Academic Profile
Joshua Waterstone is program leader for Regent's University BA (Hons) Architecture and academic liaison for Architecture and Urbanism programs at Domus Academy Milan. As an educator he specialises in practice-based research at the intersection of architecture, material provenance, and inclusive spatial strategies. Through his studio, Joshua Waterstone Architects, he develops built projects that function as research artefacts, examining robustness of form, environmental logic, and material origin. His work spans cultural institutions, public space and urban interventions, and has been realised internationally through collaborations with The Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen University, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, CHART Art Fair, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek and Regent's University London.
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His research is disseminated through peer-reviewed publication, international conferences and cross-disciplinary partnerships. Recent publications with Springer include A Phenomenological Approach to Inclusive Design (UIA World Congress of Architecture, Copenhagen 2023) and We Have Architecture in Common (CWUAAT 2025, University of Cambridge), situating his work in contemporary discourse on inclusive design, phenomenology and material culture. Additional output includes Plasticity of Scale (EAEA16), Productive Disruptive (AAE Conference), and artistic
research publications and built work, funded by the Danish Arts Foundation, The Dreyer’s Foundation and KUV, The Royal Danish Academies Artistic Research grant program.
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He has presented at the World Architecture Festival (Copenhagen 2023) and CWUAAT Cambridge University (2025), and has delivered invited lectures and seminars at Yale University, Cambridge University, University of the Arts London, and Aalborg University. Formerly Course Leader at the Royal Danish Academy, he led research-driven design studios across The Institute of Architecture, Landscape and Urbanism and The Institute of Art & Architecture.
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Joshua’s trajectory advances a model of research-through-practice, where live projects, publication and industry exchange operate as interconnected modes of inquiry contributing to contemporary architectural debate.
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Lectures/ seminars
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Speaker;
2025, New Frontiers for Inclusion CWUAAT.
Cambridge University
https://www.inclusivedesigntoolkit.com/conference/
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Invited lecture & critic;
2024, Adaptive Reuse: The King’s College Quadrangle Project
University of The Arts Camberwell College of Arts
https://www.en.aau.dk/education/master/architecture
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Invited lecture & critic;
2024, Adaptive Reuse: The King’s College Quadrangle Project
Aalborg University Department of Architecture Design & Media Technology
https://www.en.aau.dk/education/master/architecture
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Speaker;
2023, World Architecture Festival, Copenhagen Denmark
Architecture in Common with The Royal Danish Academy
https://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/WorldArchitectureFestival2025/en/page/home
https://royaldanishacademy.com/en
Invited Lecture and critic;
2023, Hephaistos H22 The Making of a Smarter City
The Royal Danish Academy
https://h22.se/en/Royal Danish Academy x IKEA, 2022
Seminar and Masterclass;
2021, Yale University MA Architecture + Royal Danish Academy
BA Architecture students in collaboration with Anapuma Kundoo,
https://www.anupamakundoo.com/main-home/
https://www.architecture.yale.edu/academics/programs/1-m-arch-i
Awards
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Regent's University Vice Chancellors Fund 2026
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Bevica Scholarship Shortlisted Academic, 2023
https://www.bevicascholarship.dk/shortlist-2025/
Artistic Research Funding - KUV
The Royal Danish Academy, 2022
https://royaldanishacademy.com/en/cluster-artistic-research-within-architecture-and-designDanish Arts Foundation - Research Funding
Danish Ministry of Culture for Artistic Research, 2020
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Artistic Research Funding The Dreyers Fond, 2020
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Publications
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We have Architecture in Common
Waterstone, J., Marker Boccardi Christensen, M., Christoffersen Gramkow, M., Støvring, J., and Vacher, M., We have Architecture in Common – A student based interdisciplinary workshop focusing on Universal Design in CWUAAT: New Frontiers for Inclusion 2025, University of Cambridge (Springer), 2025
Hephaistos
A Phenomenological Approach to Inclusive Design, Springer. The World Architecture Congress Copenhagen (UIA) 2023.
Plasticity of Scale
EAEA16 Envisioning Architectural Scales, Royal Danish Academy Architecture Design & Conservation, 2023.
Productive Disruptive
Spaces of exploration in-between architectural pedagogy and practice, Charrette AAE.Association of Architectural Educators Conference, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, 2023.
Hephaistos
H22 Future Cities Expo, Helsingborg, Sweden. Royal Danish Academy Architecture Design & Conservation, Institute of Architecture Landscape & Urbanism, 2022.
ADFÆRD / VELFÆRD
Behaviour & Welfare, Royal Danish Academy Architecture Design & Conservation, 2022.
Catalogue
Reflections on Collaborative Methods in Contemporary Artistic Practice, Royal Danish Academy Architecture Design & Conservation, KUV Artistic Research Grant, 2021.
Artifice Edifice
Royal Danish Academy Architecture Design & Conservation, Institute of Art & Architecture Spring Exhibition, 2021
Mind
Royal Danish Academy Architecture Design & Conservation, Institute of Art & Architecture BA Manifesto, 2020
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https://www.regents.ac.uk/about/our-people/joshua-waterstone
Waterstone, J. (2026) Parallels in Contemporary Practice. Practice
based research project funded by Regent’s University London
Vice-Chancellor’s Fund 2025–26.
Waterstone, J. (2025) Tacit Nature. Exhibition designed, curated and constructed by the author for ShowLab: Fashion & Design Showcase, Regent’s University London.
Hephaistos H22 Future Cities Expo, Helsingborg, Sweden.
Royal Danish Academy Architecture Design & Conservation,
Institute of Architecture Landscape & Urbanism, 2022.
We have Architecture in Common Waterstone, J. Marker Boccardi Christensen, M., Christoffersen Gramkow, M., Støvring, J., and Vacher, M., We have Architecture in Common: A student based interdisciplinary workshop focusing on Universal Design in CWUAAT: New Frontiers for Inclusion 2025, University of Cambridge (Springer), 2025
Waterstone, J. (2021) Collaborative Architecture Workshop with
Yale University MA Architecture & Royal Danish Academy. Inter-institutional design research with BA Architecture students in collaboration with Anupama Kundoo, funded/hosted by Yale University and Royal Danish Academy of Architecture.
Waterstone, J. (2020) A Landscape for Art: Transformative Spaces, Domesticity and the Interior. Artistic research project funded by Dreyers Fond, Denmark. Practice-based research into spatial transformation, domestic environments, and interior architecture
Hephaistos H22 Future Cities Expo, Helsingborg, Sweden. Royal Danish Academy Architecture Design & Conservation, Institute of Architecture Landscape & Urbanism, 2022.
Waterstone, J. (2023) Director, CHART Art Architecture.
Professional leadership role overseeing curatorial strategy,
architectural programming and exhibition development.
