Designer & Producer

Local Earth + Technology + Agency ::::: doctoral studies

Roger’s work in social/environmental impact began in 2005 when he helped develop Guinness’ Water of Life program in Sub-Saharan Africa, as then Regional Director, Saatchi & Saatchi, London. Prior to this he’d directed brand strategy and award-winning creative engagement for leading International brands. He started this career as a graduate trainee at The Economist in New York & Hong Kong.

Following the completion of an architectural design degree, from 2009 – 2011 he led RockCorps, the pioneering, UK prime-ministerial award-winning pro-social production company. RockCorps empowered over 45,000 young people across the UK to volunteer in their community, rewarding them with a ticket to a RockCorps concert featuring headliners including Lady Gaga, Snoop Dogg and P Diddy.

In 2012 he produced spatial experiences and installations in the UK and France. Between 2013 and 2016 he faithfully restored a Sergio Bernades/ Roberto Burle Marx designed residence in Rio de Janeiro, and sourced/ restored significant Brazilian modernist furniture and objects.

In 2015 he travelled throughout Kenya and India, and learned how to build with compressed earth blocks at India’s renowned Auroville Earth Institute (UNESCO Chair). In Italy at that moment, prototypes of 3D-printed earthen structures presented a scalable, net-zero and adaptable natural building alternative. This digitisation of earth was the foundation for Ochre Systems.

In 2017 he relocated to the US to work with former RockCorps colleagues to help build Give To Get; a social impact strategy, design and production agency. Give To Get was a founding member of the UN2030 Sustainable Cities & Communities Committee.

While in the States he took a working/ research sabbatical with Pacific Domes, pioneering designers and manufacturers of geodesic structures. Returning to Sydney in 2019, he continued designing and producing programs for Give To Get, establishing Corps Projects in 2020.

Coinciding with Covid he returned to support family in Western Australia. During 2021 he commenced doctoral research working under the supervision of international leaders in sustainability at the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute; lead supervisor, Prof. Peter Newman AO.

[ PhD candidate, Architecture & Design ::::: 'Digitising Earth : Scalable 3D-Printed Structures and Systems–energy, water, food– for Climate Resilient Development’. ]