Benjamin lovell
Architecture M.Arch
University of Portsmouth
Specialisms: Architecture / Industrial Design / Sustainable Design
Location: Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Benjamin lovell
First Name: Benjamin
Last Name: lovell
Specialisms: Architecture / Industrial Design / Sustainable Design
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My Location: Bournemouth, United Kingdom
University / College: University of Portsmouth
Course / Program Title: Architecture M.Arch
About
I am an enthusiastic architectural designer and Level 7 Degree Apprentice in Architecture at the University of Portsmouth. I graduated with a BA (Hons) in Architecture from the University of Kent in 2023, where my final project, Chatham Shedagogy, received the University Design Forum Student Prize 2023. Conscious of the importance of sustainability and community for the future, my work often explores these elements through adaptive reuse and the reinterpretation of existing places. My recent project, Shoreham Terratorium, received the University of Portsmouth MArch Prize for Best Portfolio and the Architecture PLB Sustainability Prize 2026, and was featured by Dezeen. Alongside my academic work, I have gained experience in practice across retrofit, public-sector, education, leisure, hospitality, and motorsport projects.
Shoreham Terratorium transforms the abandoned Shoreham Cement Works into a regenerative viticultural hub. Once a vast industrial void carved from the terrain of the South Downs, the site's dormant structures and geological scars become catalysts for renewal rather than erasure. By pairing ecological restoration with adaptive reuse, the project transforms this post-industrial territory into a public-facing winery, educative campus and cultural hub at the centre of a new viticulture network across the South Downs. Here, the seasonal processes of viticulture counterbalance the site’s mechanised past, thus creating a convergence of community and landscape. A place where extraction gives way to cultivation, connection, and long-term stewardship.
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