Our Team — Architecture Is Free Foundation

Daniel Horowitz (he/him)

Status: Instructor and Founder, Architecture Is Free Foundation

Education: Master of Architecture and Bachelor of Design of the Environment, University of Pennsylvania; Masters in Architectural Technology and Design Theory and Pedagogy, Southern California Institute of Architecture

Professional: Licensed Architect, AIA member, PHIUS certified builder, Venturi Scott Brown and Associates Alumnus, Owner at Apache Design Build

Teaching experience: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Sci-Arc, Pratt Institute, University of Hartford

Areas of expertise: Design Studio, Theory of Technology, Thesis Projects, Integrated Design Development Studios, Teaching Pedagogy, Construction Technology, Construction Management, Artificial Intelligence applications for Architects, Writing.

website: https://danswork.com

Contact: https://www.instagram.com/danielhwtz/?hl=en

Preferred Charities: North American Organization of Minority Architects https://membership.noma.net/donations/

Open Architecture Collaborative https://openarchcollab.org/donate/

Legal Aid Society https://15034.thankyou4caring.org/

Architects Foundation https://architectsfoundation.org/donation/

T. Joseph Surjan (they/them)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master of Architecture, Columbia University, Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University of Wisconsin
**Professional:** Founding Chair at Chicago Underground Practice, Reiser + Umemoto, Steven Holl Architects, Stanley Tigerman Architects
**Teaching experience:** School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Wisconsin, Illinois Institute of Technology, Virginia Tech, Woodbury University, Arizona State University, Southern California Institute of Architecture (Sci-Arc), UCLA, Columbia University
**Areas of expertise:** Design and Theory of Architecture, representations in Architecture, Digital Rendering, Modeling, and Animation, Myth Building, Creative Writing and Interior Architecture
**website:** https://chicagoundergroundpractice.com
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/surjan/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** North American Organization of Minority Architects https://membership.noma.net/donations/
The Center For Urban Pedagogy CUP: Donate (welcometocup.org)

Manini Bhakta Madia (she/her)

**Status:** Member, Board of Advisors, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Economics, Northwestern University; M.B.A in Marketing, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
**Professional:** Worked at Mastercard Advisors, L’Oréal, Estee Lauder, Combe Products, and Kraft.
**Teaching experience:** Adjunct Faculty in the marketing departments of NYU Stern School of Business and Columbia Business School
**Areas of expertise:** Subject matter expert in retail and consumer behavior
**website:** architectureisfree.com
**Contact:** coming soon
**Preferred Charities:** Chicago Mobile Makers https://www.chicagomobilemakers.org/donate

Jessica W. Lyn (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
**Teaching experience:** Teaching Assistant, RPI
**Areas of expertise:** Architectural Rendering and Drawing, Model Making, Concept Design, Architectural Film and Animation, Graduate School Application, Portfolio Review
**website:** https://www.instagram.com/freeroamjess/?hl=en
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/freeroamjess/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** North American Organization of Minority Architects https://membership.noma.net/donations/

Denise Scott Brown (she/her)

**Status:** Member, Board of Advisors, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** University of Witwatersrand, Architectural Association School of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania
**Professional:** Influential American Architect, Urban Planner, Writer, Theorist
**Teaching experience:** UCLA, Yale, UPenn
**Areas of expertise:** Architecture and Urban Planning
**website:** http://venturiscottbrown.org/
**Contact:** http://architectureisfree.org
**Preferred Charities:** North American Organization of Minority Architects https://membership.noma.net/donations/

Rob Nilsen (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master of Design Studies, Harvard University; Bachelor of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
**Professional:** Hill West Architects, Method Design
**Teaching experience:** Teaching Assistant, RPI
**Areas of expertise:** 3D Modeling, Architectural Representation and Theory, Design Portfolio, Design Studio, Digital Rendering, Landscape Theory
**website:** https://www.instagram.com/robolence/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/robolence/
**Preferred Charities:** North American Organization of Minority Architects https://membership.noma.net/donations/
The Trevor Project - Saving LGBTQ Lives https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

Marcus Carter (he/him)

**Status**: Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelor of Architecture, University of Kansas; Master of Architecture, Yale University
**Professional:** Partner at OBJECT TERRITORIES; Alumnus of Steven Holl Architects, KPF, & RAMSA; Licensed Architect, AIA member
**Teaching Experience:** New York Institute of Technology, Parsons School of Design, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
**Areas of Expertise:** Design, Theory, Urbanism, Writing, Construction Technology
**Website:** https://object-territories.com
**Contact:** http://www.instagram.com/marcusrcarter/
**Preferred Charities:** Design Corps https://designcorps.org
Dutchtown South Community Corporation https://www.dutchtownsouth.org
Oko Farms https://www.okofarms.org/

Ravi Chandar (he/him)

**Status**: Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master in Architecture & Urban Design, Städelschule Architecture Class; Masters in Design Theory & Pedagogy, Southern California Institute of Architecture; Bachelor of Architecture, R.V. College of Architecture - India
**Professional:** GMPA Architects, RSP Design Consultants - India
**Teaching Experience:** Sci-Arc
**Areas of Expertise:** Conceptual Design, Architectural Theory/Criticism, Discourse on Formalism & Mereology, 3D Modelling, Design Narrative & Representation
**Website:** https://www.ravi-chandar.com/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/ravi.chandar/
**Preferred Charities:** Make a Difference, India - https://makeadiff.in/

Livingstone Mukasa (he/him)

**Status**: Board of Advisors, Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York Institute of Technology, Harvard University
**Professional:** Principal at MAHALI, Founder at Afritecture
**Teaching Experience:** Guest Design Critic, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
**Areas of Expertise:** Design Studio, Drawing, Model Making, Design & Theory of Architecture, Urban Design, Writing, Thesis Projects, Social/Humanitarian Architecture
**Website:** mahalistudio.com afritecture.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/livmuk/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** North American Organization of Minority Architects https://membership.noma.net/donations/
Open Architecture Collaborative https://openarchcollab.org/donate/
The Water Project https://thewaterproject.org/
Archive Global https://archiveglobal.org/
Catapult Design https://catapultdesign.org/
Journeyman International https://www.journeymaninternational.org/

BURCIN NALINCI_02.jpg — H. Burçin Nalinci (she/her)

**Status**: Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** M.S. in Architectural Technology, Southern California Institute of Architecture. B.Arch, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
**Professional:** Senior Associate at AUX Architecture, Founder at studio Bits2Atoms
**Teaching Experience:** Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
**Areas of Expertise:** Computational and Algorithmic Design, Architecture, Concept Design, Facade Design, Machine Design, Robotics, Digital Fabrication, Programming, Automation
**Website:** https://bits2atoms.net/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/bits2atoms/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** North American Organization of Minority Architects https://membership.noma.net/donations/

Miguel Abaunza (he/him)

