Attention: AA Council

Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture

36 Bedford Square
London WC1B 3ES

June 30, 2020

Dear President Thornton, and Members of the Architectural Association Council,

We write in solidarity with Director Eva Franch i Gilabert and her extraordinary leadership in the international field and at the Architectural Association. Every new administration, particularly those very few who have only recently come to be led by women or people of color, deserves patience and support as the inevitable realignments unfold. This need is made all the more urgent during a pandemic and a time of reckoning with social inequity. Any decision based on a vote where there is almost no difference between those for, against or absent cannot be the basis of a decision without devaluing the school, and therefore the field.

We would like to express our profound unease with the recent vote of no confidence  in Director Eva Franch i Gilabert by the Members of the Architectural Association. We are not members of the Architectural Association; we neither have voting rights nor the insight of internal affairs. We do represent, nonetheless, a global architectural community and even more, a collection of colleagues who have closely collaborated with Eva Franch in different capacities throughout the years before her arrival at the AA. Our apprehension begins with our acknowledgment that Eva Franch is one of the most inspired leaders and radical thinkers of a younger generation of architects; it is also based on the Architectural Association’s indispensability to  architectural history—a history which we all share and value—and a cultural institution that we observe with great admiration and vigilance, from all the ends of the world.

 

Even though we have no purview of the precise unfolding of recent events within the Architectural Association, grounded on prior experience we can vouch for Eva Franch’s vigilance, fairness, integrity and relentlessness in demanding excellence. Franch is a tireless intellectual, deeply invested and committed to architectural pedagogy. Referred to as  “an incredible cloud of energy, intelligence and sociability” or more plainly as a “tornado” (link) she was appointed as Director in 2018, having received 67% of the vote, giving her the biggest majority for a new director since 1990. Franch was appointed with the promise to reshape architectural education, expand disciplinary boundaries and engage in what she called “radical playfulness” (link). We believe that Franch’s potential departure from the AA so shortly after her widely publicized appointment following a long and thorough search, would not only disallow Franch to pursue and carry her ideas for educational reform to fruition, but also jeopardize an institution of seminal cultural and pedagogical importance to become the subject of media frivolity.

We understand that the AA has a longstanding tradition of community participation, but the voting process appears to have been hasty, gravely undermining the selection committee’s hard work and due diligence in vetting and selecting its director. Before enacting drastic and perhaps ill-informed decisions, we hope that the AA Council will at least reconsider its most recent proceedings and recognize the problems inherent in its process, as well as the future instability  it may bring to the institution.

Furthermore, we request that the AA council considers the following:

  1. Gender Bias

Eva Franch is the youngest elected female Director of the Architectural Association.  Systemic biases against women – and particularly young women- in positions of power continue to plague academic and corporate environments. As in politics, strong women that take direct and immediate action to address crises are often criticized extensively, while men enforcing similar actions are seen as effective and decisive leaders. While we navigate tumultuous times in collectively taking action against racial discrimination and structures of power as expressed in white supremacy, we must also acknowledge the deeply rooted and systemic problem of misogyny.

The question of sexism seems obvious in the recent ‘vote of no confidence.’  If we reject heads of school because certain parties are unhappy with their decisions, all heads of all schools of architecture would need to resign from their posts effective immediately. Leading an educational institution is not a popularity contest; it’s a school judged on its vibrancy, empowerment of students and inspiration to the field, which the AA has continued to show brilliantly in the last two years despite unprecedented financial hurdles.

Director Franch has always ardently fought for equity, justice, supporting women, while  emphasizing the role of the architect in expanded theoretical and practical contexts as key agents in the structuring of policies and societal values.

  1. The Pandemic Turmoil

The AA’s independence and constitution as a platform for direct democracy make it a unique educational and cultural organization worldwide. As a complex body of multitudes, always agile and reflexive, the AA has managed to maintain a central position in global discussions and developments for more than 100 years while transforming architecture culture inside-out. We believe that such an organization that fosters and engenders complexity and diversity within its cultural, educational and systemic borders, benefits from the intersection of several forces (projects, personalities and participants). The possibility of Franch’s sudden departure is too disruptive to allow for creative energy to emerge from the crisis. Even if mistakes were made, Franch should be given the opportunity to listen, act and amend for any wrongdoings, which would, in turn, enforce the joint educational and cultural mission of the Architectural Association.

