idspeaker: 147155

title: Mr.

name: Adria

iso2: ES

surname: Escolano

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company: OESST ARCHITECTS

jobposition: Architect

city: BARCELONA

country: Spain

bio: OESST is run by Adrià Escolano and David Steegmann. OESST explores landscapes at all scales, operating within a structure without defined size or organization. It forms connections with other disciplines to undertake projects ranging from academic or domestic contexts to urban planning and landscape. OESST works through narrative, pragmatism, irony, precision, and an amateur spirit, in order to identify those minimal and essential actions upon which the entire project can be built. OESST combines professional practice with teaching at ESTAV, EINA, and La Salle. AWARDS: - Selected. P.A.R.C. FAD – 2025 - 3rd Prize. XXI. Digital Culture Centre. Barcelona – 2024 - 1st Prize. ÀGORA. 16 Housing Units and Cultural Centre . Mataró – 2023 - 2nd Prize. CAMPUS. Les Cinc Sènies High School. Mataró – 2023 - 1st Prize. BOSC. School and a Sports Pavilion. Platja d’Aro. – 2023 - 2nd Prize. AIXOPLUC. Renovation. Barcelona – 2022 - 2nd Prize. TOPOS. Eixample Squares. Barcelona – 2021 - Finalist. CASTELL. Castle restoration. Hostalric – 2020 - 1st Prize. Direction of QUADERNS No. 277 – 2019 - 1st Prize. P.A.R.C. Landscape. Sabadell – 2019 - Selected. A TABLE (II). Arquia Próxima Awards – 2018 - Selected. CASA CONXITA. Arquia Próxima Awards – 2018 - Selected. A TABLE (II). FAD – 2018

idspeaker: 147186

title: Mr.

name: Adrià

iso2: ES

surname: Goula

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company: Adrià Goula Photo

jobposition: Photographer

city: Barcelona

country: Spain

bio: Adrià Goula Sardà is an architect (ETSAB, 2000) and since 2004 he has combined architectural photography with personal work of a more multidisciplinary nature. His personal practice is grounded in photography, which serves as a starting point—notes on certain subjects of interest that are later explored in greater depth and expanded through works in other formats, such as installation, sculpture, drawing, or video. These subjects are related to architecture, but also to traces, memory, constructed elements, and their relationship with nature and the surrounding environment.

idspeaker: 153318

title: Mr.

name: Adrien

iso2: BE

surname: Verschuere

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company: BAUKUNST

jobposition: Founder

city: Brussels

country: Belgium

bio: Adrien Verschuere studied architecture at the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland. He founded Baukunst in Brussels in 2010, before opening a satellite office in Lausanne in 2017. Alongside his own practice, Adrien Verschuere is a regular guest critic and lecturer at various academic institutions, including Berlage Institute, USI Accademia di Architettura Mendrisio, Kyoto Design Lab, University of Tokyo and ETH Zurich. From 2019 to 2024, Adrien Verschuere served as Visiting Professor at the EPFL. In 2025, he was appointed Full Professor of Architecture at the Universität Stuttgart.

idspeaker: 147056

title: Ms.

name: Aga

iso2: NL

surname: Kus

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company: Delft University of Technology

jobposition: Postdoctoral Researcher

city: Delft

country: Netherlands

bio: Aga Kuś is an architectural designer and a postdoctoral researcher at TU Delft, specializing in collaborative and inclusive design approaches for climate adaptation. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from WUST, including a one-year specialization in sustainable architecture at PoliTO, as well as a Master’s degree from TU Delft. During her PhD at TU Delft, she developed and implemented a co-creative housing design approach—Designing for a Flow—for hazard-prone contexts in the Caribbean. This work encompassed participatory methods, card-based tools, and context-specific, circular design solutions.

linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-kus/

idspeaker: 147156

title: Mr.

name: Alain

iso2: CH

surname: Vimercati

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company: tav

jobposition: MSc. ETH Arch.

city: Lugano

country: Switzerland

bio: Alain Vimercati is a Swiss architect working at the intersection of architecture, landscape and urban planning. With over thirteen years of international experience across Switzerland, Bolivia and Italy, his work explores participatory planning, urban regeneration and climate-responsive design as tools for socio-spatial and environmental justice. He led the Waycha Mayu Urban Bi-ological Corridor, awarded at the XIII Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BIAU) 2024.

linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alain-vimercati/

idspeaker: 157428

title: Professor

name: Albena

iso2: IT

surname: Yaneva

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company: Politecnico di Torino/ GSAPP Columbia University

jobposition: Professor of Architectural Theory

city: Turin

country: Italy

bio: Albena Yaneva is a sociologist and architectural theorist whose research crosses the boundaries of science studies, cognitive anthropology, architectural theory, and political philosophy. Her books explore the current conditions of architectural practice and the political outreach of design. She is the recipient of the RIBA President’s award for outstanding research and the 2025 Mark Cousins Theory Award for extraordinary contributions to architectural theory.

idspeaker: 157231

title: Mr.

name: Albert

iso2: CA

surname: Ferré

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company: Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA)

jobposition: Associate Director, Publications

city: Montreal

country: Canada

bio: Albert Ferré directs the CCA’s publishing program, combining print and online formats to articulate the institution’s contribution to contemporary debates on the built environment. Ferré joined the CCA in 2012 after holding editorial positions at Actar, Prince Claus Fund, COAC, and Quaderns. He is the editor of the CCA Singles and coeditor of The Museum Is Not Enough (CCA-Sternberg Press, 2019; CCA-Lenz, 2025). He studied architecture at ETSAB (UPC) and the Städelschule Frankfurt.

linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albert-ferré-2a5a05a/

idspeaker: 157041

title: Mr.

name: Albert

iso2: ES

surname: Nogueras Tarrero

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company: AJAC

jobposition: Architect

city: Barcelona

country: Spain

bio: Albert Nogueras Tarrero is an architect from the ETSAB Barcelona and has specialised in urban analysis and research. He combines his work as an architect in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona with architectural and urban criticism and dissemination through the cultural digital platform Núvol and elDiario.es. He is currently the President of the @agrupacio.ajac.

linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertnogueras-arquitecto/

idspeaker: 157058

title: Alberto J

name: Alberto

iso2: ES

surname: Sánchez

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company: Feina

jobposition: Founder

city: Palma

country: Spain

bio: Alberto Sánchez is an architect trained at the University of North London, completing a BA (Hons) in 1996 and a Professional Diploma in 1999. A COAIB member since 2003, he worked with Caruso St John, Coll‑Leclerc, and later with Bosshard Vaquer in Zurich. His work has appeared in various publications and exhibitions, including the Catalan Pavilion at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.

idspeaker: 157477

title: Mr.

name: Alejandro

iso2: CO

surname: Echeverri

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company: Tecnológico de Monterrey

jobposition: Distinguished Professor in Urbanism

city: Medellín

country: Colombia

bio: Alejandro Echeverri is a leading architect and urban planner committed to the ethical role of design. His work integrates architecture, urbanism, and environmental planning. He is Distinguished Professor in Urbanism at Tecnológico de Monterrey, co-founder of Urbam EAFIT, and a Loeb Fellow at Harvard GSD. He led Medellín’s Social Urbanism strategy, transforming the city into an international model for distressed cities worldwide.

linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cachoecheverri?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios

twitter: @cachoecheverri

idspeaker: 147157

title: Mr.

name: Alejandro

iso2: MX

surname: Guerrero

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company: ATELIER ARS

jobposition: Senior Partner

city: Guadalajara

country: Mexico

bio: Alejandro Guerrero and Andrea Soto graduated from ITESO and have been working together since 2010. Alejandro Guerrero completed a master degree at ETSAB/UPC. Andrea Soto completed a Master's in Landscape Architecture at the Harvard GSD. They have received the Emerging Voices award from The Architectural League of New York. Their work has been nominated twice for the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize. They have been winners at XIII BIAU in 2024 with the Center for Culture and the Arts of the Ribera. In 2023, they received a silver recognition at the Erich Mendelsson Preis in Berlin, and in 2024, they were finalists in the Brick Award in Vienna, both with the project Center for Culture and the Arts of the Ribera. In 2024, his work Bottling Warehouse and Offices for a Tequila Company was selected for the 2024 Oscar Niemeyer Prize and is finalist at the Brick Award in Vienna 2026. They have been lecturers at Harvard GSD, the Dallas Architecture Forum and at The University of Virginia UVA School of Architecture where they were named Harry Shure Visiting Professors of Practice in Architecture.

idspeaker: 157053

title: Mr.

name: Alejandro

iso2: ES

surname: Martínez Del Río

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urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Martinez_alejandro.jpg

company: Bona fide taller

jobposition: Architect

city: Valencia

country: Spain

bio: Bona fide taller is founded (Alejandro Martínez del Río, Valencia) with a goal: To reject the name, the trend and the style in order to free the man and that what he draws. The hand be thus the tool and not the signature; craftsmanship of sincere trade, expressive and natural of its place, that ages in beauty with time.

idspeaker: 147187

title: Ms.

