Hi! My name is Pat and I am a MArch 1 student and a part of the Continuity Atelier.
I finished my undergrad at University for The Creative Arts in 2021 and since have spent the past 2.5 years in practice at dMFK, a London based studio where I spent most of my time working predominantly on high-end commercial retrofit projects within stages 3-4.
I am detail driven, which is why in practice I really enjoyed working within stages 3-4 and why I chose to join the Continuity Atelier. Our project for Monton Unitarian Church is super exciting and I think my interests really compliment what we are trying to achieve with it along with the deliverables we are setting out to produce. My previous BA projects have always been some guise of a community led scheme so it’s exciting to be working on a live project where Monton’s local community is going to be so heavily involved.

Today we took our initial planter design concepts further. In the morning, we discussed lessons learnt from yesterday’s initial meeting on site and solidified a plan layout. We then split into 2 groups to explore 2 different materialities through 2 different designs. We explored and interrogated these designs through sketching, scaled section drawings and scaled model making as well calculating a rough cost estimate per unit. To end the day, we formalised all our outputs into a document which send to the client.
We now await the client’s decision on the desired design to take further tomorrow!