Gilles Retsin is co-founder and CTO/ChiefArchitect of AUAR ltd, a UK-based startup building a decentralised micro-factory network for regenerative timber housing, targeting 10,000 net-zero homes per year by 2032. He studied architecture in Belgium, Chile and the UK, where he graduated from the Architectural Association. His design work and critical discourse has been internationally recognised through awards, lectures and exhibitions at major cultural institutions such as the Museum of Art and Design in New York, the Royal Academy in London and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. He has edited books on architecture, computational design and robotics and is also an associate professor at UCL, the Bartlett School of Architecture where he co-directs AUAR Labs, a research lab focused on innovating the full value chain of housing. Gilles has a passion for design, tech, timber, cities, economics and politics.
