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Aanchal Ashok Tejwani

Design Assistant

Aaron Meressie

IT Coordinator

Aaron Yeung

Design Assistant

Abbas Daher

Design Assistant

Abdur-Rahman Harunah

Design Assistant

Abigail Meyer

Junior Designer

Adelina Popescu

Senior Architect

Adrianna Karnaszewska

Junior Architect

Agata Morawczynska

Architect

Agla Egilsdottir

Associate & Director of Interiors, CPH

Agnes Anggraini Anggada

Design Assistant

Agustin Perez-Torres

Partner, BCN

Agustin Perez-Torres is a Partner at BIG, leading work throughout North America and South America. His range of design interests and expertise varies from architecture and interiors to urban master planning, which are all rooted in his design approach of placemaking, elevating community, celebrating culture and innovation. Agustin has led the development of the Cultural District of Miraya in Saudi Arabia, a future forward place that will redefine the possibilities for art and culture for international artisans and travelers; Vancouver House in Canada, a residential project that has attracted international attention for its environmentally conscious design, innovation and beauty; and other experiences in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Previously, Agustin worked for OMA, where he designed the Taipei Performing Arts Center in Taiwan and the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice. In addition to his design work, he also has experience as an architectural journalist and has assisted with the organization of architectural exhibitions.
Ahmad Tahhan

Architect & Urbanist

Aileen Koh

Associate, CPH

Aimee Louise Desert

Architect

Aina Medina Gironés

Managing Director, BCN

Aishe Kokoshi

Computational Design Specialist

Aishwarya Dharamajan

Junior Landscape Designer

Akshaya Gopalakrishnan

Landscape Designer

Alan Maedo

Architect

Alana Goldweit

Associate, NYC

Alberte Balk Møller Diemar

Junior Accountant

Alberto Menegazzo

Senior Architect

Alejandra Cortes

Designer

Alessandra Baroni

Design Assistant

Alessandra Cunha

Executive Assistant

Alessandra Zamboni Rodrigues Da Cunha

Architect

Alessandro Sciolari

Landscape Architect & Urbanist

Alessio Palmieri

Architect

Alexander Toft Andersen

Constructing Architect Intern

Alexandra Gezelle

Head of Global Legal Projects & Legal Advisor

Alexandru Malaescu

Partner, LON

Alexandru Malaescu joined BIG in 2018 as a Senior Urban Designer. Alexandru has extensive experience with Urban Design and Masterplanning projects in the UK. Prior to joining BIG, Alexandru was an Urban Designer and Architect at Gensler, London, where he played a key role in coordination, design process and reviews of a wide range of masterplan projects. While at Fletcher Priest Architects Alexandru led the design and coordination of Oxford North, a masterplan for 27 hectares north of Oxford, creating a mixed use innovation district and 500 homes. Alexandru Malaescu received his MA in Landscape Urbanism (Distinction) from Kingston University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, London and his MSc in Urban Design (Honors) and March and BA in Architecture (Honors) from the Polytechnic University, Faculty of Architecture, Timisoara, Romania. He is currently a Teaching Fellow at The Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London.
Alfred Rajnic

Junior Designer

Alia Tolba

Business Development Coordinator

Alice Huang

Business Project Manager

Alicia De Nobrega

Landscape Architect

Alicja Karolina Fijał

Design Assistant, Model Maker

Allison Wicks

Business Development Director, NYC

Alvaro Novás Filgueira

Senior Architect

Alvaro Velosa

Senior Designer

Álvaro Villanueva

Architect

Alyssa Snyder

Communications / PR Manager

Amalia Vranaki

Associate, LON

Amalie Fruergaard Lund

Communications Coordinator

Amanda Lima Soares Da Cunha

Architect

Amanda Michelle Bartlett

Host

Amir Mikhaeil

Associate, LAX

Amiti Singh

Designer

Amy Morrill

Junior Designer

Ana Gabriela Loayza

Designer

Anastasiia Golub

Architect

Anastasiia Nakonechnaia

Design Assistant

Anders Fønss

Landscape Architect

Anders Holden Deleuran

Senior Computational Design Specialist

Andrea Hektor

Director, BIG Engineering

Andrea Vukojevic

Constructing Architect Intern

Andrea Zalewski

Senior Architect

Andreas Bak

Computational Design Specialist

Andreas Buettner

Associate, NYC

Andreas Klok Pedersen

Partner, LON

Andreas is a Senior Partner and the Design Director of BIG London and is a member of BIG’s global board of directors. He is partner-in-charge of competitions, masterplans and large-scale projects in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and brings extensive experience working in the Middle East. Key recent work includes the Qiddiya Masterplan, a 4,200 ha entertainment city in the Saudi Arabian desert; MÉCA culture house in Bordeaux, France; the 220m tall Shenzhen Energy Headquarters in China; and Germany’s first mixed-use high rise, Omniturm. His leadership has also seen a number of successful competitions carry on to project completion including Sluishuis in Amsterdam, Transitlager in Basel, Switzerland and the masterplan for Ø4 pier in Aarhus, Denmark, a new mixed-use development of housing, hotel, theatre, public realm and harbour bath. Andreas has led a series of BIG’s strategic planning projects with a focus on sustainability such as Masterplanet, BIG’s ongoing research program to create a blueprint for a carbon neutral planet, the Loop City and Audi Urban Future, Capital of Children, and Mars Science City. Alongside his architectural and master planning work, Andreas lectures internationally on BIG’s current research and projects. He has taught at the Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and AHO School of Architecture in Oslo, Norway, and was Studio Director at the Strelka Institute for Architecture and Urbanism in Moscow.
Andreas Konnerup Spandet

Interim IT Manager

Andreas Thomsen

IT Manager

Andy Young

Partner, LON

Andy Young joined BIG in 2016 as Technical Director of the London office, in 2021 he became Partner. He has over 25 years experience in the design and construction of large-scale projects in the UK and the Middle East. In addition to the UK role, he provides technical assistance to the Copenhagen and New York offices. Since 2016 Andy has led some of BIG’s most prominent projects including East Side Tower, an 80,000 M2 mixed-use tower in Berlin, and the Daily Express building on Fleet Street, London, which recently received planning permission. Andy has also led the technical design of Google’s new King’s Cross headquarters and Citylife Milan plus worked on several large scale projects in the Middle East.

