Arus Manvelyan, Managing Director of Synthera Architecture & Design, is an architect with extensive experience working with studios and private clients across Europe, specializing in residential, commercial, urban projects, and furniture design. She views architecture as a vital tool for personal growth, well-being, public interaction, and societal transformation, committed to delivering projects that align with circular economy and regenerative design principles.
Her work encasulates sustainable and socially responsible architecture, actively contributing to projects such as We-Building e.V., which focuses on building schools in the Global South using local materials, and passionately advocated for sustainability with Architects for Future. She holds a Master’s from the Dessau Institute of Architecture and is a registered architect with the Berlin Chamber of Architects and a member of the Norwegian Association of Architects (NAL).