Architecture and Design
 

Architecture 00 is a London-based multi-disciplinary design studio with particular specialism in designing and delivering innovative solutions, with robust social, economic and environmental sustainability. In addition to our award-winning commissioned research and strategic work, our architectural projects, ranging from education spaces, enterprise centres, co-working spaces and self-led housing masterplans to ultra-low-energy residential new build and refurbishment – have increasingly gained a reputation for excellence. Our buildings have received 3 RIBA Building of the Year Awards, for SOAR Works, Manor Works, and The Foundry, all of which have unlocked a profound impact on the resilience and agency of the communities who occupy them. Our interrogative approach to design as a means of problem-solving has led to our being shortlisted for the Young Architects of the Year Award and featured by Icon Magazine in their ‘Future 50’ issue on leading designers shaping the future.

 

Our Methodology

Firstly, we have a team who are very talented, and work very hard. They bring an extraordinarily broad range of experiences from specialist stakeholder engagement, brief development, and workspace consultancy, to architectural design fit-out, and even furniture design.

We also hold deep values, which are easy to share – we want to play our part in leaving a legacy of a better place and let this value galvanise those we work with. We also all come from genuinely multi-disciplinary design backgrounds, and as such sincerely value the contribution all disciplines can, and must, make. From an interest in and understanding civils, structures, and MEP, to funding, viability, and development, or even workspace operation and HR, we find ourselves, perhaps, uniquely able to synthesise the project opportunities and constraints; unlocking the ability to mitigate costs and unlock value that only exist when considered holistically. Rarely do our projects cost more than a benchmark comparator as we have learnt to spend the budget (and those of all the other disciplines) in a more judicious manner.

While the value we deliver through being at the heart of a multi-disciplinary team requires us to be “jacks of all trades”, we see that it is the mastery of this role that delivers Architecture.

 

The Project 00 family

Architecture 00
Architecture and strategic design studio

Studio Weave
Exploratory Architectural Studio

Wikihouse
Open source construction system

Dark Matter Laboratories
Designing 21st century institutional infrastructures

Opendesk
Global platform for local making

Impact Hubs
Collective platform for area based change

Open Systems Lab
Non-profit R&D lab for open digital innovation

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Awards

AJ Retrofit & Reuse Award 2024 for City Hall
“Best Workspace” at EG awards 2022, for Expressway, Silvertown
LHC Architect Design Services Framework, Lot 4 Commercial / Industrial (value band 2: £5-20m)
ADUP Framework Lot 5: Commercial, Workspace, Health, Education and Civic Buildings
ADUP Framework Lot 9: Engagement, Local Regeneration and Design Advice
RIBA London Building of the Year Award 2015
RIBA Yorkshire Building of the Year Awards 2014, 2013
RIBA National Awards 2015, 2014, 2013
RIBA Regional Awards 2015, 2014, 2013
RIBA Yorkshire Sustainability Award 2013
Civic Trust Community Award 2013
Association of Interior Specialists Gold Award 2009
RIBA President’s Medal for Practice-based Research 2012
RIBA President’s Commendation for Practice-based Research 2011
NESTA/Observer New Radicals, 2014 (Wikihouse & Civic Systems Lab)
Icon Magazine Future Fifty, 2013
Finalist BD Young Architects of the Year, 2012
TED City2.0 Award, 2012 (Wikihouse)
Finalist Cadogan Café Competition
Finalist Queen Elizabeth Park MSCP Competition

People

Alice Fung

Alice is a co-founder of 00 with expertise across urban design, regeneration and employment spaces. Alice is a qualified architect with experience in delivering several workspaces including Impact Hubs and Health Foundry. Her role includes the strategic development of non-residential space across a number of schemes including business feasibility and operational design. Alice is a Mayor’s Design Advocate and member of the GLA Workspace Advisory Group.

ANDREA NOLAN

Andrea is a director who has been at 00 since 2017, working on a range of architectural and strategic projects. Most recently completing London’s new City Hall, Andrea also led the refurbishment of EG “Best Workspace” awarded Expressway, a 120,000sqft workspace. Andrea has also collaborated on a number of regeneration, engagement and strategic projects. Andrea received her professional diploma in 2019 at University of Westminster, having previously graduated in LSA’s first cohort.

Anna o’leary

Anna is a Part II architectural assistant who joined the 00 team in the beginning of 2023. A graduate from the Royal College of Art, Anna has a particular interest in community-led and inclusive design. Prior to 00, Anna worked on a wide range of projects from retro-fit workspaces to schools, in both the private and public sectors.

Caspar gruetzner

Caspar joined the 00 team as an architectural designer in 2023 after completing his postgraduate studies at RWTH Aachen University in Germany. He is interested in community-oriented projects with social impact. Using a design approach that’s driven by an economy of means, he aims to combine rational functionality with a playful and generous architectural language. Caspar is also an experienced visualizer and has worked for Ponnie Images, a visualisation studio based in Cologne, Germany.

