AOC
is a practice of architects, urbanists
and interpreters, established in 2003
by Tom Coward, Daisy Froud, Vincent
Lacovara and Geoff Shearcroft. Building
on experience gained at respected practices
and regeneration bodies in London and
abroad, our architecture is both robustly
pragmatic and beautifully imaginative.
We embrace challenging projects and
encourage clients to be demanding, generating
open, honest, generous proposals in
response.
Recent work includes the Janet Summers’
Early Years Centre at Friars Primary
School; two first-placed housing schemes
in the Elephant and Castle regeneration
project; a winning master-design for
400 homes in South London; the consultative
process, design and realisation of the
Lift New Parliament, a demountable performance
space for 200 people; and an urban regeneration
game for Building Futures/ RIBA and
CABE.
Winners in the AJ/Corus ‘40 under
40’, and runners up in the Young
Architect of the Year 2005, we were
listed in the Observer’s ‘Best
and the Brightest: Hot List 2005’,
the Evening Standard’s ‘top
50 bright young things 2006 and Wallpaper
magazine’s ‘Architects Directory
2006’. Our work has been internationally
published and exhibited in leading museums
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the
UK, Europe and USA. We have taught at
many of the leading schools of architecture,
regularly lecture in the UK and Europe
and contribute to television, radio
and public debate.
Interested by the ways in which forces
and factors besides architects shape
places, we are committed to delivering
projects that fully engage with and
respond to the context - social, environmental
and political - in which they are set.
We approach projects through rigorous
dialogue and research, enjoying and
exploring the participation of others
at every stage - while building the
brief, during construction, and throughout
occupation - believing that a broader
conversation creates a richer and more
bespoke end product.
Our organisational structure stimulates
this conversation in 2 ways:
1. The presence of AOC Participation,
a distinct in-house unit specialising
in consultation techniques and participatory
methods.
2. The active placement of individuals
in other organisations - as project
managers, advisors and teachers - for
the exchange of knowledge and the building
of communities of interest. |
