Fionnuala Heidenreich

Born Sydney, Australia
2002-2018 London, UK
2018-2020 Brooklyn, NYC, USA
2020 - 2024 Sydney, Australia 
2024 - current, Lucca, Italy
Bachelor of Fine Arts, AA Dipl Architecture RIBA II, III + BA Architecture  
Teaching English as Second Language TEFL 168 hour  (10 hr class simulation training) Diploma certificate
Languages: English, Italian (B2)

I am an architectural designer, artist and teacher. Born in Sydney, Australia, I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sydney and then undertook all of my architectural studies & qualifications in London. I then lived and worked in the UK, Italy and the USA over a course of 18.5 years. I've worked for both various sized offices and design studios within the UK, USA and Australia and as a registered sole trader- on projects within the sectors of Masterplan design, Private Residential (new and existing build), Community projects, Hospitality & Retail (boutique hotel teams and restaurants), Commercial and Urban. 

I have been a part of community-focused projects in the south of Mexico working alongside local craftspeople and builders, as well as leading a community group to establish a Bush Food garden with native edible plants in Sydney, Australia with the input of First Nation's horitculturalists. I have also exhibited my sculpture and ceramics work in both Mexico and Sydney, Australia (Dominic Mersch Gallery).

I have taught within the department of Architecture and the Built Environment at Nottingham Trent University in the UK, as well as teaching English as a second language to adults one-to-one in Europe and NYC, to groups of students between the ages of 7-18 and levels A1 and C1 to prepare them for undertaking Trinity Exams in Europe, and to groups of students between the ages of 8-11 to improve their literacy and creative writing skills. I have also taught group art-making classes to both adults and adolescents that have involved either creating a group mobile structure or individual ceramic pieces, in both Australia and the UK.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

1997- 1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Australia
2002-2006 BA Arch RIBA PART I, Architectural Association School of Architecture London UK
2007-2009 AA Dip RIBA PART II, Architectural Association School of Architecture London UK
2012 RIBA PART III Exam in Professional Practice, London Metropolitan University, UK
2021 MTC NEIS Cert III in MicroBusiness Studies, NSW, Australia
2023 TEFL Teaching English as Second Language Level 5 168 hour Diploma Certificate

Professional

June - August 2024 - Trinity English Exam Teacher Buckswood International School, Hastings UK
May- June 2024 - Substitute Teacher, The Elizabeth English Academy School, Pisa, Italy
March - April 2024 - Contract Architectural designer with SEDEA Sydney, Australia
February - April 2024 - English Literacy Tutor at Alpha Academy Sydney, Australia
2021-2023 - Contract Architectural & Interior Designer with TRD Studio Sydney, Australia
2020 - current Owner of Studio Fionnuala, Art and Design practice
Dec 2020 - May 2021 Freelance Architectural Designer with Landini Associates. Sydney, Australia
June 2018 - June 2020 Full-time Architectural Designer with Studio For, New York, USA
July 2019 - August 2019 Volunteer Habitat for Humanity, Chiapas Mexico & Queens NY
April 2019 Installation artist, De Construkt Gallery, Red Hook, New York
March 2017 - March 2018 Contract Architectural Designer, Andreas Lechthaler Architects, London, UK
March 2017 - March 2018 Part-Time Studio Tutor: Master Architecture Year 1 Part-Time Crit juror and Lecturer
Undergraduate 2nd year architecture, Dept of Architecture + Built environment, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Lecture: "Models, both past and new, of collective-habitation, collective-ownership & hybrid living. And the role of the architect"
May 2014 - March 2018 Fionnuala Heidenreich : Registered Sole Practitioner
Custom design & build residential commissions in London, UK
Dec 2015 - October 2016 Full-time Architect, Michaelis Boyd Associates London, UK
January 2014 - March 2015 Educational workshop Program Creative Director,
Architectural Association Visiting school London UK, 'Staging Heritage' for Broken Hill
Sept 2014 - February 2015 Full-time Contract Architect, Charles Tashima Architects, London, UK
November 2010 - April 2014 Full-time Part II - III Architectural Assistant PLP Architecture Ltd, London, UK
August 2009 - Sept 2010 Architectural Designer Partner, 100 sqm apartment Private Commission, Milan, Italy
October 2007 - May 2008 Full-time Part I Architectural Assistant Tsuruta Architects, London, UK
February 2007 - June 2007 Full-time Part I Architectural Assistant, John Wardle Architects, Australia
2003 - 2007 Freelance design assistance, Spencer Fung Architects London, Plasma Studio London, Andy Martin Studio London
Oct 2000 - February 2002 Online Interactive Designer, Illustrator & Flash Animator. Monument architectural journal and Juice Magazine, Sydney Australia