Programme Directors
Amandine Kastler
Amandine Kastler is a co-director of the Conservation and Reuse programme at the Architectural Association, a registered architect and Associate Professor at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. She graduated with Honours from the AA, and worked at OMA/AMO Rotterdam and David Chipperfield Architects in London before cofounding the Oslo-based practice Kastler Skjeseth Architects, which works primarily with heritage environments in Norway. She has previously taught at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHIO) and the AA, where she taught a unit from 2016–23.
www.kastlerskjeseth.no
Rod Heyes
Rod Heyes is co-director of the Conservation and Reuse programme at the Architectural Association and a registered architect. He was a director at Caruso St John Architects from 2005-2025. Rod has taught architecture at the University of Bath, Kingston University and London Metropolitan University, and was a Design Fellow at the University of Cambridge from 2016–23. He was Visiting Professor of Architecture at TU Wien in 2020. Alongside his practice and teaching, Rod completed an MSc in historic building conservation from the University of York and directed Caruso St John’s work at Tate Britain, Hospitalfield Arts and Stockholm City Library.
www.alteration.repair
Amy Grounsell is Studio Tutor on the Conservation and Reuse program at the Architectural Association, co-director of Flimsy Works, and a registered architect. Her practice focuses on working closely with community groups to source locally available materials, crafting them with care into playful, light-touch structures that reflect the character of their surroundings and the stories of the people who use them. Before joining the AA, Amy taught Unit 12 on the MArch at London Metropolitan University.
www.flimsy.works