Trini-Maria Katakwe is a
London-based Spatial Designer
& Cultural Strategist
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Trini-Maria’s interdisciplinary design practice blends architecture, scenography, and digital arts. Exploring the intersection of identity, culture, and place to create immersive and community-driven spatial experiences that bring people together through design and storytelling.
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Based at Somerset House Exchange, her practice collaborates with brands, organisations, and institutions to reimagine the built environment as a platform for cultural dialogue, connection, and collaboration.
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Rooted in her British-Nigerian-Zambian heritage and upbringing in North London, Trini-Maria uses Fragmentation as a methodology. Unpacking memory, spatial storytelling, and cultural displacement through site-responsive installations and visual research. Her work bridges lived experience with design to engage people more deeply with their surroundings.
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Trini-Maria holds a BA (Hons) in Architecture from the University of Portsmouth (2017) and an MA in Scenography from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (2022). Gaining fundamental knowledge to design spaces both structurally and for experiential experiences.
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Examples of her practice include being named a Place Champion for Revealing Southbury by Enfield Council in February 2025, a placemaking project supporting the co-creation of public artwork with local artists, residents, and schools.
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In July 2025, she completed "Fragmented Realities", an immersive billboard and augmented reality installation at Pimlico Station for the Art Below Summer Showcase, curated by Ad Lib Gallery. The project explored cultural hybridity, memory, and identity within London’s Underground, combining large-scale portraiture with interactive AR and a 3D digital model. This work deepened her commitment to collaborative creative processes, inclusion, and public dialogue through innovative design and technology.
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SELECTED EXPERIENCE
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2019(SEPT) - PRESENT
Spatial Designer &
Cultural Strategist: TMK
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2024(JUL) - PRESENT
Somerset House Exchange Resident​​
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2025 (MAR - JUN)
Place Champion - Public Arts:
Enfield Council
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2025(MAR)
Guest Lecturer
BA Design Management:
UAL London College of Communication
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2024(OCT) - PRESENT
Enfield Cultural Partner:
Enfield Council
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2022 - 2023
Originals Creator Network in partnership with Adidas London and GUAP Magazine
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2021 - 2022 (OCT-SEPT)
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama:
MA Scenography
- Graduated with a Distinction
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2018 - 2020 (DEC-SEPT)
Set + Event Designer: Broadsword Event House
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2017 - 2018 (DEC-JUN)
Architectural Assistant:
DOS Architects
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2014 - 2017 (SEPT-JUN)
University of Portsmouth: BA (Hons) Architecture
- Graduated with
First Class Honours
SELECTED CLIENTS, COLLABORATORS & SUPPORT:
Adidas, Ad Lib Gallery, Chicago Architecture Biennale, Chicago Cultural Center, Christian Aid, Enfield Council, Es Devlin Studio, Ezra Collective, GUAP Magazine, HSBC, ITV, Limbo Accra, RULA, Saatchi Gallery, Somerset House, The North Face, University of the Arts London
"LET'S EXPLORE WHAT WE CAN BUILD TOGETHER"
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Trini-Maria Katakwe works with institutions, brands, and cultural platforms to shape immersive spatial experiences and culturally grounded strategies. Her practice supports projects in their early and evolving stages. Where research, narrative, and spatial intention are the focus.
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Get in touch to start a conversation.
"by grace I create"