OFFICE FOR REPAIR
[oFR]
systems and spatial
design studio
Lou Elena Bouey
Lou is an architect and systems designer. Working across the fields of the built environment, policy and systems thinking, she focuses on evidence-based, participatory design solutions to increase climate resiliency and adaptive urban placemaking for marginalised community groups, particularly displaced individuals, women and young people.
Some of her specialisms include: biobased materials, reuse and retrofit, public realm design, circular economy, ecology and regenerative work, community engagement, organisational development, forced displacement and migratory studies.
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Visiting lecturer at UCL and Cambridge University. RIBA Bursary Jury since 2024.
Awards:
2024 Young Scholar at Resilience Alliance
2022 RIBA Silver Medal Nominee
2022 Morgan Sindall Prize Winner
2021 RIBA Wren Scholar and Bursary Winner
2021 Research Scholar at the Centre for Inter-American and Border Studies
2019 RIBA President’s Medal Commendation WinneR
2019 Spatial Practices Contribution Award Winner 2018 British Council Venice Biennale Fellow