| Ken Costigan has practiced architecture for more than 30 years. He has lived in Papua New Guinea since 1973. Ken studied for his Master of Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley, where he met and collaborated with David Week on the formulation of a Community Based Building Program for Papua New Guinea.
Ken has designed houses, schools, churches, offices, health centres, hostels and guesthouses. Three of his projects and a study of a vernacular architecture have received awards from the PNG Institute of Architects. He has also received an award from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects for his work in Papua New Guinea.
Throughout the 1990s, Ken lectured at the PNG University of Technology and, as Director of Architecture Studies, played a key role in the validation of the architecture course by the Commonwealth Association of Architects. Ken co-authored with David Week a book on grass roots guesthouses and has delivered numerous conference papers on culturally appropriate and community-based architecture. Ken has been associated with Assaí for 15 years. Paul Fritz is an engineer, and has lived in Samoa since 1980. In 1992 he founded Apia Management Services, a consulting firm providing civil engineering, construction and project management services for a variety of clients both in the public and private sectors. These include the Government of Samoa, the World Bank, AusAID, NZODA, Asian Development Bank and United Nations Agencies. Paul has worked on projects ranging from airports, road works, bridge construction, water treatment installations, resorts, a nursing school, historical renovations and a Buddhist retreat. Paul has been associated with Assai since 1995. Originally from the US, he is now a dual national.
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