Doctor Mauro Baracco (PhD) is a Director of Baracco+Wright Architects (est. 2004) and an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture and Urban Design, RMIT University. His teaching and research have manifested an interest in the local that has developed from historical and cultural to include ecological relationships of the built and unbuilt environment. This activity encompasses design, teaching and philosophy. Doctor Louise Wright (PhD) is a Director of Baracco+Wright Architects. Louise and Mauro have taught at various schools including Monash MADA, UTS Sydney; Turin Polytechnic, Italy; Milan Polytechnic, Italy; and Mendrisio Academy of Architecture, Switzerland. Together with Mauro, she is interested in a role for architecture that can extend its relationship with the natural world towards one that supports all life.