Aisling O'Carroll

Aisling O'Carroll is a researcher and designer, trained in both architecture and landscape architecture. Her work addresses the relationship between history, narrative, and representation in architecture, landscape, geology, and hybrids of the three—examining, in particular, critical approaches to reconstruction in design.

Aisling is currently completing her PhD in Architectural Design at The Bartlett School of Architecture, funded by the UCL Graduate Research Scholarship and Overseas Research Scholarship. She has previously taught design studios at Harvard Graduate School of Design and The Bartlett School of Architecture and has practiced internationally in architecture and landscape architecture. Her work has been funded by Harvard University, the Landscape Research Group, Canada Council for the Arts, the Danish Arts Foundation, and UCL, among others. She is co-founder and co-editor in chief of The Site Magazine.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL (2017 — 2022)
• Master's Degree Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2010 — 2012)
• Bachelor's Degree University of Waterloo (2004 — 2009)

Companies

• Lecturer (Teaching) The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL (2020)
• Sessional Lecturer University of Toronto - John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design (2020)
• Founder, Principal Investigator Scenographic Land (2016)
• Co-Founder, Co-Editor in Chief The Site Magazine (2016)
• Teaching Fellow, MArch Urban Design The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL (2017 — 2018)
• Senior Project Manager Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. (2012 — 2016)
• Design Critic in Landscape Architecture Harvard Graduate School of Design (2015 — 2015)
• Research Assistant Social Agency Lab (2011 — 2012)
• Research Assistant P-REX Lab (2011 — 2011)