About

Current Projects

Anti-Demolition

The Test of Time

The Public Library

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Lauren Crockett is an architect, educator and researcher from Melbourne, Australia, currently based in Paris. With over a decade of experience spanning civic, cultural and educational projects, she was most recently an Associate at Sibling Architecture and has taught extensively at RMIT, Monash and the University of Melbourne. She is the co-founder of design collective Sens and co-founded Caliper Journal, an independent architecture publication. Lauren’s practice integrates research, editorial work and built outcomes, often in collaboration with artists and community groups.

Lauren is the current recipient of an ISS Institute Fellowship and George Alexander Foundation Grant, which supports her current research into adaptive reuse and demolition cultures across Europe, as well as Creative Australia’s Marten Bequest Scholarship. In addition to built work and research, Lauren consults on architectural writing, publication strategy, and life cycle thinking.

Anti-Demolition

Learning from the past, adapting for the future

Institute for Specialised Skills & George Alexander Foundation Fellowship
2025-2026

Anti-Demolition explores demolition culture, circular construction, and the political forces shaping obsolescence. Through site visits, interviews, and analysis of built work, it examines how architects navigate spatial and regulatory constraints to prioritise care, transformation, and material longevity, extending the lifespan of buildings.

05.08.2025
Introductory article and background on Brussels via Substack

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The Test of Time

From experiment into architecture

Marten Bequest Scholarship 2025-2027

The Test of Time investigates how experimental approaches to architecture, from material innovation to hands-on construction and interdisciplinary collaboration, can become more embedded in everyday practice. Through site visits, research residencies and practical training, the project examines pathways for alternative methods to move beyond the margins.

The major scholarship activity is to participate in the 2025-2026 cohort of Building Beyond Borders.

06.06.2025Architects awarded 2025 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships on ArchitectureAU

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The Public Library

Ongoing independant research project

This research explores the evolving role of the public library as a civic and architectural typology.

05.08.2025
Reflection on the role of the Pompidou’s Bibliotheque d’information Publique via Substack

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Reading Space: The Common Room
2021

Reading Space: The Common Room was a participatory public library that sat within the exhibition “Who’s Afraid of Public Space” over the summer of 2021.

Read more via Sens

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Lauren Crockett

Architecture, design, research