Assoc. Prof. Miho Mazereeuw | Urban Risk Lab – Design Before Disaster In this talk, Miho Mazereeuw presents a design-led approach to resilience, drawing on projects from the MIT Urban Risk Lab and insights from her book Design Before Disaster. She explores how proactive, community-based design can reduce risk and strengthen adaptive capacity in vulnerable regions. The talk emphasizes community knowledge, human intelligence, and collective collaboration as central to climate a

Luca Bussolino | Carlo Ratti Associati Luca  Bussolino is a trained architect and licensed engineer who graduated with honors in Architecture from Politecnico di Torino and Politecnico di Milano in 2018. He also studied at ENSA La Villette in Paris and TU Delft, and holds a Diploma in Innovation Management from Alta Scuola Politecnica, specializing in design thinking and Industry 4.0. He joined Carlo Ratti Associati in 2018, becoming Head of Strategy and Innovation in 2022 an

Cecilia MoSze Tham | Futurity Systems Cecilia Tham  is a Harvard-trained designer, futurist, and serial entrepreneur working at the intersection of technology, science, design, and entrepreneurship. She is the founder and CEO of Futurity Systems, a “futures-as-a-service” platform helping organizations build better futures collaboratively. A former Social Technologist at Alpha Telefónica, she has founded initiatives such as Makers of Barcelona, FabCafe, and all Women.tech. Cec

Anne Holtrop | Studio Anne Holtrop Anne Holtrop is an architect who studied in Amsterdam and founded his practice in 2009. Since 2014, he has been based in Muharraq, Bahrain. His work explores the relationship between material and space, shaped by environmental conditions such as climate. He is currently a titular professor at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio in Switzerland, and previously taught at ETH Zurich and the Rietveld Academy. His achievements include the C

Boonserm Premthada | Bangkok Project Studio Boonserm Premthada is a Thai architect and founder of Bangkok Project Studio, known internationally for his socially and ecologically driven approach to design. His work emphasizes local wisdom, vernacular techniques, and the potential of unconventional materials such as elephant dung, reclaimed timber, and earth. Rather than focusing on architecture as an object, he frames it as a process of coexistence between humans, nature, and

Jenchieh Hung and Kulthida Songkittipakdee | Jenchieh Hung + Kulthida Songkittipakdee | HAS Design and Research Future Illusion explores the evolving boundaries of architecture, where perception, culture, and climate converge, in a lecture at the ASA International Forum. Architects Jenchieh Hung and Kulthida Songkittipakdee from the acclaimed firm Jenchieh Hung + Kulthida Songkittipakdee / HAS Design and Research share their design approach, demonstrating and reimagining how

SATI : WISDOM : PROMPT | ASA International Forum 2026 ASA International Forum at ASA Architect Expo 2026 brings together leading voices from across the global architecture and design community for a series of keynote presentations and exchanges of ideas. Under the conceptual framework of Sati : Wisdom : Prompt, the forum invites reflection on the foundations of human intelligence and its relationship with the emerging era of artificial intelligence — charting a course toward

Under the concepts of “WISDOM” (Human Wisdom)   and “NEW INTELLIGENCE” , the ASA INSPIRATION LAB presents a diverse range of sub-topics. These range from the human touch, the balance between mind and body, and local craftsmanship, to working with historical contexts and contemporary culture, global design perspectives, and experimental practices involving Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. All activities bring together leading designers, architects, thinkers, and experts f