Joshua Comaroff is a Design Consultant with Lekker Architects. He was born in Manchester, UK, and raised in Chicago. Josh studied literature and creative writing at Amherst College before joining the Master of Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture programs at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Josh is interested in design research as well as practice; he has been awarded grants and scholarships including Harvard’s Wheelwright Fellowship. In 2009, Josh completed a PhD in cultural geography at UCLA, writing on the subject of haunted landscapes and urban memory in Singapore. He has published writing about architecture, urbanism, and politics, with an Asian focus.

Ong Ker-Shing is a registered architect and Director of Lekker Architects. She was raised in Singapore and the UK. Shing attended Harvard University, completing three degrees: a B.A. in Fine Arts, as well as Masters in Architecture and Landscape Architecture (the latter two with distinction). Shing relocated to Shanghai as a Wheelwright Fellow in 2002 to research the Art Deco housing of the French Concession. Excited by small-scale innovations occurring in socialized interiors, she documented residents’ living spaces and personal histories. She has been practicing in Singapore since 2004.