Bionic’s proposal aims to compound large-scale value through early adaptation. With ties to organizations like Enterprise, Moffatt & Nichol, WRA, RMA, SF State, Baycat, Studio for Urban Projects, Ball & Winter, and KMA, the team has deep Bay-area knowledge and is ingrained in its communities.BionicTeam includes faculty members Karen M’Closkey, associate professor of landscape architecture; Keith VanDerSys, senior lecturer in the Department of Landscape Architecture; Allison Lassiter, assistant professor of city and reginoal planning; Michael Luegering, lecturer in the Department of Architecture, and Ken Steif, lecturer in the Department of City and Regional Planning and director of the Master of Urban Spatial Analysis Program; along with PennDesign Dean and Paley Professor Fritz Steiner, Ian L. McHarg Center Research Coordinator Billy Fleming, and PennPraxis Managing Director Julie Donofrio and Michael Tantala, adjunct professor in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York.