Trini-Maria Katakwe is a

London-based Spatial Designer

& Cultural Strategist

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.

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.

Rooted in her British-Nigerian-Zambian heritage and shaped by her North London upbringing, Trini-Maria employs Fragmentation as both a conceptual and spatial methodology. Emerging from her ongoing research into the relationship between people and built environments, Fragmentation examines how identity, memory, and cultural narratives coexist within space.

Drawing on organic mark-making influenced by African textile geometry with architectural philosophies, she combines free-flowing pattern systems with structural integrity. Through site-responsive installations and visual research, she layers these fragments into cohesive spatial experiences. Bridging lived experience with design to deepen how people engage with their surroundings.

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.

Examples of her practice include, 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.

Through mentorship, lectures and workshops, I support emerging designers and creatives. Fostering curiosity and confidence to encourage thoughtful exploration of ideas, systems and ways of seeing the world.

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

SELECTED EXPERIENCE

2019(SEPT) - PRESENT

Spatial Designer &

Cultural Strategist: TMK

2024(JUL) - PRESENT

Somerset House Exchange Resident

2025 (MAR - JUN)

Place Champion - Public Arts:

Enfield Council

2025(MAR)

Guest Lecturer

BA Design Management:

UAL London College of Communication

2024(OCT) - PRESENT

Enfield Cultural Partner:

Enfield Council

2022 - 2023

Originals Creator Network in partnership with Adidas London and GUAP Magazine

2021 - 2022 (OCT-SEPT)

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama:

MA Scenography

- Graduated with a Distinction

2018 - 2020 (DEC-SEPT)

Set + Event Designer: Broadsword Event House

2017 - 2018 (DEC-JUN)

Architectural Assistant:

DOS Architects

2014 - 2017 (SEPT-JUN)

University of Portsmouth: BA (Hons) Architecture

- Graduated with

First Class Honours

"LET'S EXPLORE WHAT WE CAN BUILD TOGETHER"

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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"by grace I create"