Hi, I'm Clara...
I’m a designer, researcher, and consultant with a love for craft, human connection, and storytelling.
Through my background in architecture, I notice how people move through spaces: where they pause, what feels intuitive, and what quietly frustrates them. I am able to craft environments at multiple scales and bring that spatial thinking, systems design, and analytical problem-solving into the digital space.
I’m most excited by distilling complexity into clarity through storytelling. Whether designing systems, content, or interfaces, I create visual stories and experiences that are intuitive, engaging, and impact-driven.
I believe beauty is neither superfluous nor a luxury. It supports function, builds connection, and creates comfort. Thoughtful design doesn’t need to be loud, expensive, or complicated. It simply respects and elevates the people it’s made for.
Education
UX Design Professional Certificate, Google
Masters of Architecture, University of Toronto, Magna Cum Laude
Honours of Bachelors of Art, University of Toronto, High Distinction
Double Major in Architecture Design + History, Theory and Criticism
2025
2019 - 2022
2014 - 2018
Experience
Freelance UX / Product Designer
Designer, SvN Architects+Planners
Artist & Creative Director, Ziada By Design
Art Instructor & Curriculum Director, Arthouse Halton
Architectural Designer & Marketing Assistant, Dialog
Architectural Assistant, B+H Architects
Oct 2025 - Present
Oct 2022 - Feb 2025
Feb 2025 - Present
Oct 2016 - Present
Jan 2019 - July 2019
Sep 2018 - Dec 2018
Workshops Design & Facilitation
LCA Graduate-Level Workshops, University of Toronto
The Future of Ontario Place Project and Workshops, Toronto
Research initiative and public campaign to imagine the Future of Ontario Place for all
Senegal International Workshops, Dakar, Senegal
Reimagining an adaptive reuse future of CICES. In collaborative design with Senegalese, Québécois, and Spanish students
2022 - 2024
Aug 2022
Feb 2020
Exhibitions & Publications
NOW: The Upfront Carbon Façade Materials Guide, SvN
Technical Mass Timber Through a Lifecycle Lens, Canadian Architect
Places of Worship in Brampton’s Employment Lands, Tuff Lab, University of Toronto
'Material Bank' and 'Sitopia', Green New Deal
Solo Art Exhibition for Black History Month, Burlington Art Gallery
Solo Art Exhibition, Corpus Christi School
'Paint the Town' Solo Art Project, Burlington Police
Apr 2025
Feb 2022
Aug 2021
Mar 2021
Feb 2014
Feb 2014
Nov 2013
Awards, Certificates & Scholarships
Healthier Materials and Sustainable Building Certificate, Parsons School of Design
Technical Lecture: Life Cycle Assessment Workshop, Ontario Association of Architects
OneClick LCA APAC
Travel Grant (England Mass Timber and Circularity Research Trip), University of Toronto
The Bank (1 of 670 chosen projects across North America), Landscape Architecture Foundation
Professor Jeffrey A. Stinson Graduate Student Endowment Fund Nomination, University of Toronto
Green New Deal Superstudio, Project: The Bank
Green New Deal Superstudio, Project: Bermondsey, Sitopia
Travel Grant (Senegal Workshop Adaptive Reuse Site Visit), University of Toronto
Academic Merit Admission Award, University of Toronto
Academic Merit Award and Scholarship, University of Toronto
Recognition of Exceptional Academic Achievement, University of Toronto
Honorary Dean’s List Award, University of Toronto
Entrance Scholarship, University of Toronto
2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
2018
2018
2015
2014
Software