(IN)TANGIBLE HERITAGE(S)

Jonathan Gayomali AIA, NOMA is an architect from Los Angeles, CA currently living in Brooklyn, New York. He received his professional architecture degree from Cal Poly Pomona and UCLA where he earned his second professional architecture degree under the guidance of architect Neil Denari. Since then, he has practiced at the offices of Brooks + Scarpa Architects as well as Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects. More recently he graduated from The Royal College of Art in London investigating the role of design and architecture in the context of social interaction and communication. Following his latest masters of research, he has started practicing at New York and Los Angeles-based architecture practice, MarmolRadziner. His architecture and art has been featured at the LA Design Festival, Dwell on Design, and the Architecture and Design Museum, among others.

Kiproula Bartzoka graduated from the University of Aegean as a product and system design engineer. Intrigued by AI, robots, and their implication in the design field, she pursued her academic curriculum with a masters of research in design at The Royal College of Art. While at RCA, Kiproula has been exploring the future of human-robots interaction, and its multiple applications from the future of work to social relationships. She is currently based in Athens where she works as a UI/XU designer.

Rime Cherai has a finance and economy background. After graduating from Toulouse Business School and the Universitat Politècnica de Cataluña, and working in a few financial institutions, Rime decided to focus on the value creation, growth and, phases of development. Passionate by research, she pivoted toward design. While studying at the Royal College of Art in London, for her masters of research, she explored rural areas in emerging countries and possible design intervention to foster their socio-economic development.

Nuria Benítez is an architect from Mexico City, exploring intersections between design, art, craft, society and urban theory in the everyday. She focuses on enhancing collaborative practice and in the cocreation of projects, research, publications, art, craft, social development and knowledge. She is interested in employing art and design creative processes as a mediator for architecture and social projects. She got her degree in architecture with honours at UNAM, in Mexico City, and recently completed a masters in Architecture research at The Royal College of Art, London. She currently works as an idependent architect/researcher and in various collaborations, and has previously worked at renowned institutions such as The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Tatiana Bilbao Estudio. She currently focuses on her co-created practice, estudio estudio, in Mexico City and teaching at Universidad Iberoamericana.

Moritz Dittrich first earned a Bachelor of Science in Architecture Degree at the Bauhaus University in Weimar and later a Master of Research in Architecture Degree at the Royal College of Art in London. While already studying architecture at the Bauhaus, Moritz always understood the discipline as an art form to translate political, social and ecological ideas into built space, which goes hand in hand with his political engagement. Moritz has been part and later also managed several political campaigns from city council to national elections. Moritz’s interest covers diverse kinds of future thinking around the city, from the future of urban mobility to smart city strategies to the virtual urban environment. Moritz now works as an urban researcher and futurist for the Berlin-based buro stadtraum. In a multidisciplinary team of engineers, urban designers and urban anthropologists as well as architects. At stadtraum (German for city space) he develops participation processes and platforms as well as further thinks and writes about the digital cities and it‘s practical implementation in urban planning.