AD—WO in Conversation

Jen Wood (Naarm/Melbourne, Australia) is founding principal of AD—WO and a licensed architect in New York. She has extensive experience working for leading architecture practices in Australia and the US. Wood received a BA and MA from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in advanced architectural design from Columbia University.

Emanuel Admassu (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) is founding principal of AD—WO and assistant professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. His work addresses spatial justice and African urbanism. Admassu completed his BA in architecture at Kennesaw State University, followed by a master’s degree in advanced architectural design and advanced architectural research at Columbia University.

​Sasha de Koninck is a visual artist, designer, and educator. While studying textiles in undergraduate school, she was introduced to the field of electronic textiles and wearable technology and continued her research during graduate school. She recently completed her PhD in intermedia art, writing, and performance at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she worked with Laura Devendorf and the Unstable Design Lab. Currently, she is a postdoctoral research fellow at Northeastern University in Boston, where she works with Laura Forlano in the Critical Futures Lab. 

​Mohamad Nahleh is an assistant professor of architecture at Ohio State. His research and practice engage the fields of environmental history, cultural anthropology, and postcolonial literature in expanding the role and imagination of the night in architecture. His writing has been published in several journals and magazines, including Places Journal, Thresholds, the Journal of Architectural Education, and The Funambulist. Nahleh holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the American University of Beirut and a Master of Science in architecture studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.