Broome, Jon

Bio Sketch

Jon Broome is a British self-builder and architect who worked with Walter Segal and was joint architect for the Lewisham self-build housing schemes. He is the author of the Architects' Journal special on the Segal method and a key first-hand exponent of Segal's approach to building.

Key Works

• "The Essential Method" (The Architects' Journal, special issue on the Segal Method, c. 1986) — the definitive technical account of the Segal method as "an attitude of mind rather than a system of construction."
• Joint architect with Walter Segal for the Lewisham self-build housing schemes.

Key Concepts

Concepts associated with this author that have pages in this wiki:

• Everyday Architecture
• Authorship
• Dwelling
• Flat Ontology

Relevance to Geoffrey's Research

Broome matters to Geoffrey's everyday & vernacular architecture and dwelling/self-build concerns: as both participant and theorist of the Segal method, he exemplifies the "architect as enabler" and the democratization of building against both monumental architecture and the hero-genius myth.

Source Support

Source notes in this wiki drawn from this author's work:

• The Essential Method: The Segal Method (c. 1986)