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Maciej, born in 1982, studied architecture at Technical University in Lodz (Poland) and Dessau Institute of Architecture (Germany), graduating in 2008 and later working for one of the local offices. In 2010 he moved to Rotterdam to join MVRDV - during 3-years practice there he worked on several projects containing mainly housing and offices. His key project was Bałtyk office tower in Poznań (Poland) completed in 2017. It became one of the most important buildings in the city and it received several awards, including a prize for the best Polish commercial building completed in the years 2015-2020. After returning to Poland, in 2015, Maciej established his own architectural practice, specialising in bespoke single-family houses. His projects were awarded and published internationally. In 2015 he won 1st prize in an international competition ‘Design a Beautiful House’, which had attracted 662 entries. He also won the competition for a high-rise mixed-use building in Dubai.

David Correa's research looks at biological structures and processes as a source of insight for the development of new fabrication processes and advanced materials. The research aims at implementing state of the art digital fabrication tools (robotic manipulators, 3D printers and CNC milling) to develop innovative and high-performance design solutions for industrial and architectural applications. Current inter-disciplinary research initiatives include weather responsive shape active facade components (in collaboration with BASF and Plant Biomechanics group at Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg), large scale bio-based cellulose 3D printing (University of British Columbia) and advanced robotic fabrication of timber structures (Centre for Advanced Wood Processing and School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture, UBC). David is a Design Partner at llLab, an experimental design collaboration based in Shanghai and he is also completing is Doctorate in Engineering at the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) under the supervision of Professor Achim Menges at the University of Stuttgart. David initiated and led the research field of Bio-inspired 3D Printed Programmable Material Systems at the ICD and he was program coordinator for the Integrated Technologies and Architectural Design Research (ITECH MSc) at the University of Stuttgart (2013-15).