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Andrew Grant
RDI, CMLI, Hon. D.Litt, Hon FRIBA, FRSA
Grant Associates
Founder and Director of Grant Associates. He was awarded the title of RSA Royal Designer for Industry in recognition of his pioneering global work in landscape architecture. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield and a member of the National Infrastructure Commission Design Group. He is Chair of the Bathscape Landscape Partnership, a member of the Bath World Heritage Site Advisory Board and co-founder of the pop up festival Forest of Imagination.
Emma Grayson
BSc (Hons), MCIHT
AECOM
Emma has 19 years of experience in transport planning, focussed on development planning. Her experience spans both the private and public sector and she has particular expertise of advising on the transport planning impacts of strategic development proposals across the south of England. Emma has worked at all stages of the planning process, from initial site feasibility through to the preparation and review of Transport Assessments and the negotiation of planning conditions and obligations.
Rob Gregory
MArch BA (Hons) RIBA ARB
Chair
The Universities of Bristol and Bath
Rob Gregory is an award-winning architect and academic, currently responsible for design quality across the University of Bristol’s £1bn portfolio of capital projects. Over two decades Rob has maintained a permanent post as Teaching Fellow at the University of Bath, spent ten years as Senior Editor on the Architectural Review, four years on the RIBA National Awards Group, five years running the Architecture Centre’s public programme, and held consultancy roles for the Architecture Foundation, Royal Academy and British Council.
Anja Grossmann
Dipl Ing. LEED AP BD+C RIBA
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Anja is an architect and partner at Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. With her expertise in city-centre mixed use projects and urban masterplanning, she has led a wide range of award-winning projects in the UK and abroad, from global bank headquarters to pioneering environmental dwellings. She has been invited to lecture on low carbon housing and published a number of articles on sustainability. Anja is passionate about Bristol’s built environment, vibrancy, and rich mix of culture and heritage.
Richard Guise
Dip Arch (hons), PG Dip TP
Context 4D
Richard is a chartered architect and town planner with over forty years’ experience. He is principal of his Bristol-based urban design consultancy, Context4D, and specialises in design guidance and negotiation, sustainability, urban design frameworks and characterisation. Formerly course leader of the MA Urban Design programme at UWE, Richard is an Academician of the Academy of Urbanism and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He co-authored ‘Shaping Neigbourhoods’ and ‘Characterising Neighbourhoods’.
Shruthi Guruswamy
BArch MSc MRTPI
Arcadis
Shruthi is an Urban Designer, Planner and Architect who is passionate about creating evidence-based design solutions that achieve the right balance between people and environment. She has led and delivered multi-disciplinary urban regeneration and development masterplans in the UK, Sweden, India and Middle East. She has published and delivered talks on sustainable development. Her core areas of focus are sustainable urbanism, climate resilience, TODs, co-design, design codes, healthy places, 20-minute communities and digital planning.
Andrew Haines
Postgraduate Dip Landscape Architecture, BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture
Grant Associates
Andrew is a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute with 30 years of experience in private and public sectors, working on a diverse range of projects. He excels at managing multidisciplinary teams and delivering complex landscape projects ranging from brownfield urban locations to sensitive heritage environments. Andrew has strong design, technical and communication skills, and is involved in practice administration and management. He has a keen interest in creative ecological and sustainable design. Andrew has previously been a visiting lecturer at The University of Bath.
Mike Harris
BSc Geography, MA Town Country Planning
Homes England
Mike is a planner with over 15 years’ experience across strategic planning and placemaking including development delivery. He has experience of planning for nationally significant infrastructure, policy development, delivery and EIA coordination. Drawing on this experience, gained within both the public and private sector, Mike focuses on practical delivery whilst being a strong advocate for the creation of design-led, healthy places that work for everyone.
Robert Harrold
MEng (Hons) CEng MICE MBA
Statik Consult
Robert began his career as a structural engineer designing projects as diverse as Woolwich Arsenal, St Petersburg Airport and Maggie’s Leeds before his interest in sustainable homes took him to HAB Housing, where he was design manager for the Neave Brown shortlisted Lovedon Fields. Having recently completed The Carriage Works, Bristol, he is now an independent consultant specialising in the regeneration of complex sites and is passionate about simple, yet creative technical solutions that underpin the creation of fantastic places to live and sustainable communities.