**Status**: Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania; Bachelor of Science in Architecture, The Catholic University of America
**Professional:** Boolean Operations, THEVERYMANY, Meis Architects
**Teaching Experience:** University of Pennsylvania
**Areas of Expertise:** 3D Modeling, Representation, Artificial Intelligence, Design Criticism
**Website:** bit.ly/3scolFd
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/booleanoperations/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** The National Council for Incarcerated & Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls https://www.nationalcouncil.us/

Amadou Camara (he/him)

**Status**: Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Thomas Jefferson University, Northampton Community College
**Teaching Experience:** Northampton Community College
**Areas of Expertise:** 3D Modeling, Rhino, Revit, Architectural Representation, Design Techniques, Concept Design
**Website:** architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/baidy9/
**Preferred Charities:** The Political Action Committee of AIA Pennsylvania https://www.paarchitectspac.org/aiapacdonate

Carlos Castillo-Cortes (he/him)

**Status:** Comité Consejero / Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Educación:** Universidad Catolica del Norte, Universidad de Valparaiso, Universidad Técnica de Delft
**Profesional:** Fundador / Editor en The Best New Architects, Director en Archiprix Chile, Arquitecto en Multidisciplinar
**Experiencia Académica:** he sido profesor en UDLA y UNAB investigador en TU Delft
**Areas de Interes:** diseño conceptual, visualización arquitectónica, arquitectura de pequeña escala, concursos de arquitectura, tecnología en la ciudad
**Website:** www.thebestnewarchitects.com
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/carlos_cc/
**Preferred Charities:** próximamente

Maxime Lefebvre (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** M.S. in Architectural Technology, Southern California Institute of Architecture; M.Arch McGill University; B.Sc.Arch McGill University
**Professional:** Eric Owen Moss Architects, COOP Himmelb(l)au & T B A Thomas Balaban Architect
**Teaching Experience:** Sci-Arc, Space Saloon
**Areas of Expertise:** Architecture, Media Arts, Machine Vision, Machine Learning, Automation, Fun Stuff, Noise, Goo
**Website:** https://www.instagram.com/mxm_lfbvr/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/mxm_lfbvr/
**Preferred charities:**
https://www.materialsandapplications.org/give
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/architecturesansfrontieresquebec/Free Arts
https://www.freearts.org/donate
https://losangelesmission.org/

Adam Emmett (any/any)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** B.Des University of Florida
**Professional:** BPC Architecture, John Reimnitz Architect PC, Independent
**Teaching Experience:** Undergraduate Summer Programs
**Areas of Expertise:** Design, Project Management, Curriculum Support, Social Justice + Design Topics
**Website:** https://architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/adam_aiff/
**Preferred charities:** https://www.glitsinc.org/

Ed Barnhart (he/him)

**Status:** Member, Board of Advisors, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
**Professional:** Licensed Architect, Principal of Always by Design Architecture, Curator and Owner of AxD Gallery, worked at Venturi Scott Brown and Associates, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Purdy O’Gwynn Barnhart Architects, and Marianna Thomas Architects
**Areas of expertise:** Residential Architecture and Construction
**website:** https://a-x-d.com/
**Contact:** coming soon
**Preferred Charities:** Center for Architecture and Design https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/CFADdonations?locale.x=en_US

jose_photos enhanced.jpg — Jose David Mejias Morales (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelor of Architecture, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Master of Science in Architectural Technology, Southern California Institute of Architecture (Sci-Arc)
**Professional:** Licensed Architect, worked at Studio T-SQ 2, Boulder Associates Architects, GKW Architects
**Teaching Experience:** Adjunct Professor at the Department of Design and Architecture of the Universidad Ana G. Méndez, in Puerto Rico
**Areas of expertise:** Representational Technologies and Software, Urban Studies and Politics
**website:** José David Mejías (@jd.mejias) • Instagram photos and videos
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/jd.mejias/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** AIA Puerto Rico EVENTS SPONSORSHIP | aia-pr

Javier Giorgis (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** University of Rosario, Argentina
**Professional:** Licensed Architect, Partner Sabattini Giorgis Architectos
**Teaching experience:** University of Rosario, Argentina
**Areas of expertise:** Architecture
**website:** https://www.instagram.com/sabattini.giorgis/?hl=en
**Contact:** Coming soon
**Preferred Charities:** North American Organization of Minority Architects https://membership.noma.net/donations/
**Sign-Up:** coming soon

Hseng Tai Lintner (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Chalmers University of Technology, University of the Arts London
**Professional:** Founding Partner and Design Principal of design research firm EA-CR
**Teaching Experience:** CU INDA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Chalmers University of Technology, Konstfack, University of Westminster, National Taiwan University of Technology
**Areas of Expertise:** 3D Modeling, Computational Modeling, Digital Fabrication, Robotics in Architecture, Digital Rendering and Animation, Artificial Intelligence Applications for Architects, Augmented and Virtual Reality for Architects
**Website:** www.ea-cr.eu
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/hsengtailintner/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** North American Organization of Minority Architects https://membership.noma.net/donations/
Journeyman International https://www.journeymaninternational.org/

Stefan Svedberg (he/him)

Status: Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Chalmers University of Technology, University of the Arts London
**Professional:** Founding Partner and Design Principal of design research firm EA-CR
**Teaching Experience:** CCU INDA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Chalmers University of Technology, Konstfack, National Taiwan University of Technology
**Areas of Expertise:** 3D Modeling, Computational Modeling, Digital Sculpting, Digital Fabrication, Robotics in Architecture, Digital Rendering and Animation, Artificial Intelligence Applications for Architects
**Website:** www.ea-cr.eu
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/stefsved/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** North American Organization of Minority Architects https://membership.noma.net/donations/
Journeyman International https://www.journeymaninternational.org/

Nicholas Peruski (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Lawrence Technological University, Delta College
**Professional:** Urbanism Research Assistant for The City of Detroit
**Teaching Experience:** Teaching Assistant, Architectural Design Workshop Instructor
**Areas of Expertise:** 3D Modelling, 3D Printing, Visualization Rendering, Mapping, Structures, Video Editing, Design Narratives, Marketing & Branding, Minority Issues, Leading an Organization
**Website:** https://www.nicholasperuski.com
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/nicholasperuski/
**Preferred Charities:** AIAS and NOMAS at LTU https://aiasltu.design/donate
Design Core Detroit https://designcore.org/donate/
NOMA Project Pipeline https://membership.noma.net/donations/
400 Forward https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PSFYEUS6Y9ESA

Hsiao-Chiao Peng (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** M.S. in Architectural Technology, Southern California Institute of Architecture; BArch Tunghai University, Taiwan
**Professional:** CallisonRTKL, HWCD Associates, Kris Yao Artech, Life of Pi by Ang Lee
**Areas of Expertise:** Aviation, Commercial, Mix-Used, Hospitality, 3D Modeling, Model Rendering, Drawing Documentation, Portfolio Review
**Website:** https://www.hsiaochiaopeng.com/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/sp050388/
**Preferred charities:** Taiwan Academy https://la.us.taiwan.culture.tw/
Architecture Is Free Foundation https://architectureisfree.org

