Female Architects of Minority Ethnic
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We are a research-network, exposing the barriers in architecture for Female Architects of Minority Ethnic.
About Us
FAME collective was founded to support women of diverse backgrounds and ethnicities in architecture and the built environment. Our aim is to raise awareness of the barriers, inequalities and lack of diversity in architecture, as well as to demand change.
Ultimately, this research acts as a tool for ACTIVISM; it reviews and highlights systemic inequities in architecture by documenting the lived experiences' narrative as a valuable form of research tool.
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FAME collective is responding to an urgent need for understanding how race and gender affect established practitioners, young scholars and students, from diverse backgrounds, knowledge and practices by engaging in conversations about the barriers in architecture and the built environment. Our aim is to collectively respond and to demand change and the much-needed support to overcome the barriers of racial and gender inequalities both in academia and in practice.
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We would like to bring together established, young scholars and practitioners from a range of backgrounds, knowledge and practices to engage in conversations about the barriers in architecture faced by female architects of minority ethnic.
Who we are
Meet our team
We are passionate about equity and justice in the field of architecture.
FAME collective was founded in September 2020 to empower
Female Architects of Minority Ethnic. Tumpa is the
principal investigator of FAME's research projects:
"Exposing the Barriers in Architecture, from a FAME Perspective". Join our team and make a meaningful change.
Vicky Carillo Mullo
Creative Content Producer
Vicky, is a Latin American Architectural Designer based in London. She is an advocate for self-help, humanitarian architecture and participatory design in her home country, Ecuador. She studied BA Architecture at the University of Westminster.
Phoebe Bix
Creative Content Producer
Phoebe is studying for her Masters / Part 2. She contributed on the Monthly Promotion of FAMEs.
Yuka Ho
Creative Content Producer
Yuka is currently undertaking a undergraduate degree in Architecture at the University of Bath.
She has worked with Orbit Architects in London. She has interest in sustainable and regenerative architecture.
Marié Nevin
Creative Content Producer
Marié is an architect of Japanese origin, who grew up internationally amongst a wide range of cultures. After studying at Cardiff University and UWE she is currently working at Stride Treglown's Cardiff studio. She is a passionate member of their Social Values and Inclusion & Diversity groups.
Creative Content Producer
Stefania Bellato
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Reshma Upadhyaya
Creative Content Producer
Stefania is an Italian-Brazilian architect. She holds a Master’s degree in Architecture.
She worked at Studio Anna Herringer. She is a researcher and recently took part in the architecture college at the Venice Biennale 2023.
Reshma is an architect of Indian origin based in London, currently working at Ron Arad Studio after studying at the University of Bath, Newcastle University, and the Architectural Association.
Nica Sabet
Creative Content Producer
Nica is a British-Iranian architectural designer, environmental engineer, musician, and poet. Her current research explores the intersection of environmental conservation and the spatialisation of memory of marginalised communities.
Emeritus Professor Christine Hawley
Research Supervisor
Professor Emeritus of the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL), the winner of the 2016 RIBA Annie Spink Award for excellence in architectural education.
Christine has been a critical reviewer and respondent to the research project by FAME collective.
Past Members of the Team
Nabiha Qadir
Past Creative Content Producer
Nabiha, a British Pakistani aspiring Architect based in London, has completed her Masters at Cambridge University and graduated in BA Architecture at the University of Westminster. She has worked as a part time Part 1 Architectural Assistant at Makespace Architects, a Young Advisor for V&A East and a freelance graphic designer.
Misbah Shehreen Baig
Past Creative Content Producer
Misbah is an Indian origin, Part 2 Architectural Assistant and a Post-graduate from the AA. She considers herself a global citizen having lived and experienced different cultures around the world. She’s currently practicing in Dubai and is also an advocate for free and inclusive education, by being a part of various educational programs.
Sharada Desai
Past Creative Content Producer
Sharada has completed her MA Interior Architecture and Design degree from the University of Hertfordshire, and has many years of experience in the built environment.
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She has contributed towards social media content design for FAME collective.
Past Creative Content Contributor
Maheer Khan
Maheer graduated in BA architecture. She is interested in pursuing love of architecture through unconventional route. She is working as a Freelance designer. She is a mentee at the Creative Mentor Network. Interested in Architectural Writing. She is received the Kathrine Shonefield Prize for Best dissertation, published in Paper Space Architecture Magazine. She is passionate about political, Islamic and forensic architecture.
Past Creative Content Contributor
Bareera Borhan
Bareera Borhan is working as a part 1 architectural assistant in London, she has graduated from the University of the Arts London, Central St Martins. With a particular interest in the social aspect of architecture, Bareera hopes to bring social value with her designs.
Past Creative Content Contributor
Tahin Khan
Tahin is a British Bangladeshi Part II Architectural Assistant at Architecture Doing Place. She is a co-founder of Muslim Women in Architecture (MWA).
Tahin contributed to FAME collective between October - December 2020.
School Work Placement
Past Work Experience Student
Aliyah Fare
An American-Arabic high school student, Aliyah embraces a strong passion for Architecture and design. With a strong conceptual ability, she craves the opportunity to be an integral part of a professional architectural environment where she can utilize her skills to bring concepts to fruition.