Stephanie Edwards (AADipl 2010) has been featured in the Financial Times’ ‘Kudos Project’, a series edited by Charlene Prempeh that shines the spotlight on black creatives, innovators and entrepreneurs. Urban Symbiotics, the practice founded by Edwards in 2018, is highlighted as a practice that puts personal experience at the centre of their projects, Edwards’ own work being inspired by time spent in her father’s hometown of Happy Hill in Grenada.

‘Edwards is continually trying to answer questions on how to respond spatially to the needs of people right now, while acknowledging that demands will shift in the future. She is also looking at ways to create built forms that make us feel present in our space. Current projects include an urban regeneration development in Croydon that prioritises pedestrians and brings the community together. A reimagining of the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton promises a design that both challenges traditional ideas of learning and encourages visitors to embrace a sense of agency. A student dorm project is asking how we integrate residential spaces where we also need to work.’

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