Please also consider the gravity of this pandemic period, where the restrictions of containment have intensified our sense of well-being. With abrupt changes in pivoting to online education, the complete stoppage of mobility and uncertainty for future scenarios, this pandemic represents an unprecedented global challenge that necessitates composure and reflection rather than abrupt forceful measures. 

The idea of hastily putting into force the recent ‘vote of no confidence’ during the health and white supremacy struggle is suspect as it uses the pandemic for anti-democratic purposes—accelerating prejudice. Everyone in every school around the world—teachers, administrators and students—have been extremely stressed during the last half year for so many reasons—rendering this vote doubly offensive—beyond cynical. This has been and hopefully will continue to be a time of much overdue self-analysis and transformations—but no such reflection is involved here, just a power-grab fueled by less-than-progressive emotions. Please consider that both the meeting with Council, and the vote itself happened in the middle of the night across many non-European timezones.

Although we cannot attest to the electoral process itself, the results indicate a divided audience during a distressed period for all members. The even split does not necessarily indicate an insurmountable crisis within the AA. As outsiders, colleagues, friends and allies, we kindly and deeply urge the Council not to proceed in removing Eva Franch from her position. Alvin Boyarsky’s tenure at the AA has been historically celebrated for bringing about substantial change. He “jettisoned a professionalized curriculum that had been institutionalized at the AA in the wake of the Second World War, and introduced a competitive framework of studios known as the unit system, incubating new models of education” (link). Please allow Eva Franch the time and space to carry through her ideas and plans of action.  We firmly believe that she is the most qualified individual to lead the Architectural Association through these challenging times and unite a split audience. As members of the global architectural community, we firmly believe that this would be the best outcome for a foreseeably difficult future for all academic environments worldwide.

