“Architecture is all about creative problem solving. Providing elegant solutions in an efficient and effective way is fulfilling to me personally and provides meaningful outcomes for the client and end user.”
Erin is an award-winning Architect whose enthusiasm for bringing human experience and scale to the forefront of architectural and urban design is realised via her comprehensive understanding of existing patterns of activity and spatial experience. She draws on a broad range of project experience gained across a number of typologies and sectors including commercial and mixed-use developments, leisure facilities, multi-residential developments, student accommodation and bespoke single dwellings as well as large and complex urban renewal projects.
Combining technical knowledge with creativity to bring a positive experience to end users and the public drives all Erin’s work. She takes pride in effectively and efficiently achieving high quality design outcomes that are also commercially viable. An influential negotiator in the management of complex consultant and stakeholder groups, Erin relishes the challenge of maximising project opportunities to produce positive feasibility and planning outcomes and designs that exhibit a focused understanding of form, space and aesthetic.
Erin is both passionate and thorough, qualities that allow her to effectively communicate and forge long-term trusted relationships with consultants, contractors and clients, designing spaces that respond to requirements as well as aspirations, enriching user experience, and evolving design ideas to fruition through meticulous attention detail, drawing, virtual modelling and research.
Erin’s field of special interest lies is at the intersection of design and development. While In New Zealand, Erin worked in a multi-disciplinary capacity, on projects that incorporated both architecture and property development. This time allowed her to gain a valuable understanding and insight into building projects from a developer’s perspective, and has proved immensely beneficial when working with developers, allowing Erin to utilise her understanding of the developer mindset, motivations and priorities.
A collaborative and approachable leader, Erin drives her team to exceed expectations. She is single-handedly responsible for reviving and re-launching the GROW program, developing, supporting and educating upcoming industry leaders within Hayball. She is an active mentor, providing a supportive framework that fosters career development in younger and emerging architects within the practice.
“Hayball has the friendly and personal nature of a small firm with the benefits and opportunities of a large national practice. As a parent I value the flexible work environment, and directors who support and model balancing a successful career with raising a family.”
VIC Architect Registration Number 17993, NSW Architect Registration Number 13018