Team
Maziar Afrassiabi
Founder/Director
Monica Hübner
Business Manager
Lara Parodi
Communications Manager
Hedvig Koertz
Production Manager
MDFinance
Accountant
João Pedro Páscoa
Alice Bilardo
Interns
Volunteers
Saghar Afzali
Yara Al Jundi
Ainis Alčauskis
Nina Ashley Bach
Anna Berendsen
Anna Bonomi
Siddharth Divakaruni
Leanne Ghesquiere
Yasmin Gholami
Martina González Pacios
Max Kortmann
Louisa von Moreau
External
Kristin Metho
Graphic Design
Marcel van den Berg (Kommerz)
Webdevelopment
Dattan
Website hosting
Board
Merve Bedir (Secretary)
Merve Bedir investigates infrastructures of hospitality and mobility, human and non-human relations with respect to ecology and cybernetics, and migration. She co-founded Aformal Academy (an experimental school in the Pearl River Delta), Mutfak Workshop (Gaziantep), and the Center for Spatial Justice (Istanbul). She has taught at Hong Kong University, Columbia GSAPP, and TUDelft, and presented at locations like the Smithsonian Design Museum, and the Venice Architecture Biennale. Until 2025, she is a researcher at Common Ground in Merwede.
Jaap van Hoek (Treasurer)
Jaap van Hoek studied HRM at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. He worked until 2026 as a HR consultant at the Kenniscentrum e-Overheid, at ICTU and at the Nationale Ombudsman. At the moment he is mentor for DUO for a job. He was chairman of Stichting Dakpark and involved as a coördinator wth Lantaren-Venster and IFFR. Since 1 July 2026, Van Hoek is treasurer of Rib Art Space.
Korrie Louwes (General)
Korrie Louwes studied history at Leiden University. From 1990 to 2010, she worked for the ministries of General Affairs, Finance, Economic Affairs and Social Affairs and Employment. She was appointed Alderman for Labor Market, Higher Education, Innovation and Participation of the Municipality of Rotterdam (D66) until May 2014 and then worked at Berenschot as Senior Managing Consultant. From 2018 to 2021, she served as Chief Inspector of the Inspectorate for Healthcare and Youth and since then as General Director for Education, Culture and Welfare of the Municipality of The Hague.
