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Mateo Pinto and Carolina Cisneros have been collaborating for a few years in architecture, landscape and public art projects. Two of their latest installations in New York City have been developed under the Re:Construction pilot program promoted by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the Downtown Alliance. Their most recent project is currently on display at the Metis International Festival in Quebec, Canada where they built Seedling a temporary garden inspired in the Eastern Pine Forest.

Mateo Pinto is an architect and artist engaged in the exploration of design with non-conventional materials, from small-scale objects to public urban projects. He seeks to integrate urbanism, art and design throughout his work practice. In 1999 he received his BA in architecture from Universidad Central in Venezuela. At his studio, founded with his brother they developed numerous public projects in Venezuela. Currently he works with Till Design and Urban Interface on landscape design research projects.

Carolina Cisneros is an architect and artist. She received her BA in architecture from Universidad Central in Venezuela. Throughout her practice Carolina incorporates her experience in architecture and construction, with her keen interest in art for public environments. She currently works as project manager for Amy Lau Design.

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Miki Onodera is a Bangkok native and a Brooklyn based interior designer.

Miki grew up and attended international schools in both Bangkok and Tokyo before moving to New York City in 1994. He has a bachelors degree from NYU in urban planning and a masters degree from Pratt Institute in interior design. Upon graduating from Pratt, Miki worked at Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum in New York City for 7 years. He has been freelancing as and traveling for the past 2 years.

Miki is a long time resident of Brooklyn and a lifelong street food connoisseur since his days growing up in Asia – which made participation in the Red Hook street vendor project imperative.

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Asaf Yogev and Craig Tooman AIA, LEED-AP

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Emilie Graham completed her Master of landscape architecture in Bordeaux, France– 2001. From that time she did research on restoration of historical gardens in Lisbon – Portugal and in Normandie – France. She also worked on urban planning in Burgundy – Normandie and South west of France.

Branching out from the lower east side after her first NY visit in 2004 she was inspired by the possibilities for urban renewal throughout the city. From then she was motivated to become one of the community of landscape architects working on the urban scene.

Emilie was a finalist in the competition Reinventing Grand Army Plaza in 2008 launched by design Trust for Public Space.

She is currently lecturing on French Gardens in the Lot region of South West France.

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Jackie Luk received a Masters of Architecture degree from Columbia University in 2005. Prior to that she has studied furniture design in Arkitektskolen I Aarhus, Denmark and has designed numerous furniture, including Lady Chair, exhibited at Scandinavian Furniture Fair 2002 and Unique Table exhibited at Scandinavian Furniture Fair 2006, and was awarded Public’s Favorite. The same year a full page article about Unique Table and Jackie Luk as a furniture designer was published the Danish newspaper Berlingske.

In the recent years, she has shift the direction of her work closer to home - Brooklyn, where she currently lives, and is dedicated to the continuing and preserving of the unique qualities of her beloved neighborhood. As an architect, Jackie Luk has strong interest in small-scale work; her work is defined by clear idea with elegant execution, and often drawn knowledge from her furniture design experience, with carefully proportioned details in relation to the dimensions of human body.

Currently she works at a prominent architectural firm in New York, and has worked on various projects including MTV’s Times Square Office (2005), the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York (2006), the Vanke Center in China (2006-08), Raffle City Chengdu in China (2008-2009), Toronto District Energy Center in Canada (2009), Loisium Alsace Hotel in France (2009) and Baker Field Campbell Sports Center in New York (2009).