Joan Razafimaharo (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** MArch MGPA / Montage et Gestion de Projets en Aménagement; B.SC. in Architecture, École d’Architecture, Université de Montréal
**Professional:** Licensed Architect Ordre des Architectes Malagasy; Managing Partner - TRANO Architecture
**Teaching Experience:** Institut de Technologie d’Antananarivo
**Areas of Expertise:** Master Planning, Urban Planning, Formal Architecture, Interior Design, Landscaping, Furniture Design and Branding, Sustainability and Tropical Environment, Affordable and Reliable Building Materials, Ventilation Principles
**Website:** https://architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/joanrazafimaharo/
**Preferred charities:** https://www.architectureisfree.org

Claire Shue (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of Michigan
**Professional:** Hanbury, 505 Design, Freelance
**Teaching Experience:** Graduate Research Assistant, University of Michigan
**Areas of Expertise:** Storytelling and Narrative, Worldbuilding, Design Studio, Architectural Theory/Criticism, Writing, Representation
**Website:** https://architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/electricclaire/
**Preferred charities:** NCOMA, Design Corps, The Trevor Project

Erick Sanchez (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** The University of Illinois at Chicago, Syracuse University
**Professional:** Teacher at ACE Amandla Charter High School, Creative Director at A/R/T/S, Founder at Operative Office
**Teaching Experience:** Graduate Teaching Assistant at Syracuse University, ACE Amandla Charter High School
**Areas of Expertise:** Architecture, Imaging, UX/UI, Branding Identity, and sometimes Theory
**Website:** https://www.instagram.com/operativeoffice/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/oo.sanchez/
**Preferred Charities:** https://www.instagram.com/aceamandla/

Arsenios Zachariadis (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** SCI-Arc, Aristotle University of THessaloniki
**Professional:** Hansonla Architecture, MAD Architects
**Teaching Experience:** AA Visiting School Greece
**Areas of Expertise:** 3D Modeling, Digital Fabrication, VR, Digital Rendering and Animation, Installations
**Website:** https://www.arseniosz.com
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/arseniosz/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** Socal NOMA https://socalnoma.org/

Khristian Ceballos Ugarte (he/him)

**Status:** Board of Advisors, Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Universidad Central de Venezuela, Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture, Universidad Simon Bolivar
**Professional:** Founder of Khristian Ceballos Ugarte Architects, The Tropical Community, Founding Member of ADJKM
**Teaching Experience:** Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris, Universidad Central de Venezuela
**Areas of Expertise:** Architecture, Interior Design, Urban Design, Research Based Projects that Promote and Strengthen Marginal Territories
**Website:** https://www.khristianceballosugarte.com/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/khristianceballosugarte/
**Preferred Charities:** https://architectureisfree.org

Stephanie A A Jazmines (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** University of Notre Dame, Yale School of Architecture, Aalto University
**Professional:** Walt Disney Imagineering - Glendale, CA (current), Robert AM Stern Architects (previous)
**Teaching Experience:** Crit at Notre Dame, Syracuse, USC, UCLA, Wesleyan. Instructor at University of Buckingham Summer Program in Classical Architecture
**Areas of Expertise:** Concept Design, Hand-drawing and Drafting, Painting, Precedent Research, Classical / Vernacular / Traditional Architectural Design, Narrative Design, Architecture Parlante, Postmodernism
**Website:** https://spectacular-vernacular.com/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/spectacular.vernacular/
**Preferred Charities:** Filipino Children’s Foundation https://filipinochildren.com/

David J. Isern (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master of Philosophy, University of Cambridge; Business Analytics Studies, MIT; M.B.A, Master of Architecture & Urban Design, Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Texas Tech University
**Professional:** David J. Isern Studio, Peruvian Architect, AIA Associate Member, Certified Urban Planner, Haecceitas Studio, SOM New York, NOMAS
**Teaching Experience:** University of Cambridge, Texas Tech University, UPC
**Areas of Expertise:** Design Studio, Urban Design, Latin American Studies, Informal and Marginal Urbanism, Informal Agency, Design and Architecture Theory, Architecture Representation, Community Engagement, Urban Resiliency
**Website:** https://davidjisern.com
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/davidjisern
**Preferred Charities:** North American Organization of Minority Architects https://membership.noma.net/donations/
https://architectureisfree.org

Kurt West (he/him)

Status: Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation

Education: M.Arch - University of Virginia; B.Arch - Ball State University

Professional: Principal at West Workshop, Licensed Architect, AIA member, Previously an Intern at Morphosis & Hord Coplan Macht

Teaching Experience: Invited juror at several U.S.-based universities; Graduate Assistant for EcoMod at University of Virginia

Areas of Expertise: Residential building technology, Public Art, Design Communication, Professional Practice, Book Publishing and Interior Design

Website: www.westworkshop.com www.kurtwest.com www.healthy-mgmt.com

Contact: www.instagram.com/west_workshop www.instagram.com/kurtwest_studio/

Preferred Charities: www.thelastwell.org https://architectureisfree.org

Thomas Provost (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** M.Arch (professional) – University of Detroit Mercy, M.Arch (history & theory) – McGill University
**Professional:** Licensed Architect, NCARB, leads @water.etc, has works at many firms and studios in Detroit and Toronto.
**Teaching Experience:** Assistant Professor at Louisiana Tech, Adjunct at SUNY Buffalo, CritPrax at Lawrence Tech, RAIC External Advisor
**Areas of Expertise:** Design Studio (Thesis, Narrative, Concept), Visualization (Graphics, Photoshop, Portfolio Design), History/Theory (Material Culture, Earth, Atmosphere)
**Website:** https://www.t-provost.com
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/water.etc
**Preferred Charities:** NOMAS Louisiana Tech https://www.instagram.com/nomaslatech

Ousmane Lah (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Cambridge IGCSE, Centennial College Advanced Diploma in Architectural Technology, Athabasca University Post Diploma Bachelor of Science in Architecture (In Progress)
**Professional:** Freelance Architectural Drafter, CAD Technician, English To French Interpreter at CanTalk Canada
**Teaching Experience:** Revit Architecture Instructor
**Areas of Expertise:** Architectural Design, Construction Drawings, Digital Rendering, Revit Drafting and 3D Modeling
**Website:** https://ca.linkedin.com/in/ousmane-lah-978460181
**Contact:** https://instagram.com/ousmanelaharchitects?igshid=pqtg5w393w6e
**Preferred Charities:** Charity Water https://www.charitywater.org

Jelena Joksimovic (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Diploma in Architecture, University of Applied Arts; Belgrade, Serbia. (Interior Architecture Department)
**Professional:** Interior Architect, Founder of 39ºN, W-Interiors, Worked at Jack Morton Worldwide, Blu Design Studio London, Member of Izba Wine Initiative, Artist
**Areas of Expertise:** Smart, Sensual Interior Design, particular interest in Wellbeing through Architecture. Skills: Concept , Visualisation, deep understanding of Clients' needs
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/jelena.jox/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/39_north/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** https://architectureisfree.org

