Who we are.
Victoria McKenzie (she/her)
Founder / Architectural Research Lead
M.A., Goldsmiths’ University, UK
Victoria McKenzie is an independent researcher, academic lecturer, and architectural thinker. Her work explores the intersections of art, ecology, politics, and the built environment through a decolonial lens.
She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, specializing in Literature and Critical Theory, Urban Studies, and Human Geography. She earned her M.A. with high distinction at the Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths’ University of London, and is currently a PhD candidate at UCL with a focus on ecologies, climate change, and philosophies of being.
Victoria is the founder and director of Radical Research & Re-storying Agency (RRA), where she leads projects that reimagine architectural practice through cultural memory, climate justice, and pre-colonial knowledge systems. She has worked with institutions such as Adjaye Associates, Forensic Architecture, Triennale di Milano, Sandberg Instituut, Piet Zwart Institute, MU Hybrid Art House, and the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague.
www.victoriamckenzie.co
Fiona Cuypers-Stanienda (she/her)
Partner / Visual and Communication Lead
AA Dipl. M.Arch. ARB/RIBA Part II,
Architectural Association, UK
Fiona Cuypers-Stanienda is an architectural designer and analog photographer whose work explores the emotional and political relationships between people and space. Trained at the Architectural Association in London, ETH Zurich, and the University of the Arts Berlin, her practice uses photography as a method of research—grounded in slow observation, deep listening, and human connection.
At RRA, Fiona leads visual strategy and communication, contributing her lens as both a designer and storyteller. Her work uncovers overlooked spatial narratives—revealing how architecture, identity, and memory intersect in lived experience. She brings particular focus to methods of spatial storytelling that foreground intimacy, presence, and long-term dialogue.
Her project My Favourite Space spans cities and continents, exploring how public and private spaces reflect broader systems of belonging, precarity, and home. Fiona’s work has been featured in Architect’s Journal, Wallpaper, and REAL, and exhibited at the AA Bookshop in London and the British School at Rome.
www.fionacuypersstanienda.com
Collaborators
Noah Gotlib, AA Dipl. M.Arch. ARB/RIBA Part II, Toronto, https://www.noahgotlib.com/
SOCA, Studio of Contemporary Architecture, Toronto. https://socadesign.ca
BAIDA, Black Architects and Interior Designers Association, Toronto. https://www.baida.ca
Karim Fouad, AA Dipl. M.Arch ARB/RIBA Part II, Cairo. IG: @mogasam.obj
Alvin Luong, BA (Hons) with High Distinction, Toronto. www.alvinluong.com
Russell Royer, AA Dipl. (Hons) M.Arch ARB/RIBA Part II, London. IG: @thechoreum
Elias Tamer, AA Dipl. ARB/RIBA Part II, Beirut. www.collectiveforarchitecture-lb.com