Prior to joining BIG, Andy was an Associate Partner at Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners. He was the Architect-in-charge of The Leadenhall Building, a landmark commercial tower in the City of London financial district, seeing the project from planning to completion in 2014. Andy is a UK Registered Architect and a Member of the RIBA. He received his Diploma in Architecture from The University of Westminster in 1993 whilst working at Michael Hopkins & Partners.
Anette Nørkjær

Student Assistant

Angel Barreno Gutiérrez

Associate, BCN

Angeliki Tzifa

Designer

Ania Agnieszka Podlaszewska

Architect

Anisoara Crilic

Constructing Architect Intern

Anna Beatrice Maria Ambrosi

Landscape Architect

Anna Natalia Krzyzanowska

Architect

Anna Pavlou

Junior Designer

Annabelle Moine

Project Operations Coordinator

Anne Ryan

Recruitment / People Manager

Anne-Sophie Kernwein

Office Community Coordinator

Annette Jensen

Senior Architect

Annette Wong

Landscape Designer

Anson Hau

Junior Designer

April Chen

Design Assistant

Aran Coakley

Associate, NYC

Artem Chouliak

Junior Designer

Aya Mohamed Elhassan

Junior Designer

Ayoub Chkairi

Urban Designer

Bartlomiej Dranikowski

Constructing Architect

Bartłomiej Lew

Landscape Architect

Beat Schenk

Partner, NYC

Beat Schenk is a Partner bringing 35+ years of professional expertise of architectural detailing, conceptual technical analysis, code, zoning, work plans, project scheduling, building systems research, construction administration, and life safety and accessibility compliance reviews to all phases of a project. Beat’s experience in North America, Europe and the Middle East includes an array of typologies, such as healthcare, educational, commercial, residential, cultural and science projects. Beat has led numerous high-profile projects, including the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project (BIG U) and VIA 57 West residential tower in New York; Telus Sky residential tower in Calgary; and Vancouver House. Prior to his current role at BIG, he worked for various architecture firms on healthcare, educational and cultural projects around the globe.
Beatrice Melli

Associate, LON

Beatrice Ryan

Junior Designer

Beatriz Diaz-Guerra Estrader

Business Developer

Beka Weaver

Junior Legal Counsel

Bella Yanan Ding

Junior Designer

Bernardo Schuhmacher

Director, Model Shop NYC

Bethany Hird

Architect

Bita Hansen

Business Developer

Bjarke Ingels

Founding Partner

Bjarke Ingels founded BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group in 2005 after co-founding PLOT Architects in 2001 and working at OMA in Rotterdam. Bjarke defines architecture as the art and science of making sure our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives. Through careful analysis of local culture and climate, the ever-changing patterns of contemporary life, and the ebbs and flows of the global economy, Bjarke believes in the idea of information-driven design as the driving force for his creative process. Named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time Magazine in 2016, Bjarke has designed and completed award-winning buildings globally.

Bjarke was appointed Knight of the French Order des Arts et des Lettres and the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Dannebrog in 2019 and 2018, respectively. In 2021, he was selected as an ambassador of the EU’s New European Bauhaus. He was named an Honorary Fellow by the AIA in 2020, the RIBA in 2015 and the RAIC in 2014. The Wall Street Journal recognized Bjarke as Innovator of the Year in 2011, the same year he received the Danish Crown Prince’s Culture Prize. Bjarke was also awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2004 and the ULI Award for Excellence in 2009. Alongside his architectural practice, Bjarke has taught at Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University and Rice University and is an honorary professor at the Royal Academy of Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen. He is a frequent public speaker and continues to hold lectures in venues such as TED, WIRED, AMCHAM, 10 Downing Street, the World Economic Forum and many more.
Blake Smith

Associate, NYC

Boni Yuen

Associate, LON

Bonny Yau

Business Development Manager

Brendan Murphy

Junior Designer

Brian Malig Collado

Brian Yang

Partner, CPH

Brian Yang joined BIG in 2007 and was named Partner in 2015. He has worked closely with Bjarke Ingels on a wide range of projects such as an energy efficient skyscraper completed in 2017 in Shenzhen, the 8 House - a new typology of residential building completed in 2010 in Copenhagen. He has been the Project Leader on a number of competition winning proposals, including the Amager Bakke / Copenhill waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen that doubles as a ski slope, Kistefos Art Museum completed in 2019 in Oslo that bridges cross a river, and the LEGO House, which opened its doors to critical acclaim in 2017. Most recently, he has been the partner-in-charge for a 280m tall mixed-use tower in the heart of Singapore that completed in 2022, and a winning scheme of Vltava Philharmonic Prague. With a background in energy efficiency research as well as undergraduate studies in economics, Brian brings additional focus on environmental and economic sustainability into all of his projects. Prior to joining BIG, Brian worked at a number of practices internationally, and while at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, led a project team for a pavilion exhibited at the 2009 Gwangju Design Biennale in South Korea.
Bryan Hardin

Architect

Buster Christensen

Associate, CPH

Caleb Dicke

Materials Library Assistant

Caleb Schaaf

OCM Coordinator

Calina Bogasiu

Designer

Camila Alzate Riano

BIM Project Lead

Camila Antonella Mina

Junior Architect

Camilla Trolle Lind

People Coordinator

Carline Helm

People Coordinator

Carlo Basile

Architect

Carlos González

Senior Architect

Carlos Ramos Tenorio

Architect

Carmen Ortega Hernaez

Architect

Carmen Simone

Associate, LON

Carolina Cebrero Acuna

People & Office Coordinator

Caroline Schlüter

Picco(line)

Carrie Lyu

Business Development Manager

Casey Tucker

Associate, NYC

Catherine Huang

Partner, CPH

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.
Cecilia Lo

Junior Landscape Designer

Celia de la Osa Muñoz

Architect

Chahn Sung

Interior Designer

Changbin Kim

Junior Designer

Chantal Maria Sahler

Design Assistant

Charles Vidal

Senior Architect

Charlotte Johnston

Head of People

Charlotte Schøler Jacobsen

Executive Assistant

Chayatat Inma

Architect (BIM Lead)