Mauricio Valenzuela (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master in Advanced Architecture (IAAC, Spain); Bachelor in Architecture ,Universidad Centroamericana (UCA), Nicaragua
**Professional:** Designer at Gensler Costa Rica
**Teaching Experience:** Universidad Americana (UAM), Nicaragua
**Areas of Expertise:** Hospitality, Residential, Urban Planning, Concept Design, Digital Hand-Drawing, Design Thinking
**Website:** https://www.linkedin.com/in/mvalenzuelal/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/mfvalenzuela/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** https://architectureisfree.org

Jake Newsum (he/him)

**Status:** Board of Advisors, Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** (MS.DT) Master of Science in Architecture Digital Technologies from the University of Michigan, (BArch) Bachelors of Architecture from University of Arkansas
**Professional:** Algorithms and Automation Architect at Branch Technology
**Teaching Experience:** Sci_Arc
**Research:** Robotic Fabrication, Single Point Incremental Forming, FreeForm 3D Printing, Direct Digital Manufacturing
**Areas of Expertise:** Algorithmic Design, Software Development, C#, Rhino-Grasshopper, Robotics, Automation, Architecture, Teaching, Cryptocurrency
**Website:** www.jakenewsum.com
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/mjnewsum/?hl=en hello@jakenewsum.com
**Preferred Charities:** https://architectureisfree.org

Lulu Crouzet (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** M.Arch, The University of British Columbia, M.Arch II History & Theory, McGill University
**Professional:** Order of Architects of Quebec, worked in different offices in Montreal and Berlin
**Teaching Experience:** The University of British Columbia
**Areas of Expertise:** Philosophy, Theory, Fiction, Sculpture, Drawing, Narratives, Graphic Design, Self-Sufficient Buildings, Alternative construction, Behaviorology, Appropriation of space
**Website:** https://crouzet.me/
**Contact:**https://www.instagram.com/crouzet.me/
**Preferred Charities:** Homeless & at-risk Youth / Dans la Rue https://danslarue.org/en/donations/
Aboriginal Women Empowerment / Quebec Native Women https://www.faq-qnw.org/faire-un-don/
Indigenous Art Initiative / Primary Colours https://www.primary-colours.ca/
Indigenous Homelessness / Projets Autochtones du Québec http://www.paqc.org/en/donation/

Nazifa (they/them)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** M.Arch (Professional), Bachelors in Urban and Public Policy, Minor in Art History - University of Illinois, Chicago
**Professional:** Design Principal Twin Projects Corp, Professional Architecture and Interior Architecture experience in Chicago & Los Angeles.
**Areas of Expertise:** Architectural Design & Documentation, Concept Development & Visualization (Graphics, Portfolio Review, Renderings, Methods of Representation), Model Making (Resin, Concrete, 3D Prints, Ceramics, Paper), Urban Design, Architectural and Urban Planning Theory
**Website:** https://www.Twin-Projects.com
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/_twinprojects/?hl=en https://www.Nazifa@Twin-Projects.com
**Preferred Charities:** The Malala Fund https://www.malala.org

Mario Espinoza (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master in Experiential Interior Design (LCI- Barcelona-Spain) LCI Barcelona Escola de Disseny; Master in Advanced Architecture (IAAC - Barcelona-Spain) Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalunya; Postgraduate in Interior Design (UNI - Managua-Nicaragua) Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria; Bachelor in Architecture (UNI - Managua-Nicaragua) Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria
**Professional:** Founder & Director of MORPHEX - Advanced Architecture and Experiential Interior Design Studio; Computational Designer at ON-A, Barcelona
**Teaching Experience:** UAM - Universidad Americana / Managua-Nicaragua, CENTRO CAD - Autodesk Authorized Reseller / Managua-Nicaragua, BILANCIARE - Interior Design Institute / Managua-Nicaragua, LCI - Escola de Disseny / Barcelona-Spain, IAAC - Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalunya / Barcelona-Spain, IED - Instituto Europeo di Design / Barcelona-Spain
**Areas of Expertise:** Conceptual Design, 3D modeling, Computational Design, Interior Design, Parametric Architecture, 3D visualization - rendering and animation, Digital Fabrication, Construction
**Website:** https://morphexdesign.com/
**Contact:**Instagram: morphex.design, Facebook: morphexdesign, Twitter: Morphex_Design, Email: info@morphexdesign.com
**Preferred Charities:** Grupo Fenix https://secure.givelively.org/donate/fne-international/grupo-fenix-needs-your-support?fbclid=IwAR3WVz5pHvXhmLZgZ8eM8kHTu66THv_pSVzbuLy-DBre7yhP27Sb4tpZ_5A

Macky De La Piedra (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master of Advanced Architectural Design, University of Pennsylvania; Bachelor of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
**Professional:** Jacobs Engineering, New York State: Design and Construction
**Teaching Experience:** Teaching Assistant, Rensselaer Polytechic Institute
**Areas of Expertise:** 3D modeling, Digital rendering, Design Studio, Exterior Wall Systems, Portfolio Review
**Website:** https://mackydlp.myportfolio.com/about
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/mackydelapiedra/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** : North American Organization of Minority Architects https://membership.noma.net/donations/

Tosin Oshinowo (she/her)

**Status:** Board of Advisors, Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Diploma in Architecture, Architecture Association London; Masters in Urban Design in Development, University College London; Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Kingston University London
**Professional:** Director at cmDesign Atelier; previous experience OMA Rotterdam, SOM London, JCA Lagos
**Teaching Experience:** University of Lagos, Nigeria
**Areas of Expertise:** Architecture and Product Design, Professional practice
**Website:** https://www.cmdesign-atelier.com
**Contact:** https://instagram.com/tosin.oshinowo?igshid=tof01ntplyxd
tosin.oshinowo@cmdesign-atelier.com
**Preferred Charities:** Lagos Urban Development initiative https://linktr.ee/ludiorg

Susan Nwankpa Gillespie (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master of Architecture, University of California; Candidate for Master of Interior Architecture, Pratt Institute; Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Columbia University
**Professional:** Founding Principal at Nwankpa Design; Architectural Designer at Belzberg Architects
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Holistic design of residences, restaurants and hospitality projects, and commercial spaces for retail and office; Architectural Practice & Business; Interior Design
**Website:** nwankpadesign.com
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/nwankpadesign/
**Preferred Charities:** North American Organization of Minority Architects https://membership.noma.net/donations/
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation https://itif.org/

Caleb Lightfoot (he/him)

Status: Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation

Education: BS Arch Texas Tech 2015, M.Arch Texas Tech 2017, Land Arts of the American West 2015

Professional: American Excavations on Samothrace, other archeological field work in North Carolina and the Southern Argolid of Greece. Currently working with the unhoused

Teaching Experience: Teaching Assistant as Texas Tech University

Areas of Expertise: Archaeology, art history, critical theory, historical materialism, field work

Website: https://www.architectureisfree.org

Contact: https://www.instagram.com/akephalos_architectures/?hl=en

Preferred Charities: Trans Housing Coalition https://www.transhousingcoalition.org/donate

Karim Saleh (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master of Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design (2023); Bachelor of Architecture, Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)
**Professional:** Morphosis Architects, Tom Wiscombe Architecture & Zaha Hadid Architects
**Teaching Experience:** Teaching Assistant for Studio and Visual Studies at SCI-Arc
**Areas of Expertise:** Architecture, Urban Design & Computational Modeling
**Website:** studiokarimsaleh.com
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/karimsaleh___/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** M&A Home (materialsandapplications.org)
SoCal NOMA – The Southern California Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects.

