Colin Rose

Colin is an architect and researcher. He completed his Engineering Doctorate at the Centre for Urban Sustainability and Resilience, UCL, where his thesis investigated the secondary lives of building components in a circular economy. He is the winner of the 2020 Flemming Bligaard Award for his work on the use of waste wood to make cross-laminated timber. Prior to his doctorate, Colin was a project architect at Haworth Tompkins, where he worked on award-winning projects for the London Library, the Donmar Warehouse and the Royal College of Art.

London Borough of Redbridge

At the London Borough of Redbridge, Colin took on the role of Infrastructure Coordinator, part of a pioneering London-wide infrastructure coordination service in partnership with the GLA. The service facilitated liaison between developers and infrastructure asset owners to proactively plan, design, and construct London’s infrastructure. Working with the Planning Policy Team, Colin played a key role in providing design advice and coordination, sharing best practices, informing local policy and plans, and researching, developing, and implementing innovative infrastructure that reduced disruption and contributed to more liveable, healthy, sustainable, and biodiverse places.