Cheng Zhong

Junior Designer

Chengjie Jacob Li

Designer

Chia-Yu Liu

Designer

Chiara Gargiulo

Sustainability Specialist

Chris Falla

Associate, LON

Chris Tron

Associate, NYC

Christian Birk Larsen

IT Supporter

Christian Vang Madsen

Architect

Christina Bliss

Junior Designer

Christina Boysen

Business Development Manager

Christina Dahdaleh

Head of Business Development - Middle East

Christine Olesen

Junior Controller

Christopher Ball

Urban Designer

Claire Thomas Spiller

Associate, LON

Clara Sanfeliu

Architect

Clara Veci

Senior Architect

Claudia Bertolotti

Senior Architect

Claudia Jaegerman

Landscape Architect

Cristiane Madsen

Office & Community Coordinator

Cristina Rodríguez Elias

Head of Labour Relations & People

Crystal Wenjie Wang

Junior Designer

Cullen Fu

Designer

Cynthia Wang

Junior Designer

Dace Gurecka

Associate

Daeun Min

Design Assistant

Dalma Ujvari

Senior Architect

Dana Ayad

Design Assistant

Dana Furmaneková

Project Coordinator

Daniel Accordino

Junior Designer

Daniel Bazo Hernandez

Senior Architect

Daniel Flores Corona

Designer

Daniel Joshua Vanderhorst

Designer

Daniel Lutze

Junior Designer

Daniel Sundlin

Partner, NYC

Daniel Sundlin’s approach to design is anchored in holistic thinking around the synergies of community, economy, ecology and sustainability. His array of design interests and expertise varies in scale from product design, interiors and architecture to master planning. Daniel began working at BIG Copenhagen in 2008, and in 2010 he opened BIG’s first office outside of Denmark with the establishment of BIG New York. Daniel is a Partner at BIG and has worked on The Heights Public School in Arlington, Virginia; VIA 57 West residential building in Manhattan; Wildflower Film Studios in New York City; and the sustainable Google Bay View campus in California. Daniel’s work expands to the urban scale with the East Side Coastal Resiliency project (the BIG U), a master plan to protect 10 miles of Manhattan’s coastline. His urban design projects span the globe, including Penang South Islands in Malaysia and OCEANIX Busan, a sustainable floating city prototype in collaboration with the United Nations. Daniel complements his professional work with involvement in academia as a guest critic with various universities and an instructor at New York Institute of Technology.
Daniela Morin

Design Assistant

Danna Lei

Designer

Danyu Zeng

Architect

Daria Pahhota

Partner, NYC

Daria Pahhota is the Managing Director of the BIG New York City office and became a Partner at BIG in 2021. In her role, Daria leads the office’s general management and operations, as well as studio vision and alignment for all business operations, including business development, human resources, staffing, community and legal coordination. She supports the development and promotion of the firm’s values and long-term goals alongside BIG’s international community, strengthening global coherence and working closely with project managers, managing directors and BIG Partners. Daria first joined BIG in 2008 and previously led all of the firm’s internal and external communication efforts at the strategic, tactical and operational levels. She brings over 15 years of experience in corporate communications, project management, media relations, branding and events to BIG. Through her work supporting BIG and our clients, the firm has seen tremendous growth in press and media coverage as well as a broader recognition and awareness of the company and brand, product and people. During Daria’s two years as the Global Communications Leader at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, she oversaw a 20+ person PR team and worked on the roll-out for the National Museum of the U.S. Army and launch of the Moynihan Train Hall - one of the most monumental civic projects undertaken in New York City in a generation. Daria is also a board member at Madame Architect, a digital magazine and media start-up celebrating women in the AEC industry.
Darragh Casey

Model Shop Manager

Davi Weber

Senior Architect

David Beatty

Senior Legal Counsel

David Holbrook

Associate, ZRH

David Iseri

Senior Architect

David Vieira Agostinho

Senior Architect

David Zahle

Partner, CPH

David Zahle is a Partner at BIG and has been Project and Design Architect for many of BIG’s award-winning and built projects. Since BIG inception in 2006, David Zahle has been responsible for delivering imaginative and pioneering designs for buildings such as Copenhill, a waste-to energy plant with a ski slope on the roof, The Maritime Museum, The Twist Museum and the sustainable Vestre factory. His focus is predominately on culture projects and sustainability, but he has also been responsible for a wide range of residential and commercial buildings. His award-winning projects range from concert houses, museums, housing, hotels, offices, factories, to landscape. He has been responsible for projects in all scales from private houses, to public squares, over large scale projects of more than 100.000m2 to masterplans for millions of m2. Through thorough analysis David challenges conventional perspectives of what a building can be in itself and for the city around it. He is dedicated to creating a more equitable future through good design. David is an experienced speaker and is invited to give lectures all over the world. He is also host of the tv-series ‘Masterful conversions’ on Denmark’s channel TV2.
Davide F. Avesani

Design Assistant

Denisse Chacon

Office & Community Coordinator

Denzil Ricci

Constructing Architect Assistant

Derek John Lange

Architect

Derya Dogan

Project Director

Desislava Georgieva

Design Assistant

Diana Álvarez Tortosa

Design Assistant

Diego de la Maza

Design Assistant

Dina Riegels

Group Financial Controller

Dino Vaindirlis

Architect

Dominik Mateusz Wawrzyniak

Constructing Architect Intern

Dominika Kłopotek

Junior Architect

Dominika Weronika Bugajska

Architect

Dominique Lim

Senior Architect

Dominyka Voelkle

Associate, NYC

Don Chen

Junior Designer

Don Toromanoff

Designer

Dorian Prattes

Design Assistant

Douglas Brooks

Senior Landscape Architect / Designer

Douglass Alligood

Partner, NYC

Douglass Alligood is a Partner at BIG with more than 40 years of experience working across a wide variety of projects and typologies - from single-family homes, commercial and residential towers, hospitals, education facilities, science research labs, and cultural institutions to large-scale master planning and urban design. Since becoming a Partner at BIG in 2021, he has focused on increasing the firm's technical expertise in the functional aspects of design and building performance. A licensed architect in New York State, Texas, Florida, Kansas and Kentucky, and a LEED-accredited professional, Douglass has been a volunteer and appointed member of several community planning groups, including the non-profit Urban Design Forum and The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA). He is also committed to mentoring young professionals and architecture students.
Drew Coumswang

