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Meet the Team
South Africa
Keith Struthers
I have been twisting and bending roofs walls and wooden beams since 1984. I have practiced architecture in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Hungary, UK, Namibia and South Africa. In 2003 I founded KSStudios (formerly NaturalsCool) to teach sculptural architecture to qualified architects. My focus is on supporting personal development through practice.
Brazil
Gabriela Ventapane
I am a Brazilian architect, post-graduated in pedagogical processes for teaching and learning architecture. I have been working with Keith since 2017, inventing and creating new possibilities for KS Studios, whether in South Africa or in Brazil! I really believe in the social and transformative power of architecture. And even more in the combo: architecture + education! Education encourages the construction of critical thinking – and only then it will be possible to build more creative, inclusive and human contexts for all.
South Africa
Amien Paleker
I first started here at the turn of the millennia as a second year technikon student. After completing my studies and working with many other architects’ from medium to large practices and high end residential, commercial, industrial, retail and urban design in gated communities. Even though it was a major learning curve working in all those disciplines, the experience flatlined – literally, it became unsatisfactory producing variations of boxes. I returned to KSStudios where there is a heartbeat producing sculptural buildings.
