Wolfgang Kessling

Wolfgang Kessling holds a doctorate in physics and is a partner at Transsolar Energietechnik. He is an expert in climate-friendly building design and adaptive comfort concepts. The focus of his work is the development of innovative comfort concepts for both, indoor and outdoor spaces. He lectures regularly at universities and international conferences on sustainable design, thermal comfort and zero-energy projects.
In Asia he worked on the first zero-energy office building in Malaysia and the innovative comfort and energy concept of the giant cooled conservatories at the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. The environmental concept of the School of Design Building 4 at NUS, Singapore became a highly recognized example for a tropical high comfort net positive energy design. In 2021 the sustainable strategy for the Atlassian high rise in Sydney has been awarded by the Holcim Foundation with Bronze in the Asia Pacific Bronze region.

Awards:
School of Design and Environment SDE4, Singapore
• 2020 Design thatEducates Awards 2020 – ArchitecturalDesign
• 2019 WELL Certified™Gold,prestigious WELL Certification
• 2019 DGNB Climate Positive Award
• 2017 Cities of love Awards 2017–forthecontribution inthearea of Environmental Sustainability
 
Breathe Austrian Pavilion 2015, Milan, Italy
• AIT-Award 2016, Best inInteriorand ArchitectureRetail / Trade Fair Design 1. Preis
• Architizer A+Award 2016
 
Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
• 2014 Building Performance Award CIBSE
• 2013 President´s Design Award Singapore, Design of the Year
• 2013 RIBA Lubetkin Prize
• 2012 World Building of the Year
 
Atlassian Headquarters, Sydney, Australia 
• 2021 Holcim Foundation  Commendation Global
• 2020 Holcim Foundation Global Awards Bronze Asia Pacific
 
BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangledesh
• 2017 LafargeHolcim Award Bronze – Asia Pacific for Sustainable Design

Koen Olthuis

With his family roots in shipbuilding, architecture and engineering Dr Koen Olthuis founded Waterstudio in 2003 as the first office 100% focused on floating architecture.

As a senior researcher Floating Cities and Delta Urbanism at the Delft University of Technology, he and his team is testing the strategies and options for The Netherlands to build on water as the next phase in the evolution of a country below sea level.

He advises governments and cities around the world on how to combat the effects of climate change and urbanisation. His signature work includes the Floating City in The Maldives, as well as floating parks, houses and theatre for canals, lakes and the open ocean.

Koen is the author of the book FLOAT! and City Apps, which highlight the possibilities for rich and poor communities and to build on water to improve the performance of cities near water.
 

Hanif Kara

Hanif Kara offers 40+ years’ experience in international engineering design. He’s a co-founder and design director of the engineering practice AKT II, and for the past 25+ years has overseen the company’s growth to encompass 350+ people who are today working on projects across 50+ countries. Hanif is widely published and has taught internationally. He is professor in the practice of architectural technology at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, and he’s routinely appointed as an expert for international cultural and media organisations such as the Aga Khan Network, the World Architecture Festival, and Dezeen. In 2022 he was awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to engineering, architecture and education and in the same year was presented the Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Award by the CTBUH(Chicago).

Selected awards and accreditations
• 2022 Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Award Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTUBH, Chicago)
• 2022 Order of the British Empire (OBE) services to Architecture, Engineering and Education 
• Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE)
• Fellow, Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)
• Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
• Honorary Fellow, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
• Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (RSA)
• Ambassador for the UK Design Council
• Design Advocate for the Mayor of London
 

Bernard Khoury

Born in Beirut (1968). He studied architecture at the Rhode Island school of Design (BFA 1990 / B.Arch 1991) and Harvard University (M.Arch 1993). He was awarded by the municipality of Rome, the Borromini Prize honorable mention given to architects under 40 years of age (2001), the Architecture + Award (2004), the CNBC Award (2008) and nominated for several awards including the Aga Khan award (2002 / 2004/ 2021), the Chernikov prize (2010) and the Mies van der Rohe Award (2021).

He co-founded the Arab Center for Architecture (2008), was a visiting professor in several universities including the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and L’Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris. 

He has lectured and exhibited his work in over 150 institutions, including solo shows at the Aedes gallery in Berlin (2003), the Spazio per l’architecttura Milano (2016) and numerous group shows including YOU prison at the Fondazione Sandretto in Torino (2008), the opening show of the MAXXI museum in Roma (2010), the Frac Architecture Biennale in Orleans (2018), the Oris House of Architecture in Zagreb (2020) and the Architecture Biennale of Seoul (2021).

He was the architect and co-curator of the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale (2014). Over the years he has developed an international reputation and a diverse portfolio of projects in over fifteen countries. Khoury was nominated by the French Ministry of Culture Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (2020)

Yori Antar

Gregorius Antar Awal, known as Yori Antar, graduated from the Department of Architecture, University of Indonesia, in 1988.
In 1989, with his newly graduated architect fellow, he founded AMI, Arsitek Muda Indonesia (Young Architects of Indonesia).
In 2008, he founded the "Rumah Asuh" Foundation to save and preserve traditional villages in Indonesia, which are threatened with extinction, through joint rebuilding using the bottom-up method, working together with the community.

Among Yori's accomplishments are:
- Pancasila Icon Award 2022 Category Arts and Culture by Pancasila Ideology Development Agency of the Republic of Indonesia (BPIP RI) Yogyakarta
- Award from Minister of Education and Culture Prof. Dr. Muhadjir Effendy for Rumah Asuh, Community category, 26 September 2018.
- Jakarta Academy Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 for dedication and achievement in maintaining, developing and advancing the nation's arts & culture 
- Award of Excellence 2012 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards, Cultural Heritage Conservation Category for Mbaru Niang, East Nusa Tenggara 
- Arcasia Award for  Rumah Tenun Timor 1991
- Nominee of Aga Khan Award for Architecture for Wae Rebo, East Nusa Tenggara, in 2013 
- IAI JAKARTA AWARD 2020 Architectural Writing category 'Pesan dari Waerebo' 
- IAI Awards 2015 for Conservation of Traditional House, Sumba
- IAI Awards  2011 for Conservation of Wae Rebo  Traditional House
- IAI Awards 2008 for Rumah Sintang 
- FIABCI INDONESIA – REI, Excellence Award 2021, Gold Heritage, Jalur Tenun Sumba by Rumah Asuh
- Award from the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia M. Jusuf Kalla for his support and dedication in holding the XVIII Asian Games in 2018.IAI Banten Awards 2022 
- IAI Banten Architecture Award 2022 for Lodging Building Category (Santika Premiere Bintaro) & Office Building (Home Sweet Office) 
- Indonesia Property Awards 2020, Kohler – The Indegenous House Conservation Movement by Rumah Asuh
- Indonesia Property Awards 2018 - Kohler for Lapangan Banteng

In addition to working as an architect, Yori Antar is a prolific writer for architecture who has published several books on the subject, including Messages from Waerebo - The Rebirth of Archipelago Architecture (2010), Hunting and Studying in the Land of Marapu (2018), and Messages from Waerebo - The Rebirth of Archipelago Architecture (2019).

With Han Awal & Partners Architects, now holds the positions of director and design manager.