The Home of Shadows #3 Jury Panel!

Sara Broadstock, Studio Bark
Sandra Baggerman, Trahan Architects
Thongchai Chansamak, Sher Maker
Ophélie Herranz, Nomos Architects
Patcharada Inplang, Sher Maker
Nikita Morell, Architects WordShop
Blake T. Smith, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group

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.

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

Ophélie Herranz is a Director of Nomos Architects in Madrid. NOMOS is a two-headed studio run by Katrien Vertenten and Lucas Camponovo in Geneva and by Ophélie Herranz and Paul Galindo in Madrid. Together the group works on projects of all scales. Using drawing primarily to shape their ideas, they explore new ways of creating community through buildings that seek opportunities within constraints. They approach each project with enthusiasm, care and curiosity; always striving for sustainable beauty.

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

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.

Blake T. Smith is an architectural designer and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. He is an Associate and Senior Designer at BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group where he has been for twelve years. From 2015-2022, he served as Project Leader for the award-winning Google Bay View Campus in Mountain View, California. Smith led the design phases before moving to California to see the project through construction. Since returning to Brooklyn, he has focused on the design of 3d printed housing typologies and developments such as the Wolf Ranch community under construction in Georgetown, TX. Smith sees the emergence of additive manufacturing in architecture as liberating for the designer and a means to confront issues such as the Americanhousing crisis and resilience for climate disaster prone regions. In addition to practicing, Smith teaches design studio and visualization at New Jersey Institute of Technology and New York Institute of Technology.