In solidarity,

  1. Lydia Kallipoliti, Assistant Professor, The Cooper Union, New York
  2. James Lowder, Assistant Professor Adjunct, The Cooper Union, New York
  3. Monica Ponce de Leon, Dean Princeton School of Architecture
  4. Hayley Eber, Assistant Dean, The Cooper Union, New York
  5. Igor Bragado, Adjunct Professor IE University, Co-director Common Accounts
  6. Edgar Gonzalez, Director Bachelor in Design, IE University. Editor in Chief Edgargonzalez.com
  7. Oana Stănescu, Founder OS Studio, Co-Founder Friends of +Pool, Design Critic Harvard GSD
  8. Jing Liu & Florian Idenburg, SO - IL
  9. Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE/Associate Professor NYU
  10. Ethel Baraona Pohl, co-founder of dpr-barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  11. Caroline O’Donnell, Edgar A. Tafel Associate Professor, M.Arch Director, Cornell University
  12. Jimenez Lai, Bureau Spectacular / UCLA and Columbia GSAPP, Los Angeles
  13. Adam Frampton, Only If / Columbia GSAPP, New York
  14. Cathy Lang Ho, principal, CLHoffice, New York
  15. Urtzi Grau, Director of the Master of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
  16. Michael Young, Young & Ayata, Assistant Professor, The Cooper Union, New York
  17. Spyros Papapetros, Associate Professor, Princeton School of Architecture (AAGradDipl Histories and Theories)
  18. Alfredo Brillembourg, Co-founder Urban Think Tank
  19. Sean Anderson, Associate Curator, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  20. Ariane Lourie Harrison, Coordinator MS Programs, Architecture and Urban Design, Pratt GAUD, Co-founder, Harrison Atelier
  21. Kunlé Adeyemi, Founder NLÉ, The Netherlands
  22. Francisco Díaz, Editor in Chief, Ediciones ARQ, Santiago, Chile
  23. Ilias Papageorgiou, Principal PILA, Athens, Greece
  24. Alicia Imperiale, Architectural historian, Pratt Institute & Yale University School of Architecture
  25. Janette Kim, All of the Above; Assistant Professor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
  26. Felicity D Scott, Professor, Columbia University, GSAPP
  27. Pier Paolo Tamburelli, founding partner baukuh, Milan, professor Milan Politecnico, Harvard GSD
  28. Beatriz Colomina, Howard Crosby Butler Professor, School of Architecture, Princeton University
  29. Mark Wigley, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University
  30. Ivan L. Munuera, PhD Candidate, School of Architecture, Princeton University
  31. Andrés Jaque, OFFPOLINN - Director of the AAD Program, Columbia University, GSAPP
  32. Anna Puigjaner, MAIO - Associate Professor of Professional Practice GSAPP, Columbia University
  33. Marina Otero Verzier, Director of Research at Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam/ Head of Social Design at Design Academy Eindhoven
  34. Cristina Goberna Pesudo, Director of Epic Architecture, Founding partner of Fake Industries Architectural Agonism, Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Art
  35. Joan Copjec, Professor, Modern Culture and Media, Brown University; Vice-President, Terreform
  36. Hadas A. Steiner, Associate Professor of Architecture, University at Buffalo, SUNY
  37. Ana Miljacčki, Associate Professor of Architecture, MIT SA+P
  38. Omar Khan, Professor and Head, School of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University
  39. Marco Ferrari, co-founder of Studio Folder, Milan / Visiting lecturer AAD, Columbia University, GSAPP / School of Architecture, Royal College of Art, London
  40. Mabel O. Wilson, Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University
  41. Alon Schwabe, Royal College of Art, School of Architecture, London
  42. Daniel Fernandez Pascual, Tutor, Royal College of Art, School of Architecture, London
  43. Ines Weizman, Royal College of Art, School of Architecture/Bauhaus-University Weimar
  44. Eyal Weizman, Forensic Architecture/ Goldsmiths, University of London
  45. Adrian Lahoud, Dean, School of Architecture, Royal College of Art, London
  46. Beth Hughes, Head of Architecture, Royal College of Art, London
  47. Karen Wong, Deputy Director, New Museum, New York
  48. Troy Schaum, Schaum/Shieh / Associate Professor of Architecture, Rice University, Houston, Texas
  49. Benjamin Prosky, Executive Director, American Institute of Architects New York/ Center for Architecture
  50. Keith Krumwiede, Dean of Architecture, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  51. Lars Muller, Founder and Director of Lars Muller Publishers
  52. Neeraj Bhatia, Associate Professor at CCA / Founder of The Open Workshop, San Francisco, CA
  53. David Erdman, Chairman and Associate Professor, Pratt Institute, New York
  54. Bart Lootsma, Professor of Architectural Theory, University of Innsbruck, Austria
  55. Rania Ghosn, Design Earth / Associate Professor of Architecture, MIT SA+P
  56. El Hadi Jazairy, Design Earth / Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Michigan  Taubman College
  57. Tatiana Andreadou, Associate Professor Emeritus, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  58. Nahyun Hwang, Partner, N H D M Architecture and Urbanism / Columbia University GSAPP
  59. David Eugin Moon, Partner, N H D M Architecture and Urbanism /  Columbia University GSAPP
  60. Ignacio G. Galán, Assistant Professor, Barnard College, Columbia University
  61. Adam Greenfield, Writer, London
  62. Kersten Geers, architect, Office Kersten Geers David Van Severen
  63. Alessandra Cianchetta, Architect  AWP +AWILDC London/New York,  Professor, Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Vienna
  64. Rafi Segal, Architect / Assoc. Prof. of Architecture and Urbanism, MIT