name: Aleksandra

iso2: PL

surname: Redzisz

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company: Aleksandra Redzisz

jobposition: Architect

city: Warsaw

country: Poland

bio: Aleksandra Redzisz is a Warsaw-based architect. She studied architecture at the Glasgow School of Art and earned a Master of Science in Architecture from the Accademia di Architettura Mendrisio (2021). She has been a senior designer at Sou Fujimoto Architects in Tokyo since 2023 and concurrently develops her own practice. Her work has been exhibited at the New Narratives in Architecture Conference in Warsaw (2025) and at the In:dependance Furka Pass residency in Switzerland with Jan Przedpelski (2023).

idspeaker: 153575

title: Mr.

name: Alexander

iso2: RU

surname: Brodsky

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company: Bureau Alexander Brodsky

jobposition: Founder

city: Moscow

country: Russia

bio: Alexander Brodsky (b. 1955, Moscow) is a Russian architect, a graduate of the Moscow Institute of Architecture (1978) and a leading figure of the Bumazhnaja Architektura (Paper Architecture) movement. His visionary works, often created with Ilya Utkin, gained international acclaim. In 2000 he founded his bureau in Moscow. Key projects include the Rotunda Pavilion, Shed, Villa PO-2, and Restaurant 95°. He is the recipient of numerous international awards, including the Kandinsky Prize (2010), Premio Milano (2001), Innovation Prize (2012), and Urban Design & Architecture Design Award (2022).

idspeaker: 153334

title: Mr.

name: Alexander

iso2: FR

surname: Theriot

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company: BRUTHER

jobposition: Founder

city: Paris

country: France

bio: Architect and co-founder of the Paris/Zurich-based studio BRUTHER with Stéphanie Bru, Theriot belongs to a generation of architects shaped by the recession era, viewing architecture as a flexible tool adaptable to diverse contexts. BRUTHER’s work balances strategy and form, rigour and freedom. Their projects have been widely published and awarded, including three Équerre d’Argent prizes. Theriot has taught internationally, including at Harvard GSD and ETH Zurich.

idspeaker: 153352

title: Ms

name: Alexandra

iso2: FR

surname: Arènes

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company: Shaa/SOC

jobposition: Architect-researcher and teacher

city: Paris

country: France

bio: Alexandra Arènes is an architect-researcher at shaa/SOC, holds a PhD in architecture and is an Associate Lecturer at ENSA Paris Malaquais. She is co-author of Terra Forma, a book of speculative maps (MIT 2022). Her new book Gaïagraphie. Carnet d'exploration de la zone critique (B42, 2025) explores the critical zone as a new understanding of the Earth. She collaborates with critical zone scientists to develop biogeochemical cycle maps. Her work can be viewed here https://gaiagraphie.com.

linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-arènes-23795745

idspeaker: 157510

title: Mr

name: Alonso

iso2: ES

surname: Atienza

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company: Atienza Maure

jobposition: Architect

city: Madrid

country: Spain

bio: Atienza Maure is an architecture studio based in Madrid and Barcelona, founded in 2018 by Alonso Atienza and Miguel Ángel Maure, following theis studies at ETSAM and EPFL. Their work examines space and construction through a pragmatic yet hedonistic approach grounded in local context. From this perspective, they understand the vernacular as a contemporary interpretation of the available, shaped by materials, techniques, and means at hand.

idspeaker: 147051

title: Mr.

name: Alvaro

iso2: ES

surname: Andueza Lacarra

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company: Alvaro andueza

jobposition: Architect

city: MADRID

country: Spain

bio: Architect, graduated from the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM). His research focuses on revealing the often-invisible spatial, material, and infrastructural systems that sustain everyday life. In 2024, he completed his Bachelor’s Final Project, “From Cloud to Brick: Data Architecture in the Spanish Context,” receiving an Outstanding grade. He later obtained his Master’s degree in Architecture in 2025. In the first semester of 2026, he will undertake a research stay at Diego Portales University in Santiago de Chile, funded by the Government of Navarre, where he will further investigate the physical infrastructure that supports the internet.

linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/%C3%A1lvaro-andueza-lacarra-5b1bb0267?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BKTnT26%2BoSLO8KEyuKRbs4Q%3D%3D

idspeaker: 157064

title: Mr.

name: Álvaro

iso2: ES

surname: Martín Fidalgo

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company: Ozaeta-Fidalgo

jobposition: Co-director

city: Madrid

country: Spain

bio: Álvaro M. Fidalgo is an architect, co-director of the Madrid based studio OZAETA-FIDALGO. Their projects, spanning between Germany and Spain, focus on the regeneration of complex urban and rural contexts in collaboration with municipal and regional stakeholders. Álvaro M. Fidalgo combines practice, research, and education, having directed studios at the Architectural Association in London, Politecnico di Milano, and currently at the Polytechnic School of Architecture of Madrid.

