The Home of Shadows

Fernanda Canales, founder of Fernanda Caneles Arquitectura, studied architecture at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, before completing a Master’s degree in Theory and Criticism at the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB–UPC) and a PhD at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM). Her architectural work has received numerous international awards and has been exhibited at institutions including the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the ifa Galerie in Stuttgart, and the Venice Architecture Biennale. She is the author of several books and essays and has taught architecture and urbanism at the Yale School of Architecture, Princeton University School of Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design, and the Politecnico di Milano.

Sarah Broadstock is an architect at London-based Studio Bark. Her passion for hand-drawing is central to her design process, complimenting the team’s creativity methodology. Prior to working at Studio Bark, Sarah worked with local authorities and community groups across Yorkshire. This provided a valuable framework for understanding planning processes, policy and the complexities of delivering high quality spaces. Sarah completed a postgraduate degree in Professional Practice in Architecture in 2019, and is now a studio tutor at the University of East London. 

Sandra Baggerman is driven by crafting captivating spaces that evoke moments of revelation and wonder, harmonizing and uplifting with the local context. She works at the New York office of Trahan Architects, working on a range of cultural and public projects. Holding Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Architecture from the T.U. Delft, her work is concept and research-driven. She strongly believes architecture should be fueled by a thorough understanding of the local context in its broad sense, based on her model of ‘Ecosophic Contextualism’ about leveraging the evolving systematic nature of ecosystems to enrich architectural design for societal advancement. Sandra values composition, space, light, and honest design, appreciating design’s transformative potential. Specializing in a concept-driven, holistic approach, she emphasizes contextual design that harmonises local ecosystems with society, stimulating critical thinking and addressing challenges while honoring the natural environment. Before joining Trahan Architects, she worked at MVRDV and BIG, contributing to a wide range of residential, office, campus, and urban projects. Besides practice, Sandra has contributed to a range of publications and shares her expertise as a guest speaker and former design tutor at T.U. Delft, as Summer School workshop leader in Wuhan China, and as jury member for various architecture competitions and awards.

Nikita Morell is a specialized copywriter for architects and Founder of Architects WordShop: an online shop dedicated to helping architects with their words. She helps architects around the world with their messaging and uncovering their ‘X factor’ (the one thing that makes them different from every other firm). Morell has a double Art/Commerce degree from University of Sydney and received a scholarship to study at Boston School of Management. She has worked in-house as a marketing/communications director at an award-winning Australian architecture firm and has been running her own consultancy for over nine years.

Thongchai Chansamak is the founder of Sher Maker, based in Chiangmai, Thailand.

Patcharada Inplang is the founder of Sher Maker, based in Chiangmai, Thailand.

Jason deCaires Taylor of Underwater Sculpture is an internationally renowned sculptor, environmentalist, and underwater photographer known for pioneering underwater museums and sculpture parks. A graduate of the London Institute of Arts with a BA (Hons) in Sculpture, he was the first artist to extend the Land Art movement into the marine environment. Taylor gained global recognition in 2006 with the world’s first large-scale underwater sculpture park in Moilinere Bay, Grenada — now listed by National Geographic as one of the Top 25 Wonders of the World and designated a national Marine Protected Area. Over the past two decades, he has created more than 1,200 permanent site-specific sculptures across the world, visited by thousands each week. His works, constructed from pH-neutral, environmentally sensitive materials, are designed to foster marine life and explore themes of conservation, ecological transformation, and environmental activism. Taylor’s projects are widely regarded as powerful models of marine regeneration and artistic innovation. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Sculptors, he has been recognized by Fast Company, Global Leaders Today, and Foreign Policy — which awarded him the Global Thinker Award and described him as “the Jacques Cousteau of the art world.” He is also an Ocean Ambassador to DAN and an Ocean Exemplar of The World Ocean Observatory.

Ignacio Laguillo, founder of Laguillo Architects, is a Spanish architect born in Seville in 1968 and a graduate of the Seville School of Architecture (1994). Early in his career, he collaborated with Cruz-Ortiz Arquitectos while simultaneously developing an academic path as a Collaborating Professor and later Associate Professor in the Department of Architectural Projects at the Seville School of Architecture. His work has received extensive national and international recognition, including the Bauwelt First Works Prize (Munich), the FAD National Architecture Award (Barcelona), the Félix Hernández Prize awarded by the Chamber of Architects of Córdoba, and the COAS Prize from the Chamber of Architects of Seville. He has twice been a finalist for the Spanish National Architecture Prize and has been nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award in two separate editions. A selection of his built works has been exhibited at the Mostra Giovani Architetti Europei in Naples, the IX and XVI Biennials of Spanish Architecture and Urbanism, and the XI Venice Architecture Biennale. Most recently, he received the Andalusia Architecture Prize 2024.