  65. Lindsay Harkema, Architect, Founder of WIP Studio, Adjunct Associate Professor, City College of New York, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Barnard College
  66. Nader Tehrani, Dean, Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. Principal, NADAAA. Architectural Association 1987.
  67. Joyce Hwang, Associate Chair and Associate Professor of Architecture, University at Buffalo, State University of New York / Ants of the Prairie.
  68. Carlos Mínguez Carrasco, Head Curator, ArkDes – the Swedish National Centre for Architecture and Design, Stockholm
  69. Misako Murata, Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design 
  70. Bart-Jan Polman, PhD Candidate, School of Architecture, Princeton University
  71. Anne Rieselbach, Program Director, The Architectural League of New York
  72. Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, founder 2050+, Milan / Tutor, Royal College of Art, School of Architecture, London
  73. Guillermo Fernández-Abascal, Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
  74. Angela Rui, curator and writer, Tutor Design Academy Eindhoven
  75. Sarah M. Whiting, Dean and Josep Lluís Sert Professor of Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design
  76. Endriana Audisho, Electives Course Director and Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
  77. Hernan Diaz Alonso, Director SCI-Arc
  78. Grandeza/Bajeza (Amaia Sánchez-Velasco, Jorge Valiente-Oriol, Gonzalo Valiente, Miguel Rodríguez-Casellas) Lecturers, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
  79. Charles Renfro, partner, Diller Scofidio + Renfro
  80. Liz Diller, partner, Diller Scofidio +Renfro
  81. Ellis Woodman, Director, The Architecture Foundation
  82. Troy Conrad Therrien, Curator, Architecture and Digital Initiatives, Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York
  83. Pier Paolo Tamburelli, founding partner baukuh, Milan, professor Milan Politecnico, Harvard GSD
  84. César Reyes Nájera, co-founder of dpr-barcelona. Barcelona, Spain
  85. Rosalie Genevro, Executive Director, The Architectural League of New York
  86. Ivan Blasi, architect, curator and coordinator of programmes and prizes at the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
  87. Alejandra Navarrete Llopis, founding partner of Nami Studio / Lecturer, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Architecture, Stockholm
  88. Samia Henni, Assistant Professor of History and Theory of Architecture and Urbanism, Cornell University; Board Director, Society of Architecture Historians
  89. Lucia Allais, Associate Professor of Architecture, Columbia GSAPP
  90. Juan Herreros-Guerra, Professor, GSAPP-Columbia University / Chair Professor at ETSAM-Polytechnic University of Madrid
  91. Dubravka Sekulić, IZK Institute for Contemporary Art, Graz Technical University
  92. Mark Wasiuta, Co-Director CCCP, GSAPP, Columbia University
  93. Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, Assistant Professor of Urban Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design
  94. Farzin Lotfi-Jam, Assistant Professor Adjunct, The Cooper Union, New York
  95. Jonathan D. Solomon, Associate Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  96. Anna-Maria Meister, Assistant Professor for Architecture Theory and Science, TU Darmstadt, Germany
  97. Leonardo Díaz-Borioli, Director Creativo ESTUDIO 3.14, Guadalajara, Mexico
  98. Ricardo Scofidio, partner Diller Scofidio + Renfro
  99.  Natasha Jen, Partner, Pentagram Design
  100.  Shohei Shigematsu, Partner OMA, Director OMANY
  101.  Sarah Hearne, Ph.D. Candidate UCLA AUD
  102.  Erin Besler, Assistant Professor, Princeton School of Architecture / Besler & Sons
  103.  Daniel Lopez-Perez, AADip., PhD, Associate Professor of Architecture, 11Department of   Art, Architecture and Art History at the University of San Diego
  104.  Benedetta Tagliabue, Principal and Founder of Miralles Tagliabue EMBT & Enric Miralles   Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
  105.  Dominic Leong, Partner Leong Leong, New York
  106.  Chris Leong, Partner, Leong Leong, New York
  107.  Jocelyn Froimovich, Architect, Munich
  108.  Lucy Bullivant, Founder, Lucy Bullivant & Associates, London
  109.  Jose M. Torres Nadal, Former Head of Alicante Architectural School.
  110.  Felix Burrichter, Founder, PIN–UP magazine
  111. Sunil Bald, Partner - studio SUMO, Associate Dean and Professor of Architecture, Yale University
  112.  Simone de Gale, Founder and Director of Simone de Gale Architects in Belgravia, London, UK
  113.  Roi Salgueiro Barrio. Research Scientist. MIT SA+P. Assistant curator 17th Venice Architecture Biennale.
  114.  Pep Avilés, Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Architecture, Penn State University
  115.  Aristide Antonas, guest professor ETH Zurich and Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
  116.  James Melsom, Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
  117.  Amale Andraos, Principal, WORKac, Dean, Columbia University GSAPP
  118.   Adam Nathaniel Furman, Artist & Designer (taught at the AA, CSM, runs a business, etc etc)
  119.  Anthony Vidler, Professor of Architecture, The Cooper Union, New York
  120.  Aurel von Richthofen, Senior Researcher, Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore-ETH Centre
  121.  Pier Paolo Tamburelli, founding partner baukuh, Milan, professor Milan Politecnico, Harvard GSD
  122.  Ana Dana Beroš, Croatian Association of Architects (UHA), Croatia
  123.  Andrea Zanderigo, co-founder of baukuh, Milan, teaching at RCA London and PBSA Dusseldorf

