Lee Ivett
Studio Tutor and Lecturer
Architecture
Baxendale Studio
Research Interests
Participatory Design, Architecture, Urban Design, Live Build, Community Engagement, Curation
Research Profile
Lee Ivett is an award winning architect, designer, artist and urbanist with a track record of developing transformational long term projects with third sector organizations. His mode of practice is intensely generative, developing low-budget socially-focused projects from scratch largely for marginalized communities within Scotland and beyond as a means of identifying ideas and developing local agency and capacity. Lee works with artists, makers, dancers, choreographers, growers, academics, musicians to prototype and generate the activity that ultimately creates a demand for the physical regeneration of place. Lee has been recognized internationally for the impact and quality of his work; exhibiting, producing and presenting work in Poland, Hungary, Nuremburg, Los Angeles, Venice and Ljublmore...
Lee Ivett is an award winning architect, designer, artist and urbanist with a track record of developing transformational long term projects with third sector organizations. His mode of practice is intensely generative, developing low-budget socially-focused projects from scratch largely for marginalized communities within Scotland and beyond as a means of identifying ideas and developing local agency and capacity. Lee works with artists, makers, dancers, choreographers, growers, academics, musicians to prototype and generate the activity that ultimately creates a demand for the physical regeneration of place. Lee has been recognized internationally for the impact and quality of his work; exhibiting, producing and presenting work in Poland, Hungary, Nuremburg, Los Angeles, Venice and Ljubljana over the last tend years and was selected for inclusion in New Architects 3 - the definitive survey of the best British architects to have set up practice since 2005.
As well as being the founding director of Baxendale, Lee is also a studio tutor and lecturer at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, a director and co-producer of the Architecture Fringe, a co-producer of the annual Test Unit summer school and a board member of Baltic Street Adventure Playground
Qualifications
BSc. Hons Architecture
Msc. Urban Design [with distinction]