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Julia Kashdan-Brown
BSc Hons, BArch, ARB, RIBA
Kashdan-Brown Architects
Julia has expertise in a wide range of building types across several sectors, with experience in arts-related buildings, artist collaborations, education, master-planning and residential projects. She was a partner at FCBS from 1998-2009 and has been a director of Bath-based practice Kashdan-Brown Architects since 2011. Julia has also been a Teaching Fellow at the University of Bath since 2009. She currently tutors the final two years of BSc and the first year of MArch.
Funda Kemal
BSc DipArch RIBA
Freelance Architect, Lecturer at Bath and Bath Spa Universities
Funda is a creative freelancer and lecturer with unique experience as Urban Designer, Architect, Educator, Expert Witness, Photographer, Writer and founder member of not for profit collective ‘Architecture Is…’ in Bath. She has specialist experience in regeneration, conservation, retrofit and zero carbon design and in achieving quality designs in charity, policy and planning contexts. Funda also develops accessible and inclusive community consultation methods to engage diverse communities in design proposals for the places they live.
Mike Keys
BSc BArch RIBA
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Mike is a partner at Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and has designed a range of residential, sports, leisure and master planning projects, with a particular focus on the higher education sector, including working for the University of Bristol. Mike led the 2008 Stirling Prize winning team on Accordia, a substantial residential scheme in Cambridge widely regarded as setting a new benchmark for housing design in the UK. He has also designed residential schemes in London, Bath, Manchester and Bristol.
Edgar Kiviet
MSc, RIBA, ULI
Arup
Edgar is trained as an architect at Delft University Netherlands, brings 25 years of senior international Master planning and urban design experience, and is currently leading the Cardiff and Bristol based placemaking, urban design and landscape team. He is expert in sustainable urban regeneration and transformation, including a wide range of projects, such as Stafford Brooks Wildlife Trust GBI, Rotterdam Maashaven Park, Bristol City Centre Masterplan, Yate Town Improvement masterplan and Belgrade Waterfront. He brings a solid track record of design, stakeholder engagement and delivery of sustainable mixed-use urban regenerations and transformations, including one of the first BREEAM communities Pilot projects. Edgar is member of Urban Land Institute Circularity council and volunteers on secondary schools across the UK for Urban Plan UK, led by ULI.
Martin Knight
BA (Hons) MA CMLI
Studio Knight Stokoe
Martin is a chartered landscape architect, urbanist, and co-founding Director of Studio Knight Stokoe. He is passionate about working collaboratively to create regenerative, inspirational, and beautiful places that delight, and consider the needs of people, nature, and the environment. Over his career, he has developed a diverse portfolio across a variety of project scales and sectors. He is a mentor on the Landscape Institute’s Pathway to Chartership and an Expert Associate for the Design Council.
Stefan Kruczkowski
BA(Hons) DipTP (Dist) RPUD FHEA PhD
Urban Design Doctor Limited
Dr. Stefan Kruczkowski is an urban designer and co-author of Building for a Healthy Life - the government endorsed design tool for creating better residential developments. Stefan has extensive experience in improving the design quality of new towns, villages and a range of residential and commercial developments. Working for local planning authorities across England, Stefan is experienced in policy and brief writing, development management and post-completion quality auditing. Stefan also serves on the panel for Design:Midlands, supports Homes England with its land disposal programme and is a visiting lecturer at the University of Nottingham.
Cora Kwiatkowski
Dipl.-Ing. Arch RIBA
Chair
Stride Treglown
Cora is a chartered architect with over 20 years’ international experience and currently a Divisional Director/Sector Lead for Higher Education at Stride Treglown, as well as a RIBA Client Adviser with a special focus on strategic advice, briefing and user experience. Cora is experienced in working with the public and private sector to deliver award-winning projects. Cora has demonstrated encouraging design excellence as thought-leader through co-chairing the Design Review Panel at Design West and the Design Commission for Wales (DCfW). She further supports this aim as Board Trustee for Design West, Commissioner for DCfW, Design Council Associate and a member of the University Design Forum.
Richard Latcham
BEng (Hons) Dip UD CEng MICE MIHT
Latcham
Richard is an engineer and urban designer with 26 years’ experience working in the public and private sector on mobility, regeneration and land development projects. His skills and experience cover a variety of types of projects from planned urban extensions to the redevelopment of station development areas. His work is across a wide diversity of scales from single site redevelopments to city and regional development frameworks. His practice covers abstract and conceptual visions through to detailed scheme design, with specialist transport planning expertise and an ability for multi-agency and partnership working.
Michèle Lavelle
Dip LA CMLI MA T&CP Dip UD
4D Landscape Design
Proactive and with a realistic, positive approach to Landscape Architecture, Planning and Urban Design, Michèle’s expertise encompasses all aspects of these fields. She advises on the BUDF and Creating Excellence panels and is a founding member of Bristol Council’s Tree Forum and TDAG. Michèle advises and acts on behalf of Local Authorities and developers as an expert witness at planning appeals. Michèle lectures at UoG and UWE and is a Council Member of the Landscape Institute.
