Rachel O’Grady

Dr Rachel O’Grady has been a lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast since 2017. She is also the co-founder of Belfast practice OGU Architects. Over the past five years, Rachel has worked extensively with the Indian NGO CURE using collaborative projects to examine the creative potential of reviving architectural ‘heritage’​ in the city. Her ongoing project The Buksh Museum of Hobbycraft received an ASF-International Honorary Mention Award. Rachel studied architecture at the University of Cambridge and then London Metropolitan University where she later completed a PhD as part of the Department of Architecture of Rapid Change and Scarce Resources (ARCSR): this is when her relationship with CURE began. Before the PhD she worked for London architecture practices Wright & Wright Architects and Penoyre & Prasad LLP.

Rachel O’Grady, Lecturer in Architecture (0.3)