Sasha Tillmann (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master of Architecture, Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc); Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, Cal State University Fullerton
**Professional:** International Development Consultant at Philippe Chiambaretta Architecte (PCA-Stream); previously an Associate Project Manager at Morphosis Architects, a Development Associate at Gilmore Associates real estate development, and an intern at Neil M. Denari Architects.
**Teaching Experience:** Assistant Teacher for Thom Mayne’s MS Design of Cities postgraduate program at SCI-Arc; Teaching Assistant for Graduate and Undergraduate design studios at SCI-Arc, Researcher at SCI-Arc Thinktank
**Areas of Expertise:** Urban Design, Consulting, Project Management, Business Development
**Website:** www.linkedin.com/in/sasha-tillmann-6325633b
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/sashmariet/?hl=en sashamariet@gmail.com
**Preferred Charities:** National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) https://membership.noma.net/donations/; Girls Garage https://girlsgarage.org/donate/

Florencia Vetcher (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Princeton University, School of Architecture. Post-Professional MA. University of Belgrano, School of Architecture Design and Urbanism, Buenos Aires Argentina: Architecture Diploma. Catalunya Polytechnic University, Escola Tecnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB), Spain: Visiting scholar
**Professional:** Partner at vetcher-breidfjord, Previously Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Eisenman Architects, EMBT Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue
**Teaching Experience:** Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Pratt Institute, Parsons the New School for Design, School of Visual Arts, Architectural Association, Universidad de Belgrano
**Areas of Expertise:** Architecture Design, Interior Architecture, Architectural History and Theory
**Website:** www.vetcherbreidfjord.com
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/vetcher_breidfjord/
**Preferred Charities:** ARCHITEXX https://www.architexx.org
CoM Committee on Migration https://ngo-migration.org/task-force/refugee-children/

John Shahid (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Southern California Institute of Architecture, Bachelors in Architecture
**Professional:** Pita & Bloom, Junior Architect for various firms in the Southern California area, freelance architect specializing in residential design, commercial spaces, and fabrication
**Teaching Experience:** assistant teacher in fabrication, & youth outreach in architecture and art
**Areas of Expertise:** modeling softwares, residential design, fabrication
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/johnshahid/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) https://membership.noma.net/donations/

Julia Fleckenstein (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** M.Arch University of Innsbruck, Austria; University of Texas at Arlington, USA
**Professional:** Research Associate at TT Professorship Digital Fabrication, Technical University Munich, Germany; Peter Haimerl Architektur, Munich, Germany; GRAFTlab, Berlin, Germany; Contemporary Architecture Practice, Shanghai, China; Young & Ayata, NY, USA
**Teaching Experience:** TT Professorship Digital Fabrication, Technical University Munich, Germany; Institute of Urban Design, University of Innsbruck, Austria
**Areas of Expertise:** Architecture, Concept Design, Urban Design, Computational Design, Integrative Design, Digital Fabrication, Human Robot Collaboration
**Website:** https://www.instagram.com/ju.lie.sa/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/ju.lie.sa/
**Preferred Charities:** Start Somewhere https://www.startsomewhere.eu/en/

Samuel Ayodele Feyibunmi (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Diploma in Architecture, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic. Bachelor of Science in Architecture, The Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State
**Professional:** Director of FsDesigns, previous experience IPL Integrated Project Limited, Impluviym Consulting Limited, Bilan Building Production, Kayode Anibaba Associates KAA.
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Conceptual Design, 3D Modeling, Architecture, Interior Design and Construction
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/_wespee_/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** The Kopa Initiative https://www.instagram.com/the_kopa_initiative/
Young Africans Impact Network https://www.facebook.com/youngafricansimpactnetwork/

Bonolo Masango (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master of Architecture, Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Johannesburg; B-Tech Architectural Design, NDip Architecture
**Professional:** Candidate Architect at MMA Design Studio
**Teaching Experience:** Undergraduate Tutor
**Areas of Expertise:** Architectural Verbal and Graphic Presentation, Model Making, Concept Design, Masters Thesis Writing, Design Portfolio, Design Studio
**Website:** https://www.instagram.com/archbonolo http://mmastudio.co.za/studio/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/archbonolo/
**Preferred Charities:** 1to1 – Agency of Engagement https://1to1.org.za/

Benneth Zimuzo Austin (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Caleb University, Lagos Nigeria
**Professional:** MOE+AA
**Areas of Expertise:** : Concept design, Architectural Graphic Representation(by Hand and Software), Sketching, Urban Planning, Space Planning, Computational modeling.
**Website:** https://architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/zen_studiosz/
**Preferred Charities:** Open House Lagos http://openhouselagos.com/support-us/

Eseoghene Akpoghene (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Covenant University, Nigeria; Master of Science in Architecture, Covenant University, Nigeria
**Professional:** Creative Director at Eva Concepts Consults; previous experience Meadowlands Canadian School, GYB Consults Ltd
**Teaching Experience:** Youth Mentor at Achievers Springs School
**Areas of Expertise:** Architecture, Interior design, Product design
**Website:** https://about.me/eseogheneakpoghene
**Contact:** https://www.linkedin.com/in/eseoghene-akpoghene-11a06759?originalSubdomain=ng
https://www.instagram.com/ese_victorian/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** Slum2school https://slum2school.org
Purple Women International Foundation https://www.facebook.com/Purple-WOMEN-International-Foundation-306233126197859/

Olamide Akinnaanu (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** : Diploma in Architecture, Yaba College of Technology
**Professional:** Archimage Architects, GIA Studios, RIO Design Studio, Movement Architecture.
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Architecture, Interior design
**Website:** https://www.architecuteisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/lami_blaqq/
**Preferred Charities:** https://www.architecuteisfree.org/

Tzu Chen (he/him)

**Status:** Board of Advisors, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** M.Arch-Virginia Polytechnic Insititute, B.Arch-Virginia Polytechnic Insititute
**Professional:** : ACE Mentor Program of America (Southeast Regional Director), Architectural Photographer, Previously Licensed Architect at Ewing Cole
**Teaching Experience:** Guest Crit at University of North Carolina
**Areas of Expertise:** Architecture, Photography, Videography, Graphics
**Website:** https://acementor.org/ https://www.tzuchen.com/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/tzuchenphotography/
**Preferred Charities:** https://acementor.org/donate/