idspeaker: 157048

title: Mr.

name: Amadeu

iso2: ES

surname: Santacana

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company: ETSAV, UPC

jobposition: Architect, Professor

city: Barcelona

country: Spain

bio: Ph.D. Architect, “Serra Hunter” Professor at ETSAV-UPC, Barcelona. Has been Chair of Design Department at ETSAV-UPC (2019-current), and visiting professor at ETSAM (Madrid, 2011), the School of Architecture, Auburn University (2018-2019) and at Penn State (2024-2025). Author of the book Event in a world as juxtaposition (Arquia, Barcelona, 2020). Editor of Soriano & Palacios (Actar, Barcelona, 2000), Crossed lines (Actar, Barcelona, 2003) and Create! (Actar, Barcelona, 2014).

linkedin: https://www.amadeusantacana.com

idspeaker: 157057

title: Ms.

name: Ana

iso2: ES

surname: Herreros Cantis

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urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Herreros_Ana.jpg

company: Solar xyz

jobposition: Founder

city: Madrid

country: Spain

bio: Ana Herreros Cantis is the co-founder of Solar.xyz, an architecture firm where she investigates about the “Architectures of Repair,” with a critical focus on the socio-ecological transformation of existing buildings. Alongside, she teaches at UPS CEU and serves as a Visiting Tutor at The Berlage postmaster program (TU Delft). In addition, she curates the “PROMPTS” lecture series at the Madrid Chamber of Architects and has received awards such as the COAM, DIN, and TRANSFER Prize.

linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-herreros-cantis-3880a288/

idspeaker: 157052

title: Dr

name: Ana

iso2: ES

surname: Méndez de Andés

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company: Dark Matter Labs

jobposition: Strategic Planning and Policy Advisor

city: Madrid

country: Spain

bio: Ana is an architect and urbanist working at the intersection of strategic planning and policy. As co-founder of the Observatorio Metropolitano de Madrid, the European Municipalist Network, and the Urban Commons Research Collective, she has contributed to publications, seminars, and public debates. Her ESRC-funded PhD on 'The Becoming-Common of the Public' (2024) draws on two decades of urban research and practice centred on local democracy and the transformative power of collective governance.

linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ana-m%C3%A9ndez-de-and%C3%A9s-8a232a316/

idspeaker: 147043

title: Ms.

name: Ana Laura

iso2: ES

surname: Bertero Mastrangelo

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company: Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

jobposition: Architect

city: Barcelona

country: Spain

bio: Ana Laura Bertero Mastrangelo is an architect and researcher based in Spain. She graduated in Architecture from the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB–Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) and is currently a PhD candidate in Theory and History of Architecture at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Her doctoral research focuses on the air-raid shelters of Barcelona, understood as underground architectures of collective protection and as historically marginalised components of the urban fabric.

linkedin: https://es.linkedin.com/in/analaurabertero

idspeaker: 153363

title: Ms

name: Ana Luisa

iso2: PT

surname: Soares

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company: Fala

jobposition: Founding partner

city: Porto

country: Portugal

bio: Ana Luisa Soares (marco de canaveses, pt, 1988); graduated in architecture at faculdade de arquitectura do porto with an exchange year in the university of tokyo; collaborated with harry gugger in basel and toyo ito in tokyo; guest professor in epfl lausanne and head geneva; phd researcher at faup. partner at fala since 2013.

idspeaker: 153408

title: Ms.

name: Anadis

iso2: CU

surname: González Márquez

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company: infraestudio

jobposition: co-founder

city: La Habana

country: Cuba

bio: Anadis González Márquez (b. 1994, Matanzas, Cuba) trained as a pianist at the Matanzas Conservatory, graduating in 2013. She completed her degree in Architecture and Urban Planning in Havana in 2018. In 2016, she co-founded Infraestudio with Fernando Martirena. Her multidisciplinary practice encompasses design, pedagogy, writing, and art. She has led workshops and lectures and has participated in both solo and group exhibitions internationally. González lives and works in Havana, where she operates an independent exhibition space dedicated to art and architecture.

idspeaker: 153420

title: Mr.

name: Andre

iso2: AU

surname: Bonnice

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company: Simulaa

jobposition: Architect, Director

city: Melbourne

country: Australia

bio: Andre is an architect and co-founder of Simulaa, a Naarm-based architecture practice. He is a Lecturer at the Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne, and leads interdisciplinary design studios that connect architecture to agriculture and material research. His work spans buildings, exhibitions, research, and writing, focusing on time-based design thinking that links vast timescales with real-time technologies to address questions of energy, waste, and environmental stewardship.

