Daiman Otto

Director
DK Otto Limited

I have more than 20 years of experience in architecture, construction, development & innovation & founded my company in 2011. My expertise is in the practical application of design, management tools and Kit of Parts systems to Mass Timber Buildings in NZ, Australia and the US. I have been involved in governance, as Board Chair of Offsite NZ, as an advisor to the Construction Sector Accord & Te Uru Rakau – New Zealand Forestry, & as a commercial research partner for a National Science Challenge 11 project. In 2023, I organised the Practical Innovation tour with Holmes, taking 24 people from New Zealand to companies & projects across San Francisco, Silicon & Central Valleys, then on to Portland to the International Mass Timber Conference. I’m a graduate of RMIT University Melbourne with a B.Arch Hons (1st Class), a recipient of the prestigious Anne Butler Memorial Prize, a finalist in the Australian Timber Design Awards 2015 (Small Budget Category) & have a Certificate for Engineering Design for a Circular Economy from TU Delft.