Camilla Siggaard Andersen

Practice Leader

Expert panel member

Camilla leads urban resilience research at Hassell, bringing together data and design to unlock social, economic, and ecological outcomes for people and place.

Having studied Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Arts in Denmark and at McGill University in Canada, Camilla joined the urban quality consultancy Gehl in Copenhagen and New York where she managed placemaking projects and led the development the Open Public Life Data Protocol. While in Copenhagen, Camilla also taught Strategies for Urban Liveability at DIS. Camilla moved to London in 2018 to work as a lead designer in Arup Digital Studio, a multi-disciplinary strategic and UX design team, before joining Hassell at the beginning of 2021.

Through her experiences of working with cities and technology companies worldwide, she has developed new ideas, concepts, and solutions for how to use research and digital technology to design more innovative, sustainable, and human-centred places. She has been awarded as an NYU Emerging Leader in Transportation and a Future Stars of Tech nominee.

NLA Expert Panel Chair for the Built Environment Technology programme #NLATechnology

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Latest contributions

Built Environment Technology

16 July 2024

AI: threat or opportunity?

Does AI present a threat to the built environment industry? Or is AI a valuable, time-saving tool that could automate tasks, and unlock time for creative thinking and innovation?

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New London Agenda

15 July 2024

Leveraging innovation

Camilla Siggaard Andersen, Practice Leader at Hassell, summarises the NLA's charette event on the fifth pillar of the New London Agenda, Leverage Innovation.

02 July 2024

Public London Symposium

This half-day conference celebrated the 20th anniversary of the London Festival of Architecture, looking back at 20 years of cultural activation projects.

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Expert panel member