Dr. Kendall is a registered architect and holds a PhD in Design Theory and Methods from MIT. His career in architectural practice, research and education spans more than 35 years. His research focuses on the Open Building approach, needed to make buildings more adaptable, easier to customize to meet changing preferences and thus more sustainable. Stephen is author of more than 50 papers, co-author of Residential Open Building (Routledge) and editor of Healthcare Architecture as Infrastructure: Open Building in Practice (Routledge).

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Ir. Frans van der Werf is architect and urban planner. Frans graduated in the seventies on his award winning project: ‘Housing in a Linear City’, in which he anticipated Open Building ideas. He participated in the planning of Evry, a new town near Paris. He designed social housing, city centers, care centers and urban design schemes. In his book ‘Open Ontwerpen’ (Open Design) he discusses his professional experiences with innovations in Open Building projects.

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