I’ve always been interested in how our built environment can facilitate actions, behaviours and emotions. Buildings are vessels of activity, shelter, motivation, relaxation, community, reflection and comfort. I’m enthusiastic about helping our clients achieve the most out of their projects.I have been a part of the DS team for over 8 years and highly value the well rounded experience I have gained. I now sit within the team managing projects and bringing design into reality. I enjoy developing the way we communicate with our clients. If there is clear communication of a design than we can begin to refine and improve outcomes.At DS I advocate an environmentally positive attitude and am interested in examining sustainability in Architecture. I believe that this should be integrated into our internal processes as well as the way we approach design. Buildings should be designed to acknowledge the raw materials and history of a place and offer the occupants, and it’s community, as much as possible. We should always be aiming to give back more than we take.Recently I have been involved in the new style of teaching at prominent universities in Melbourne. We are bringing students back into the Universities by providing informal opportunities to study and socialise; and classrooms which encourage collaboration and project based learning. Creating environments which successfully foster these moments is more than a checklist of features and objects. It is about an uplifting space which stimulates activity and persuades interaction.