Programme Head / Course Head / Mentor
Aljoša Dekleva (b. 1972) graduated at Faculty of Architecture in Ljubljana and Architectural Association DRL (M.Arch with distinction) in London (2002). At the AA co-founded +RAMTV. In 2003 he co-founded the architectural practice ‘dekleva gregoric architects’.

www.dekleva-gregoric.com

Course Head / Mentor
Rafael Freyre (b. 1978) studied architecture in Ricardo Palma University lead by the tutor architect Juvenal Baracco. He later acquired a Master in Fine Arts in Plymouth University in England and Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam, Holland, developing a research on migration and mobility, by which he got the promotion prize. Living in Rotterdam for two years he attended masterclasses and lectures at the Berlage Institute. He worked as an architect and designer in Rotterdam and later in Rome, with Massimiliano Fuksas Architetto. Afterwards he worked a short period in New York and Bali with theatre director Robert Wilson, who influenced his practice. Nowadays he works as architect and actor in Lima.

www.raffreyre.com

Course Assistant / Mentor
Jakob Travnik (b.1991) graduated in architecture from University of Applied Arts Vienna, Institute of Architecture (Mag. Arch. with distinction). Active as consultant and designer at Atelier LUMA, Arles, France. Currently teaching and working on his PhD on the topic of nanotourism at TU Vienna.

Course Tutor
Francesco D'Angelo is an anthropologist, researcher and manager of community relations as part of his position at Mater Iniciativa. He has been working on the constant construction of a horizontal relationship with the members of two peasant communities surrounding MIL Centro. Overall, he has more than five years field experience working in different peasant and native communities in various parts of Peru.

Local Course Assistant
Mari Retamozo has a bachelor in Architecture from the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC) in 2001. Her interest in a different scale of design brought her to fashion design. After developing original collections and managing a creative work hub for 12 years, she has currently returned to architecture through project management activities. She is a climber and a development advisor for climbing garments and accessories in her free time.

Course Tutor
Amanda Sperger currently works as a student assistant at the TU Technical University in Vienna, Austria and is also a student of Social Design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria. She has several years of experience taking part in hands-on architecture workshops, setup of exhibitions and project publications.

Expert / Visiting Critic
Daniella Dibos De Tramontana graduated in Architecture from Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas in Lima (2009) and in MSc Landscape Urbanism from Architectural Association in London (2017). In both thesis she studied the relationship between the land and the sea focusing on territorial ideologies and urban design. Previously, she has worked for leondelima studio, leaded by architects Alexia Leon and Lucho Marcial, developing projects in a variety of coastal desert contexts. As well, she has worked providing technical assistance to the reconstruction plan of educational infrastructure damaged by the El Niño Phenomenon from 2017. Currently, she is based in Lima and teaches at UPC undergraduate school as a design tutor in architecture related to the environment and the city.

Visiting Critic
Silvana Cossio is an architect with a Master in Architecture and Sustainability from the Ricardo Palma University (Peru). Full time professor in the Interior Design program at Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas. Founder of ARDE — Arquitectura, Diseño y Espacio. She has participated in local design exhibitions such as Casacor and Expodeco. She is part of Peru Design Collective, which has participated in Ventura Lambrate during the Milan Design Week 2017. In 2018, Peru Design Collective exhibited the Pacha project at the Fuorisalone in Milan and at MADE São Paulo.

Visiting Critic
Mario Ricci Architect from Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas – UPC (Perú), Master of the Research Program in Product Design from IED (Spain) and Master in UX from UNIR (Spain). Co-founder of MalO Design Atelier and R/Ricci arquitectos. Director of the Interior Design program at the UPC Design School. He is part of Peru Design Collective, which has participated in Ventura Lambrate during the Milan Design Week 2017. In 2018, Peru Design Collective exhibited the Pacha project at the Fuorisalone in Milan and at MADE São Paulo.

