Principal Investigator on a 3-year project, "Adjustable Housing: a transdisciplinary approach to delivering socially, environmentally and economically sustainable homes". Funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), I am seconded from Cullinan Studio to the University of Cambridge on a 0.8 basis. The project aim is to operationalise the concept of 'Adjustable housing (see, Graham, P, 2023, 'Adjustable Housing: lessons for industry from self-organised and co-managed living, Doctorate thesis, University of Reading, DOI: 10.48683/1926.00112060). The objectives are to, (1) Publish peer-reviewed journal articles to define Adjustable Housing; (2) Establish a network of Adjustable Housing experts, researchers and practitioners; (3) Produce a handbook to help industry to implement more Adjustable Housing; and, (4) Publish a monograph of Adjustable Housing, in an attempt to change consumer attitudes to co-managed, multi-dwelling housing and to shift the political narrative towards outcomes rather than just the numbers of new homes. The project crosses the fields of architecture, economics and real estate, whilst moving between industry, practice, political science and research, focussing on the UK but also branching out into the Nordic region where there are similar levels of owner occupation.

Responsible for the academic life of all undergraduate Architecture and Design students at Homerton College. I also conduct undergraduate admissions interviews and provide the primary point of contact between College and Department. As a bye-fellow, I have the further privilege of contributing to the wider community and educational vision of the College.

Cullinan Studio’s cooperative structure is the foundation of its excellent business practice. We make socially, environmentally and economically durable buildings and places. We are a diverse and agile collective that engages in research and teamwork. We invest in both people and innovative technology so that we can approach each design with fresh thinking.We believe that design informs construction and construction informs design, so being engaged in the whole process is our fundamental aim. The craft of our architecture reflects how well we have listened to everyone we encounter along the design journey, and what we have learned from our completed work.I lead teams of different sizes in my role as Project Architect and Design Mentor, always building a personal relationship with my clients, consultants, colleagues and constructors. I also lead the office's Housing and Research teams with a specialism in collective living, masterplanning and multi-dwelling urban regeneration at different scales. I have led or participated in a variety of workshops that help businesses or organisations to reimagine themselves: higher education in the 21st Century; post-conflict identity-building; child-centred hospital environments; collaborative research facilities, and; cooperative business structures.Being a Partner in a dynamic, employee-owned practice, I share business leadership lessons with other organisations looking to reshape their business structures. I have been a member of Cullinans' Design Management Team since qualifying as an Architect in 2008.An RIBA Research Trust Award grant in 2016 has part-funded a self-initiated, two year research project linked to the cross-practice start-up “Appropriate Housing” that I co-founded in 2015. Expanding on a financial model for unlocking land and delivering more appropriate housing, the work has attracted awards from the RIBA Journal (2016 Rising Star Award) and the Good Homes Alliance (2017 Nudge Award).

Supporting this unique sustainable housing masters programme with some visiting input in adjustable ("agile") housing design. This opportunity has helped me to get to know members of the ASUTUT sustainable housing design research team: https://www.sustainablehousingdesign.com/

Y1 & Y2 undergraduate design studio tutor (2022: AA2DS4; 2022-3: AA1DS1, AA1DS2, AA2DS3, AA2DS4) and postgraduate research methods tutor (2023: AAMRM1). Also, Module Convener (2023: AA1DS2), construction and technology marking (2022: AA2STC) & Y1 academic tutor (2022-23).Awarded a University of Reading Collaborative Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (April 2023) for the Year 1 course, AA1 DS1.

Abstract👇“When their needs change, UK homeowners adjust their housing through house moves or building alterations. However, households on the edges of homeownership lack choice and the funds to trade-up, whilst in higher density areas, alterations are hard or impossible to make. In an age of longevity, precarity and episodic changes in housing needs, these factors mean some people experience inappropriate housing for longer. To meet this urgent but largely unacknowledged need for real choice over time, this practice-based thesis develops a transdisciplinary framework for improving adjustability during use. Taking a capabilities approach, I consider two housing models, each claiming to provide solutions for people whose needs are not met by the mainstream market. Drawing on stakeholder interviews, I ask, (1) What characteristics provide longer-term adjustability? (2) What industry changes are needed to make adjustable housing attractive to developers? and, (3) How knowledge from the fields of architecture, economics and real estate might be combined to develop a framework for describing and implementing more manageable or ‘adjustable housing’ systems? My findings suggest adjustability relies on the design of infrastructure that empowers residents to alter the housing density and shared environment over time, by giving them an equity stake, as well as shared spaces to meet in and meet about. This idea of living together but separately, is less radical than cohousing - a sociable, mixed-tenure, custom-designed solution that I show can increase costs, sales risks and demographic exclusion. Instead, I identify six ways that regulation, planning and design process could deliver new housing that is more responsive to changing needs and housing aspirations. I conclude that the architectural and real estate industries need to work more closely if they are to change the structure of housing demand in the UK.(Supervisors: Profs. Flora Samuel, Geoff Meen and Sarah Sayce)

Y2 design studio tutor (undergraduate)

The idea of a missing service in the real estate sector - “Circumstance Design” - came from our realisation that current, global housing crises are neither as local nor as affected by supply as the public is led to believe. Far from of a shortage of housing, AH sees an abundance of credit - a crisis of demand.In response, we are designing an alternative to debt-leveraged land speculation - an algorithm that allows landowners, crowd-funders, capital investors, designers and future residents, to place a value on their equity contributions to a housing development.In our model, “equity” is defined not just as capital but as land and services too. We value this equity as a share in the long-term income-generating potential of the community that the development will serve, rather than a share in short-term profits at the moment of its handover.The AH model allows equity-holders to keep some “skin in the game” by participating in the delivery of a thriving community in return for an income. This is as opposed to selling land or design services to a speculative developer who will always be commercially bound to offer capital values that are disadvantaged by risk and profit margins.In design terms, our objective is to encourage quality-led actors to align their interests towards long-term performance in all dimensions - social, economic, fabric, energy and maintenance. In social terms, our objective is to give residents a meaningful voice in the design and management of their settlement, with a lower cost of entry and a “staircased” route towards ultimately owning their share.Our vision is to turn home-occupiers into stakeholders, landowners into land stewards, architects into enablers and developments into better places.AH also provides a design enabling service in parallel with - or in advance of - traditional architectural services. We offer long-sighted, quality-led advocacy and better front-end decision-making support in the delivery of good housing.

Visiting Critic on the post-graduate programme, appraising MArch students' work by way of an interim review with tutoring as part of feedback process.

Seconded from Cullinans to lead a team of five in the delivery of Stage E production information for tender and construction of a new-build and refurbishment project for St John and St James School, North London.

Part time architectural assistant working on domestic work, university fit-out and web design.

Leading the design & delivery of The Spirit of the Tattoo visitor centre from the client side.

Architectural Assistant on various domestic jobs in London.

Architectural Assistant on a wide range of projects including large houses for art collectors, weekend houses, apartments, a law school, a museum and an art college.

Regular Army Officer (SSLC) in 5th Regiment Royal Artillery. The regiment forms a key part of the British Army’s Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) capacity. Roles included training exercises, learning to work with and lead soldiers day-to-day, leading an adventurous training expedition, a brief performance role and specialist arctic warfare and survival training in Norway.