Kostis Velonis lives and works in Athens/Greece. He holds an MRes in humanities and cultural studies from the London Consortium (Birkbeck College, ICA, AA), London/Great Britain. Furthermore, he studied Esthétiques et Technologies des Arts at Université Paris 8 (D.E.A), Paris/France, and earned his PhD from the Department of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens.

Kamen Stoyanov is an artist based in Vienna and Sofia, working across film, video, performance, installation, painting, and drawing. He studied painting at the National Art Academy in Sofia, visual arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, and film directing at New Bulgarian University. In 2024, he premiered his first feature film, "Zvesda," which debuted at the 29th Sofia International Film Festival in March 2025. His short experimental film, "Up and Through," won 'Best Experimental Film' at the Dumbo Film Festival in 2020 and was nominated for Best Experimental Film at the Long Story Shorts Festival in Bucharest.

Johannes Schweiger (*1973) is an artist and designer based in Vienna, Austria. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Mechthild Weber studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart and at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. She received the MAK-Schindler scholarship and gained experience in stage design and architectural practices. Since 2010 she has been working with Querkraft architects in Vienna on a wide range of projects in multiple scales throughout all planning phases. She was part of the research team at Conceptual Joining.

Moritz Heimrath studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and graduated from the University of Applied Arts Vienna in 2010. He is currently a partner at Bollinger+Grohmann ZT GmbH and part of the developer team of Karamba3D, an inter- active parametric finite-element plugin for Grasshopper.

Lukas Allner is an architect and researcher. Since 2020, he has been co-directing Circular Strategies together with Prof. Karin Raith, a field in teaching and research at the IoA that addresses the future-oriented use of resources in architecture.