COMPREHENSIVE INDEX

Bay is a recent graduate of Rice University with professional experience at SHoP Architects in New York and Weiss Architecture in Austin. His design focus centers on small-scale construction systems, adaptive reuse, and ecological design strategies, with a strong interest in environmentally responsive architecture.

DK's work explores sustainability by connecting form-making, technology, and geopolitics with environmental and social dimensions. He is a TED Global Fellow, Fulbright Scholar, and Africa 4 Tech Digital Champion.

DK co-founded DSGN AGNC (2009–2011) and the Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform (AMP), an open-source maker initiative for Africa. He led urban design for the Koumbi City and Anam City new town projects in Ghana and Nigeria, featured at the Clinton Global Initiative (2012–2014). He served as Architect of the Ghana Pavilion at the 2022 Venice Biennale.

At Penn State, DK co-founded the Ashesi Design Lab and runs the Humanitarian Materials Lab (HuMatLab). He is Associate Director of the Alliance for Education, Science, Engineering and Design with Africa (AESEDA). He has held visiting scholar positions at Delft University of Technology and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana.

DK holds an A.B. in Engineering Design and an MArch from Harvard University.

Ryan combines expertise across architecture, construction, and structural engineering. His work focuses on sustainable techniques of construction with novel development and delivery models for affordable architecture — designs that are rigorous conceptually while remaining constructable through standard methods.

Ryan holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Duke University (recipient of the Aubrey E. Palmer Award) and a Master in Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design.