Senior Project Controller

Dylan Hames

Senior Architect

Eason Ma

Junior Designer

Eddie Can

Associate, CPH

Eden Zhang

Junior Designer

Eeda Lee

Junior Designer

Einat Lubliner

Urban Designer

Elena Navarro

Lead Urban Designer

Eleni Kanellopoulou

Design Assistant

Eleonora Niccoli

Architect

Elia Tonutti

Designer

Elif Merve Türköz

Design Assistant, Landscape

Elisabeth von Korff

Design Assistant

Elisabetta Costa

Designer

Elise Wehowski

Design Assistant

Eliza Austin

Design Assistant

Elizabeth Mcdonald

Associate, ZRH

Elspeth Holland

Business Development Coordinator

Emil Palsteen Dong

IT Trainee

Emilie Nepper-Christensen

Project Controlling Student Assistant

Emily Chen

Senior Architect

Emily Ruizhe Yuan

Design Assistant

Enija Skeltona

Design Assistant

Eric Li

Project Director

Esperanza Nelson

Design Assistant

Ethan Kwok

IT Assistant

Eva Seo-Andersen

Associate, CPH

Eva Yuehua Wang

Designer

Evan Cheng

Design Assistant

Evan Hotary

Junior Sustainability Specialist

Evelyn Thorpe

Workshop Assistant

Fani Christina Papadopoulou

Senior Architect

Fanid Sepehri

Office & Community Manager

Federica Fogazzi

Senior Architect

Felipe Chacón

Model Shop Intern

Fernanda Furuya

Landscape Design Assistant

Fernando Villalobos Lopez

Structural Engineer

Filip Radu

Senior Designer

Filip Rozkowski

Constructing Architect

Filippo Cartapani

Design Assistant

Filippo Dozzi

Senior Architect

Finn Nørkjær

Partner, CPH

Finn Nørkjær is a Partner at BIG and has collaborated with Bjarke Ingels since he won the competition on his very first project for the Copenhagen Harbour Bath in 2001. Finn has been instrumental in translating Bjarke’s visionary architecture into buildable projects; his thorough attention to detail and ability to work within a given budget has ensured the success of BIG’s built work: the award-winning LEGO House, Tirpitz Museum, and Gammel Hellerup School multi-purpose hall. Some of his latest completed projects include the 4-times named best restaurant of the world noma 2.0 in Copenhagen, Glasir - Torshavns new College, and two residential developments: 79&Park in Stockholm and Dortheavej 2 in Copenhagen. Finn was also Partner-in-Charge of Bassin 7, a masterplan at the Aarhus harbor, where two developments have already been completed.He is currently overseeing the additional development, where a residential building and a hotel is in design. Finn is also the Parnter-in-Charge of BIG’s new Headquarter in Copenhagen.
Finn Quang Lôc Nguyen

Constructing Architect

Flor Soto Valverde

Senior Designer

Flora Bao

Associate, NYC

Floris Dreesmann

Architect

Foad Sarsangi

Designer

Francisco Abajo Duran

Architect

Francisco Castellanos

Associate, CPH

Franco Cardone Vargas

Design Assistant

Francois Ducatez

Associate, CPH

Frankie Sharpe

Director of Sports

Frederik Lyng

Partner, CPH

Frederik Lyng joined BIG in 2008 and was named Associate in 2015. He has worked closely with the Partners of BIG as a project leader on numerous competitions, sketch proposals and built works from small scale design to large scale concept development, with a particular focus on projects in Denmark and Scandinavia. Frederik has worked as the design lead for the award-winning Gammel Hellerup School, completed 2013, the design of the new home of Noma, one of the top restaurants in the world, completed 2018, and more recently the design of the Kistefos Museum in Stavanger, Norway, completed 2019. At the moment Frederik is working as the Design Lead at BiGs new Headquater.
Between 2013 and 2017, Frederik was the Lead Design Architect of Tirpitz Museum, a 2.500 M2 museum by a bunker from WWII in Western Denmark. He oversaw all aspects of the building’s design from design documentation through construction and completion. With experience in both small scale design and large scale concept development, Frederik brings great versatility and proficient problem solving skills to any project team. Frederik was also a contributor on BIG’s best-selling monograph, “Yes Is More” and the design of the exhibition, which was exhibited globally. During his studies at the Aarhus School of Architecture, Frederik received the KAB grant for Outstanding and Selfless Commitment and instructed several Rhino, VRay and Grasshopper courses as a Teaching Assistant.
Frederik Skou Jensen

Associate, CPH

Frida-Tim Otterbeck

Design Assistant, Model Maker

Gabriel Jewell-Vitale

Senior Designer

Gabrielle Aquadro

Senior BIM Specialist

Gary Polk

Designer

Gaurav Janey

Senior Designer

Gerhard Pfeiler

Associate, CPH

German Otto Bodenbender

BIM Manager

Gian Marco Prisco

Architect

Gianluigi D'Aloisio

Associate, LON

Gil Kilmo Kang

Architect

Gilana Antonova

Architect

Giovanni Salvatore Bitonti

Constructing Architect

Giulia Frittoli

Partner, CPH

Named BIG Landscape Partner in 2021, Giulia is an instrumental leader within BIG Landscape. Giulia moved to BIG Copenhagen in 2020 after three years at BIG NYC. She is a Senior Landscape Architect with a multi-disciplinary background in urban design, architecture and landscape architecture. Giulia led the proposal for Toyota Woven City, investigating how recent technologies will shape the future of cities in regard to new forms of mobility, sustainability, ecology and human connectivity. Since joined BIG in 2017, Giulia has been leading the BIG landscape team working on various projects that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries by weaving together building and landscape, planning and programming, indoor and outdoor, public and private, to generate unforeseen typologies and synergies between the built and the grown. Prior to BIG, she worked for four years as a Landscape Designer and Urban Planner for the Dutch firm West 8. She has extensive experience in resilient master-planning and public space design at various scales. Giulia has led the design of the Duke University Sculpture Park, as well as the Concept Masterplan for Gulangyu Island in China, which contributed to the site being named a World UNESCO Heritage site. Giulia received her Masters Degree with honors from the Polytechnic University of Milan.
Giulia Orlando

