Team

Katherine founded Latent to leverage civic innovation and social impact to design more equitable spaces and systems. Since founding her practice in 2010, Katherine and her firm have prototyped new urban design systems to advance urban agriculture, support small business, created spaces for youth makers, advanced building innovation, and created public space frameworks.

For the past 25 years Nicolas has designed + built a diverse range of Class A Office, Luxury + Affordable Residential, Community Centers, Hospitality, Education, Adaptive Reuse, Interiors, Exhibition, + Planning Projects throughout the United States, Europe, Middle East, and Asia. He values quality design as an iterative process informed by the forces of site + circumstance, culture + climate, program + function. Nicolas has led talented teams of consultants + engineers to deliver clients award winning projects totaling over $3bn in construction cost.

Priscilla is a painter and architectural designer. In her practice, Priscilla seeks to find the strength in moments of vulnerability within the built environment. She has worked for a decade to create meaningful programs, events, and installations to help grow creative communities, businesses, and organizations. In her painting practice, Priscilla uses the still life motif, working in private spaces and search for evidence that can be translated into works that create a sense of familiarity when placed in public spaces to foster a collective sense of place + belonging.

Damla is an urban and architectural designer who recently graduated from Illinois Tech with a major in architecture and a minor in Urban Studies. During her education, she gained an interest in the sociology of spaces and sustainability. She has recently received the LEED Green Associate certificate as a commitment to eco-conscious design and aims to foster a future where aesthetics, functionality, and environmental responsibility seamlessly converge. With almost two years of experience, Damla's goal is to use her skills and passion in urban design and sustainability to inspire design solutions that harmonize with the social and cultural intricacies of communities.

Emily is an architectural designer who graduated from Illinois Tech. During her education, she participated in various design-build projects. From her experiences, she gained an appreciation for sustainable and reversible construction methods. She strives to use her skills and passion for design to create conscientious design solutions.

Joe received his Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources Management with a minor in Forestry from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, NY. His experience as an assistant City Forester for the City of Highland Park, focused on oversight for tree purchasing, sustainability targeting, and management of maintenance contractors. As an Arborist for The Architect of the Capitol in Washington DC he preserved and maintained historical and memorial trees on US Capitol Grounds.