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Hayden White

Hayden White

London, GB

 

About 

Employment 

BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group, London, Senior Urban Designer

Project Lead for regional Giga-project masterplans in the MEA region

Apr 2021 - current
 

SITU, Reading, GB, Senior Urban Design Lead

Urban Design Lead on Giga-project masterplans in MEA region

Project Lead - Confidential Ongoing East Coast Masterplan, Saudi Arabia, 100km2. Strategic Planning, Masterplanning and Urban Design

Project Lead - Confidential Ongoing East Coast Masterplan, Saudi Arabia, 16km2. Strategic Planning and Urban Design

Urban Design Lead - Confidential East Coast Masterplan, Saudi Arabia, 320km2. Strategic Planning and Masterplanning

Urban Design Lead -Wadi Namar Masterplan and Ideation, Saudi Arabia, 37km2, Mixed Use Masterplan

Jul 2020 - Apr 2021
 

SWA Group, Laguna Beach, CA, US, Project Urban Designer

Project Manager on US, MEA and China based Masterplanning, Urban Design and Planning

Central Riyadh Redevelopment, Saudi Arabia, 100km2+, Strategic Masterplanning and Urban Design/Landscape

Project Manger, Delhi Nexus Masterplan, India, 236 acres, Concept Masterplan and Development

Project Manager, Dongguan City Masterplan, China, 100km2, Concept Masterplan Competition

Jun 2018 - May 2020
 

Harvard University, Beijing, CN, Associate

Harvard Ecological Urbanism Office, Co-Lead

+ Organized Global Ecological Urbanism Conference, Beijing, CN.

+ Ecological Urbanism Exhibition, Beijing, CN.

Beijing Environmental Planning Study - regional GIS analytical study of land use changes and impact on environment.

Guangzhou Environmental Planning Study - Regional and on-site analysis of urban and environmental planning, undertaken with Guangzhou Planning Authority.

Haikou Environmental Planning Study - Regional and on-site analysis of urban and environmental planning, undertaken with Haikou Planning Authority.

May 2016 - Oct 2017
 

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB, Architectural Studio Tutor

Part time sudio tutor for two undergraduate architecture studios:

Lisa Moffitt - Landscapes of Energy
August 2012 - January 2013
August 2013 - January 2014
August 2014 - January 2015

Tolulupe Onabalu - Back to the Future
January 2013 - August 2013
January 2014 - August 2014
January 2015 - August 2015

Sep 2012 - May 2015
 

Terreform ONE, Brooklyn, NY, US, Designer

May 2012 - Sep 2012
 

RMJM, Edinburgh, GB, Part 1 Architect

Gazprom Tower and Masterplan, St Petersburg, Russia.

May 2010 - Dec 2010
 

British Army, Edinburgh, GB, Officer in Training

Sep 2009 - May 2010
 

Education 

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US, Masters, Architecture and Urban Design

Honors + Awards:

Harvard Arthur Lehman Scholarship
Harvard GSD Dean's Merit Scholarship
Captain - Harvard GSD Soccer Team
Harvard Future of the American City, Cover Article Author - Thesis Publication

Aug 2015 - May 2018
 

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB, MArch, Architecture

Graduate Honors with Distinction

Honors + Awards:

RIBA Walter Parker Award for Architecture
RIBA Future of the City Award
French Institute, Paris - Award for Architecture for Sea Level Rise
Edinburgh University Innovative Innovation Award

Sep 2013 - May 2015
 

Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, GB, Masters, Art

Sep 2009 - Sep 2013
 

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB, BArch, Architecture

Sep 2009 - May 2013
 

Awards 

2014
 

AIA NYC Chapter, Award

Merit Award for Urban Design, undertaken with Terreform One, NYC

2013
 

Areas of Specialization