Freya Spencer-Wood is an architect, artist and lecturer working between (public) scenography, landscape politics and intersectionality. She is a co-founder of design and research group TUFF, and currently teaches at Central Saint Martins and Royal College of Art schools of architecture.
Her architectural practice has been exclusively for public clients and spans furniture, exhibition design, public realm, buildings and policy-making, while her artistic practice is research-based and multimedia.
Her architectural practice has been exclusively for public clients and spans furniture, exhibition design, public realm, buildings and policy-making, while her artistic practice is research-based and multimedia.
TEACHING
Associate lecturer and design tutor, Stage 2, Central Saint Martins, current
Associate lecturer, MS10: Staged Landscapes, Media Studies, Royal College of Art School of Architecture, current
Associate lecturer, Unit 1: Flooded, MA Architecture, Central Saint Martins, past
Regular guest critic for Projective Cities, Diploma 7 and 12, Architectural Association, ongoing
TALKS / WORKSHOPS
Creative Pedagogies in a State of Climate Emergency, Contemporary Issues in Higher Education, MA Creative Education, Norwich University of the Arts, July 2025
Fast Crystals, Regenerate!, MACCH symposium, Jan Van Eyck Academie, March 2025
Fast Design Research in a State of Climate Emergency, Climate Justice Talks, MA Architecture, Central Saint Martins, December 2024
Solar Talks: Susan Schuppli and Freya Spencer-Wood, Future Observatory, Design Museum, September 2024
Deep Breath, Research in Practice, MA Architecture,Central Saint Martins, July 2024
How can our engagement with the climate emergency become more intersectional?, Flow Country Research Conference 8: Trajectories of Change, University of Highlands and Islands, March 2024
RESIDENCIES / EXHIBITIONS
Deep Breath, Solar, Future Observatory, Design Museum, June-September 2024
WORK OUT, Delft/Rotterdam, Netherlands, September 2018-August 2019
PIRA-ADM residency, Centro ADM, Mexico City, June-July 2017
EASA programme, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, July-August 2014
ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE
AOC Architecture, JA Projects, V&A Design Studio, We Made That, East.
EDUCATION
RIBA Part III, Architectural Association, 2025
Master of Architecture, Urbanism & Building Sciences with cum laude/distinction, Delft University of Technology, 2019
Bachelor of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art, 2015
AWARDS
Winner of Best Graduate of Architecture award 2019, Delft University of Technology
Nominee for national Dutch Archiprix 2019, Delft University of Technology