INSTRUCTOR BIOS Preechaya Sittipunt Program Director
Surapong Lertsithichai Deputy Program Director
Dr. Scott Drake Academic Coordinator
Preechaya Sittipunt is the Director of the International Program in Design and Architecture (INDA). She received an M.S. in Architectural Studies and Building Systems Design from MIT and a Ph.D in Architecture in Design Theories and Methods from University of California – Berkeley. With over 30 years of teaching experience, her expertise lies in design thinking, creative economy, international curriculum management and innovation development for academia and industries.
Surapong Lertsithichai received his Doctorate and Master degrees in the area of Computer-Aided Design from Harvard University and a Master of Architecture from Yale University. His research interest and professional expertise lies in CAD software development, interactive media, digital entertainment, and tangible user interfaces. Prior to joining INDA Surapong joined Fuji-Xerox Palo Alto Laboratory in California as a research scientist developing intelligent software and digital solutions for workplaces.
Scott is an Associate Professor of Architecture specializing in the areas of environmental design and construction technology. He has more than twenty-five years of experience teaching architecture at the University of South Australia and the University of Melbourne. His book, The Elements of Architecture: Principles of Environmental Performance in Buildings, was published by Earthscan press in 2009.
Sergi Serrat Year 1 Coordinator
Déborah López Lobato Year 2 Coordinator
Alicia Lazzaroni Year 3 Coordinator
Barcelona 1976. 2002 Master in Architecture from ETSAV UPC in Barcelona. From 2004 runs his own professional practise : GRND82. Our work has been published and awarded in national and international contexts. From 2003 teaches at several institutions such as ETSAV UPC in Barcelona, University of Illinois at Chicago, KU Leuven in Gent, UMA and LTH in Sweden and lately joined INDA for the second time.
Déborah López received her Master’s in Architecture from the University of Tokyo as a Monbukagakusho scholar and her M.Arch and Bachelor of Arts at UEM. She is the co-founder of Pareid, an architecture studio that explores topics at the intersection of experimental fabrication techniques, multi-sensorial experiences, ecologies, and new realities within the contemporary condition.
Alicia Lazzaroni is an Italian architect and engineer, who obtained her postgraduate Master from ETSAM, UPM Madrid. Since 2016 she coordinates the third year design studios at INDA She’s co-founder of Animali Domestici, a studio focused on experimental and speculative projects and processes, her fields of interest relate to a wider understanding of ecology and a post-anthropocentric approach.
Antonio Bernacchi Year 4 Coordinator
Pongsiri Boonsom
Hadin Charbel
Pongsiri Boonsom has a Master of Engineering in Construction Management and a Master of Science in Transportation Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He has been a project manager for Sheraton Resort and Spa Hua Hin, Millennium Hilton Bangkok, JW Marriott Bangkok, Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok, and others as well as an executive director for Thai Property Appraisal Lynn Phillips Co., Ltd.
Hadin Charbel received his Master’s in Architecture from the University of Tokyo as a Monbukagakusho scholar and his B.A in Architectural Studies from UCLA. He is the co-founder of Pareid, an architecture studio that explores topics at the intersection of experimental fabrication techniques, multi-sensorial experiences, ecologies, and new realities within the contemporary condition.
Antonio Bernacchi is an Italian architect and engineer, who obtained his postgraduate Master from ETSAM, UPM Madrid. Since 2016 he coordinates fourth year design studios at INDA He’s cofounder of Animali Domestici, a studio focused on experimental and speculative projects and processes. His interests span from manufactured imaginaries, especially for realestate marketing, to ‘critical speculative design’.