Architect

Giulia Pierotti

Interior Designer

Giulia Vanni

Junior Architect

Giulio Rigoni

Associate, ZRH

Giuseppe Marrone

Design Assistant

Gonzalo Ivan Castro Vecchiola

Associate

Grace Santulli

Executive Assistant

Gualtiero Rulli

Architect

Guillermo Romani

Junior Technical Designer

Gulru Arvas

Senior Architect

Gustav Ingels Mollerup

Picco

Gustavo Alejandro Lopez Rodriguez

Bid Coordinator

Han Kong

Junior Designer

Hanaa Boumenar

Contracts Manager & Legal Counsel

Hanna Ida Johansson

Partner, BCN

Hanna Johansson joined BIG in 2008 and was named Associate in 2015. She has contributed as an Architect and Project Leader for some of BIG’s most prominent projects in both the CPH and BCN offices including the award-winning Tallinn Town Hall, Taipei City Gate, and the Battery, Denmark’s first mosque. She balances her expertise in planning and concept development with construction documentation. Hanna has also led numerous competition teams, most recently for the extension of the Bilbao Museum of Art, a ski resort in northern Finland, and the Stockholm City Gate, a 58-hectare ‘Energy Valley’ in the outskirts of Stockholm which aims to re-connect the surrounding neighbourhoods currently separated by converging highways. Hanna confidently balances her expertise in planning, concept development, and construction documentation at BIG.
Hannah Kopeliovitch Simons

Senior Design Technology Specialist

Hans Gervang Heimburger

Picco

Hansen Zhu

Landscape Architect

Haochen Yu

Senior Architect

Haoran Yuan

Junior Designer

Harry George Andrews

Designer

Hector Romero

Senior Designer

Heidi Lykke Sørensen

CFO

Heidi Pedersen

Head of Business Development, Nordics & DACH

Helena Homsi

Model Shop Coordinator

Henriette Helstrup

Partner, LON

Henriette Helstrup first joined BIG in 2018 as Operations Director and is now the Managing Director of BIG’s London office. Henriette has over 20 years’ experience within architectural practice from both a design and a management perspective. With a more recent focus on finance and profitability, including fee bidding, contract negotiation and resource management from one-off residential commissions to major cultural, leisure and commercial contracts. Prior to joining BIG, Henriette was the Managing Director at Studio Seilern Architects where she turned a loss-making practice into a profitable one by careful review of fee levels, contract terms and conditions and resource allocations. Prior to joining Studio Seilern, Henriette was Commercial Manager of David Chipperfield Architects where she was in charge of all aspects of commercial viability and internal management of many prestigious projects.
Herbert Montevirgen

Director of Hospitality Landscape

Hongye Wu

Junior Designer

Hung-Kai Liao

Associate, CPH

Hyojin Lee

Architect

Hyun Woo Cho

Design Assistant

Iain Roy Thom

Legal Director, LON

Ioannis Gio

Associate, Lon

Ioannis Mathioudakis

Design Assistant

Isabel da Silva

Associate, LON

Isabel Sánchez del Campo

Architect

Isabella Marcotulli

Urban Designer

Isela Liu

Designer

Iulia Ilie

Associate, Lon

Iván Ares Igrexas

Sustainability Specialist

Jacqueline JingYu Liu

Junior Designer

Jae Yoon Lee

Associate, BIG Landscape

Jaeho Park

Designer

Jaehong Chung

Landscape Designer

Jakob Freek Engstrom

BIM Manager

Jakob Henke

Associate, CPH

Jakob Lange

Partner, CPH

Jakob Lange joined BIG in 2003 and was named Partner in 2009. Jakob has been instrumental in many of BIG’s most high-profile buildings and technology projects. He successfully led the design and development of Copenhill, an innovative waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen that doubles as a ski slope; The Mountain, an architectural alchemy of residential and parking in Copenhagen; and Urban Rigger, a floating student housing building at the Copenhagen Harbor. Jakob also heads BIG Products, BIG’s product design division, and collaborates with industry-leading companies to create product designs that utilize sustainable materials and advanced production methods, including customized furniture, lighting and innovative building systems to support the studio’s work from the small details to the BIG picture. Working on various project scales, Jakob jointly created the Alphabet of Light, the Vine light, and the Stellar Nebula lamp with long-time collaborator Artemide as well as led the design of Hyperloop’s Pegasus pods with Virgin Hyperloop and its transportation hub in Dubai, defining an entirely new sustainable transportation typology. In 2018, he further completed a 25-meter-diameter inflatable mirrored sphere installation, The Orb, for the annual Burning Man temporary city in the US. and is currently in charge of creating a 3D-printed infrastructure for living on the Moon with NASA.
Jakob Sand

Partner, CPH

Jakob Sand joined BIG in 2011. During his career, Jakob has worked in the field between conception and realization; as Partner-in-Charge at BIG he has won many competitions primarily in France, as well as Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Working in both Paris and Copenhagen for many years has given him an excellent knowledge of European culture and building practice. As Partner-in-Charge, Jakob has led cultural projects such as MÉCA Cultural Center, a cultural and arts education center in Bordeaux, and Galeries Lafayette, a transformation of a historic building to a new retail flagship store in Paris that recently opened to the public. Jakob has also developed large-scale competitions, including the Europa City Masterplan and Pont de Bondy, an iconic metro station, both in Paris, France. Prior to BIG, over the course of five years, he worked closely with Dominique Perrault on several prize-winning projects.
Jakub Fratczak

