Paul Testa

I have always been an active outdoor person. This gives me a social & physical appreciation of our environment.

This strongly influences my other passion; for Architecture and the built environment. I am especially interested in the way buildings are procured and made; the nuts and bolts of the process. I have always seen the technology of building to be something that can enhance buildings and the built environment functionally, aesthetically and environmentally.

My experiences cycling from London to Ethiopia in 2004, amongst other things, reinforced my belief in vernacular construction methods and the key that they may hold to the production of fundamentally sustainable and healthy buildings.

This interest in construction led to my involvement in co-coordinating and teaching the technology course for the MArch in Architecture at Sheffield University, in which I am still involved. I tutor and lecture in the Sustainable Architectural Studies Masters course at Sheffield University. This encourages me to keep up to date with the latest technical developments and to continue pushing the sustainable agenda which is currently so fundamental to Architectural education.

I am regulated by the architect’s registration board (arb). Registration number: 072441F. I am also a member of AECB as part of my aim to promote sustainable building.