Joel Cady

Overview

My research focuses on developing design-led approaches to radically improve existing social housing as part of the interdisciplinary Transforming Housing and Homes for Future Generations Project. I am a qualified architect, and before joining Cardiff full-time in 2024 spent 15 years working in leading architectural practices in England and Wales. 

Currently, I am working on the design and delivery of four ‘demonstration homes’ in Swansea, and on the development of a catalogue of transferable proposals suitable for the 1.5 million homes built by UK councils between 1920 and 1940. I am interested in the role of design-based approaches and creative thinking in interdisciplinary research, especially in addressing major global challenges for our built environment.