Meet the Author

Dimitri Brand
Dimitri Brand is a Co-Founder and Director of Built Projects at Holesum Studio. He graduated from the Yale School of Architecture in 2018. Brand was previously a Bass Fellow at the University of Cambridge, where he studied the history of conservatories and greenhouses and their cultural relevance. Focusing on carbon capture and energy efficiency in his design work, and he has integrated greenhouses and their associated technologies into the firm's built projects. In addition, Brand is the Technical Research Consultant and Design-Build Expert of the National Pavilion United Arab Emirates for the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2025.