Visiting Critic
Patsy Craig has a background in fine arts and cultural studies, having received her BFA at Rhode Island School of Design (USA) and her Mies at Birkbeck College, University London (UK). She is a curator/ producer of cultural events, author, and artist. For over 15 years she has been cultivating cross-cultural collaborations throughout Europe, India, USA and Peru in the fields of art, music, architecture, urbanism and environmentalism. This output has included publications, exhibitions, concerts and events. More notably she edited ‚Making Art Work’ (Trolley, UK) a book that explores the relationship between ideas and making. In 2010 she received a grant from the Graham Foundation (USA) to produce a book based on her Master’s work about Chandigarh, India. Three years ago Patsy turned her focus to environmental issues and indigenous culture in particular. Her experience at Standing Rock, North Dakota, in 2016 inspired her to learn more about Native American culture and in 2017 she received a grant from the Goethe Institut (Germany) to do so. Currently she is researching various aspects of Peruvian ancestral knowledge whilst collaborating with CAOS (Centre for the Anthropology of Sustainability) at University College London to develop a project called The Flourishing Diversity Series (FDS) that provides platforms from which to amplify Indigenous world-views.

Visiting Critic
Felipe Ferrer graduated as an architect in 2000. Felipe has worked between Lima and New York City, where he received a Master of Science in Advanced Architecture Design at Columbia University in 2005, graduating with honors receiving the Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize with his project C.Lens. He then joined Diller Scofidio + Renfro in 2005 and worked in a wide variety of projects ranging from art installations, virtual worlds, architectural competitions to the highly acclaimed Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in NY including the Juilliard School of Music, The Hirshhorn Museum bubble and the Rio de Janeiro Museum of Image and Sound. He has taught at Columbia University GSAPP (AAD) and been invited as a critic to numerous schools like Parsons School of Design, Columbia University, Barnard College, NYIT and others. He now teaches Design Studio and a Digital Fabrication Seminar in Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru. His design studio V was recently awarded with the ‘ex aequo’ award in Greece with an Emergency Shelter prototype. He currently works as a director of V.Oid. architects

Volunteer
Bor Dekleva is student, resident of Ljubljana and passionate traveller.

Symposium Speaker
Virgilio Martinez is a Peruvian chef, restaurateur and researcher. Head chef and owner of restaurant Central in Lima, MIL Centro in Cusco and several other restaurants in Dubai, Hong Kong and London. Promotor of Peruvian cuisine worldwide.

https://centralrestaurante.com.pe/en/

Symposium Speaker
Veronica Tabja is the Director of Arts and Culture at Mater Iniciativa, research arm of restaurant Central.

https://www.blogmateriniciativa.com/

Symposium Speaker
Paula Cermeño León is an Industrial designer and lecturer at the Art and Design Faculty, PUCP. Resident 2019 at La Becque Résidence d’Artistes, La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland. MA in Product Design at ECAL University of Art and Design in Lausanne, 2017. Her research is focused on biodiversity and our relationship with plants. Combining tools of industrial design with the knowledge of nature, she values the synergy between design and the natural sciences. Exhibitions: Workbays Village - Vitra x ECAL at Design Parade in Toulon, France, 2017; Lexus Design Award at Triennale di Milano Museum, 2017; Biennale Internationale de Saint-Étienne 2013 and 2015.

https://paulacermenoleon.com/

Symposium Speaker
Paulo Dam Mazzi has a doctor in architecture from the Catholic University of Louvain (2009), Professor at the Catholic University of Peru in the area of ​​design and theory. He has published as coauthor "Post Illusions, New Visions, Critical Art in Lima, 1980-2006" and "Modeling the World, Images of Pre-Columbian Architecture." He has published the book "Lacan. Arquitectura". Curator of projects that relate art, architecture and thought. He is coordinator of the Transversal project: Actions of Integration of the Peruvian territory. Since 1995 he shares university teaching with the critical practice of the architecture project. Since 2014 he is the Head of the Academic Department of Architecture of the PUCP.