Cristina is an architect, author, and founding co-director of DK-CM. In 2021, she was shortlisted for the Moira Gemmill Prize in recognition of excellence in design for women designers under 45.Cristina has extensive experience working with public sector clients, particularly on delivering adaptive reuse and retrofit projects. Notable projects include the adaptive reuse of Harrow Arts Centre, Rebel Business School, Wroughton Academies, and currently, the retrofitting of Kilburn Mews and the Camber Sands Welcome Centre. She brings incisive knowledge of reading and diagnosing existing buildings to ensure whole-life carbon is maximised, and that buildings are future-proofed and resilient, and is an RIBA Conservation Registrant. Cristina won the School Prize for Social Entrepreneurship for her diploma project at London Metropolitan University. She has taught at Kingston University and Central Saint Martins, and has been a visiting lecturer and critic at the Architectural Association, Cambridge University, Syracuse University, and the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. She writes a column for The Architects’ Journal, runs the Wild Cities campaign, is writing a book of short stories, and tends an allotment in Sussex.