idspeaker: 157267

title: Ms.

name: Andrea

iso2: ES

surname: Arriola Fiol

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company: Aramé Studio SCP

jobposition: Co founder- architect

city: Barcelona

country: Spain

bio: Andrea Arriola is an architect educated at the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). She is co-founder, with Adrián Mellado, of Aramé Studio and combines professional practice with academic work at ETSALS–IRL (Barcelona). She has served on the board of ArquinFAD, been a jury member of the FAD Awards, and collaborates on curatorial and research initiatives.

idspeaker: 153347

title: Mr.

name: Andreas

iso2: DE

surname: Hofer

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company: Internationale Bauausstellung 2027 StadtRegion Stuttgart (International Building Exhibition IBA27)

jobposition: Artistic Director / CEO

city: Stuttgart

country: Germany

bio: Andreas Hofer was born in Lucerne. He studied architecture at the Swiss Institute for Technology in Zurich. In 2018 he was elected as director for the International Building Exhibition in Stuttgart. In Zurich he was partner in the planning and architectural office Archipel. He mainly worked as a consultant and project developer for innovative cooperative housing projects as Kraftwerk1 and mehr als wohnen (more than housing). Andreas Hofer writes regularly about city development and housing issues, is a member in juries of architectural competitions and lectures at universities.

linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iba27/posts/

idspeaker: 153370

title: Mr.

name: Andrés

iso2: US

surname: Jaque

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urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Jaque_Andresv2.jpg

company: Office for Political Innovation

jobposition: Founder

city: New York

country: United States of America

bio: Andrés Jaque is an architect, theorist, and curator who explores architecture as the entanglement of bodies, technologies, and environments, and has introduced the concept of transscalar architecture. He founded the New York/Madrid–based Office for Political Innovation and is Dean and Professor at Columbia University GSAPP. His awards include the Frederick Kiesler Prize and the UNESCO Global Sustainable Award. His work is included in the collections of MoMA and the Art Institute of Chicago, and his books include Mies y la Gata Niebla, Superpowers of Scale, and More-Than-Human, among others.

linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andr%C3%A9s-jaque-532377b2/

twitter: @OFFPOLINN

idspeaker: 155996

title: Mr.

name: Andrew

iso2: MT

surname: Darmanin

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company: Text Catalogue

jobposition: Architect

city: Sliema

country: Malta

bio: Andrew Darmanin is a Maltese architect and Senior Architect at DTR, a multidisciplinary practice integrating design and engineering where he delivers award-winning built works across scales in Malta. He co-founded Text Catalogue, a collective producing installations, critical writing and workshops engaging spatial, cultural and political conditions, with work shown in Malta and Berlin. He is a casual lecturer at the University of Malta's Faculty for the Built Environment.

linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-darmanin-120751154

idspeaker: 153656

title: Mr.

name: Andrew

iso2: US

surname: Freear

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urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Freear_Andrew.png

company: Rural Studio, Auburn University

jobposition: Director & Wiatt Professor

city: Newbern

country: United States of America

bio: Andrew Freear has lived in rural Newbern, Alabama, since 2000 where he runs a program that questions the conventional education and role of architects. His students have designed and built more than 220 community buildings, homes, and parks. He is a teacher, builder, advocate, and liaison between local authorities, partners, and students. Most recently, Freear was a Harvard Loeb Fellow and received the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture and the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award.

linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rural-studio

idspeaker: 157434

title: Mr.

name: Andy

iso2: ES

surname: Peñuela

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urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Penuela_Andy.jpg

company: MH.AP Studio

jobposition: Founder Architect

city: Barcelona

country: Spain

bio: Founded by Marina Huguet and Andy Peñuela, MH.AP Studio is a Barcelona-based architecture firm. Both graduated from ETSAV Barcelona and began their practice as nomads, working in Sweden, France, and Southeast Asia. In 2015, they returned to Barcelona to found MH.AP. Their practice is rooted in specific context, bringing together clients, builders, and specialists. Recipients of the AJAC 2016 Prize and the X Bienal Alejandro de la Sota, Marina and Andy also teach at EINA Barcelona.

