in joining the team at We Made That, please send us an email with your CV (less than 10MB) to jobs@wemadethat.co.uk.
Please note, we do not offer unpaid internship positions.
Selected Clients
We have worked with a number of public and private clients, including:
- The Architecture Foundation
- The Building Centre
- The British Council
- Community Links
- Dorset Design & Heritage Forum
- Greater London Authority
- Institute of Contemporary Arts
- InStreatham BID
- Knowle West Media Centre
- Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
- Legacy List
- Lend Lease
- Lincolnshire County Council
- 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 Hillingdon
- London Borough of Islington
- London Borough of Lambeth
- London Borough of Southwark
- London Borough of Sutton
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- London Borough of Waltham Forest
- London Legacy Development Corporation
- The National Trust
- Olympic Delivery Authority
- Poole Museum
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
- Royal Borough of Kingston
- The Southbank Centre
- Transport for London
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
- UCL Urban Lab
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- V2 Institute, Rotterdam
- Wellcome Trust
Awards & Prizes
- RIBA MacEwen Prize for ‘the common good’ 2016, Shortlisted
- Blackhorse Lane: Mayor’s Prize for Contribution to London’s Economy, New London Awards 2015, Winner
- Blackhorse Lane: Masterplans & Area Strategies, New London Awards 2015, Shortlisted
- Croydon South End: Public Spaces, New London Awards 2015, Shortlisted
- Masterplanning and Public Realm Architect of the Year Awards 2014, Shortlisted
- Emerging Architecture Practice Icon Awards 2014, Shortlisted
- Three Mills Playspace: New London Award for Public Space 2013, Shortlisted
- Three Mills Playspace: Placemaking Awards 2013, Highly commended
- Three Mills Playspace: Part of the Olympic Fringe work by the London Legacy Development Corporation, under the collective title ‘Stitching the Olympic Fringe’, NLA New London Award for Public Space 2012, Winner
- Three Mills Playspace: Architecture Foundation Open Competition, 2011, Winner
- A Hut for Gazing & Canoodling: AJ Small Projects Award 2010, Honourable mention
- New Horizon Youth Centre: RIBA Open Competition 2007, shortlisted
Publications
Contributions and projects by We Made That feature in key policy and best practice guidance documents:
- Improving the Health of Londoners, Transport for London, 2016
- WRK/ LDN Insight Study, 2016, New London Architecture
- High Street Stories, Mayor of London, 2016
- Industrial Land Supply and Economy Study 2015, Greater London Authority
- ‘Funding Bids: Regeneration Guide No. 1’, GLA, July 2015
- Supporting Places of Work: Artists’ Workspace, 2014, Greater London Authority
- Mayor’s Action for High Streets, GLA, 2014
- Culture on the High Street: Creating a sense of place, GLA, August 2013
- Shaping Neighbourhoods: Play and informal recreation (SPG), GLA, September 2012
- Green Infrastructure and Open Environments: The All London Green Grid (SPG), GLA, March 2012
- ‘Stitching the Fringe’ publication: Exemplar LLDC and Design for London projects around the Olympic Park, 2012
We Made That appear in a number of magazines and periodicals including; Icon Magazine, Sunday Times Style, The Guardian, Paisea magazine, Design Exchange magazine, PLOT, P.E.A.R, Building Design, The Architects Journal, Blueprint magazine, and Deutsche Bauzeitung.
Selected Talks
We Made That have given talks and lectures in both the UK and abroad.
- ‘The Walkable City’, Danish Architecture Centre, Copenhagen, September 2015
- ‘People, Places and Pound Signs’, Icon Magazine, London Festival of Architecture, May 2015
- ‘Making Our Way’, Torcuato di Tella University, Buenos Aires, May 2014
- ‘Learning from the Open Office’, Architecture Foundation, March 2013
- ‘2012 Legacy’, Hackney House, September 2012
- ‘Emerging Architects & the Park’, Sugarhouse Studios, July 2012
- ‘Publishing the High Street’, London Metropolitan University, December 2011
- ‘Test_Lab: The Invisible City’, V2 Institute Rotterdam, July 2011