Michele joined Eckersley O’Callaghan in January 2026 as an Associate, contributing expertise in facade and specialty structures engineering, sustainability, and digital design. He holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Building Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and is a registered member of the Order of Engineers in Italy.

Before joining EOC, Michele built a strong international academic presence through lectures, studios, and guest critic roles at institutions such as Politecnico di Milano, The Cooper Union, Columbia GSAPP, Pratt Institute, Harvard GSD, the University of Pennsylvania, and Rice University. His work has been featured in major exhibitions including Biennale Architettura, Milan Design Week, and La Triennale di Milano, with research published internationally.

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Architect; born in Warsaw in 1965. In 1992, graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at Warsaw University of Technology. Co-owner of JEMS Architekci. From 1992 to 1996 and 2009 to 2013, taught architectural design at the Faculty of Architecture at WUT. Received the SARP Honorary Award in 2002.

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Cezary Grzębski is an engineer and for 9 years he has been Sales Manager responsible for the Polish market at Elval Color. He has over 28 years of experience in the construction industry, mainly in the field of ventilated facades with particular emphasis on aluminum composite panels, both in terms of design and execution. He was associated with leading European producers ACP. His current role has enabled him to work closely with some of the Architectural Offices, General Contractors, Façade Contractors and Consultants in Poland.

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Tomasz Karwatka is a civil engineer and façade designer with over 30 years of experience in façade design and engineering. Since 2005, he has been the founder and owner of Studio Profil, a specialist façade design office based in Poland. Together with his team, he has completed more than 300 detailed façade design projects for office, residential, cultural, public and commercial buildings in Poland and abroad.

His work focuses on the technical development of architectural façade concepts, including aluminium-glass façades, ventilated cladding, skylights, bespoke façade systems, technical specifications and design coordination. Studio Profil supports architects, investors and contractors from concept design through technical and execution design to author’s supervision and verification of contractor documentation.

Tomasz strongly promotes the early involvement of façade designers in the investment process to reduce technical risk, construction cost and long-term operational problems.

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Martyna Maciejewska is a Façade Sales Manager specializing in the use of large-format mineral surfaces in architectural façades. In her daily practice, she supports architects, façade designers, and developers in material selection and the development of solutions for demanding façade projects, with a strong focus on durability, aesthetics, and performance parameters. At the same time, she acts as a link between the company’s global approach and the specific characteristics of the Polish façade market.

From the early stages of her career, she has been consistently involved in façade-related topics, combining engineering knowledge with hands-on project experience. Her background includes façade system design, collaboration with suppliers of aluminium and glass solutions, and experience with a leading manufacturer of insulation materials for ventilated façades. In these roles, she worked closely with contractors and project teams, advising on material selection, façade build-ups, and system solutions, which allowed her to gain a broad understanding of cladding systems used across the market.

As a result, she brings a comprehensive perspective on façade design, execution, and long-term performance. Her work focuses on durability, resistance to environmental factors, and lifecycle cost efficiency in contemporary façade design.

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Konrad Leski is a chartered structural engineer with 12 years of experience across complex building projects in Poland and international markets. As an Associate Structural Engineer at Buro Happold, he leads multidisciplinary structural teams and is particularly interested in project management, computational engineering and automation as tools for improving design quality and efficiency.

His project experience spans offices, cultural venues, residential, hospitality and infrastructure schemes, including Sinfonia Varsovia, the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Upper One and the Arctowski Antarctic Station. He has also worked on projects in Germany, the UK and the Arabian Peninsula.

Konrad combines technical rigour with a strong focus on collaboration, buildability and trust-based client relationships. His approach balances structural performance, aesthetics, economic viability and constructability, with the aim of delivering well-coordinated, efficient and elegant engineering solutions.

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Anna Rzeplińska is a structural engineer at Buro Happold, supporting structural design teams across a range of building projects, including high-rise buildings and industrial schemes. Her work focuses on developing and checking structural solutions, preparing and coordinating design information, and contributing to well-integrated engineering outcomes.

Her experience includes working with structural drawings, coordinating design assumptions with other disciplines, and supporting the development of façade and building elements within wider project models. With an early interest in urban planning and spatial development, Anna is drawn to the way structural engineering can contribute to the broader shaping of urban environments. She is particularly interested in 3D modelling and BIM, and is keen to continue developing her skills in digital design workflows.

Catherine Huang joined BIG in 2007 and became partner in 2017. She has worked closely with Bjarke Ingels across a wide range of projects and typologies such as the Danish Pavilion for the 2010 Shanghai Expo, an energy efficient skyscraper currently completed in Shenzhen, a low energy masterplan in Toronto, and residential projects such as Dortheavej 2 in Copenhagen and 79 & PARK in Stockholm, that enhance the urban fabric by creating shared social spaces as a byproduct of the design. She was the Design Leader for Hualien Residences, a residential masterplan in Taiwan that seeks to blur the line between natural landscape and the built environment. At the moment Cat is the Partner in Charge for the Suzhou Art Museum in Suzhou, China. Prior to joining BIG, she drew on undergraduate degree in molecular biology during her time at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design to conduct research into new models of sustainability for the urban realm.

