Margie Gutang is an Architectural Graduate with a strong academic foundation and a curiosity for where architecture can create impact. She completed her Master’s degree in Architecture with Merit at Victoria University of Wellington, where her final-year dissertation explored how design can respond more meaningfully to the lived realities of vulnerable communities by understanding their experiences within the built environment. Margie was awarded with the Team Architects Design Distinction Award for her design thinking and leadership potential during her Master’s.

As she continues her career, Margie brings early experience from practices across New Zealand, where she has contributed to projects across the community, commercial, education, and residential sectors.

While her academic work has focused on socially conscious and sustainable design, she remains open to exploring the many ways architecture can serve people and place. Margie is always guided by an empathetic, thoughtful, responsive, and grounded approach to design.