Saubhagya founded idieq in 2015. His interests towards urban practice pushed him to join Urban Fellows Program after he received a bachelors degree in architecture. Saubhagya belongs to a farmer family of foothill hamlet in the central Himalayan ranges of India. He is a hill-development practitioner and an architect who is known for building with debris. He has been practicing in the remote Himalayas towards ecological/social infrastructure, skill development & affordable architecture since then. In this regard, his interests are bent towards issues relating to Ghost Villages, migration/reverse-migration extensively happening in the central Himalayan region. He has extensively researched upon Pine eradication, physical development methodology and natural/manmade disasters happening in India & Nepal lately. He Keeps bow in farming and has been featured specifically for introducing bio-engineered river bank restoration, Willow architecture/agroforestry, growing naturally decaffeinated ‘Arabica/Robusta’ Coffee, direct seeded rice for the very first time in South Asia. These technologies are introduced with effective training to small-scale farmers and help save more than a million liters of water per 10-acre farm each year. Other than this Saubhagya has special interests towards the development of artificially intelligent frameworks and combines his practice along. He is also a documentary filmmaker with a portfolio ranging from the films about infrastructure in large metropolitans to small architectural details. He finds methodologies and idea of modern India by Laurie Baker as one of his inspirations and influences which, he believes, if combined with modern day technologies would definitely be a step forward towards resilience.

Ignasi studied architecture in Barcelona and worked in Spain for four years in wide range of projects. Then, he started to travel around the world to learn from the different vernacular practices. His core interests lie in building with natural resources, so as to leave the least imprint possible. His practice is closely associated to the sensibility towards the planet and he believes that it is the best practice to adopt solutions that treat the resources sustainably. Currently, he is staying in the pristine woods of Costa Rica, building a bamboo and wood hut all by himself. He says that if you want to really know what designing and building is about, you must put your hands in the mud and give your full head and soul to it, and so then you’ll experience the true process. He has framed and provided various solutions related to earthquake rehabilitation in Bhimphedi,
Nepal

Jennifer is the founder of both Mawun Mud Village and Wild Sensoria(our partner firm) which focuses on architectural design and landscaping in synergy with nature. She has studied permaculture design, eco village design and deep ecology and prior to building a retreat and learning center in Indonesia, has 10 years experience as a project manager and interior designer, working in Asia, specifically Hong Kong and Singapore. Her interiors have been published in Vogue Living, South China Morning Post, The Wall Street Journal, Elle decoration, Home Journal among others. After becoming disillusioned with the prolific degree of green washing within the mainstream she shifted focus to natural building and holistic living which led to the development of Mawun Mud Village.

Dr. BC Saini is former Director of Tea Board and has unmatched experience in horticulture. His researchers have always formulated new opportunities for us. For the very first time idieq, grew buildings instead of constructing them after Dr. Saini introduced Willow. He is also leading product development in idieq.