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Juan Luis Lechón Hernández is a Senior Engineer at Onyx Solar, the Spanish manufacturer of building-integrated photovoltaic glass, where he has worked for more than fifteen years. He joined in 2010 as a project engineer and served as project manager on the photovoltaic double skylight at the Novartis Pharmaceuticals campus in New Jersey, an assembly of 820 large-format units designed to open for maintenance access.

He now works on the technical development of international façade projects from their earliest stages, alongside façade consultants, contractors and design teams, translating performance requirements into buildable envelope solutions. His work covers the architectural integration of photovoltaic technology across rear-ventilated cladding, curtain wall and skylight systems, and the coordination between the technical and commercial sides of an international façade project.

He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from TECNUN, with a year at RWTH Aachen University, and completed a master's in Technological Façades and Sustainable Envelopes at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in 2026. He works in Spanish, English and Italian.

Artur Sokołowski is the Director of MAS Design, and Facades Consultants, a consultant bureau in Warsaw, Poland. Following his graduation from Civil Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology, he worked in SCHUCO, Kingspan Environmental, and many facade companies in the UK, Ireland, Poland, and the USA. After her MAS Design, he helped the company to expand from having 25 employees in 2018 to its current 40 employees. He conducted as the team leader for numerous projects in London, Dublin, and Warsaw. Aside from facade projects, he also led consulting services for SKANSKA, CBRE, Golub GetHouse, and Minto Group. He is charted master of engineering officially registered in the Polish Chamber of Engineers. He is active in human living comfort issues that concern facades and building elevations, promoting ecological solutions and a modern way of looking at the facades.

Enrique leads projects in Spain, Eastern Europe, and increasingly Saudi Arabia. His approach priorities the cultural and environmental dimensions of architecture, seeking place-specific design over generic solutions. Enrique holds a master’s in housing and urbanism from London's Architectural Association and more than seventeen years of experience in major urban and cultural initiatives, such as national museums and city regeneration plans. His international portfolio includes work in the UAE, Nigeria, and beyond.

Luis Garcia is a Brazilian architect who graduated from SENAC University Center in 2017. He holds a master’s degree from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP), completed in 2025. Before joining OODA, he worked in São Paulo and Paris at Triptyque Architecture. He currently leads the Tirana office as Director, and his most notable projects at OODA include the Oricon 2 Tower in Tirana — developed in collaboration with Pritzker Prize–winning architect Eduardo Souto de Moura — as well as the Bond Tower, Hora Vertikale, and The Concave. He has been part of OODA since 2022.

Architect Marco Casamonti, founding partner of Archea Associati, graduated with honors in 1990 and won the competition for the PhD program at the University of Genoa, completing his doctorate in 1994 with a dissertation on history and design in post-war architectural debate. He began collaborating with leading architects, including Paolo Portoghesi, before co-founding Archea in 1988 with Laura Andreini and Giovanni Polazzi.

Alongside professional practice, he has pursued an extensive academic career. He became associate professor in 1998 and full professor in Architectural and Urban Design in 2001, teaching in Florence, Genoa, and Palermo, and serving as PhD director and board member. He has been visiting professor at several international institutions.

Under his leadership, Archea has grown into an international firm with multiple offices and 200–250 architects, winning numerous competitions worldwide. Casamonti has also directed major architecture magazines, curated exhibitions, and published widely, combining design, research, and critical reflection.

Nikelina Bineri is a façade expert at Arcora, a façade engineering firm based in Paris. She is a graduate architect from the Polytechnic University of Tirana. After eight years of professional experience in architecture, she moved to France and Germany to specialize in Cultural Heritage Renovation. She subsequently collaborated with UNESCO on cultural heritage projects in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, and Madagascar before transitioning into façade engineering.

Over the past ten years, Nikelina has worked with several façade engineering consultancies, including Bollinger + Grohmann and Builders & Partners, before joining Arcora. In her current role, she collaborates closely with environmental, energy, and structural specialists on façade design projects. She is also involved in construction management and specializes in façade diagnostics, assessing building envelope conditions for energy renovation projects and post-damage evaluations. Additionally, she provides façade expertise in cases involving deficiencies, insurance claims, and technical disputes.

