Dr. Ceridwen Owen

Founding Director & Architect

Ceridwen is an Associate Professor in Architecture & Design at the University of Tasmania.

Her practice, teaching and research centres on design for sustainability, health and social inclusion, with a focus on cognitive and sensory diversity in the design of the built environment. 

She is particularly interested use of creative and visual-based methods to gain in-depth insights into experiences of place and to extend opportunities for inclusion, collaboration and engagement in research and design projects and in her teaching practice.

Ceridwen has substantial residential architectural experience, and has worked as a sustainability consultant on large commercial developments and public projects.

Emily Taylor

Associate

Emily has over fifteen years' experience designing residential, civic and healthcare buildings in Tasmania and New South Wales. Her notable works include Eternal Women's Health (2019), The Rox Apartments (2021), Isabel & Elsie Homes for the Hobart Women’s Shelter (2024) and the King Island Community Hub (due for completion 2025). Emily was a recipient of the Dulux Study Tour national award in 2012 and in 2021 was awarded the AIA's Tasmanian Emerging Architect Prize. 

Emily is passionate about quality, affordable housing. She attended the 2024 BCCM Co-Operative Housing Study Tour of Copenhagen, Vienna and Zurich, where she visited exemplary cooperative housing developments with a goal to apply her learnings back home in Tasmania.