The Lo—TEK Office for Intercultural Urbanism helps cities lead the way in regenerative design—merging Indigenous science, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), and cutting-edge urban innovation. We approach urbanism with a mindset of reciprocity—centering ancestral systems to shape culturally grounded, climate-resilient futures. Smith CO-Directs the LO—TEk Office for Intercultural Urbanism. She advances green chemistry through ecological design, championing the protection of social, cultural, and environmental diversity.
Instead of controlling ecologies, we engage cities as living collaborators. In place of sustainability as usual, we offer an urbanism where form follows flux. We combine Indigenous knowledge and ecological science to redefine design for resilient and regenerative futures. Operating globally, we collaborate across urban, rural, and ecological contexts to embed ancestral wisdom into the built environment.