Meet our team
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Gayle Parsons
Project Founder
As a passionate advocate for climate-change solutions, Gayle’s strength as an innovator is in creating the vision for this pioneering building method. Her leadership and business acumen has allowed her to draw together a team of talented material scientists, architects, engineers and strategists to deliver the world’s first habitable 3D-printed earth buildings.
An experienced property developer and project manager with over 20 years of experience, she also has a B.Mus from Cardiff University and previously worked in the Classical Music business.
Gayle leads a talented team of people who believe in doing things differently, together, undaunted.
Megan McGrattan
Sustainability and Business Strategist
With a Masters in Sustainable Building, and a diverse background in businesses across the globe, Megan has spent over a decade delivering high-level, thoughtful strategy paired with the operational execution and excellence needed to drive any business forward. She is an accomplished generalist, with a deep belief in the importance of our connection to land and place, stemming from experience building diverse teams across and within differing cultures, and aims to deliver work that acknowledges, supports and deepens our shared humanity.
A thoughtful, curious systems thinker, Megan is working for a future which reimagines humans as part of their community and ecosystem, using radically collaborative approaches to deliver climate-focused innovations.
Tom Parker
Grant Funding Strategist
Tom leads our grant funding strategy, drawing on experience from the third sector (non-profit) and EU funding. His architectural training in sustainable design, informs his passion for community organisation and decarbonising the built environment.
Beyond the Earth Build Project, Tom’s roles as a course coordinator and fundraiser with the School of Natural Building, and as an international coordinator with the Architects Climate Action Network, cultivate valuable strategic partnerships and provide him with up-to-date knowledge on sustainable construction trends and the funding landscape.
Our Research Network
We are extremely grateful to the following members of our collaborative network, who are working with us to establish 3D printed earth as a primary construction method
Chair, Computational Methods in Architecture, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University
Lecturer in Architectural Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Specialised in digital manufacturing of earth-based materials
Architect; Lecturer in Architectural Technology & Digital Construction, School of the Built Environment and Architecture, London South Bank University; Design Fellow and Doctoral candidate (Digital Design & Fabrication for Building with Earth), Centre for Natural Material Innovation, Faculty of Architecture, University of Cambridge
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Civil Engineering at Cardiff University; Director of DURALAB
Associate Prof in Digital Design, Associate Head of School for Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise at the School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Plymouth
Associate Prof in Materials Science and Design, Centre for Natural Material Innovation, University of Cambridge
Architect & Large-Format Additive Manufacturing Specialist, Alumni of Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) 3DPA; and Clay 3D-Printing Expert at LAMAQUINA in Barcelona
Civil Engineer & Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, University of Bath; Centre for Climate Adaptation & Environment Research (CAER); Centre for Regenerative Design & Engineering for a Net Positive World (RENEW)
Senior Lecturer & Programme Leader of MSc Sustainable Mega Buildings, Cardiff University; Senior member of RILEM
Postgraduate in 3D Printing Architecture, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), Barcelona
The Earth Build Project has establishing a network of esteemed material science specialists, researchers and engineers with a range of expertise and knowledge, intent on working together to explore, determine and establish the commercial viability of 3D-printed earth as a primary construction material for the UK.
In January 2024 we held our first Symposium on Robotic 3D Printing for Sustainable Materials, bringing together 15 recognised specialists from our existing network. Our collaboration has continued post-Symposium, with several exciting projects on our horizon. If you are interested in joining this active network of specialists working at the cutting-edge of 3D printing and sustainable materials, please do get in touch by emailing us at hello@earthbuildproject.co.uk and including a brief outline of your area of expertise.
During the symposium, we heard presentations from three venerable scientists about their unique view of the state of play with regards to 3D printing with earth, which laid the ground upon which we built the remainder of the day’s discussion:
Dr Mohamed Gomaa, Lecturer in Architectural Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.
Prof Steve Goodhew, Professor of Environmental Building, University of Plymouth, UK.
Yelda Gin, Architect and Lecturer in Architectural Technology & Digital Construction, London South Bank University; and Design Fellow at the Centre for Natural Material Innovation, University of Cambridge.
