About
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Fluxarchitects is an award winning design studio based in London founded by Julia Backhaus. As a practice, we take great joy in working with a diverse range of activities and scales – designing buildings, installations, and exhibitions in tandem with teaching and research.
We are passionate about a collaborative design process and have worked with a broad spectrum of clients: from heart surgeons and choreographers to children and local communities. We embrace projects that are mission aligned and have a keen interest in health and architecture. Our attention to detail, economy and unique local contexts is uncompromised ; whether projects are small or large, temporary or permanent.
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Julia Backhaus
Dpl.-Ing, MArch, ARB Architect, Associate Professor, UCL
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Julia Backhaus is an architect and Associate Professor at the Bartlett School of Architectur, UCL, where she teaches design and is part of the school’s leadership team. From 2011- 2021, Julia was the Director for the internationally renowned Professional Masters in Architecture Programme at the Bartlett. Since 2023 she has been Director of Enterprise where she leads the school’s efforts to connect research with business, NGO's and industry. In parallel to her teaching and research, Julia has always remained active as a practicing architect and has well over 20 years of experience in the field.
Prior to founding Fluxarchitects, a design studio based in London, Julia worked as an architect in Germany, France and London on high profile and award-winning commercial projects ranging from hospitality to cultural institutions and commercial real estate.
​Julia also works as a client advisor to Orascom DH, the Sawiris Foundation and ASA, championing good design, embedding design reviews and evaluation processes. She advises on selecting top design teams, enabling smart choices and champions sustainability, addressing the planet’s climate emergency. Supplementing the in-house team with her expertise, she offers current, impartial, specialist advice early on, supporting project viability and identifies design opportunities with the ultimate aim to enhance quality and resilience in the built environment.
Julia is a co- founder and trustee of the Heart Care and Research Foundation, Rwanda - a platform that fosters a new delivery model of state of the art cardiac care to Rwanda and the wider region.
Her work has been exhibited internationally and she has lectured and led workshops in institutions including UTA University of Arlington Texas, Chiba University in Tokyo, University of Hong Kong, Science for Africa, Addis Abeba and the University of Rwanda.
Julia graduated with distinction in Architecture in Munich and holds a Master Degree in Architectural Design with Distinction from the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. Julia lives with her two children and husband in London, UK.
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