  124.  Edwin Heathcote, Architecture and Design critic, The financial Times and editor-in-chief at Reading Design

  125.  Julia Morandeira, Researcher and Curator, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo—CA2M, Madrid, Spain
  126.  Neyran Turan, NEMESTUDIO / Associate Professor, University of California- Berkeley
  127.  Maite Borjabad López-Pastor, Curator, Architecture & Design, The Art Institute of Chicago
  128.  Andrew Griffin, Co-Founder Urban Agency, Copenhagen
  129. Razvan Ghilic-Micu, Hassell / Visiting Design Faculty, Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore
  130. Tatiana Bilbao, Principal at Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO, Mexico
  131. Liva Dudareva, Adj. Prof. INDA: International Program in Design and Architecture, Bangkok
  132. Molly Heintz, Program Chair, MA Design Research, Writing & Criticism, School of Visual Arts SVA, New York, Editor in Chief of Oculus
  133.  Ambra Fabi, Architect, Piovenefabi, Milano, Italy
  134. Nacym Baghli, Architect MBA, Nacym Baghli Architects
  135.  Kaye Geipel, Deputy editor-in-chief Bauwelt/Stadtbauwelt
  136. Manuel Herz, Architect and founder of Manuel Herz Architects, Professor of urban and territorial design at the University of Basel
  137. Julien De Smedt, Founder JDSA, Brussels/ Copenhagen
  138. Gisela Baurmann, Partner Büro NY, Visiting Associate Professor Pratt Institute, Lecturer University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design
  139. John McMorrough, Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
  140. Areti Markopoulou, Academic Director, IAAC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
  141. Bradley Samuels, Partner, SITU, New York
  142. Ignacio Requena-Ruiz, Associate Professor, Laboratory CRENAU - AAU UMR 1563 CNRS/ECN/ENSAG/ENSAN, École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Nantes
  143. Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, Founder and Chief Architect of NAO, New York
  144. Jörg Stollmann, Professor, Technische Universität Berlin
  145. Emily Abruzzo, Partner, Abruzzo Bodziak Architects, Critic, Yale School of Architecture
  146. Elizabeth O’ Donell, Professor of Architecture, The Cooper Union, New York
  147. Laia Celma, Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Architecture, Penn State University
  148. Jason Schupbach, Director, The Design School at Arizona State University
  149. Iwan Baan, Photographer
  150. Marcos Zotes, Partner, Basalt Architects
  151. Maider Llaguno-Munitxa, Associate Research Scholar CEE Princeton University / Director AZPML
  152. Maurizio Mucciola, Founder of PiM.studio Architects, DTT Leader at London School of Architecture
  153.  James Khamsi, Director, DCSK London
  154. Stan Allen, Architect and George Dutton '27 Professor of Architecture, Princeton University
  155. Mason White, Professor, University of Toronto
  156. Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Director AZPML, Professor, Princeton University
  157. Hilary Sample, Professor, Columbia University GSAPP / Principal MOS Architects
  158. Ludovico Centis, Architect, Founder of The Empire, Research fellow and Adjunct Professor at Università Iuav di Venezia/ Adjunct Professor at Politecnico di Milano
  159. Maryam Eskandari, Principal, MIIM Designs/ Faculty Harvard, CPPEnv
  160. Seanna Walsh, Project Leader, Studio Gang, Chicago
  161. Todd Gannon, Robert S. Livesey Professor and Architecture Section Head, Knowlton School, The Ohio State University
  162. Trudy Watt, Co-founder of Waxwood, Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, School of Architecture and Urban Planning
  163. Jonathan Jae-an Crisman, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
  164. Kuba Snopek, BA Program Director, Kharkiv School of Architecture
  165. Ziad Jamaleddine, L.E.FT Architects / Assistant Professor of Architecture, Columbia University, GSAPP
  166. Cecil Barnes V, Architect, ChartierDalix, Paris, France
  167. Felipe Correa, Vincent and Eleanor Shea Professor and Chair of Architecture, University of Virginia
  168. Paul Preissner, Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Illinois at Chicago / Principal, Paul Preissner Architects
  169. Gerald Bodziak, Partner, Abruzzo Bodziak Architects, New York
  170. Mercè Majoral, Partner majoral·tissino, Barcelona
  171. Benedict Clouette, Doctoral Candidate, Columbia University GSAPP / Director, Interval Projects
  172. Andrew Zago, Principle, Bouwman Zago. Clinical Professor, University of Illinois Chicago, Design Faculty, Southern California Institute of Architecture
