​​Kara de los Reyes founded TERRALUPA in 2020. After nearly two decades in commercial architecture, she shifted her focus to ecological regeneration and design that respects local ecosystems and communities.

Her work includes consulting for architectural and engineering firms in Bristol on leadership, sustainability, and research partnerships, and co-designing a new MSc course. She also holds voluntary positions, having served as a Board Trustee for Land is Life (representing Indigenous People globally) for over five years, and currently Board Trustee for Artspace Lifespace in Bristol, and Co-CEO for The Association of Collaborative Design.

Her past experience includes being part of the TEDxBristol Core Team, an Associate and Senior Lecturer at the University of West England, and an External Examiner at the Welsh School of Architecture and Central St. Martins. She has also been a visiting lecturer at Bath Spa and Leeds Beckett University.

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The foundation of her work is in sharing a design practice that promotes positive integration with local ecosystems and community.

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Javier "Javi" Gras, a Civil Engineer with an MSc in Structures from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and a second Masters in Structure Design from the Illinois Institute of Technology of Chicago, has focused his career on international transportation infrastructure. As Structures Design Manager for multi-billion Euro projects, he introduced innovative, regenerative practices at Ferrovial Construction (FC).

This led to a collaboration with FC's Innovation Department and becoming a Bio-Leadership Fellow in April 2021. He now works part-time as Relationships and Impact Lead for The Bio-Leadership Project, fostering sustainable and regenerative organizations and curating their business impact. Javi also facilitates nature-based leadership programs and retreats, helping individuals and teams reconnect with nature to develop resilience, connection, adaptability, systemic awareness, and care.

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Javi acknowledges the complicity of the construction industry in the destruction of our plantery life systems and is determined to work on reversing the negative effects of our professions.

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Katharina is an ecologist and sustainability strategist who bridges the gap between ecological theory and practical implementation. With a PhD in Environmental Science, she brings expertise in ecosystem services, urban resilience, and nature-based solutions, helping projects integrate the needs of both people and the planet.

Her approach is grounded in ecological understanding, creative problem-solving, and systems thinking to support communities, design teams, and developers in embedding regenerative principles into the built environment.

Katharina’s experience spans quantitative ecological research, workshop facilitation, co-
creation and collaboration with diverse stakeholders, fostering dialogue between disciplines to co-create visions for healthy, thriving ecosystems. She develops project-specific strategy, co-designs sustainable pathways, and supports monitoring of generated benefits for the future we are building. Her work inspires a shift from sustainability to regeneration to restore the balance between human systems and ecosystems.

She believes in creating spaces and processes where listening, learning, and action come together, and where buildings, cities, and landscapes are designed to care for all life.

​Elias Cuello is a builder by nature, born in Argentina and raised in a family of constructors, where he learned the profession as a child, playing with nails, wood and iron. He is trained and specialised in electrical systems, mechanical processes, technical drawing, biomimetic architecture and sustainable design.​​ He began his career designing and executing works with an artisanal, technical and profoundly social approach. Over the years, that experience led him to found For Nature Construction, a company committed to integrating renewable energy, combining traditional techniques and innovation to generate energy efficiency and apply regenerative principles in every project.

Elias is dedicated to transforming conventional properties into self-sufficient spaces aligned with nature, leading residential and industrial projects in South America and Europe. Today he expands his vision from Europe, weaving strategic alliances to drive a more conscious construction industry. His work is based on technical solutions with soul, which allow better living, consume less and reconnect with the environment.

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"Change begins with the tangible: observing to learn and adapt, whether in the materials we choose, the walls we insulate, the roofs we transform, the energy we use, or the way we redesign our everyday lives."

We are always open to collaborating - we feel that this is the future of our sector. A cross-disciplinary and diverse response to what is needed.

We are always open to collaborating - we feel that this is the future of our sector. A cross-disciplinary and diverse response to what is needed.