Adil Dalbai (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master of Arts in History and Cultural Theory, Humboldt University Berlin, Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Technical University Berlin, Germany
**Professional:** Meuser Architekten, DOM publishers
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Design, Project Management, Safety & Security Architecture, Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Architecture Criticism, Theory, History, Writing, Editing, Publishing.
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/AdilDalbai/
**Preferred Charities:** Emergency Architecture and Human rights https://ea-hr.com/
Kere Foundation https://www.kerefoundation.com/en/
Ukumbi http://ukumbi.org/

Tiisetso Mofokeng (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelor in Architecture, Tshwane University of Technology, Bachelor of City Planning Honours degree, University of Cape Town Current Postgraduate Student
**Professional:** Founder of Gauteng Architecture Students (GAS_STUDIO)
**Teaching Experience:** Undergraduate Building Sciences Tutor
**Areas of Expertise:** Architectural Presentation Techniques and Design Concept
**Website:** https://www.instagram.com/metoofemelle/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/tiisetso.mo/
**Preferred Charities:** Building Thriving Communities: Habitat for Humanity SA https://habitat.org.za

Arise Oluwatobiloba Emmanuel (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Diploma In Building Technology, Yaba College Of Technology
**Professional:** Bim manager, Max-migold, Freelance Architectural designer
**Teaching Experience:** Design trainer in usage of revit, 3dxmax, Sketchup, and Lumion
**Areas of Expertise:** 3D Modelling, Conceptual Design, Interior design, Exterior design, Construction
**Website:** https://wordpress.com/media/architecturebyrise.wordpress.com
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/iamtobirise/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** Timeout for Africa Education and Sports Foundation https://www.timeout4africa.com/

Dickson Adu-Agyei (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master of Architecture, Graduate school of Architecture at the University of Johannesburg
**Professional:** Educator and founder of Adu Agyei Architecture Studio
**Teaching Experience:** 3 years lecturing and co-supervision at graduate school of architecture
**Areas of Expertise:** Design studio teaching, Architectural Visualization, Concept Design, and Construction detailing
**Website:** www.aaastudio.co.za
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/aduagyei_architecture_studio/
**Preferred Charities:** TANF Ghana https://tanfghana.org/

Jorge Orozco Gonzalez (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master of Architecture, Princeton University; Master of Fine Art, Yale University; Bachelor of Fine Art with a minor in Cultural Studies, California Institute of the Arts
**Professional:** Atopia Research, New-Territories, Domestic Architecture, Founding Principal of drcdservice.com
**Teaching Experience:** Yale University, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Princeton ArcPrep
**Areas of Expertise:** Drawing, 3d Modeling, Rendering, Design Studios, Unity, CATIA V5, Architectural Pedagogy for High School Students
**Website:** https://drcdservice.com https://jorgeogonzalez.com
**Contact:** admin@drcdservice.com
**Preferred Charities:** Trenton Public Education Fund https://www.tpef.org/donate.html
HomeFront https://www.homefrontnj.org/donate/

Virginia Melnyk (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Masters in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Buffalo
**Professional:** Worked at leading architecture firms in LA, London, New York City, and Beijing
**Teaching Experience:** Lecturer at Clemson University, PhD student in the DigtialFutures international PhD program at Tongji University, Adjunct Professor at University of Buffalo
**Areas of Expertise:** Computational design, Digital Design, Design Fictions, Interactive Design, Immersive Environments, Textiles, Design foundations, Design Studio
**Website:** www.virginiamelnykdesigns.com
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/virginiamelnykdesigns/?hl=en vemelnyk@gmail.com
**Preferred Charities:** NOMAS https://membership.noma.net/donations/

Ly Tibou (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Educated in Morroco and China, Master’s Degree in International Business and Economics
**Professional:** Founder of Educational Non-Profit “Divine Grace”: collects thousands of notebooks each year to donate to local schools in Guinea, West Africa
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Business, Economics, Volunteering, Non-Profit Work, Photography, Cinema
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** tibouamadou@gmail.com architectureisfree@gmail.com
**Preferred Charities:** Architecture Is Free Foundation, The Guinea Project https://www.architectureisfree.org

Maimouna Sow (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor and Research Leader, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelor of Design and Building from SUNY Delhi
**Professional:** Working as a Junior Architect at a High-end Residential Firm
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Design, Visualisation, Activist and Agent of Change
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/sow.arch/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** Architecture Is Free Foundation https://www.architectureisfree.org

Mihajlo Elakovic (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** University of Melbourne, Master in Urban and Cultural Heritage. TAFE Technological Institute, Perth, Western Australia, Residential Drafting. Universidad Central de Venezuela, Architect with Honours
**Professional:** Owner and Head of Design at Timbermee. Heritage Officer at Parks Victoria. Designer and Project Manager at SOS Enterprises
**Teaching Experience:** Tutor at University of Melbourne: “Furniture workshop based on Ming Dynasty traditional joinery”. Lecturer at Universidad Central de Venezuela: “History of Contemporary Architecture”
**Areas of Expertise:** Architecture Design, Furniture Design, Heritage Surveying and Preservation.
**Website:** https://www.timbermee.com
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/timbermee/
**Preferred Charities:** World Wildlife Federation https://donate.wwf.org.au/donate

Otie Pokua Yankyera (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor and Research Leader, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelor of Architecture from Central University, Ghana
**Professional:** Worked with reputable firms in Ghana, currently working as an Architectural Designer with Tie Atelier
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Earth Architectural Design, Interior Design, Product Design, 3D Modelling and Visualisation
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/owtieh/
**Preferred Charities:** https://www.architectureisfree.org

Isaro Lise Katangulia (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelors Degree in Engineering and Architecture from Southeast University in China
**Professional:** Registered Rwandan Architect, Founder of African Female Architects, Founder and Director of Creatture, a firm that focuses on merging the gaps between sustainability and traditional African architecture practices and features
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Sustainability, Traditional African Architecture, Publishing, Illustration, Carpentry
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/architectisaro/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** Architecture Is Free Foundation https://www.architectureisfree.org

Yusuf Siddiqui (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor and Research Leader, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelors in International Relations from Goldsmiths, University of London. Postgraduate Certificate in Inter-Disciplinary Urban Design from Bartlett School of Planning
**Professional:** : Founder of Everything Between Us, an organisation exploring the relationship between the Built Environment and the people that inhabit it
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Policy Analysis, Urban Design, Technology, Spatial Justice
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** everthingbetweenyouandi@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/yusuf0__o/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** Anti-Eviction Mapping Project https://antievictionmap.com/donate

