M.Arch, University of Toronto
Chee is a Vancouver based educator and architect, currently working at Cutler Architecture. In the past, he worked at many renowned architecture firms around the world and participated in major projects, including Hongkou SOHO with Kengo Kuma, Prince Plaza with OMA and French International School with Henning Larsen.
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M.Arch, University of Toronto
Hong is an architect based in Vancouver and has worked in Vancouver and Seoul for over 10 years in architectural design. His project experience varies from mid/high rise residential, cultural, recreation, and education. He has been fascinated by how people perceive space and how it forms collective spatial memory. Recently he started to investigate the correlation between human intuition and the machine in the design process, immaterial architecture, and architecture as image.
B.Arch / BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
Lilly Zhang holds dual degrees in Architecture and Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Prior to joining GAAC, she worked at Arno Matis Architecture (OKU Residential Project) and 3SIX0 Architecture (Brown University NCE Building Project). In addition to experiences in the architectural design sector, she has a background in teaching, program development, and student management.
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M.Arch, Southern California Institute of Architecture
Alan is a registered architect in British Columbia. Alan’s experience includes working in Coop Himmelblau in Vienna, UNStudio in Shanghai, and Arno Matis Architecture in Vancouver. The recipient of numerous awards, including the Red Dot Award in Germany, the A’ Design Award in Italy, Muse Design Award in New York, he currently is a head of WAY Studio in Vancouver.
M. Arch, MIT
Austin Wade Smith is an architect, design technologist, and researcher based in Brooklyn, New York. After studying biology and receiving an M.Arch at MIT 16', he is currently an adjunct faculty member at the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union and co-founder of the design studio Helloeverything.
M. Arch, MIT
Lucy Siyao Liu is an artist and architectural designer based in New York. She is currently teaches Experimental Foundation Studies at Rhode Island School of Design and The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. In the past she taught in the MIT Art, Culture and Technology Program and the MIT Department of Architecture.
M.Arch, University of Pennsylvania School of Design
Jasmine Gao is an architectural designer at HDR in New York City. Prior to this, she was a designer at AECOM, Roula Architecture Association, and Morlen Sinoway Atelier. She received her Bachelor of Interior Design from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. She is an alumna of Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Design Discovery program and studied abroad at the Architecture Association School of Architecture in London, England.