Emergent Vernacular Architecture, established in 2014, is a London-based research and design practice with an overseas branch in Haiti. 

Between London and Port-au-Prince, our practice has a team of over ten talented designers and field architects, with different backgrounds and a broad experience and expertise.

At the core of our studio approach lies a research and design process that aims to promote equity and fight social ills and aligns with sustainable development goals as part of a new urban agenda.

We provide innovative solutions to the challenges and issues that exist in communities of diverse backgrounds. Central to our approach is a participatory process which incorporates the perspectives of the different actors in the environment.

We adopt “top-down” and “bottom-up” strategies, where local government and grassroots become integral to the implementation of the design. Architects, as process makers, may play a key role in facilitating the conversation between urban planners and local communities.