About Us
Space to the people promotes interdisciplinary dialogue on the future of the built environment on Earth and in outer space.
Aurelie Barbier CO-FOUNDER
Aurelie Barbier is an Urban Planner with over 15 years of professional experience in urban planning, GIS analysis, and mapping. Aurelie led large-scale master plans for The World Bank and the French Development Agency (AFD) in European and Global South cities and local urban studies in New York City.
Patricia Semmler CO-FOUNDER
Patricia Semmler is an architect, graduate from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA and ETH Lausanne in Switzerland. She designed a deep space station for her Master thesis, to merge technology and human needs-based design in a biological closed loop system.
Her interest in outer space architecture started at a workshop w
Patricia Semmler is an architect, graduate from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA and ETH Lausanne in Switzerland. She designed a deep space station for her Master thesis, to merge technology and human needs-based design in a biological closed loop system.
Her interest in outer space architecture started at a workshop with Roscosmos in collaboration with the Bauman Moscow State Technical University.
Patricia is also the founder of PEM studio, a sustainable architecture practice based in Brooklyn.