THOMAS UGO ERMACORA. Creative & Strategic Director
Thomas Ermacora FRSA is an award winning Danish Architect-Urbanist, technology futurist, social entrepreneur, impact investor, cultural pioneer, author and humanitarian. Focused on bleeding edge social impact design and open source solutions since 2002 he has acted as strategic consultant for cities, developers, social landlords, local authorities and curated exhibitions to promote systems change. Read more about Thomas here.

FRANK VAN HASSELT. Chief Executive
Frank studied Philosophy and Modern Languages at Oxford and has 15 years’ experience of working in business development positions at a range of organisations. He has been part of Clear Village since our launch in 2009 and was our lead fundraiser and writer before taking on the role of Chief Executive in 2015.

KRISTIN LUKE. Project Coordinator
Kristin is an artist and writer who leads on Remote Making, one of Machines Room’s branch projects which brings digital fabrication processes and learning to people living outside of urban centres. She also oversees the core strategic and financial functions of MR. Over the years she has worked for MR in a number of capacities, from exhibition producer to administrator to project coordinator.

SARA JARC. Project Coordinator
Sara is a Slovenian Spatial Designer who believes in the fundamental importance of designed experience, as it can change how we feel about a space. She graduated from the Faculty of Design, Ljubljana, with a BA in Interior Design and went on to do an MA in Narrative Environments at Central Saint Martins. She spent her final year exploring how public spaces have the ability to engage with city users to provide a better quality of life for various social groups and communities.

GARETH OWEN LLOYD. Head of Maker Projects
Gareth was part of the original team at Machines Room initially planning and setting up the space. He started as a British Council Maker Librarian then becoming Head of Maker Projects programming the Cohort incubator and Maker Mile. Gareth is the lead on the Circular Construction in Regenerative Cities EU project.

JOSIE KING. Coordinator Machines Room
Josie came to Clear Village from BA Design at Goldsmiths, her work there explored different digital and craft manufacturing methods and material experiments. Her role includes day to day management of Machines Room, interacting with the members on the public open day, running workshops and fabrication.

BAPTISTE CÉRIEZ. Project Assistant
Baptiste is a Design master student at ESAD Valenciennes and currently on an internship at Clear Village. He has a user-centered approach to design and his interests are in ecological design and digital fabrication as a tool to democratize the process of design.

ASSOCIATES

TOBY BLUME

Toby has 20 years’ experience of working in the not for profit sector, particularly supporting excluded communities to achieve positive social change. More recently, he has been working in Local Government and education, but still with a focus on social innovation. He is a Design Council built environment expert and is supporting strategy development at Clear Village.

KORINNA THIELEN. Munich / Hamburg

Korinna is an architect and urban planner and develops projects for Clear Village in Germany. She studied at EPF Lausanne and at the London School of Economics, worked in international planning and design offices and now teaches urbanism at TU Munich and HCU Hamburg.