Leaders in Innovative Urban Housing Solutions
We lead the industry in mixed use urban housing, green building strategies, digital design, manufacturing, and robotics in timber construction.

Our Values
Our Urban Housing Solutions
Embody Our Founding Principles
People
We believe people are our most important asset.
Safety
We ensure a safe work environment to protect the health and well-being of everyone.
Integrity
We are honest, trustworthy and respectful in everything we do.
Innovation
We foster new ideas and strive for excellence in every project.
Sustainability
We care about the environment and work actively on sustainable solutions.
Collaboration
We value teamwork in all aspects of our business.
Our Philosophy
Founded in 2008, Intelligent City’s mission is to empower people to live better urban lives. The company has been a leader in innovative urban housing, sustainability, building technology and design methodology and has gained municipal approvals and broad government support for its mass timber building system and technology development. Through the convergence of high-rise mass timber, design engineering, automated manufacturing and parametric software, the company is introducing a sustainable, adaptable, and product-based paradigm for the delivery of urban housing solutions.
We are a team of ambitious, open-minded, and motivated architects, designers and engineers. Drawing on a multi-faceted range of interests and qualifications, we create innovative, uniquely sustainable urban living solutions. A new kind of integrated and design- and technology-driven company, we offer unique opportunities. We bring together a diverse, highly skilled team united in the belief that technology innovation can enable an ecological, economical, and sustainable future.

