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ZOKA ZOLA Born in Rijeka , Croatia , Zola moved to Chicago in 1997 to work as an adjunct professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago , where she won Architecture Magazine ’ s Home of the Year Award of North America for her Pfanner House . Zola has also been responsible for three zero-energy houses , including the Rafflesia House in Kuala Lumper , which won the Bird Island Zero Energy Homes Competition , and is meant as a study of the human habitat that is an integrated part of its tropical , urban , and site-specific ecosystem . Zola was also recipient of Young Architect of the Year Award in 1995 and has a wide portfolio of published and exhibited work . http :// www . domusweb . it / en / interviews / 2011 / 06 / 26 / zoka-zola-as-unimprisoned-as-possible . html 29