Architect

Jakub Kulisa

Designer

James Noble

People Manager

James Pratt

Designer

Jan Casimir

Senior Designer

Jan Goebel

Senior Architect

Jan Klaska

Senior Designer

Jan Kyselý

Architect

Jan Leenknegt

Director, BIM

Jan Magasanik

Senior Architect

Jan-Hendrik Schrader

Industrial Designer

Jana Semaan

Designer

Janie Green

Senior Designer

Jasmeet Kaur Brar

Front Office Coordinator

Jasmine Idiakhoa

Design Assistant

Jason Michael Cox

IT Manager

Jason Wu

Associate, NYC

Jaycob Griffin

IT Coordinator

Jean Paysant

Senior Architect

Jeannely Lopez

Office & Community Coordinator

Jeff Yinong Tao

Model Shop Assistant

Jelena Vucic

Associate, CPH

Jenna Dezinski

Associate, NYC

Jens Majdal Kaarsholm

Director of Design Technology

Jeppe Langer

Associate, CPH

Jeppe Stig-Nielsen

Head of Project Controlling

Jeremy Alain Siegel

Associate, NYC

Jeremy Jackson

Architect

Jeremy Zitner

Global IT Director

Jesper Boye Andersen

Associate, CPH

Jesper Stilling

In-house Legal Advisor

Jesper Ullbing

Architect & Urbanist

Jessica Guinto

Landscape Designer

Jesús Fernández Fraile

Structure BIM Lead

Jialin Yuan

Designer

Jiaqi Yang

Design Assistant

Jiawen Huang

Senior Architect

Jiaxin Lana Yuan

Design Assistant

Jie Zhao

Urban Designer

Jim Test

People Coordinator

Jinho Lee

Associate, CPH

Jisoo Kim

Junior Designer

Jiyoung Choi

Industrial Design Assistant

Jo Wang

Junior Landscape Designer

Joanna M. Lesna

Architect

Joanne Zheng

Designer

João Albuquerque

Partner, BCN

João Albuquerque began his BIGster journey at BIG Copenhagen in 2008, eventually moving to Barcelona in 2019 to support the establishment of a strong foundation for BIG Barcelona. In 2019 became the Design Director of the Barcelona office and in 2021 was named Partner. Recently, Joao has been leading projects throughout Spain, Portugal, the Mediterranean, and South America – among others, the new office campus for Farfetch in Porto and a new highly sustainable office building in Barcelona. João works effectively in BIG’s creative environment, regularly leading design teams on projects from competitions through Schematic Design and Design Development phases. João brings an incisive approach to exploring the intersection between computational technologies and architecture — programming and parametrics — and applies this research on many scales, from design conceptualization to fabrication and construction. He also has experience working in various typologies such as masterplans, including Europa City in Paris and the winning proposals for cultural neighborhoods in both Qiddya and South Korea; high-rise tower designs, including the completed Shenzhen Energy Mansion in China; cultural designs, including the Adelaide Contemporary Gallery and the Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao; and research-based projects, such as the new building vernacular for future life on Mars. João completed his Master of Architecture at the University of Sciences and Technology of Coimbra, in Portugal and achieved a post-graduate MAA degree from IAAC in Barcelona, having his thesis project being exhibited at the 2011 Beijing Biennale and the Museu del Disseny of Barcelona.
Johannes Alexander Hackl

Design Assistant

Johannes Becker

Senior Industrial Designer

Jonathan Udemezue

Landscape Architect

Jooyoung Lim

Junior Landscape Designer

Jose Antonio Espinosa

Senior Architect

Jose Antonio Serrao Mestre

Associate, LON

Jose Ignacio Balaguer Palacios

Architect

Joseph Veliz

Designer

Juan Carpio

Senior Architect

Juan David Tovar

Urban Designer

Juan Diego Perez Diez

Junior Designer

Juhye Kim

Architect

Julia Aleksandra Pawlowska

Junior Designer

Julia de Courcy

Senior Office Coordinator & Executive Assistant to the Partners

Julia Szalkiewicz

Constructing Architect

Julian Frederik Birch

Picco

Juliana Ortiz Morales

Designer

Julie I. May

Global Manager of Archives

Julie Kaufman

Associate, NYC

Justas Zabulionis

Constructing Architect

Kai Siyu Tian

Senior Architect

Kai-Brith Kalda

Structural Engineer

Kai-Uwe Bergmann

Partner, NYC

Kai-Uwe Bergmann is a Partner globally at BIG, bringing his expertise to proposals around the world, including work in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Working out of the New York office, Kai-Uwe coordinates with BIG’s five international offices, helping lead work in over 40 different countries. Licensed as an architect in the U.S. (sixteen states) and Canada (one province), Kai-Uwe most recently contributed to the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project (the BIG U), a resiliency plan that will protect 10 miles of Manhattan’s coastline. Additionally, his work expands to the exhibition and publication of BIG’s literary portfolio by way of Hot to Cold, Yes Is More, Formgiving, and the newest Culture book. He complements his professional work through teaching assignments at Pratt Institute and Georgia Tech. Kai-Uwe is also an AIA Fellow and past board member of the Van Alen Institute, and participates on numerous international juries and in lectures globally on the works of BIG.
Kamil Murgrabia