 

David Saxby

David is a co-founder and director of 00. He is a qualified architect with extensive experience in leading multidisciplinary design teams across a wide range of large-scale building projects, including neighbourhood masterplans, collaborative workspaces, and local regeneration, often alongside the public sector and with a specialism in highly sustainable design.

Diana Moon

Diana is 00’s studio manager. Her background is in product design and operations. With a focus on evaluating and maintaining internal systems and processes, Diana is committed to making the everyday more efficient and user-friendly.

EVELYN SOSA

Evelyn is 00’s financial manager, managing the accounting of all 00 projects.

FILIPPA HELLSTEN

Filippa is a director of 00. She joined the team as a regeneration consultant in 2019 after completing her Architecture part 2 at Central Saint Martins. She has a range of experience working on feasibility studies and wider area strategies and has an interest in supporting spatial designs with viable business and governance models which are rooted in engagement and context.

 

HAMISH MCLACHLAN

Hamish is a New Zealand architect who has worked with 00 since 2019. Hamish has most recently led the design team on 71/72 Kingsway, a 120,000sqft new build workspace in Swansea, which is due on site this year.

Harrison Craigie

Harrison is an architectural designer that joined 00 in 2023. After completing his Masters degrees in Auckland, New Zealand and Wismar, Germany, Harrison has been involved commercial, education, civic and residential architecture throughout NZ. Since moving to the UK, Harrison has been more focused on the education and transport architecture sectors, including the current works on Griffith House for TfL.

INDY JOHAR

Indy is a co-founder of 00 and has led on behalf of 00 - the design and founding of multiple social ventures from HubWestminster.net to HubLaunchpad.net. He is also founder of Dark Matter Labs

He is @Indy_Johar on Twitter

JAKE

Jake has been a member of the 00 family since 2017 and is integral to daily operations within the office. With a focus on the health and well-being of team members, it is well known that he is a very good boy. Jake’s work has been featured on the Londog.

 

JAMES BRADY

James is a director at 00. He specialises in the technical resolution of architectural details, client monitoring roles through construction, as well as managing contract relationships. Most recently he has overseen 71|72 The Kingsway, Design District, Mission Kitchen, and LJ Works.

JE AHN

Je is the founder of Studio Weave and a director at 00. He is an RIBA Chartered Architect and a visiting critic at a number of universities in the UK and abroad. He is also a member of the Southwark Design, Design South East and Design Council CABE Review Panel.

Joe Ridealgh

Joe joined 00 in 2023 as an architectural designer in the Regeneration team. He graduated from Cambridge in 2022, where he completed a 2-year design research project on the emerging community-owned pubs of England. He brings experience interviewing users and stakeholders to research and design projects at 00. Joe co-organised EASA Commons, an impact-led residency and research project in Sheffield that saw 450 international designers deliver a series of projects alongside community groups.

JOOST BEUNDERMAN

Joost has worked with 00 since late 2008, leading on a wide range of research and strategy projects. He was co-author of the ‘Compendium for the Civic Economy’ [2011] and of ‘The Empathic City’ [2012] and has led a wide range of collaborative regeneration strategy projects.

 

LYNTON PEPPER

Lynton is a director at 00, he is a qualified architect and designer with experience in designing and delivering award winning, low energy buildings and innovative enabling workspaces. He also designs bespoke furniture with the OpenDesk system to facilitate beneficial behaviours in these environments.

He is @lyntonpepper on Twitter

MARGOT BOWEN

Margot is a New Zealand architect who has worked with 00 since 2019. At 00, she has worked on a number of architectural projects and has led the practice’s BIM systems. Most recently, Margot is leading on the refurbishment of TfL’s Griffith House workspace.

PAULINE CAILLAREC

Pauline is an architectural assistant who has worked with 00 since 2023. She graduated in 2020 from ENSA Clermont-Ferrand (France) and studied in Germany as part of an exchange with the TU Dresden. Prior to joining 00, she gained experience in both concept and technical design working on a range of residential projects in London. Pauline’s particular interests focus on building new narratives and atmospheres out of the most ordinary sites and spaces

SARAH HOLLINGWORTH

Sarah is a director at 00, who has expertise in both architectural design and research, specialising in education, community and co-design projects. Sarah leads design and engagement on a number of regeneration and architecture projects.

 

TOM WRIGHT

Tom is a director at 00 and a qualified architect. He brings experience of public and workspace projects with a particular focus on pragmatic, robust proposals which respond to the needs of a given site and programme. He is currently working on Camley Street regeneration and Plumstead Power Station. Prior to joining 00 he spent six years at Turner Works on projects of varying scale and typology, from concept design to delivery on site.