THE TEAM
Built by many hands, across many disciplines.
The Building-Integrated Agriculture Research team brought together designers, engineers, academics, and city partners across three phases of work.
80+
CONTRIBUTORS
17
ORGANIZATIONS
3
PHASES
Acknowledgements
Funding for this project has been provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the Agricultural Clean Technology (ACT) Program.
Matching funding for this project was provided by Perkins&Will and the BC Centre for Agritech Innovation (BCCAI).
The research team would also like to thank the following organizations for their valuable partnership and support. Their contributions were integral to the success of this project.
Perkins&Will Cross-Phase Direction
Mohamed Imam
Sr. Research Lead, Principal Investigator
Leigh Christy
Managing Principal
Yehia Madkour
Director - Middle East
Phase 01 Industry Report
Cheney Chen
Sr. Research Lead, Perkins&Will
Amy Brander
Regenerative Design Advisor, Perkins&Will
Tyrone Marshall
Sr. Research Lead, Perkins&Will
Juan Rovalo
Director of Ecology, Perkins&Will
Tatiana Kaida
Designer, Perkins&Will
Nicole Pfeifer
Sustainable Design Advisor, Perkins&Will
Sam Ibrahim
Urban Designer, Perkins&Will
Janna Fahmy
Designer, Perkins&Will
Brainard Amay
Marketing Coordinator, Perkins&Will
Phase 01 Review
Kathy Wardle
Regional Director of Regenerative Design, Principal, Perkins&Will
Kimberly Seigel
Research Manager, Perkins&Will
Myer Harrell
Senior Regenerative Design Advisor, Perkins&Will
Jesce Walz
Senior Research Lead, Perkins&Will
Phaedra Svec
Dir. of Regenerative Design, Perkins&Will
Enlai Hooi
Head of Innovation, Perkins&Will
External Partners
Charmaine White
Assistant, Food & Agri Institute
UFV
Corey Ellis
Co-Founder & CEO
The Growcer Inc.
Daniel Roehr
Professor and Chair, Landscape Architecture, UBC
David Ceaser
Lead Agronomist
Agritecture
Emily Van Halem
Social Planner
City of Vancouver
Erin Nichols
Senior Project Manager
City of Vancouver
Gwynne Mhuireach
Assistant Professor
UoO
Henry Lau
Social Planner
City of Vancouver
Jason Wegman
Founder
gökotta studio + lab
Kevin Wong
Student Intern
UBC
Kristina Zalite
Landscape Architect
Zale Design
Kyle Born
Co-Founder
Circular Harvest
Laila Benkrima, Ph.D.
Agronomist Consultant
BCCAI
Laura Marie Neubert
Founder
Up Front and Beautiful
Peter Van der Gracht
President
Quanto tech
Robert Ferguson
Student Intern
UBC
Sayon Chandrakanthan
Founder
Advanced Autoponics
Stefania Pizzirani
Associate Director, Food and Agriculture Institute, UFV
Aidan Teppema
Graduate Research Fellow
University of Oregon
Ajwal Dsouza
Ph.D. Candidate, Controlled Environment Systems, UoG
Alesandros Glaros, Vertical
Agriculture Research Lead
UFV
Alycia Van der Gracht
Founder
Quanto tech
Bridgette Kelly
Student Intern
UBC
Chadd Bauman
Co-Founder
Circular Harvest
Phase 02 Digital Tool
Halil Erhan
Professor, Dir. of Computational Design Lab
Alesandros Glaros
Vertical Agriculture Research Lead, UFV
Zohreh Hassanpour
Product Designer & UX Researcher, SFU
Esmaeil Mottaghi
Software Developer | Product Designer, SFU
Mohammadreza Doroodian
Software Engineer, SFU
Minahil Faisal
Software Engineer | Graduate Researcher
Laila Benkrima
Agronomist Consultant, Ph.D. BCCAI
Rahul Singh
Director BC Centre for Agritech Innovation
Micheal Bolu
Project Manager BCCAI
Phase 03 BIA Pavilion
Tarek Zeidan
Senior Designer, Perkins&Will
Abubakr Bajaman
Architect, Perkins&Will
Jacob Williams
Graphic Designer, Perkins&Will
Justin Li
Student Intern, UBC
Alycia Van der Gracht
Founder, Quanto Tech. Ltd
Alex Feldman
Founding Principal, FORM3
Ricardo Kuwabara
Industrial Designer, FORM3
Nicole Parker
Industrial Designer, FORM3
Robbin Simao
Manager, Research Partnerships