Daniel Hellenberg (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelor's degree in Architecture from the University of Cape Town
**Professional:** : Director of Concrete Monkey Designs. Concrete Monkey Designs (CMD) is a South African company that has been built around helping young professionals in the built environment. We provide the resources and professional guidance needed to successfully run a project yourself, from Design to Construction
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Architectural Design & Documentation, Heritage Architecture, Town Planning, Computational design, Project Management, Business
**Website:** https://concretemonkeydesigns.co.za/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/concrete_monkey_designs/
**Preferred Charities:** Architecture Is Free Foundation https://www.architectureisfree.org

Reshoketswe Motau (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor and Research Leader, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelor of Design, specialising in Ideation, Inscape Education Group
**Professional:** Artist, Designer, Ideator (Idea Generator)
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture Is Free Foundation, Art Tuition (Artjamming, 2018 ISSEA Art and Drama Festival hosted by American International School of Johannesburg)
**Areas of Expertise:** Visual Art, Digital Design, and Ideation (Idea Generation)
**Website:** https://creationsbyresh.wixsite.com/website
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/tau_ka_tlhago/ https://www.instagram.com/resh_m.art/
**Preferred Charities:** Architecture Is Free Foundation https://www.architectureisfree.org

Saakshi Terway (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master’s degree in Architecture and a certification in Sustainable Landscape Design from the University of Cinncinati
**Professional:** Designer at Wiencek + Associates Architects + Planners, Washington DC; current Chair (2021) for the AIA DC Urban Design Committee; Editor for the Avenues Journals vol. 2, 3 & 4 (in making); worked on “Resilient DC: A strategy to thrive in the face of change”; Reporter for World Architecture Community.
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Sustainability, social impact, writing, editing, volunteering
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/saakshi_terway/
**Preferred Charities:** Architecture Is Free Foundation https://www.architectureisfree.org

Peter Hagan (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelor’s degree double major in Cultural Anthropology and International Studies from the University of Oregon
**Professional:** Founder of HuArts Cultural Consultancy, Associate Fiction Editor at The Shanghai Literary Review, Project Manager at an international trade company
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Chinese contemporary art, contemporary China, writing, editing, publishing, cultural anthropology
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/petehagan/, peter.james.hagan@gmail.com
**Preferred Charities:** Trans Housing Coaliltion (https://www.transhousingcoalition.org/); Immigrant Defense Project (https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/)

Jesús Javier Cabrera (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor and Research Leader, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelor of Architecture from University of Zulia, Venezuela
**Professional:** Worked at NMD Nomadas in Venezuela and Blarqs in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Currently working as Architectural Project Researcher
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Architectural Design, 3D Visualization, Digital Design, Design Thinking
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/yisus.jc/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** Architecture Is Free Foundation https://www.architectureisfree.org

Njabulo Luke Mkwananzi (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor and Research Leader, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master of Engineering in Architecture, Soongsil University, Soeul, South Korea; Bachelor of Arts in Interior Architecture, Limkokwing Univesity of Creative Technology, Gabarone, Botswana.
**Professional:** Architectural Trainee at Nawa Archtiects, Architectural Consultant for Douma and Sons Architects
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Archi-cad, Autocad, Adobe Suite, Rhino, 3Ds Max, Design Visualization, Drafting, Construction Cost Calculation, Material Procurement for site construction
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/architectureisfree/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** Architecture Is Free Foundation https://www.architectureisfree.org

Lorato N. Oletile (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor and Research Leader, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** BA (Hons) Interior Architecture from Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Botswana
**Professional:** Lead Creative designer @ Marble& Granite Products
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Concept Development, Feasibility and Design Development, Spatial Planning, Architectural Design, Creative Writer
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/nonofo_lo/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** Architecture Is Free Foundation https://www.architectureisfree.org

Murtaza Khuzema Akberali (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor and Research Leader, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelor in Architecture, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya ; Diploma in Architecture, Nairobi Institute of Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
**Professional:** : Graduate Architect, Graduate Member of Architectural Association of Kenya, Member of Kenya Green Building Council
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Architectural Design, Residential Design, Space Planning, Project Management, Archicad, 3D Visualization, MS Office, Adobe Suite
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/mrtzakbr/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** Architecture Is Free Foundation https://www.architectureisfree.org

Jenina Alyanna Yutuc (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor and Research Leader, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies: *Architecture & Public Health* | Global Poverty & Practice Minor; Berkeley Certificate in Design Innovation
**Professional:** Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Interdisciplinary spatial justice, the intersection of architecture, social justice, and community health; passionate about the possibility of design and research to co-create a more equitable, resilient, collective, and community-informed present and future
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/jeninayutuc/?hl=en
**Preferred Charities:** Architecture Is Free Foundation https://www.architectureisfree.org

Matheus Burity (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** B.Arch in Architecture from Pontifical Catholic University
**Professional:** Architecture and Urbanism Model Office of PUC-Rio and Technip FMC
**Teaching Experience:** Teaching Assistant, Pontifical Catholic University
**Areas of Expertise:** Visualization (Graphics, Photoshop, 3d modeling and digital rendering) and photography
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/matheus_burity/
**Preferred Charities:** Architecture Is Free Foundation https://www.architectureisfree.org

Viren Brahmbhatt (he/him)

Status: Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation

Education: M.S. Architecture and Urban Design, Pratt Institute, New York;
B. Arch. School of Architecture, CEPT, Ahmedabad, India

Professional: Principal/ Founder: de.Sign Studio | New York | Mumbai; Licensed Architect: CoA/India; South Korea; Partner, Co-founder: Architect/Urban Designer, 2000-2002 Design+Urbanism (d+u), New York; Alumnus of B. V. Doshi Architect, Vastu Shilpa Foundation/Consultants, Ahmedabad, India

Teaching Experience: The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, The City College of New York/CUNY; Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, New York; Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis; Pratt Institute, New York

Areas of Expertise: Design, Architecture, Urban Design, Product/Furniture Design. Pedagogy, Theory, Urbanism, Writing, Technology

Website: : https://deDotSign.com

Contact: https://www.instagram.com/de.signyc/

Preferred Charities: Design Corps https://designcorps.org 826NYC https://826nyc.org/ Habitat for Humanity: https://www.habitat.org/
North American Organization of Minority Architects: https://membership.noma.net/donations/ Open Architecture Collaborative https://openarchcollab.org/donate/

Shruti Tilva (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** B.Arch. School of Environmental Design and Architecture, Navrachana University, Vadodara
**Professional:** Licensed Architect: CoA/India; Senior Architect at Hertz Architects, Vadodara; Former Junior Architect at UA Design, Ahmedabad; Former Student Intern at Hundredhands Design, Bengaluru, India; Student Participant for the Bangalore Workshop, 2018(IIM, Bangalore); Student Volunteer for the Frame Conclave 2019(NIO, Goa)
**Teaching Experience:** Former Teaching Assistant at Navrachana University, Vadodara; Architecture is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Architectural Research, Design Presentation, Designing of Learning spaces, Research Writing, Documentation and Measured drawings
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/_shruuti_/
**Preferred Charities:** Architecture Is Free Foundation https://www.architectureisfree.org Lokarpan India https://www.lokarpan.com/about.html

