The Team

Jakob Brandtberg Knudsen is a principal of Ingvartsen Architects and the dean of architecture at the Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation in Copenhagen, Denmark. His primary research interest is the implementation of science in bridging architecture and public health to make affordable, healthy and sustainable homes and institutions in tropical climates. Jakob has extensive experience in building practice in Europe, Asia and Africa, and is currently heading the Star Homes* Project.

Lorenz von Seidlein is an associate professor at the Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine of Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. He attended medical school in Dublin, Ireland, and completed a pediatric residency in Miami, an Infectious Disease Fellowship at UCLA, and a PhD in epidemiology from the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Between 1995 and 2000, he worked in The Gambia on the evaluation of antimalarial drugs in Sub-Saharan Africa. From 2000 through 2006, he managed wide-scale vaccine evaluation projects in Mozambique and Zanzibar on behalf of the International Vaccine Institute in Seoul, Korea. Since 2014, he has worked on malaria elimination, including the evaluation of malaria vaccine candidates at the Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand, and has coordinated a trial of the malaria vaccine candidate RTS,S/AS01 in Tanzania. Since May 2020, Lorenz has been collaborating with Chinese colleagues on the evaluation of COVID-19 vaccine candidates, and is currently assessing the impact of housing improvements on health in Tanzania.

Salum Mshamu earned a Master of Medical Sciences major in Public Health (MPH) from Lund University, Sweden. He received a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Trials (PG-Dip CT) from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a certificate of global health effectiveness from Harvard School of Public Health. He has a special interest in housing and health, and is currently a co-principal investigator of a field trial assessing the impact of novel design houses in the prevention of diseases such as as malaria, respiratory tract infections and diarrhoea diseases. He is currently a PhD student at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford, and serves as a director at CSK Research Solutions.

Otis Sloan Wood – On-site architect, Ingvartsen Architects
Otis is an architect from the UK, now based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has worked on projects across Africa, Asia and Europe, exploring how the built environment can be designed to improve human and planetary health. Otis has a passion for using natural materials in innovative ways, and has worked on the design of a bamboo farmhouse, a hempcrete extension to a 300-year-old pub and co-founded House 4 House, an award-winning construction toy made from sustainable materials. In addition to this, he has also contributed to articles for a variety of academic journals and architectural short films under ArchiShorts.

Hannah Sloan Wood – On-site architect, Ingvartsen Architects
Hannah is an architect and educator with an interest in regenerative design and improving human and planetary health through the built environment. Her practice is driven by an interest in innovative solutions and a scientific curiosity and she recently co-authored academic papers in Cities & Health and PLoSMED journals, among others. Hannah has experience working in a range of global contexts, including three years in Tanzania, East Africa, and is currently based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Steven Lindsay – Co-investigator, Entomology, University of Durham / Arnold Mmbando, Ifakara Health Institute

Jacqueline Deen – Co-investigator, child development, University of the Philippines

Arnold Mbando – Entomologist and Researcher, Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania

Thomas Chevalier Bøjstrup – PhD fellow, Institute of Architecture and Technology, Royal Danish Academy

Hanako Foundation – Funder

Ingvartsen Architects
www.ingvartsen.dk

Hanako Foundation
www.hanako-foundation.com