Dr. Kevin Bradley

Architect, University of Sydney, Australia

Dr Kevin Bradley is a practicing Architect and tutor in architectural design. His practice, research, and teaching centers on design enabling social change across justice and housing sectors. His practice prioritises lived-experience, place-based knowledge, and co-design methodologies to conceptualise new environments. 

Robert Boraks

Architect, Principle, Parkin Architects, Canada

Robert Boraks is a Canadian Architect, Principle of Parkin Architects Limited and a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Azrieli School of Architecture at Carleton University. Over the course of his 35 years of professional practice, he has had the opportunity of working on numerous building typologies and various forms of project delivery. All his work is associated with delivery of “social architecture – that is, institutional responses meant to improve the human condition. As part of those efforts, he has developed a keen interest in the advancement corrections design as well as working with aboriginal peoples. He has participated in the design of numerous correctional facilities in Canada, the Middle East and in the Caribbean. Robert promotes the advantages of delivering effective secured environments that promote and preserve dignity for those that are incarcerated, for the staff that provides services within facilities, and to the communities that host the buildings.  His body of work has won numerous international design awards including the Citation for Design Excellence from the American Institute of Architects/AAJ University. He is a frequent presenter at international conferences. He holds degrees in architecture and in science from the University of Toronto.