Antonio Paoletti is an architect, filmmaker, and lecturer.  He worked at Mecanoo Architecten for over five years, contributing to a wide range of projects and leading the design of an affordable housing prototype in Ethiopia. By combining vernacular techniques, spatial mapping, and visual ethnography, the project set the basis for a wider affordable housing scheme and was presented at the Venice Biennale. Antonio holds a Master’s degree from TU Delft (The Netherlands), a Bachelor’s degree from Roma Tre University (Italy), and studied at FAUP (Portugal). Alongside his practice, Antonio develops research through graphic novels and films, exploring new research methods. His graphic novel Keniko won the International Architecture Drawing Prize (2021), and his award-winning short film When I Came to Your Door was screened at over than twenty international film festivals. Since 2022, Antonio has been a lecturer at TU Delft, teaching both BSc and MSc courses, ranging from design studios to theoretical lectures focusing on ethnographic methods.

Louis de Saint-Affrique is an architect, sculptor and independent researcher, registered with the French Order of Architects. He acquired solid professional experience working at several architecture firms including Studio Noun in Zurich, Atelier Pascal Gontier in Paris, Jägnefält Milton in Stockholm, 2A+P/A in Rome and Formation Architects in London. In 2022, he founded Saint-Affrique, an architecture practice focusing on the renovation of rural heritage buildings in South-West of France. In particular he has been leading the project and construction site for the transformation of two farmhouses adjacent to a 17th-century tobacco factory. Working closely with artisans, he built up extensive knowledge traditional building techniques and local material sourcing. Additionally, he conducts artistic research about the societal dependence on fossil fuels, which materialises into melted wax sculptures exhibited in Belgium in 2023. Louis holds a Master’s degree from TU Delft (Netherlands), a Bachelor’s degree from the EPFL (Switzerland) and studied at KTH (Sweden).

Ludovica is an architect, university teacher, and material researcher whose work explores the relationship between architecture and craft, with a focus on geo- and bio-sourced materials. She views building as a local process that transforms a landscape’s raw resources into construction materials while celebrating the skills, traditions, and communities that sustain them. After completing her undergraduate studies in architecture at UC Berkeley (2018) and an MSc at TU Delft (2020), she was a project leader at BC architects & studies & materials on the Woodstock project (2021–2025) and took the project from design through construction. Alongside her practice, she teaches in MSc programs at KU Leuven and TU Delft. She was the recipient of the 2023 Marina Van Damme grant (second prize), which funded her training in recipe-making for earth- and waste-based plasters and paints.