Amara Okafor
Amara leads the practice's urban and research work from London — masterplans, public rooms and the quiet infrastructures that make a city live well.
- Based
- London
- With the studio
- Since 2016 · Partner 2019
- Education
- MArch, University of Lagos · MSc UCL
- Teaching
- Visiting lecturer, UCL Bartlett
- Languages
- English, Yoruba, French
- Focus
- Urbanism, public realm & research
Amara grew up between Lagos and London, and began her career in the public sector, working on housing delivery and town-centre regeneration. She joined NORR ATELIER in 2016 to build an urban practice alongside the buildings, and became a partner in 2019.
Her work asks how architecture can be generous at the scale of the street: where people sit, how they cross, where the shade is, who is welcome. She leads our masterplanning and public-realm projects, and the research that underpins them.
She writes and teaches on climate adaptation in Northern European towns, and is a frequent — and frank — voice at planning committees. She walks everywhere, and notices everything.
- Masterplanning and feasibility
- Public realm and streets
- Adaptive reuse strategy
- Applied research and teaching
The street is the most democratic room in the city. It should be designed with the same care as any interior.amara@norr-atelier.com
Projects with Amara.
Three projects shaped by Amara's urban thinking — a fjord-side pavilion, a Copenhagen atrium and a Mallorcan house in its landscape.