Design Assistant

Kamilla Heskje

Associate, CPH

Kamilya Kelbuganova

Design Assistant

Karen Chuen

Project Controlling Coordinator

Karim Muallem

Associate, CPH

Kasia Wieprow

Constructing Architect

Katarzyna Kretek

Architect

Katherine Brito

Executive Assistant

Kathinka Buchter

Legal Student Assistant

Kay Sasiprapakul

Landscape Designer

Kekoa Charlot

Associate, CPH

Kelly Autry

Part-time Project Assistant

Kelly Lau

Part Time Bookkeeper

Kenneth Woods

Architect

Kevin Cui

Finance Manager

Khi O'Neill

IT Assistant

Kim Lagercrantz

Senior Architect

Kira Li

Senior Accountant

Klaudia Szczepanowska

Architect

Konstantin Miroshnychenko

Senior Architect & Urbanist

Konstantinos Koutsoupakis

Structural Engineer

Kosmas Sileloglou

Senior Landscape Designer

Kristian Palsmar

Director of Technology

Kristian Hindsberg

Associate, NYC

Lars Thonke

General Planner

Laura Diaz Vizoso

Architect

Laura Faloughi

Design Assistant

Laura Font Gallart

Senior Landscape Architect

Laura Nieto Mendez

Senior Architect

Laurel Dongni Li

Design Assistant

Lauren Connell Falla

Associate, LON

Laurens Boeve

Design Assistant

Laurent De Carniere

Associate, CPH

Lawrence-Olivier Mahadoo

Associate, Paris

Lennart Hailer

Designer

Leo Costa

Constructing Architect Intern

Leon Rost

Partner, LAX

Leon Rost is an architect and Partner of Bjarke Ingels Group. Leon worked with renowned design firms in Japan, Scandinavia, and Portugal before joining BIG with the launch of the New York office in 2011, leading a range of projects with a focus on sustainability, technology, and the public realm. In 2023, Leon opened BIG’s west coast office in Los Angeles. Leon led the development of Google’s visionary campus and headquarter buildings in Silicon Valley, totaling 3.1 million square feet. Leon also heads multiple projects for distinguished institutional clients including Johns Hopkins University, Claremont McKenna College, Northeastern University, and the University of Kansas. At the urban scale, Leon is the Partner-in-Charge of the new Athletics Ballpark district, as well as Woven City, Toyota’s prototype city of the future. Leon has participated in lectures and critiques at Yale, Columbia GSAPP, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UCLA, and UC Berkeley. He is also part of the ACE Mentorship program, which mentors disadvantaged high schoolers seeking university study in the architecture, construction, and engineering industries.
Léopold Tempez

Architect

Lewis Edwards

Workshop Manager

Liliana Cruz

Business Development Manager

Lingyi Xu

Junior Landscape Designer

Linqi Dong

Architect

Linus Saavedra

Associate, NYC

Lisa Gyldenløve Munk

EA to Managing Director / Office & Community Manager

Lisbet Fritze Trentemøller

Associate, CPH

Liv Reese Bjarrum

Business Development Manager

Logan White

Designer

Lorena Trinidad

Senior Architect

Lorenzo Boddi

Partner, LON

Lorenzo Boddi joined BIG in 2012, he became Associate in 2017 and Partner in 2021. He has been a part of several winning competitions, including LEGO House in Billund, Denmark, MÉCA arts cultural center in Bordeaux, France, OMNITURM, a 186m mixed-use tower in Frankfurt which were completed in 2020 and a 80,000 M2 mixed-use tower in Berlin, Germany currently in construction. As Project Manager, Lorenzo has worked on several residential projects in Scandinavia, a mixed-use development in Sydney, Australia as well as the OMNITURM tower in the financial district of Frankfurt where he was the design leader from the competition phase to completion. Lorenzo joined BIG’s London office in 2016 to work on the new Google Headquarters at King’s Cross. He is currently leading CityWave Milan, a new 53.000m2 development in Milan, Italy that will soon begin construction. Lorenzo received his Master of Architecture from the University of Florence, Italy, where he complemented his studies with teaching positions in Architectural Design.
Lorenzo Farchione

Architect

Louise Baagøe Petersen

Head of Project Controlling

Louise Mould

Associate, BIG Landscape

Luca Braccini

Associate, LON

Luca Fontana

Designer

Luca McLaughlin

Designer

Luca Nicoletti

Director of Operations, BIG Landscape

Luca Rondanini

Design Assistant

Luca Sandrini

Landscape Architect

Lucas Malthe Mikkelsen

Architectural Technology Assistant

Lucia Ayala

Landscape Design Assistant

Lucian Tofan

Associate, LON

Lucrezia Picinali

Landscape Architect

Luis Delgado

Senior Architect

Luis Escribano

Design Assistant

Lydia Kyprioti

Junior Urban Designer

M. Omer Khan

Junior Designer

Madison Leesa Herrman

Executive Assistant

Mads Engaard Stidsen

Senior Constructing Architect

Mads Primdahl Rokkjær

Architect

Mads Reese Bjarrum

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Maja Wahlquist

Office Community Coordinator

Malia Charlot

Piccoline

Mama Qicheng Wu

Designer

Mamoru Hoshi

Designer

Mantas Povilaika

Architect

Marcelina Tumanowicz

QA/QC Coordinator

Marco Antonio Maycotte

Associate, LON

Marco Dell'Agli Valletti

Associate, BCN

Marcus Mørk

IT Network Specialist

Margaret Tyrpa

Associate & Director of Enclosures, NYC

Maria Capuozzo

BIM Coordinator/Project BIM Lead

Maria Garcia Trelles

Personal Assistant

Maria Hernandez Enriquez

Senior Architect

María Paula Vélez

Senior Architect

Maricel Ditlevsen

Kitchen Assistant

Marie Lancon

Associate, CPH

Marina Cogliani

Associate, LON

Marissa Alejandre

OCM Coordinator

Marius Tromholt-Richter

Architect

Marko Margeta

Associate, LON

Martin Voelkle

Partner, NYC

Martin Voelkle is a Partner at BIG who focuses on architecture, sustainable construction and technology. Martin has been leading BIG’s collaboration with ICON Build, a developer of advanced construction technologies, including 3D-printed buildings, which are produced with less waste and in a more expedited manner than typical construction methods. Collaborations with ICON have included affordable housing communities, market rate residential, hospitality and event spaces, and NASA’s Project Olympus - a research base that will be the first lunar surface construction on another planetary body. Martin is also leading BIG’s transportation portfolio with the Zurich International Airport Dock A in Switzerland - a design that celebrates the passenger experience and ease of movement by way of its flexible framework constructed of renewable timber, the largest of its kind - and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Central, a reconsideration of the BQE transit corridor through Brooklyn with a focus on accessibility, integration with growing neighborhoods and an incorporated public realm. Martin’s work varies from cultural and infrastructural to residential and commercial, including the Shenzhen Energy Mansion HQ in China; Gowanus active community hub and residence in New York; and the Qianhai Prisma Towers in Shenzhen, China, designed to be a landmark gateway integrated thoughtfully with the existing skyline and public realm. Martin’s design interest and expertise expands to the urban scale with the development of King’s Cross Google HQ in London and Telosa, the vision for a new city in America that sets a global standard for urban planning, expands human potential and becomes a blueprint for future generations and future urban environments. Martin began working at BIG Copenhagen in 2010; he helped build the BIG New York office in 2012; and in 2016 he led the enterprise of BIG’s London office before returning to BIG New York, where he is currently based.
Martyna Kloda

