Our Story

We began as a single, foundational experiment known simply as AI. Its legal name was Architectural Intelligence, but its purpose was a guiding philosophy: that architecture is a technology, and logic is its driving force.

This belief was captured in our original emblem, a glyph that represented the relationship at the heart of our work: a roof (A) sheltering a person (I) grounded on the planet (.). As our experimental work grew, it naturally branched into two distinct sister companies: SpaceFactory, our technology arm, and PlanetWorks, our design arm.

Today, we carry this emblem in our logos to honor our shared origin and the founding philosophy that guides every project. We still collaborate on a shared mission: to bring architectural intelligence—the belief that buildings should be both humanistic and high-performing—to this world and beyond.

Our Team

  • David Malott AI SpaceFactory PlanetWorks Founder CEO Chief Architect

    David Malott

    Hometown: Reston, USA
    FOUNDER / CHIEF ARCHITECT

  • AI PlanetWorks Zhizhe Yu Co-founder Managing Director

    Zhizhe Yu

    Hometown: Beijing, China
    CO-FOUNDER / MANAGING DIRECTOR

  • AI PlanetWorks Lucas Licari Co-founder Design Director

    Lucas Licari

    Hometown: Córdoba, Argentina
    CO-FOUNDER / DESIGN DIRECTOR

  • AI PlanetWorks Ying Xu Associate Design Director

    Ying Xu

    Hometown: Hamden, USA
    CO-FOUNDER / ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

  • AI PlanetWorks Megan Cheung Associate Director

    Megan Cheung

    Hometown: Hong Kong, China
    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

  • AI PlanetWorks Megan Miao Associate Director

    Mengna Miao

    Hometown: Changchun, China
    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

  • Alberto Cubero

    Hometown: Sevilla, Spain
    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

  • ai planetworks jiatong hu architectural designer

    Jiatong Hu

    Hometown: Shenzhen, China
    ASSOCIATE

  • Liyang Wang

    Hometown: Granada, Spain
    ASSOCIATE

  • Shimou Chen

    Hometown: Xianning, China
    ASSOCIATE

  • AI PlanetWorks Alan D'Andrea architectural designer

    Alan D'Andrea

    Hometown: Valencia, Spain
    Architectural Designer

  • Jiajing Shi

    Hometown: Shanghai, China
    Architectural Designer

  • Jianjie Ma

    Hometown: Changzhou, China
    Financial Controller

  • AI PlanetWorks Jiao Chen

    Jiao Chen

    Hometown: Wuxi, China
    Architectural Designer

  • ai planetworks kunhee chang architectural designer

    Kunhee Chang

    Hometown: Northvale, USA
    Architectural Designer

  • AI PlanetWorks Lora Fahmy architectural designer

    Lora Fahmy

    Hometown: Milan, Italy
    Architectural Designer

  • Michael Bentley

    Hometown: London, Canada
    CO-FOUNDER

  • Nico Mattarollo

    Hometown: La Plata, Argentina
    Architectural Designer

  • Qiao Zhang

    Hometown: Wenzhou, China
    Administrative Assistant

  • Siyang Zhang

    Hometown: Changsha, China
    Architectural Designer

  • AI PlanetWorks Skyler Solomon human resources manager

    Skyler Solomon

    Hometown: Elmont, USA
    Human Resource Manager

  • Soledad Margherit

    Hometown: Marcos Juárez, Argentina
    Architectural Designer

  • AI PlanetWorks Stella Xu architectural designer

    Stella Xu

    Hometown: Beijing, China
    Architectural Designer

  • Suyao Dong

    Hometown: Shenyang, China
    Architectural Designer

  • AI PlanetWorks Yu Liu

    Yu Liu

    Hometown: Jining, China
    Architectural Designer

  • AI Planetworks Yuelin Yu

    Yuelin Yu

    Hometown: Chengdu, China
    Architectural Designer

  • AI PlanetWorks Zhuochun Jiang architectural designer

    Zhuochun Jiang

    Hometown: Zibo, China
    Architectural Designer