Rebuild Collective was founded in 2023 by De Peter Yi, a licensed architect and designer. He is an Assistant Professor in Architecture at the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP), where he also is a co-coordinator for the Simpson Collaborative for Urban Futures. Previously, co-founded and co-led 1+1+ Architects in Detroit, and designed housing, museum, and adaptive reuse projects as a project leader at Studio Gang Architects. He is the author of Building Subjects, a book of collectively shaped housing typologies published by Standpunkte. His work has been awarded the SOM Foundation Research Prize, the Graham Foundation Grant for Individuals, and the Rice Design Alliance Houston Design Research Grant, and has been published in Log, the Architect’s Newspaper, the LA Times, Bracket, and PLAT. He has also practiced with WW Architecture, The Open Workshop, LAMAS, and 1100 Architect, and taught at the University of Michigan, where he was the Walter Sanders Research Fellow.

Rebuild Collective works between Cincinnati, Ohio, and San Francisco, California.

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Current Team Members
Zakaria Essakalli
Andrew Ho

Former Team Members
Liv Adkins
Heather Cheng
Matthew Crilley
Wendy Hahn
Anneke Hoskins
James Hummeldorf
Leila Geary
Sammi Klassen
Zachary Lewis
Peter Loayza
Leah Roodhouse
Amanda Skyler
Owen Sims

Clients/Collaborators
555 Arts
Yi Kai, Artist
Mark DeJong, Artist
Urbanarium
Mayor’s Office of Los Angeles
Cadaster
EXTENTS
Office for Roundtable
Dreamtroit
Detroit Land Bank Authority
Cincinnati Port
Henry Ford Hospital System
Clyde Burton House
Carhartt Workshop
Engaged Michigan