An architect and urban planner by training, with experience in affordable housing, economic development and urban sustainability.

Ana is an architect who engages in research, documentary, cultural action and architectural praxis, focusing particularly on the crossroads between popular heritage, contemporary culture, human rights and rural habitat.

As an architectural and graphic designer, Tara believes in a more sustainable future through participatory design and working with nature. She mostly works with non profits to design and share their messages worldwide.

6 years of varied work experience as a designer, project manager and in business development in the field of sustainable design, community participatory design and residential architecture.

an urban planner and researcher interested in participatory method in environment education, urban design and planning. Currently pursuing her PhD in UvA, Amsterdam.

an architect interested in vernacular architecture and natural buildings, and wants to learn and contribute to human-centered, sustainable designs.

an architect interested in the co-development of sustainable housing solutions in areas of limited resources and believes that the architects role in society is to facilitate and develop innovative and sustainable solutions alongside communities.

with a background in architecture and an MSc in International Cooperation: Sustainable Emergency Architecture, her current interests lie in the design sector's relationship to social responsibility, sustainability and resilience.

believes there are no conflicting subsets of architecture. Whether community-driven or computation-driven, the drive to be better by design is essential.

a fun loving, hard working and energetic person, currently pursuing her masters study at London Metropolitan University. She believes that communities are one of the most powerful resources in design.

is a licensed architect, preservationist, and writer. Her career has focused on adaptive re-use and community development work in under-resourced communities. She is often involved in the early planning phases of a project, providing assistance in master-planning, feasibility studies, and historical research.

is an architect and received MSc from the Bartlett/ UCL in Building and urban design in development. Paola developed a great interest for researching: how public space is important for democracy; how architects can be political subjects.

is a passionate person motivated by design and discussion of architecture that has a sense of place. Her goal is to be involved in projects that connect people to place and environment. Currently pursusing Masters of Architecture in the University of Sydney.

is an urban designer at AECOM, specialised in sustainable design with a strong emphasis on building communities with low carbon and passive design. Jorge holds an MSc in Sustainable Urbanism at the Bartlett.

is working with NIRAS International Consulting for bilateral and multilateral donors. Alan holds a MSc in Business & Development. He is a social business enthusiast with passion for urbanism, design and architecture in mega cities and beyond.

is interested in understanding how context-driven design can define how communities live and interact with one another.

an architect envisions a world beyond poverty, embracing cultural similarities and differences, and developing economies through pro-ecological, sustainable methodologies.

Gina has been our communication and content editor since end of 2015. She masters in communication, usability and technical writing.

is our visionary guy interested in how contemporary communication techniques can contribute to a more interdisciplinary architectural practice that seeks to strengthen the relationship between building and community.

is a researcher, designer, curator and creative director interested in a more socially engaged, human centered development of media, urban issues, architecture & design disciplines.

is an architect interested in serving people and societies with the built environment that they need and deserve.

has a background in landscape architecture and a masters degree in international urban and environmental management. She is interested in a collaborative, participatory processes involving local communities and cultures, the environment and economy.

is an architect/urbanist interested in methodology within international development that would enable the strengthening of communities in resilience, sustainability, and cultural expression.

is an architect who likes to work with hands. Fascination for culture, languages & architecture. Passion to learn and pursue an architecture in balance with its occupants and environment.

an urban planner, designer and researcher in Urbanism (EMU)/ TU Delft. Her core interests and expertise are multi-scalar and adaptive spatial strategies for complex and fast expanding metropolitan city regions especially in the global south.

is one of our dedicated members that believes in hands-on work, participatory processes and multi-disciplinary collaboration.

Born in Colombia and resides in The Netherlands since 14 years ago. Believes that only though collaboration we can achieve greatness. We can produce more efficiently, effectively and sustainably when we take other peoples wishes as serious as our own.

is an architect with a strong fascination for humanitarian architecture. She believes that successful development projects are nog about putting a building in a community, but about building the community.

is a web guru and our programmer. He is the person that turned our ideas into a real website.

is our past social media manager, passionate about applied anthropology and believes that, when people build communities together, they fully express the human potential for peace and collaboration.

believes that design as a tool should respect the environment, take advantage of constraints and use available resources according to the local needs. Hélène has been our guest writer.

is currently an Urban Policy Research Assistant at European Urban Knowledge Network. Katja has been our social media content editor.

is our past content editor who currently studies at UCL (Bartlett). Interested in self build, reuse, public realm and good architecture that increases life expectancy.

is a very eclectic and dynamic person believing in sharing, cooperation and coordination. Freshly graduated from TU Delft. Federica has been our guest writer and ambassador.

is our past editor. An urbanist, planner and enthusiast motivated by the idea to share/shape local knowledge of developing countries.