Benny Shadmy graduated engineering studies at the Technion 1978, worked as a development contractor for about 10 years 1980-90, completed a master’s degree in landscape architecture at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland 1989 and a PhD at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Between 2004 and 2014, Benny Shadmy and his office, S.I.C Arch, operated in Beijing, China. Benny was a senior advisor in Tsinghua University within the University’s Planning Institute and within the framework of an independent planning office that designed various projects in China. Since 2014 Benny Shadmy is the founder and chief planner of MACOM+ Landscape Architecture & Urban planning Ltd.