linkedin: https://es.linkedin.com/company/mh-ap-studio

idspeaker: 157161

title: ane arce u

name: Ane

iso2: ES

surname: Arce Urtiaga

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company: Bear arquitectos scp

jobposition: Architect

city: Bilbao

country: Spain

bio: Ane Arce (Bilbao, 1989) is an architect and co-founder of BEAR. She graduated from the School of Architecture of the University of Navarra in 2014 and co-founded AZAB with Iñigo Berasategui in 2018, which evolved into BEAR in 2021. Her work has been recognized with the Peña Ganchegui Prize (2019), the Egurtek Award (2020), and nominations for Arquia Próxima and the Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BEAU). In 2025, she was selected among Europe’s 40 under 40 by the Chicago Athenaeum. Her projects include Herriko Plaza (Mallabia), Nahinuena House, and the Basque Folk Music Museum. Her work has been exhibited internationally. Since 2024 she has taught at the University of Navarra

idspeaker: 157505

title: Ms.

name: Ann

iso2: GB

surname: Pettifor

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company: Policy Research in Macroeeconomics (PRIME)

jobposition: Director

city: London

country: United Kingdom

bio: Ann Pettifor is an international political economist known for predicting the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-9 with her book: The Coming First World Debt Crisis (Palgrave, 2006). She is the author of The Global Casino (Verso), The Case for the Green New Deal (2019) and The Production of Money ((2017).

linkedin: Ann Pettifor

idspeaker: 157049

title: PhD Archit

name: Anna

iso2: ES

surname: Bach

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urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Bach_Anna.jpg

company: Anna & Eugeni Bach

jobposition: Principal Architect

city: Barcelona

country: Spain

bio: Anna Bach (PhD Architect) co-directs Anna & Eugeni Bach design studio. Her work spans practice, teaching, research, and cultural dissemination. She has participated in the Venice Biennale (2025, 2023, 2016) and co-directed the 15th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism. The studio’s work has been widely published and exhibited, earning awards such as the European Architecture Heritage Intervention Award 2025, the International CityScape Award 2024, and several FAD Awards.

linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-bach-9a0a521a9

idspeaker: 153419

title: Ms.

name: Anna

iso2: AU

surname: Jankovic

photo: Anna_Jankovic.webp

urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Anna_Jankovic.webp

company: Simulaa

jobposition: Architect, Director

city: Naarm/Melbourne

country: Australia

bio: Anna Jankovic is an architect and co-founder of Simulaa, a Naarm-based architecture practice, and a Lecturer at the School of Architecture & Urban Design RMIT University, where she leads studios that bring architectural design into dialogue with ecological and systems thinking. Her work explores how cyclical and planetary processes may inform architectural durability, reuse, and long-term care. Jankovic contributes actively to architectural discourse through research, writing, public talks, and guest lectures, and is an inaugural board member of the Naarm Architecture Foundation.

idspeaker: 156100

title: Ms.

name: Anna

iso2: ES

surname: Puigjaner

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urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Puigjaner_Anna (1).jpg

city: Barcelona

country: Spain

idspeaker: 147160

title: Mrs.

name: Anne

iso2: DK

surname: Beim

photo: Beim_Anne.jpg

urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Beim_Anne.jpg

company: The Royal Danish Academy

jobposition: Professor

city: Copenhagen

country: Denmark

bio: Anne Beim is Professor in Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy - School of Architecture. (RDA) She holds a M.Arch. and a Ph.D. in architecture from the RDA As a Visiting Scholar she studied under Prof. Marco Frascari and Prof. David Leatherbarrow at University of Pennsylvania in 1995-96. Since 2004 she has led CINARK - Center for Industrialized Architecture at the RDA and since 2014, she has (co)chaired the graduate program: SET - Settlement, Ecology and Tectonics. Her research topics are - Ecology in architecture, tectonics, material studies, building culture, theories/ practices of building culture. Selected books (co)authored: Biobased Materials Tectonics Architecture (2025), Innovation of Nothing (2023), Biogenic Construction: Materials, Architecture & Tectonics (2023), Towards an Ecology of Tectonics (2015), Tectonic Visions in Architecture (2004). Also, she has led original research that is internationally awarded: Deserta Ecofolie, The Venice Biennale of Architecture 2025 (with Pedro Alonso & Pamela Prado). (Anne Beim et al.), UIA’s Jean Tschumi Prize for Architectural Writing and Critique, 2023, AR Future Projects Awards 2023 – Research & Design Prize. (Anne Beim et al., Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisbon - Research University Award, 2022. (Anne Beim et al.)

linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cinark-center-for-industrial-architecture-a6107a237/

idspeaker: 157603

title: Ms.