Pat is an Associate working in the Façade Engineering group within Arup. Since qualifying as a Structural Engineer in 1989, Pat has worked in consulting engineering initially as a Structural Engineer and for the last 14 years as a Façade Engineer. He has a B.Sc. in Structural Engineering from College of Technology, Bolton Street, an M.Sc. in Façade Engineering from the University of Bath and is a Chartered Member of Engineers Ireland and The Institution of Structural Engineers.

Pat has worked in a wide variety of construction projects including civil engineering structures, building structures but has in recent years concentrated on Façade consultancy, Façade design and engineering, and Building diagnostics and remediation works.

His notable recent façade projects in Ireland include Dublin Landings and Bonham Quay-(Galway). He also contributed to the Accord surveys of textile factories in Bangladesh, the Point Village District Centre, UCD Sutherland School of Law and Communications Workers Union, Dublin.

Partner at FACES ENGINEERING, Pietro is a Building Engineer graduated from Politecnico di Milano, with a solid background in façade engineering consultancy for complex and large-scale projects.

He started as a Façade Designer, progressively advancing to Project Manager and currently leading Business Development activities related to Facades, supporting the company’s strategic growth and international positioning.

At FACES ENGINEERING, he is involved across all project phases, from competitions, concept design up to tender and construction support, including façade system ideation and design, 2D and 3D modelling, cost estimation and technical specifications.

His project experience includes major developments such as the “A2A Headquarters - NBT New Building Trento in Milan (IT)”, the “Olympic Village in Milan (IT)”, and he is currently active in five large-scale logistic projects across the Middle East.

Raniel Sulaj is a civil engineer and has worked at different projects in Albania since 2011.

The early projects from 2011 until 2018 have been mainly focused in Infrastructure (Water Supply, Sewage, Roads, Electrical Lines, Hydropower Plant, etc.). From 2018 he is more focused on Building Projects (Mixed Use Buildings).

Since 2020 he is the Project Manager for project “Tirana’s Rock”, a mixed-use building with 4 floors underground and 25 floors above ground at the center of Tirana. The building gives the shape and silhouette of our national hero Skanderbeg imprinting his profile forever on the horizon. The building was designed by international Architecture Studio MVDRV. The Façade and Balustrade of this building is made of Aluminium and Glass giving special effects during the day according to the reflection of the light.

I started in 1987 with DuPont have worked for more than 38 years in the industrial markets such as passive components, photopolymer for the printed circuits board market, PET for electrical insulation and packaging, automotive and architectural glass lamination. I covered many positions (sales, marketing, product development, project management). Since 2014 I have been working in Kuraray as Sales and Market Development Manager for the Architecture market. My main responsibilities besides sales is to develop relationships with customers and ADECs by helping them find solution through product awareness.

Silvia Ilardi is a Senior Architect. She joined Arup in 2008 currently being part of the Building Envelope team in Milan office, is also part of the Facade Access & Maintenance UK team and Europe Region point of contact for Facade Access & Maintenance queries and jobs. She has worked on iconic projects of Towers like CityLife, Museums, Airports like Baku, Shopping mall, Luxury shops and Stadiums like Florence and Milan Arena. Currently she is working on a range of projects in Italy, Spain and UK where she uses her experience in both Facades and Access and Maintenance. Her communication and technical skills allow her to develop compelling and accurate design solutions for complex project.

Sofia is a specialist in the design of façades and roofs as well as in the as well as in the analysis of existing façade and cladding pathologies. With eighteen years of work experience, includingsixteen years in the façade industry as a consultant and multidisciplinary project coordinator of multidisciplinary projects, she has extensive experience in both refurbishment and rehabilitation and new build projects where sustainability is at the centre. She has a solid experience in the development of projects from the concept phase, the design process, engineering, tendering, testing, and installation, testing phase, and on-site installation of various high profile envelope projects.

Stavros Gargaretas is an architect and Senior Associate at MVRDV, as well as a researcher at The Why Factory (T?F), a global think tank led by Winy Maas. Since joining MVRDV in 2015, he has been leading projects of various scales in different cultural contexts – from competitions for new philharmonics and high-density housing projects in India, to mixed-use masterplans in Thailand.

More recently his focus has shifted to Albania and the Middle East where he leads MVRDV projects in multiple phases. With the Why Factory, at TU Delft and CTU Prague, Stavros focuses on education and research, analysing and envisioning scenarios for future cities. “MVRDV is continuously researching how we can live together densely, but in a more attractive, collaborative, healthy, green, surprising way. This is what drives me.”

Ferran Figuerola serves as the General Manager of Cricursa, a renowned company specializing in innovative curved glass solutions and an integral part of the prestigious Tvitec Group. Under his leadership, Cricursa has solidified its position as a global leader in the architectural glass industry, earning accolades such as the Spanish National Prize of Design in 2011 and the European Design Management Award in 2013. These awards highlight the company’s commitment to innovation, excellence in design, and cutting-edge technology.