Mario Rinke is a Professor at the University of Antwerp. Mario Rinke holds a Diploma in civil engineering from the Bauhaus University Weimar and a PhD from ETH Zurich. He was a senior researcher and lecturer at ETH Zurich and the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts after working as a design engineer for major offices in London and Zurich.

Frederik Vandyck is a guest professor at the University of Antwerp and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where he teaches architectural research methods and an urban design studio. He holds a Master of Science in Architectural Engineering from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and a joint PhD in Engineering Sciences and Design Sciences (VUB - UAntwerpen).