Housing for an ecological age

Francesca Perry

Editor and Writer specialising in cities, design and sustainability

Francesca Perry is a London-based editor and writer specialising in cities, design and sustainability. She writes for the BBC, Financial Times, The Economist, CNN and others. She is editor of the book Welfare Architecture for All (2021). Francesca was previously a commissioning editor at The Guardian, deputy editor at Blueprint, and editor-in-chief of ICON. In 2012, she founded the editorial and events platform Thinking City, dedicated to championing more inclusive urbanism. As well as journalism, Francesca has a professional background in participatory urban design.

My LinkedIn profile is here, and my (Thinking City) Twitter account is here.

Lucy Atlee

Senior Quality and Design Manager, TTL Properties, Transport for London

Lucy has been an architect for over 20 years and is a qualified BREEAM Assessor & BREEAM AP. She was board director of aLL Design Architects where she worked with Will Alsop before joining Transport for London (TfL) via Public Practice, a social enterprise that places architects in public bodies. Lucy’s role at TTLP is to champion design and sustainability in the development programme of 20,000 new homes. She delivered TfL’s Sustainable Development Framework, volunteered with LETI on the creation of a Client Guide to Zero Carbon Buildings and is a member of the NLA Net Zero Expert Panel.

Tomas Stokke

Co-founder and director of Haptic Architects

Tomas Stokke oversees Haptic’s international projects including the new Norwegian Government Headquarters, the new Norwegian embassy in Beijing, Istanbul Airport, Noida International Airport, and a waterside development for a marine centre and aquarium in Oslo. He oversees Haptic’s R&D arm, Haptic Green, focused on sustainable solutions through teaching, research and innovation. Tomas led the design of the Regenerative Highrise in Oslo, a thought piece on the future of vertical urbanism, in collaboration with Ramboll, aiming to create a new and flexible high-rise typology. He believes strongly in collaboration – International collaboration is key to Tomas’ approach, making people happy through good design.

Lauren-Rose Harper

Sustainability Officer at Peabody

MSc Environmental Management, BSc Zoology

Lauren works in the Sustainability Team at Peabody, one of the oldest and largest housing associations in the UK. Lauren’s role includes strategising how we will bring over 100,000 homes to net zero carbon by 2050, and the organisation’s business practices and operations by 2030. Lauren oversees Peabody’s customer sustainability engagement agenda and leads the Biodiversity Working Group, exploring how we will build greener communities and spaces. Lauren has also worked as the Environmental Strategy Lead at Tower Hamlets Homes and is keen to combine her nature-based background and beliefs with her role of providing more sustainable places to live in urban environments.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-rose-harper-8719ab147/