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David Benjamin is founding principal of The Living and Assistant Professor at Columbia GSAPP. Benjamin's work combines research and practice focusing on the intersection of biology, computation, and design. Exploring these ideas through prototyping, Benjamin has articulated three frameworks for harnessing living organisms for architecture: bio-computing, bio-sensing, and bio-manufacturing. He and the firm have won numerous design prizes, including the Emerging Voices Award from the Architectural League, the New Practices Award from the AIA New York, the Young Architects Program Award from the Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, and a Holcim Sustainability Award. Clients of The Living include Google, Nike, 3M, Airbus, BMW, the City of New York, Seoul Municipal Government, Miami Science Museum, and Björk.

Alejandro Zaera-Polo is a scholar and founder of Alejandro Zaera-Polo & Maider Llaguno Architecture (AZPML).

Kevin Slavin is a pioneer in rethinking game design and development and teaches at the MIT Media Lab.

Eyal Weizman is an architect and director of the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London.