name: Anne-Julchen

iso2: DE

surname: Bernhardt

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urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Bernhardt_Anne_Julchen_v1.jpg

company: BeL

jobposition: Architect

city: Cologne

country: Germany

bio: Anne-Julchen Bernhardt studied Architecture at RWTH Aachen and Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. In 2000 she founded BeL Sozietät für Architektur in Cologne, Germany together with Jörg Leeser. BeL explores the space-forming parameters of each task - making no distinction between architecture and urban design - to synthesise them into forms and objects with an open outcome. BeL has worked on more than 200 projects. So far, 25 have been completed. BeL received numerous awards and has being exhibited internationally. Since 2008 she is Professor for Building Typologies at RWTH Aachen University. The chair conducts research on the public realm, typogenesis and transformation of types.

idspeaker: 159485

title: Mr.

name: Antoine

iso2: FR

surname: Plouzen Morvan

photo: Antoine_Plouzen.webp

urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Antoine_Plouzen.webp

company: Common Treasures

jobposition: Filmmaker

city: Paris

country: France

bio: Antoine Plouzen Morvan is a director, editor, and director of photography. He is the co-founder with Timothée Gauvin of Material Memory Map. He collaborates with Common Treasures for the series of film Merchants and Warriors. He is currently resident at CND with Stefan Cornic to make a film about the renovation of this iconic brutalist building. He contributed to works screened at Centre Pompidou, Cité de l’Architecture, Festival de Cannes, FID Marseille, Morelia Film Festival, Toronto HotDocs.

idspeaker: 157051

title: Mr.

name: Antonio

iso2: DK

surname: Bernacchi

photo: Bernacchi_Antonio.jpg

urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Bernacchi_Antonio.jpg

company: Animali Domestici

jobposition: PhD researcher and Teaching Associate Professor

city: Aarhus

country: Denmark

bio: Antonio Bernacchi is a PhD researcher for UPM Madrid in Spain, and a Teaching Associate Professor at Aarhus Architecture School in Denmark. After practicing in Singapore, he became instructor and co-coordinator at INDA - Chulalongkorn Uni. in Bangkok. His research and teaching interests span manufactured imaginaries and design fiction, from an ecological critical perspective. He’s a co-founder of Animali Domestici, a design practice in Aarhus, whose work has been showcased internationally.

linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonio-bernacchi-b8a91024/

idspeaker: 155958

title: Ms.

name: Anupama

iso2: DE

surname: Kundoo

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urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Kundo_Anupama.jpg

company: Anupama Kundoo architects

jobposition: Founder

city: Berlin

country: Germany

bio: Anupama Kundoo's research-oriented practice, which started in India in 1990, has generated people-centric architecture based on spatial and material research. Professor at T.U. Berlin, she received the RIBA Charles Jencks award for her contribution to architectural theory, the Auguste Perret Prize for architectural technology, and the Global Award for Sustainable architecture under UNESCO patronage. Kundoo’s rigorous research and experimentation in new materiality questions habits adopted during industrialization. Rather than focussing on shortage, she seeks abundance through investing in human resources and human resourcefulness, such as ingenuity, time, skills, care and sense of community.

idspeaker: 153305

title: Dr.

name: Areti

iso2: ES

surname: Markopoulou

photo: Markopoulou_Areti.webp

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company: IAAC Advanced Architecture Barcelona

jobposition: Architect Engineer

city: Barcelona

country: Spain

bio: Dr. Areti Markopoulou is a Greek architect, researcher, and Academic Director of IAAC in Barcelona. She leads the Advanced Architecture Group, exploring design through biotechnologies, digital fabrication, decarbonisation, and data. She is the co-founder of StudioP52 and chairs the Responsive Cities Symposium. Her work spans urban regeneration, metabolic buildings, circular construction, and pioneer educational models. She co-curated the 2022 Tallinn Biennale, co-authored several publications, and her work has been featured in international exhibitions.

linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/areti-markopoulou-5b26005/

twitter: @aretimark

idspeaker: 160334

title: Ms.

name: Ariadna

iso2: ES

surname: Perich Capdeferro

photo: Perich_Ariadna.jpg

urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Perich_Ariadna.jpg

company: COAC

jobposition: Architect

city: Barcelona

country: Spain

bio: Ariadna Perich Capdeferro (Girona, 1978) is an architect and educator based in Barcelona. She graduated from ETSAB in 2005 and has been an Adjunct Professor of Architectural Design there since then. She understands architecture as a cultural practice and approaches professional work as an ongoing field of research, characterized by a strong analytical and experimental perspective. Together with architect Roger Such, she develops projects through public design competitions, with a particular focus on social housing, care facilities, and cultural and civic buildings. She has also taught internationally and contributed to architectural exhibitions and publications.

linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariadna-perich-capdeferro-36a871b/

twitter: @ariadnaperich

idspeaker: 147159

title: Ms.

