CO-FOUNDER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Alexander (Sandy) Curth is a practicing computational designer and architect. He holds a PhD from MIT in Design and Computation, where he developed tools for democratization and accessibility in the realm of large-scale additive manufacturing, creating novel systems and design tools for 3d printing housing with low-carbon materials like earth. Professionally, Sandy has worked on projects ranging from the Long Now Foundation’s 10,000 Year Clock to facade engineering with Zaha Hadid architects.

CO-FOUNDER, CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER

Kiley Feickert is a practicing architect and received her PhD in Building Technology (BT) from MIT. Kiley aims to reduce embodied carbon in buildings and increase access to affordable construction by optimizing structural systems for material efficiency. She also studies how to effectively deploy environmental policy in the building sector. Prior to joining the BT group at MIT, Kiley practiced as an architectural designer. Most recently, she worked on the design and construction of Google’s headquarters in London and Mountain View.

CO-FOUNDER, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Eduardo (Edu) Gascón Alvarez is an architect and researcher working on ways to achieve a thermally comfortable built environment at minimal material and energetic cost. He holds a PhD in Building Technology from MIT, advised by Professor Caitlin Mueller and Professor Les Norford. His research focuses on the design and simulation of low-carbon building components that improve the resiliency of buildings to heat. Before MIT, he completed his Bachelor's and Master's studies in Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He also worked for four years at BBG, a structural consultancy firm based in Barcelona.

CO-FOUNDER

Mohamed Ismail is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at UVA, where he works with global partners to design structures that sustainably meet the increasingly urgent needs of the Global South. With a background in architecture and structural engineering, Ismail received a PhD in Building Technology at MIT, studying the application of structural design to housing insecurity in developing regions.

HEAD OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND COMPUTATION

Keith is a computational structural designer and Lecturer at MIT's Department of Architecture, and holds a PhD in Building Technology at MIT. His work is centered around high-performance computing, data-driven-design, and computational geometry, with a focus on optimization and data visualization. He has developed tools for the design and optimization of large-scale structures, tensile networks, and circular design.

CO-FOUNDER

Caitlin Mueller is an Associate Professor at MIT's Department of Architecture and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, in the Building Technology Program, where she has led the Digital Structures research group since 2014. She works at the creative interface of architecture, structural engineering, and computation, and focuses on new computational design and digital fabrication methods for innovative, high-performance buildings and structures that empower a more sustainable and equitable future. Mueller holds three degrees from MIT in Architecture, Computation, and Building Technology, and one from Stanford in Structural Engineering.