Team

N.A.W. is co-directed by Thomas Aquilina, an alumnus from its first cohort, and Tom Wilkinson, who co-founded the programme with Phineas Harper. Thomas and Tom craft N.A.W.’s annual curriculum, steering its pedagogical trajectory through direct tutorship, open mentorship and editorial review. They also manage all operational aspects of the programme, with support from Rosie Gibbs-Stevenson and Ann Dingli. Shumi Bose provides ongoing curriculum support. N.A.W. receives regular contribution from several figures across journalism and design.

Affiliation

N.A.W. forms part of the Architecture Foundation (AF), which is a registered charity, and which formed part of the programme’s foundation in 2017. N.A.W.’s team works with AF’s Ellis Woodman, Matea Vlaskalic, Matthew Blunderfield, and Amy Young, as well as past members Phineas Harper, Chloe Spiby Loh, and Rosie Gibbs-Stevenson. The Architectural Review is also an N.A.W. founder, providing critical and editorial support, as well as an annual paid writing commission to all cohort members.

Advisory Board

N.A.W. strives to be both agile and intentionally radical in its direction and impact. It has therefore always benefited from the counsel of leading architects, writers, editors and academicians who have formed the N.A.W. Advisory Board. N.A.W.’s current board includes David Ogunmuyiwa, Priya Khanchandani, Adrian Lahoud, Lesley Lokko and Farshid Moussavi. Each has been instrumental to the evolution of the programme, acting as critical allies and inputting on major intentions and objectives as they develop.