Roy M. Githaiga (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Research Leader, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master of Architecture, Curtin University, Perth WA; Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Limkokwing University, Cyberjaya Malaysia; Diploma in Architecture, Nairobi Institute of Technology (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology (JKUAT) Programme).
**Professional:** Master of Architecture Graduate, Graduate member of the Architectural Association of Kenya, Board member of the Kenya Green Building Society.
**Teaching Experience:** Architecture is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Sustainable Design, Architectural Research, Affordable housing Research, Alternative / Appropriate Building Materials and Technology research, Research Writing, Culture Centered Design, Passionate about the quality of space, Passionate about cultural school design
**Website:** https://www.linkedin.com/in/roymgithaiga/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/roymgithaiga/
**Preferred Charities:** Hai Africa https://haiafrica.com.br/

Andrew Martin (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelor’s of Architecture 2022, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, ACE Mentor High School Student Scholar
**Professional:** H2M Architects + Engineers (Melville, NY), Flatbrook Design (Troy, NY)
**Teaching Experience:** Research Fellow, RPI
**Areas of Expertise:** Digital Design and Rendering Softwares
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/andymancan12345/
**Preferred Charities:** https://www.architectureisfree.org

Surya Narreddi (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelors of Architecture, Leicester School of Architecture; Bachelors of Civil Engineering program, Carleton University
**Professional:** UNStudio, Amsterdam; ATREE Banglore
**Teaching Experience:** Teaching Assistant, LSA
**Areas of Expertise:** Architectural Representation, Design Portfolio, Digital Rendering, Conservation of Ecosystem Services, Indigenous Communities, & Public speaking
**Website:** https://www.instagram.com/kickingkeys/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/kickingkeys/
**Preferred Charities:** https://www.architectureisfree.org https://www.atree.org/mgdonate

Kriselle Afonso (she/her)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelors of Architecture, Goa College of Architecture; Masters of Science, Building and Urban Design in Development, Development Planning Unit, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
**Professional:** Architect I Rural & Urban Design and Development Practitioner
**Teaching Experience:** Guest Lecturer, BMS College of Architecture Bengaluru, Architecture is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Spatial Planning, Urban Design, Affordable Housing, Co-Creating Strategies for Development, Social Impact and Building resilient & Sustainable Communities
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/a.kris.elle/
**Preferred Charities:** https://www.architectureisfree.org

Ben Ismael Toure (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelor of Art in Architecture, Judson University 2020
**Professional:** Intern Architect at “Architect, Consultants, Associates”
**Teaching Experience:** Graduate Students’ Mentor at “Ecole d’Architecture d’Abidjan”, Architecture is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Architectural Research, Cultural Research, Research Writing, Digital modeling and Rendering
**Website:** https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-toure-bba3511b6/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/bentoure_y/
**Preferred Charities:** https://www.architectureisfree.org https://www.facebook.com/organisation.a.but.non.lucratif.ONG

Prospere Yehounmey (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bac+3 in Architecture and Urbanism at National University of Engineering, Mathematics and Technologies, Abomey Benin
**Professional:** Founder Studio Y, Calavi Benin
**Teaching Experience:** Free online course about Blended on Telegram: t.me/blender_en_3mois Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcK4TNUmr03SfhkJpmycgVQ, Architecture is Free Foundation
**Areas of Expertise:** Architectural Representation, Interior Design, 3D Modelling, Creative Coding, Speculative Architecture, and Design
**Website:** https://www.behance.net/yehounmey
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/le_studio_y/
**Preferred Charities:** https://www.architectureisfree.org

Sean Rucewicz (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Bachelors of Arts in Environmental and Urban Studies, Bard College; MArch, Princeton University
**Professional:** Academic Professional Researcher at CHAOS Lab, Princeton University; Freelance Fabricator/Carpenter and Photographer
**Teaching Experience:** Assistant in Instruction, Shop Specialist, and Research Assistant at Princeton School of Architecture
**Areas of Expertise:** Thermal Comfort Systems, Experimental Thermal Comfort Systems and Technologies, IoT Sensing, Prototyping, Fabrication, Model Making, Photography, Videography
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/srucewicz/
**Preferred Charities:** https://www.architectureisfree.org and Wikipedia

David Chacon (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master of Architecture and Bachelor of Design of the Environment, University of Pennsylvania
**Professional:** Registered Architect, New York, Illinois, Oklahoma, NCARB Certified. Project Director at: Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Asymptote Architecture, Richard Meier & Partners, Skidmore Owings & Merrill. Director, David Chacon Architecture LLC
**Teaching Experience:** New York City College of Technology, Guest critic Princeton University
**Areas of Expertise:** All phases of progressive Architecture, concept through construction
**Website:** https://www.architectureisfree.org/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/chacon1317/
**Preferred Charities:** https://homeboyindustries.org/

Andrew Miller (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** BA Psychology, Boston University; EdM, Harvard University
**Professional:** Program Director, Aquent (http://thegymnasium.com)
**Teaching Experience:** Boston University, Curry College
**Areas of Expertise:** Interaction design, photography, cultural research, sound synthesis
**Website:** https://miller-co.com
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/laspalmas7
**Preferred Charities:** https://booksforafrica.org, https://technoserve.org

Olufolajimi Akinboboye (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Master of Architecture, Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa
**Professional:** Candidate Architect at Inkpsired Architects
**Teaching Experience:** Pacesetters Maths Clinic Tutor
**Areas of Expertise:** Architecture, Urban Design and Research, Research writing, Spatial Justice
**Website:** https://inkspired.co.za/
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/fjay__/
**Preferred Charities:** Chess in Slums Africa (https://chessinslumsafrica.com/)

Andy Kim (he/him)

**Status:** Instructor, Research Leader, Architecture Is Free Foundation
**Education:** Princeton University M.Arch II 23’. Pratt Institute B.Arch 19’
**Professional:** MOS architects. Op-Al. Grimshaw. Hume Coover Studio
**Teaching Experience:** Instructor/ Visiting Professor at Pratt Institute, Assistant Instructor at Princeton University.
**Areas of Expertise:** Representation and Design Research
**Website:** https://www.diagram-crash.space
**Contact:** https://www.instagram.com/andykim_andykim/
**Preferred Charities:** https://openstreets.nyc

Myint San Aung (he/him)

Status: Instructor, Research Leader, Architecture Is Free Foundation

Education: Master of Architecture (Professional) at Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka Unitec School of Architecture

Professional: Architecture Is Free Foundation

Teaching Experience: Architecture Is Free Foundation

Areas of Expertise: Architectural research, social impact and building resilient and creating sustainable communities. Architectural representation. 3D modelling. Design Competitions

Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/myint-san-aung-5628541a6/

Contact: https://www.instagram.com/myint.san.aung/

Preferred Charities: https://www.architectureisfree.org