Jay Silva

Having joined SGP in 2020, Jay is Deputy Sector Head for Logistics, responsible for managing projects from feasibility, planning, tender and into construction, engaging extensively with clients, contractors, and consultants, and attending public consultations. She undertakes feasibility and masterplanning studies, monitors budgets / resources, and handles design issues, providing technical resolutions.

A Revit Champion, Jay is involved in several SGP Matrix Groups, including the Education aspect of SGPs Social Value, Better Buildings, Media Group (Presentation) and Business Development. She has a passion for urban planning and is drawn to the ideas of New Urbanism and urban experiments, placemaking and wayfinding. This is partly due to her natural sense of direction in any city she finds herself in.

Jay is passionate about changing architectural education to become more connected with work in practice, as well as mentoring students in general. Jay’s ongoing interest with AI and 3D printing informs her approach to learning and teaching, shaping how she engages with emerging technologies and their implications for the future of the discipline.