  173. Sofia Pia Belenky, Researcher/ Designer, Space Caviar
  174. Bill Price, Brown Endowed Chair, Graduate Coordinator, School of Architecture, Prairie View A&M University, Texas, Principal Bill Price inc.
  175. Jeffrey L. Day, FAIA, Founder, Actual Architecture Co. & Killinger Professor of Architecture, University of Nebraska
  176. Sben Korsh, PhD student in architectural history and theory, Taubman College, University of Michigan
  177. Warren James, Architect / Director Art Omi: Architecture
  178. Kory Bieg, Associate Professor in Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin
  179. David van der Leer, Principal, DVDL DD, Former Executive Director, Van Alen Institute
  180. Fabrizio Gesuelli, Architect
  181. Lina Stergiou, ls/architecture & strategies, Honorary Professor of Architecture, University of Liverpool
  182. Mariana Ibañez, Associate Professor of Architecture, MIT SA+P
  183. Simon Kim, Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania
  184. Claire Kuang, Senior Design Technologist, Gehry Technologies, Los Angeles
  185. Mark Foster Gage, Associate Professor Yale University School of Architecture / Mark Foster Gage Architects
  186. Jason Scroggin, Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Kentucky
  187. Yasmin Vobis, Ultramoderne / Assistant Professor Harvard GSD
  188. Cole Akers, Curator + Special Projects Manager, The Glass House
  189. Aaron Forrest, Ultramoderne, Associate Professor,  RISD Architecture
  190. Andrew Heid, Principal, No Architecture / Architecture Editor, Cultured Magazine  / Director of Design, A Future Studio / Lecturer, NYIT
  191. Ellen Dineen Grimes, Associate Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  192. Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Partner, BIG Architects, New York/ Copenhagen
  193. Tuur Van Balen, Artist & Lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London
  194. John Stuart, Distinguished University Professor of Architecture, Florida International University
  195. Mark Shepard, Associate Professor, Departments of Architecture and Media Study, University at Buffalo
  196. Lucia Pietroiusti, Curator, General Ecology, Serpentine Galleries
  197. Revital Cohen, Artist, London
  198. Daniel Daou, Associate Professor, National Autonomous University of Mexico
  199. Gregory Wessner, Executive Director, Open House New York
  200. Francesco Degl'Innocenti, Volume editor, co-founder of Peripheral Visions
  201. Nelly Ben Hayoun- Stépanian, Director University of the Underground, Designer
  202. Pelin Tan, Former Associate Professor and Vice-Dean at the Architecture Faculty, Mardin Artuklu University, Mardin
  203. Ilona Gaynor, Artist, Assistant Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  204. Stephanie Briers, Candidate PhD, Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich
  205. Asli Serbest, Professor of Temporary Spaces, University of the Arts Bremen
  206. Maria Nicanor, Executive Director, Rice Design Alliance, Rice School of Architecture
  207. Mona Mahall, Professor of Architecture and Art, Hafencity University Hamburg
  208. Giulia Foscari, Founder and Director, UNA / UNLESS
  209. Michele Brunello, Co founder Dontstop architettura, guest lecturer IUAV Venezia and Politecnico Milano
  210. Dana Popescu, Architect
  211. Aric Chen, Independent curator/Professor and Director of the Curatorial Lab, College of Design & Innovation, Tongji University, Shanghai
  212. Jenia Budanova, Architect
  213. Nadine Schütz, Sound Architect, Founder (((Echora))), Paris, France
  214. Clément Willemin, Landscape architect, founder of BASE Paris & Wald Paris
  215. Anna Ifanti, Director at CZWG Architects, RIBA Chartered Architect
  216. Josep Maria Montaner, Professor Etsab-UPC Barcelona
  217.  Eva Alvarez, Architect
  218. Wendy Fok, Founder of WE-DESIGNS, Assistant Professor of Integrated Design at Parsons School of Design, The New School University
  219.  Sarah Dunn, Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago  / Principal, UrbanLab
  220.  Mona El Khafif, Associate Professor, UD Director, School of Architecture, University of Virginia
  221.  Ila Berman, Dean and Edward E Elson Professor, University of Virginia School of Architecture
  222.  Cynthia Davidson, Editor, Log; Visiting Professor, Pratt Institute GAUD
  223.  Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator of Architecture and Design and Director of R&D, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  224.  Sylvia Lavin, Professor of Architecture, Princeton University