name: Armida

iso2: MX

surname: Fernández

photo: Fernandez_Armida.jpg

urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Fernandez_Armida.jpg

company: Estudio ALA

jobposition: Founding Partner

city: Guadalajara

country: Mexico

bio: Estudio ALA is an interdisciplinary architectural practice based in GDL, Mex. in 2012. Founded by partners Armida Fernandez and Luis Enrique Flores. Flores graduated from UDG (Universidad de GDL), with a Master´s degree in Landscape Architecture (MLA I AP) at Harvard GSD. And Fernandez graduated from Tec de Monterrey. She did a Master of Design Studies in the concentration of Risk and Resilience (MDES R&R) at the GSD at Harvard University. They have been adjunct professors in the Department of Architecture at Wentworth IT in Boston, USA. Currently, Fernández teaches at Tec de Monterrey, and Flores teaches at UDG. They have lectured and served as critics at various universities, including Harvard GSD (USA), MIT, Architectural League of NY, IIT-Chicago, University of Colorado, CCA San Francisco, Veritas University (Costa Rica), National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan), Cheng Kung University (Taiwan), among others. Their work has been nominated by the Illinois Institute of Technology for the Mies Crown Hall Architectural Prize MCHAP emerge 2016 and 2022. They were one of the firms selected to participate in the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale within the Mexico Pavilion, among others. Recently, they were selected by the Architectural League of New York as Emerging Voices 2024

idspeaker: 153348

title: Mr.

name: Arno

iso2: DE

surname: Brandlhuber

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urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Brandlhuber_Arno.jpg

company: Brandlhuber+ | b+

jobposition: Founder

city: Berlin

country: Germany

bio: Arno Brandlhuber is an architect and urban planner based in Berlin. He founded the collaborative architecture practice Brandlhuber+ in 2006 and is a partner of the cooperative practice b+ since 2022. His work spans architecture, research, exhibitions, publications, and political interventions, with a particular interest in legislation as a design tool. Since 2017, he has been Professor of Architecture and Design at ETH Zurich. He was co-curator of the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2021 and is a co-founder of the non-profit HouseEurope!

idspeaker: 147067

title: Dr.

name: Arturo

iso2: ES

surname: Frediani Sarfati

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urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Frediani_Arturo.jpg

company: Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Unitat Predepartamentel d'Arquitectura)

jobposition: Architect

city: Reus

country: Spain

bio: Architect and PhD from the ETSAB–UPC, Co-founder and Former Director of the Reus School of Architecture (EAR), he combines research into the universal forces that shape architecture and urbanism, with teaching and with professional practice at Frediani Arquitectura (fredianiarquitectura.com). His architectural and landscape projects have been exhibited at the DAM, Cité de l’Architecture, ArkDes, Harvard University, the Venice Biennale, and have received national and international awards. He's the curator of the Barcelona World Capital of Architecture exhibition "The instinct of Architecture"

idspeaker: 157065

title: Mrs

name: Atxu

iso2: ES

surname: Amann Alcocer

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urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Amann_Atxu_v2.jpg

company: Temperaturas extremas architectxs and ETSAM_UPM

jobposition: teacher and research

city: Madrid

country: Spain

bio: Architect and urbanist. Member of temperaturas extremas architectxs . teacher and research in the school of architectue ( universidad politécnica de madrid)

idspeaker: 153332

title: Ms

name: Barbara

iso2: CH

surname: Buser

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urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Buser _Barbara.jpg

company: baubüro in situ

jobposition: Founder

city: Basel

country: Switzerland

bio: After studying architecture at ETH Zurich, Barbara Buser worked for 10 years in Afrika. Back in Basel she opened baubüro in situ with Eric Honegger in 1998. Together, they initiate and lead various big transformations and housing cooperatives. Buser & Honegger received the Swiss Grand Prix Meret Oppenheim and the Holcim Global Gold award for sustainability. Buser joined ETH as lecturer and is giving various presentations about circular construction all over the world. In 2021 she founded the volunteer association RE-WIN for the export of used, yet intact windows to war torn Ukraine.

idspeaker: 153314

title: Mr.

name: Bas

iso2: BE

surname: Smets

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urlphoto: https://uploadscrm.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/PROD/462/Smets_Bas.jpg

company: Bureau Bas Smets

jobposition: Founder & President

city: Brussels

country: Belgium

bio: BBas Smets has a background in landscape architecture, civil engineering, and architecture. He founded his Brussels-based firm in 2007 and has completed over 50 international projects with his team. His work ranges from territorial visions to parks and urban spaces, exploring “Augmented Landscapes” that create new microclimates. In 2023, he was appointed Professor in Practice at Harvard GSD. In 2025, he represented Belgium at the Venice Architecture Biennale and was named Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture.