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He studied at the Bartlett, where he was awarded a Distinction for his PG Diploma and a Commendation for his Masters. His PhD was twice nominated for a RIBA research Award. Jan’s book, The Architecture Chronicle: Diary of an Architectural Practice was published by Ashgate in 2014. Jan teaches and lectures in the UK and internationally. He also holds a lectureship at UCL, is a member of the Institute of Place Management and the Harlow + Gilston Garden Town quality review panel.

Before setting up his own studio, Jan worked on urban regeneration projects at Jestico and Whiles and Peter Barber Architects. He grew the business from sole practitioner to a reputable and multiple award-winning regeneration practice.

Today, responsibility for the day to day management of the studio is shared between the four directors. Aside from his strategic role, Jan writes, draws and makes. He is also often involved in participatory design activities.

She has previously worked at East on TFL’s Streetscape Guidance, aiming to streamline urban design policies across London and led the Pride in Derwent Parade Project, an ambitious town centre regeneration project in the Thames estuary. At Antarchitecture she designed for Habitat and Fitness First, and at Gregory Phillips Architects she designed the premises of a post production company in Soho.

Chrysanthe has held teaching roles in architecture and interior architecture at the University of Wesminster, the University of Greenwich and has led short courses at the Bartlett and the Architectural Association.

She is responsible for building and maintaining the studio’s partnerships. She also manages our finances and ensures that we comply with the obligations of our ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 accreditation.

Gabriel has led high street regeneration programmes for Waltham Forest and Croydon, enabled community-led design for play and public space for Peabody and realised ground-breaking affordable workspaces for Haringey and Westminster, including the award-winning Blue House Yard.

Gabriel completed his degree at the Bartlett with first class honours and obtained his MArch with distinction, and is a registered architect. He has previously worked for Barkow Leibinger and Bundschuh Baumhauer Architekten in Berlin and Edgley Design in London.

Since 2017, Gabriel has taught at the Bartlett School of Architecture. He is also a founding associate of design collective STORE, running an international educational programme aimed at broadening access to creative professions for young people.

As director of projects, Gabriel is responsible for organising how we deliver projects. He manages resource allocations and design teams ensuring that each project benefits from the right expertise.

He completed his BArch degree at the University of Nottingham with first class honours. He was awarded the degree prize for his portfolio, and was part of the construction team for the UK’s first entry to the European Solar Decathlon. He completed his MArch at the Bartlett with distinction in both his design work and thesis.

Gareth has previously worked for WCEC Architects in Sheffield and Vision Ltd in Tianjin, China, where he worked on ambitious strategies to reshape a fishing harbour in Sha Po Wei, to factory and mining districts in brownfield areas of Tianjin and Jixan. Together with Felicity, Gareth leads an undergraduate design studio at Oxford Brookes University.

Gareth joined JKA in 2012 where he has since delivered award winning town centre regeneration in Leytonstone, Westminster and Morden, a temporary high street in South London and planning guidance for Hackney Council and RB Greenwich. As director of design, he is responsible for internal design quality management across all our projects.

Heloise studied at the National School of Architecture of la Villette in Paris and the Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland. Her final year culminated in a collaborative project that redefined administrative and physical boundaries along the river Seine in Paris. The student team pushed the limits of social engagement in academia by working closely with local communities including the ‘Bateliers’, the Paris’ riverboat operators, to develop their project brief and to establish a dialogue between transient communities and administrative management.

After graduating, Heloise participated in a number of self-built projects including the Bellastock Festival in Acheres and ScolarRom in Champs-Sur-Marne, where she worked with children in a travelling community to build a mobile knowledge exchange.

She went on to deliver urban design and housing projects at Philipon Kalt Architects, BNR Architects and ITAR Architects in Paris, before joining JKA in 2016.

Heloise’s enduring commitment to community participation in regeneration informs her approach to each stage of a project, from concept development through to managing works on site. She was project architect of JKA’s award-winning Tailoring Academy in Haringey, and is currently leading on high street regeneration in Tottenham and public realm improvements in Globe Town for Tower Hamlets. She is also delivering an educational building in Southwark built exclusively from reclaimed materials.

At JKA Heloise has special responsibility for supporting and training our team to deliver on our sustainability and circular economy objectives.

She studied at the Bartlett and at the CASS where she completed her professional Masters with Distinction. She subsequently won a scholarship to  complete an MA by project working with young people on the design  of a series of public realm projects in Thamesmead which she collaboratively implemented on site.

She has previously worked for Sharon Davies Design in New York, where she led the expansion of a community hospital. In London she has worked for Social Enterprise Wave Cafe to develop a brand identity with people with learning disabilities. Corina won the London Works design competition in 2017, the RIBA Eyeline drawing competition in 2016 and the Branding Lab High Street competition where she implemented her design in 2013.

At JKA Corina has worked with residents on the Whitecross Estate on infill development proposals for Peabody, on the Whitecross Estate Regeneration project for Peabody, is working with traders and stakeholders in both Drummond Street and Roman Road to implement a multi-layered vision for neighbourhood improvements. She has recently completed the colourful transformation of Aberfeldy High Street in Poplar.

She graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a first class degree and received her MArch with Distinction at the Bartlett, where her final thesis used social narratives as design parameters.

Mary teaches design at the University of Westminster and has initiated  innovative design courses with STORE Projects, empowering young people to shape their public spaces through mixed reality.

At JKA she has been working on proposals for affordable workspaces and a new urban room in Enfield and planning policy guidance for RB Greenwich.

Alastair completed his BArch degree with first class honours at Oxford Brookes, where he was also nominated for a RIBA Bronze Medal. He went on to receive his MArch at the Bartlett, where he was also awarded the Design Realisation Innovation prize, and his works was featured in the Blueprint for the Future awards and exhibition. During his final year he solidified an approach to architecture which focuses on the intangible social and political qualities in the built environment that are an intrinsic component within the design process.

Before joining JKA, Alastair ,worked at Metropolitan Workshop and We Made That on public-facing and residential projects, as well as large scale masterplans including for the Carpenters Estate in Stratford. During his time on this project Alastair implemented his passion for storytelling through drawing by hosting sketching workshops and consultation events with local residents.

After completing her BSc in Architecture at Bath, she graduated with a first class degree at the University of Edinburgh, where her final thesis was awarded the Schinkel Prize for Architecture and the Hans-Joachim Pysall Foundation travel grant to Italy. Her work is deeply rooted in the threads that connect our urban environment to circularity and intersectional sustainability, with an attentive focus on the tiny details that make a big difference.

At JKA, Sue Yen is working on a place plan for Ramsgate and proposals for affordable workspaces, libraries, and community spaces in London.

Hailey received her Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) degree from London Metropolitan University. Fuelled by a passion for sustainable construction materials, her undergraduate thesis explored the utilisation of agricultural byproducts to reverse the economic and physical decline of villages in the South of Italy. During an extended residency with La Rivoluzione Del Seppie, she conducted practical experiments with bio-based building materials in collaboration with local farmers. Her work gained recognition, including a nomination for the RIBA Bronze Medal and the award for Best Environmental, Social, Cultural & Economic Sustainability from the East London Architecture Group.

At JKA Hailey continues to work at the intersection between architecture, communities and sustainability. Presently, she is working on combined work space – community space projects in Ramsgate and Harrow.