Studio
Arboreal is an RIBA chartered architecture and design practice based in London and working on projects across the UK. We place deep sustainable thinking at the heart of what we do and our projects have been recognised for raising the bar of ecological design, helping our built environment tackle the crises of climate and ecological breakdown. We take a holistic approach to working with our clients, aiming to understand and respond to all the factors that influence a design project and to support its successful delivery from outset to completion. We work collaboratively across disciplines to bring together architecture, landscape, interiors, furniture and building services into cohesively resolved, beautiful places. Arboreal is a member of the UK Architects Declare Climate, Biodiversity Emergency and Passivhaus Trust.
Tom Raymont RIBA ARB AADipl AFHEA
As director of Arboreal, Tom brings a diverse international background to the practice. His upbringing in the Findhorn Foundation intentional spiritual community in north-east Scotland set him on an early course towards sensitive attunement to the natural world. He was awarded scholarships to complete his studies at the Architectural Association before beginning his career working for Eric Owen Moss Architects in Los Angeles. Here he gained extensive experience with complex-geometry timber construction. After two further years working for Asymptote Architecture in New York, he returned to London to start Arboreal with a focus on deeply sustainable residential and community buildings both retrofit and new build.
Tom teaches environmental design at the Architectural Association and has previously taught design studios at the University of Westminster and Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.
Camila Calegari Marques
Camila is a Brazilian-Portuguese designer, architect, and urban planner with experience in computational design, digital fabrication, and low-impact architectural projects using local materials such as wood and bamboo. After earning her Master’s in Parametric Design in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, she focused on exploring the potential of digital tools while deepening her understanding of architecture from an ecological and systemic perspective.
Camila collaborated with teams from diverse parts of the world, including Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Indonesia, Myanmar, Spain and Cyprus. These experiences have evolved her work in bamboo construction, architecture, interior design and digital fabrication for furniture, products and fashion. Beyond that, Camila have been teaching courses and workshops online and in person, sharing her expertise in computational design, she worked as a Tutor assistant for the Architectural Association Visiting School Amazon (Alter do Chao, Para, Brazil)
Judita Berndorff BA MA
Judita is a Czech visual artist and the Arboreal's Media Manager who brings her experience of film, photography and video production to our work. She studied Media at the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris and UFRJ in Rio de Janeiro. Judita speaks six languages and has worked around the world from the Amazon rainforest to the deserts of India creating documentaries, feature films, music videos, art house and commercials.
