2025
Paloma Gormley is a co-director of Material Cultures, an architecture and research practice bringing together design, material research and strategic thinking. Her work examines the potential for bio-regional systems to support an ecologically restorative construction economy. She is currently developing Material Culture’s Land Lab project, establishing a dedicated living laboratory for exploring the interrelationship between land management and construction practices.
Exploring the intersection between local economy and local agro-ecology, architecture and agriculture, this panel discussion brings together practitioners of non-extractive bioregional architecture to discuss how the built and natural environments can become more enmeshed? We will look across the supply chain and lifecycle of design and construction – materials cultivation, form making, maintenance and employment […]