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Michael U. Hensel
Michael U. Hensel [Dipl. Ing. Grad Dipl Des AA] is an architect, writer, researcher, member in OCEAN and innovation fellow at the University of Technology in Sydney. He is board member of BIONIS – the Biomimetic Network for Industrial Sustainability and editorial board member of AD Wiley and JBE – Journal for Bionic Engineering, Elsevier Scientific Press. He is co-founder and co-director of the Emergent Technologies and Design Master Programme at the Architectural Association School of Architecture and . He taught, lectured, exhibited and published world-wide. Recent publications include Emergence: Morphogenetic Design Strategies [AD Wiley, London, 2004], Techniques and Technologies in Morphogenetic Design [AD Wiley, London, 2006], and Morpho-Ecologies [AA Publications, London, 2006]. Forthcoming publications include Arch+ special issue Architecture and Research [Arch+ Verlag, Berlin and Aachen, 2007], and Versatility & Vicissitude [AD Wiley, London, 2008].

Contact: michael@ocean-north.net

Defne Sunguroglu
Defne Sunguroglu [AA Dipl RIBA II] is an architect, member in OCEAN and research fellow at the University of Technology in Sydney. She studied interior Architecture and Architecture Part I at Kent University and completed her Diploma degree at the Architectural Association. She received the Buro Happold Studentship in 2006 to pursue her research into complex brick assemblies, the Holloway Trust Award 2006 for an outstanding contribution to the construction industry, as well as the Anthony Pott Memorial Award 2006 to fund her research on Eladio Dieste's work. She has taught courses and workshops in digital modelling and analysis at the Architectural Association and more specifically in the Emergent Technologies and Design Master Programme. Her work has been published widely and will be included in a forthcoming issue of AD entitled Versatility & Vicissitude [AD Wiley, London, 2008].

Contact: defne@ocean-north.net

Daniel Coll i Capdevila 
Daniel Coll i Capdevila [AA Dipl (Hons) RIBA II] studied at the ETH Zürich and at the Architectural Association, where he graduated with Honours in 2005. He was co-founder and partner in ACAB, a London/Barcelona-based architectural studio with which he received a honourable mention for ‘Vertical Gardens’ in 2006. He is now member of OCEAN and runs his own architectural studio. He has taught at the London Metropolitan University in London (Diploma Unit 9 - Micro-Environments / Macro-Arrangements) and was a visiting tutor at the ESARQ UIC in Barcelona, the Architectural Association School of Architecture, and the Faculty of Architecture in Prague (CVUT).

Daniel received the RIBA Bronze Medal, and was candidate for the RIBA Silver Medal for his diploma project 'Strip Morphologies, Healing Environments'.

Contact: d77coll@gmail.com

Jeffrey P. Turko
Jeffrey P. Turko [AA Dipl RIBA II] is a registered architect and founder of the design practice NEKTON. He is also a member in OCEAN. With whom he has previously been an instrumental collaborator on projects such as Landsc[r]aper - Urban Ring Bridge and the World Centre for Human Concerns. He studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture where he received the AA Diploma in 1999. He currently teaches architecture at the postgraduate diploma level at the University of East London School of Architecture and Visual Arts. He has previously taught at the Architectural Association School of Architecture where he continues to be an invited critic. He has also had writing and project work published in many international architecture journals. Nekton currently has projects on site in Iceland.

Contact: jeffturko@nekton.org
For further information see: www.nekton.org , www.jeff-turko.net, www.diploma-unit-9.net

Gudjon Thor Erlendsson
Gaui Thor Erlendsson [BA(Hons), AA Dipl] is a registered architect in Iceland and the UK and founder of the design practice NEKTON. He is also a member in OCEAN. He studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture where he received the AA Diploma in 1999. Gaui has lectured internationally on Systems Theory and Urban Dynamics, both on University level and to the general public. He has also exhibited and published articles in trade periodicals and international architectural journals world-wide. Currently Nekton has projects on site in Iceland.

For further information see: www.nekton.org

Toni Kotnik
Toni Kotnik [Dr.sc.nat. MArch Dipl.Math. MAS ETH Arch/CAAD] is an architect and principal researcher in OCEAN. He studied architecture and mathematics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, the University of Tübingen, and the University of Utah and received his doctoral degree from the University of Zurich. He was research fellow at the Center for the Representation of Multi-Dimensional Information (CROMDI), postdoctoral researcher at the ETH Zurich and assistant professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Lucerne. Currently, he teaches at the Architectural Association and works as senior researcher at the ETH Zurich with focus on the interplay of architectural design, geometry, and construction. He is partner of archForm, a Zurich-based architectural office, and DOCT, a consulting office specialised on geometric problems in architectural design.

Pavel Hladik
Pavel Hladik [Ing. arch., MA AA] is an architect and researcher; he is currently a PhD candidate at the Chech Technical University in Prague. His research focuses on complex systems and advanced computing methods in architectural design. His research has been published and awarded in Europe, Asia and United States. Now he works at ArupSport in London, www.arup.com where he focuses on performative and generative design. He obtained his master's degree at the CTU in Prague and at the Graduate School at the Architectural Association - Emergent Technologies and Design.
He has been a visiting tutor at the CTU since 2005 in the design studio Glass and Free-form Architecture. He had also been a visiting tutor at the Academy of Arts in Vienna and he led workshops in parametric design for London design schools at the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture and Architectural Association.
Pavel Hladik has worked for various studios in Prague and in London for Skidmore, Owings and Merill as a designer with software applications specialized in parametric design. He has founded a design group nolimat in Prague. Pavel Hladik is a member of editorial board of the Czech architectural magazine Era21.

Contact: pahl@atlas.cz
For further information see: www.nolimat.com

Mattia Gambardella
Mattia Gambardella [AA Dipl RIBA II] graduated from the Polytechnic of Milan, studied and worked in Italy, Norway (NTNU) and France before completing his MA program at the Architectural Association in London. He has taught at the London Metropolitan University in London (Diploma Unit 9 - Micro-Environments / Macro-Arrangements) and was visiting tutor at the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture and at the Polytechnic of Milan. His work on Generative Design and Responsive Architecture was presented in Canada (Subtle Technologies Festival) and recently has been awarded a Design Award at the latest Feidad edition in Taiwan.

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