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Vinu Daniel wallmakers.org/about Vinu Daniel’s architectural work represents a return to natural materials, in which he expands his utilitarian concept of materials to include the “results” of industrial construction – the inescapable waste it produces. “While working on and constructing a building leads to the production of a lot of waste, we believe that we should not allow this demon to scare us off. Instead, we have learned to build with it.”

Anastasia Elrouss anastasiaelrouss.com Anastasia Elrouss’ architectural work focuses on the specific relationship between real construction and undeveloped or largely natural environments. Based on evolutionary premises, the building has both human needs and the natural necessity to reflect its environment. The human relationships with their individual characteristics that are influenced by this process – relationships she sees as fleeting – provide a platform for continual re-interpretation.

Kilian Kada kadawittfeldarchitektur.de The kadawittfeldarchitektur approach is based on the conviction that architecture has an ability and a duty to create additional value that goes beyond its appointed function, and that this value lends both the building and its surroundings permanent, overriding qualities. As Kilian Kada says, “Architecture means communication. Building culture is a culture of talking. If we acknowledge this, we can create buildings whose qualities far exceed conventional engineering achievements.”

Theo Jansen Theo Jansen After many years as a student of physics, Theo Jansen eventually set aside science in favour of art. He started embracing his creative side in 1990 by combining technology with art: his “beach beasts”, the seventh generation of which now stalk the beaches of the Baltic Sea, are large kinetic objects that can move freely. Where the first generation still needed to be pulled or pushed, later evolutions of the creatures have drawn on wind power and energy storage in PET bottles to drive them forward.