Oliver Lang is CEO and Co-Founder of Intelligent City. He is an industry leading and award-winning entrepreneur, developer and architect, who has consistently contributed through innovation and built solutions in the areas of design for urban housing and cultural projects, technology development, off-site prefabrication automation, mass timber construction and carbon net zero building technology.

Oliver is providing new visions and solutions for mixed-use housing, advanced prefabrication and green building strategies. He has chaired the advisory urban design panels of UBC and the City of Vancouver, and frequently provides public key notes and lectures across Canada, North America and abroad. 

Oliver is also the Principal and Co-founder of LWPAC, a Governor General’s Medal winning architecture practice based in Vancouver since 1999. LWPAC is also the design architect for the NEXT Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.

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 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 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 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.

Diana Banakh is a Senior Project Manager with experience in the consulting and real estate industry. She has a background in environmental urban planning and civil engineering technology, with a passion for sustainable design and architecture. Diana has a very diverse experience consulting on and managing projects in residential, commercial, and industrial industries. Her project experience has ranged from highway/bridge construction, building condition assessments, geotechnical, environmental, hazardous materials, and building restoration. Prior to joining the team, Diana worked as a Capital Manager in the multi-residential and real estate industry. 

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.

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.

Tracy is trained as a structural engineer with experience in designing and managing complex, innovative structures. Her portfolio consists of freeform steel canopies, low and mid-rise student dormitories and mass timber constructions in the United States with collaborators based in North America and Europe. 

Having worked on and managed several projects with a focus on sustainable materials and building life cycle assessment, she remains deeply committed to advancing sustainable practices in the construction industry.

Monica is a third-year computer science student at the University of Toronto. Her interests include optimization, machine learning, logic, and computability. She looks forward to learning parametric visual programming while interning at Intelligent City. In her spare time, Monica likes to go hiking and skiing.

Olivia is a student at the University of British Columbia, completing a dual degree Master in Management at the Sauder School of Business and Bachelors in Arts. Driven by her long-founded interest in social entrepreneurship, Olivia aids Intelligent City in reaching the customer segments that it seeks to serve and collaborate with. Throughout her co-op term, Olivia hopes to help Intelligent City communicate its deep commitment to Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) goals.

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.

Nicholas has a background in Architecture and Urban Design with a focus in computational and generative design methods. He is an expert in employing algorithmic thinking to solve spatial problems at multiple scales. Prior to joining Intelligent City, Nicholas worked with GIS software development, urban planning, architecture and interior design. He is interested in leveraging the power of technology to design more sustainable buildings and cities.

Yasser is an operations executive with North American and international volumetric modular construction experiences. Yasser’s experience spans technology, construction, and manufacturing industries. He is dedicated to establishing sustainable, scalable, and disruptive operations practices within Intelligent City, that will help shape the industry’s future.

Edmand is the CNC and Robotics Lead at Intelligent City, and responsible for developing and implementing machining and assembly processes at the company’s pilot plant. 

As a graduate from UBC Centre for Advanced Wood Processing, he has experience in custom millwork and fenestration design, manufacturing, CNC programming, and wood milling. His interest is in leveraging the versatility of robots to refine manufacturing, to adapt to different inputs while maintaining flow, repeatability, and standardization.

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.

Aolin (aka Lin) is completing her bachelor’s degree at the UBC Sauder School of Business, specializing in Real Estate and Entrepreneurship, as well as a minor degree in Psychology from UBC Faculty of Arts. Lin is highly interested in sustainable innovation, especially in the areas of urban planning and real estate development. With previous experience in marketing and sales, she intends to help communicate the value of Intelligent City and grow its business. Lin hopes to gain further knowledge and insight into the field, make valuable connections, and build a strong network in the industry.

Ho Cheung (Timo) Tsui is a registered architect with experience in architecture design development, and a specialist in computational design, BIM, and digital fabrication. Originally from Hong Kong, he is interested in urban housing and bridging technology into the building development and real estate finance process (prop-tech). He speaks fluent English, Cantonese, and Mandarin Chinese.

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. 

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.

Jodi Williams is responsible for the office finances.

Olivia is currently a fifth-year Integrated Engineering student at the University of British Columbia, specializing in structural and materials engineering. With a special interest and passion for sustainable construction through mass timber, her responsibilities at Intelligent City lie at the intersection of structural engineering, building system development and sustainability analysis. She aims to pursue her journey to the P. Eng. designation once she graduates in December 2022.

Kai Zhu is a registered Architect in Australia with experience primarily working on large scale, civic infrastructure projects. Originally from Melbourne, Kai is an expert in the field of Computational Design, having developed bespoke computational tools and workflows within practice throughout all stages of the delivery phase. Kai is a passionate advocate for digital transformation within the AEC industry, having lectured at events such as ComputationalAEC Melbourne. His personal interests lie at the intersection of automation, industrialised construction, and business models. Prior to joining Intelligent City, Kai worked at Resolve Insight, an Australian based BIM consultancy as a Computational Designer.