SUE ZHANG 张旭

Architectural designer and researcher

sue.x.zhang@outlook.com
@sueorxu


I am an Architectural Designer specialising in research-driven adaptive reuse and interior transformations within historic buildings. My practice is defined by a blend of academic rigour and hands-on execution, holding a Master’s in Architecture and Historic Urban Environments from UCL Bartlett and a BA in Interior and Spatial Design from UAL.

Since 2025, I have been contributing to the team at Each Design, where I apply my focus on spatial narrative and historical context to professional projects. My background is diverse: from site-based heritage repair works at Cody Dock in London to a three-year tenure at TOAST, which refined my sensitivity to interior atmosphere and material execution.

From circulation strategies to material detailing, my work prioritises how inhabitants—both human and non-human—genuinely interact with space. Whether developing shared pathways for urban biodiversity or integrating habitats within heritage ruins, I am committed to preserving both ecological and historical layers. I am driven by the challenge of translating complex research into designs that are functional, sustainable, and deeply rooted in the living ecosystem of a place.


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SUE ZHANG
Design
Research

007—Haggerston Bath
Adaptive Reuse(speculative design)
2025

Haggerston Baths (HB) remained a cornerstone of local life until 1999. Since then, it has been "abandoned" for 25 years. However, in an ecological perspective, HB have actually been a remarkable process of "urban rewilding." The site has quietly woven itself into a tight-knit ecological network with the nearby canal and city farm.

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006—Railside Relocation
Urban Inquiry, Historic Urban Environments, Community (thesis)
2024

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005—Limehouse Intergenerational Centre
Adaptive Reuse, Community (speculative design)
2024

In response to the population shifting needs of the Limehouse neighbourhood, this project reimagines an underused children's activity centre as an inclusive indoor facility for both older and younger residents. The design re-establishes the building as a shared social infrastructure for intergenerational exchange, supporting reading, dining, and movement-based activities across age groups. By addressing the current lack of senior-accessible indoor space in this area, the project explores how adaptive reuse can extend the social life of existing architecture and foster community resilience.

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004—Public Toilets in London from the Victorian Era to Today: Continuity and Inaccessibility
Urban Inquiry, Historic Urban Environments(thesis)
2023

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003—Zorrotzaurre Student Centre
Adaptive Reuse, Community (speculative design)
2022

The project transforms the part of the deteriorating Artiach Biscuit Factory in Zorrotzaurre into a student
centre serving three nearby institutions. Situated in a ruin with no roof and overgrown vegetation, the
design preserves the material memory of the existing structure while introducing locally adaptive, fulllife-
cycle building materials. It responds to two urgent questions raised in previous research: How can we
minimise demolition-based emissions in post-industrial urban renewal? And how can buildings embody
environmental responsibility without compromising durability or safety? This intervention is both a
response to architectural degradation.


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002—Impermeable Island: Reframing Material Decay in Zorrotzaurre
Urban Inquiry, Historic Urban Environments (thesis)
2022

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001—Co-habitat Pvement for Humans and Ants
Public Realm(speculative design)
2021

This speculative project proposes a walkway system in Kew Gardens that serves both cherry-blossom viewers and leafcutter ants, an insect species known for its mutualistic relationship with the trees. While enhancing safety and accessibility for pedestrians, the design preserves insect mobility through ant-scaled surface grooves and internal channels. Visually, the walkway draws on a hanami-inspired seasonal colour palette.

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