Meet Us
Our Team
Oliver
Lang
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Oliver Lang is a German-Canadian architect and urban entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience. He is a recognized leader in design innovation and integration of complex urban projects, mixed use housing, advanced prefabrication and green building strategies.
Prior to founding LWPAC and Intelligent City, Oliver researched and practiced in digitally assisted design and fabrication. He also taught advanced design and digital technology at SCI_ARC, the Berlage Institute, TU Berlin, UTF Santa Maria and University of British Columbia (UBC).
Cindy
Wilson
Co-Founder and Chief Culture Officer
Cindy Wilson is a Canadian designer and cultural entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience. She holds a professional Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of British Columbia.
Cindy has a broad and profound understanding of the cultural forces that shape our societies. She is active in urban and market research, building analysis, strategic planning, design and definition of livability, interior design, materiality and overall project quality control.
Oliver David
Krieg
Chief Technology Officer
Oliver David Krieg is an expert in computational design and digital fabrication in architecture and timber construction. At Intelligent City, he leads the development of parametric design methods and automated manufacturing technology for the company’s multi-storey, high-rise, mass timber construction systems.
Oliver's focus is on enabling reciprocities between design, technology and materiality in order to re-conceptualize how architecture can be designed, fabricated, and constructed.
David
Ferguson
Chief Financial Officer
David was most recently VP Finance and CFO for Aquatic Informatics, where he spent 12 years helping grow the company from 5 employees to over 120. He took a key lead position in supporting the company through a corporate merger and sale of the business to a private equity firm. Over his 12 years at Aquatic Informatics he served in various roles including leading finance, accounting and human resources, and lead positions in operations, marketing and business development.
Warren
Wall
Chief Operating Officer
Warren is a high-tech executive with experience at both small startups and multi-national organizations. Most recently at quantum computing company D-Wave Systems, he managed all internal operations as COO and then as EVP Corporate Affairs, he built relationships with governments, universities and industry partners across Canada. Prior to D-Wave, he held multiple senior technology executive positions at Electronic Arts.
Maria
Cowper-Smith
Director of Finance
Maria is a proud Canadian immigrant who specializes in corporate finance. Her experience in international compliance, government subsidy, planning and tax for US and Canadian corporations allowed her to create long term multi-jurisdictional financial and tax plans for global corporations with revenues in the hundreds of millions.
She obtained her degrees in Economics, Public Policy and Finance from the University of Calgary and Harvard University.
Clayton
Blackman
Director of Sustainability
Clayton is a Vancouver born Canadian architect and an expert in high performance buildings, ecological design, as well as building information modelling. He has ten years of experience designing prefabricated mass timber buildings including innovative modular housing, community and educational facilities. He is a certified passive house designer. Prior to joining LWPAC and Intelligent City, Clayton worked on several mass timber projects at Perskins+Will.
Aaron
Willette
Director of Manufacturing Technology
Aaron is an experienced designer and technologist with an expertise in developing relationships between design and industrial production.
He leads Intelligent City’s manufacturing initiatives, including the deployment of the manufacturing processes and facilities. Prior to joining Intelligent City he was working with the manufacturing development teams at WeWork and Apple.
Christopher
Johnston
Director of Business Development
Christopher has 20 years of experience in Business Development, Sales and Marketing. Christopher’s recent experience has focused on housing affordability and sustainability in the construction industry. In 2018, his innovative approach to achieve client goals around affordability and employment led to his recognition as a Top 40 Under 40 Award winner for Business and Growth. A passionate community contributor and housing advocate, Christopher also volunteers his time as a Board Director for The Bloom Group in Vancouver BC, and Amity House in Edmonton AB.
Shaique
Uddin
Senior Designer, Digital Development
Shaique has over 8 years of experience working as a project and design architect in India, Germany and Middle-east. He is an expert in computational tools for resolving complex geometries, coordinating with different consultant teams in design development, and working closely with on-site engineers in the execution of projects.
His portfolio includes a variety of building programs, ranging from hotels, offices, interiors, and master plans. He has been regularly involved in academics, organizing workshops and collaborating with architectural institutes.
Tania
Pilon
Intern Architect
Tania Pilon graduated with her Master’s in architecture from McGill University. She competed in the Solar Decathlon China 2018 with TeamMTL where they designed and built a flexible and adaptable net-zero prefabricated row house. She worked on exhibition designs, logistics, the construction and gave a presentation at the Sustainable Development Center in Montreal. She took a PassivHaus designer course and is LEED AP BD + C accredited. Her thesis investigated the role of an architect as a translator and the influence of Indigenous cultures on architecture. She worked in Montreal and Mexico City before moving to Vancouver.
Stuart
Lodge
Designer, Advanced Systems Development
Stuart Lodge is graduate of the Masters of Architecture program at the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture (SALA). His thesis project focused on the intersection of 3D printing, materiality and architectural components. Before joining Intelligent City and LWPAC he worked at Michael Green Architecture. In addition, he is currently also completing a Masters of Advanced Studies in Architecture focusing on non-linear additive manufacturing using organic compounds and materials.
Ryan
Gillespie
Architectural Design Technologist
Ryan holds a Bachelors Degree in Architectural Science and a Diploma in Architectural Building Technology from the BCIT. He joined LWPAC in 2017 and has been involved in various multi-family projects and with research and development.
Tola
Oniyangi
Computational Designer
Nicholas
Hamel
Computational Designer
With a background in Architecture and Mechanical Engineering, Nicholas has focused his personal design philosophy on the intersection between digital fabrication and detail-oriented assemblies. As an MArch and MEDes graduate from the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at the University of Calgary, he wrote his thesis on parametric tool design and cross laminated timber supply chains. Before joining the Intelligent City and LWPAC team, he worked at SAPL’s digital fabrication laboratory and Calgary-based firm Studio North as a parametric designer.
Fiona
Lang
Coop Computational Design
Fiona Lang is completing her bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics at the University of British Columbia. Fiona is interested in using software as a tool to improve processes and in applying mathematical analysis and technical solutions to problems of design.
Zoie
Hou
Coop Computational Design
Zoie is completing her degree in Engineering Science with Robotics Specialization at the University of Toronto. Zoie is motivated to further develop her skills in software, manufacturing, and mechanical engineering, and to use the technical skills to improve daily lives and better the world at large.

Careers
Opportunities at Intelligent City
We are looking for great people who have the skills and drive to help us create a better world. We offer competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and fulfilling work in an exciting environment. We want our work to be worthy of everyone’s commitment.