I am a master of architecture student at the University of Reading and this is my personal website related to my design research unit . This research is based around radical retrofit and adaptive reuse. Working within individually and in a team of fellow master of architecture students, a design response is being created for a site in Bristol - Temple Church.

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The Temple Church was built by the Knights Templar in the early 12th century. By 1307, the church was handed to the Knights Hopsitaller. The parish was later taken over by Henry VIII in 1540. In the 18th century, the interior was refitted. During the second world war, the church was bombed and ruined by the resulting fire. The building has been left in ruin since 1940, with only certain sections of the church surviving. 

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The bell tower can be seen across Bristol and is known as the leaning tower with it being off centre by 1.6m at the top. This is believed to have been caused by subsidence. Further work to rectify this lead to the third section of the tower being built at a correction leaning angle. 

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The former churchyard is an open, public green space that is maintained by Bristol City Council. The gardens offer a peaceful escape from modern day life. Ten benches provide seating. Three individual graves together with seven large and five fragments of headstones remain spread through the former churchyard.