Gray Read teaches history, theory, and sustainable design in the School of Architecture at Florida International University. She holds a PhD from University of Pennsylvania and is a licensed architect. She has written two books on historical urbanism, focusing on human scale and the theatrical nature of public spaces, design qualities that can contribute to more sustainable cities. Recently she led a group of students in visualizing the history of the main street of Black Coconut Grove when it was the lively center of the community

Verónica has over 12 years of experience in the design and construction of urban, contextually rich projects. Her attention to detail and big picture thinking enables her to manage large complex projects thoughtfully and with care for all stakeholder’s interests - from the Owner to the City, the community, and the team of consultants. As Associate at MARVEL, she collaborates with firm leadership on business development pursuits and firmwide initiatives. Currently, she leads the Casa Vida Hotel project, an adaptive reuse of a historical building to a 50-key hotel in Old San Juan, PR. 

Carlos Eduardo Comas studied architecture in Porto Alegre (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania) and Paris (Université de Paris- VIII). His doctoral dissertation is titled “Précisions brésiliennes sur un état passé de l'architecture et l'urbanisme modernes, d'après les projets et ouvrages de Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, MMM Roberto, Affonso Reidy, Jorge Moreira & cie., 1936-45.” He is Professor Emeritus at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, a member of the permanent faculty of its Graduate Program in Architecture, editor of the Program's journal ARQTEXTO and a councillor of IPHAN- Instituto do Patrimônio Artístico e Histórico Nacional.

Marta Silveira Peixoto is an architect (1985) with a Ph.D. in History and Theory of Architecture from PROPAR (2006), the Architecture Research and Graduate Program of UFRGS, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She is a full professor at the Department of Architecture and at PROPAR, UFRGS, where she teaches Design and History of Architecture. Acted as Visiting Professor at ETSAB, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, and Illinois Institute of Technology. She is the Chair of DOCOMOMO Brazil, secretary of the Interior Design Committee of DOCOMOMO International, and a member of the 20th Century Committee of ICOMOS Brazil.