Architect

Masa Tatalovic

Architect

Mateo Deza

Designer

Mathieu Michel Cardinal

Senior Architect

Mathis Paul Gebauer

Designer

Matilde Tavanti

Senior Architect

Matt Adler

Senior Architect

Matteo Baggiarini

Architect

Matteo Pavanello

Associate, CPH

Matthew Goodwill

Visualization Specialist

Matthew Lau

Junior Designer

Matthew Oravec

Associate, CPH

Matthew Reger

Associate, BCN

Matthew Thomson

Constructing Architect

Megan Octaviani

Designer

Melissa Murphy

Chief of Staff

Mengran Zhang

Design Assistant, Landscape

Mey Yee Cheng

Executive Assistant to Andreas Klok Pedersen

Michael Hjorth

Facility Manager

Michael Iannaco

Business Development Manager

Michael James Kepke

Senior Constructing Architect

Michael Leef

Associate, CPH

Michel Ghulmiyyah

Senior Designer

Michela Cardia

Senior Architect

Michele Archetti

Junior Architect

Michelle Stromsta

Associate, NYC

Mike Munoz

Architect

Mike Yin

Associate, LON

Mikkel Marcker Stubgaard

Associate, CPH

Milena Ivova Sharkova

Junior Architect

Ming Cheong

Senior Architect

Ming Hei Seol

Landscape Architect

Minjung Ku

Architect

Miranda Ramos Mejia

Junior Architect

Mireia Sala Font

Associate, BCN

Misty Gonzalez

Specification Writer

Molly Hsiao Rou Huang

Associate, CPH

Mónica Galiana Rodriquez

Senior Landscape & Urbanist

Monika Dauksaite

Architect

Muhammad Taimur Mian

Junior Designer

Myrka Castillo

Office & Community Coordinator

Nafe J. Nafe

Senior Architect

Nai Wong

Senior Architect

Nanna Gyldholm Møller

Associate, CPH

Nasiq Khan

Senior Architect

Natalia Politano

Architect

Natalia Serafin

Junior Designer

Nathan Angelo Osena

Design Assistant

Nathan Smith

Business Development Director, CPH

Nathaniel Aaron Moore

Business Development Director, LON

Naysan John Foroudi

Senior Architect

Nicholas Reddon

Associate, NYC

Nicklas Jensen

Project Controller

Nicolai Nielsen

Structural Engineer Assistant

Nicolas Ioannou

Design Assistant

Nicole Fairstone

Staffing & Operations Manager

Nicoli Attili Pereira

Constructing Architect Intern

Nikol Maraj

Senior Architect

Nina Nilsson

Finance Assistant

Nir Leshem

Architect

Nojan Adami

Designer

Noor Ibrahim

Design Assistant

Norain Chang

Designer

Ohyun Kwon

Senior Architect

Ola Sobczyk

Senior Designer

Ole Elkjær-Larsen

Partner, CPH

Ole Elkjær-Larsen joined BIG in 2003 and became partner in 2017. Ole has vast experience in project management and controlling of both large and small scale projects. Ole’s experience in developing holistic solutions enables him to transform BIG’s visual architecture into built projects. Ole has been key for the completion of BIG’s initial projects such as the Gammel Hellerup School multi-use hall and academic building completed in 2014, as well as for the award winning 8 House in Ørestad, which he followed through to it’s completion in 2010. With a significant role, Ole supervised the completion of the re-programming and extension of a former warehouse in Basel, completed in 2016, and most recently the Tirpitz Museum that transforms and expands a German WWII bunker fortification into a ground breaking cultural complex, the Michelin restaurant noma 2.0 at Christiania in Copenhagen, and the Faroe Islands Educational Centre in Torshavn, that welcomed the first students in 2018.
Oliver Siekierka

Architect

Oliver Steen

Constructing Architect

Olivia Sarra Gómez

Junior Architect

Oscar Martinez

Architect

Otilia Pupezeanu

Associate, LON

Otrebor Jean-Francois

Urban Designer

Pablo Emilio Vázquez Ramos

Design Assistant

Pablo Pimentel Thomen

Design Assistant

Pablo Rodríguez de Medina

Design Assistant

Pablo Vazquez

Junior Designer

Paola Bokobsa

Junior Designer

Paola Villagrana Arellano

Bid Manager

Paola Yepes Bocanegra

Landscape Design Assistant

Parastoo Salehi Farhadpour

Design Assistant, Landscape

Patrick Nyangkori

Bookkeeper

Patrycja Anna Pest

Constructing Architect Intern

Patrycja Pisarek

Junior Designer

Paula Domka

Architect

Paula Herrera Lahoz

Architect

Paula Madrid

Global Graphic Design & Exhibitions Manager

Paula Pagès Camprubí

Architect

Pauline Lavie-Luong

Associate, NYC

Pauline Rytter

Design Assistant

Pearl Cao

Junior Designer

Penelope Silva

Design Assistant

Per Bo Madsen

Associate, CPH

Pernille Patrunch

Finance Manager

Petch Peewsook

Landscape Designer

Peter Høgenhaven

BIM Operations Manager

Peter Jones

Workshop Manager

Peter van der Beek

Industrial Design Assistant

Petros Palatsidis

Associate, BCN

Philip Tankarian

Industrial Design Assistant

Philipp Weisz

Senior Architect

Pierre Wu

Design Assistant

Pietro Saccardi

Architect

Pilar Serratosa Fernández-Beca

Junior Architect

Pol Marck

Senior Architect

Polyxeni Chatzaki

Design Assistant

Pooja Annamaneni

Junior Designer

Pooya Aledavood

Designer

Pranit Nevrekar

Urban Designer

Preety Anand

Senior Architect

Qiyun Song

Landscape Designer

Quanjiang Li

Landscape Designer

Qyu-Ri Kim

Design Assistant

Rachel Wilkins

Senior Landscape Designer

Rafael Alvarez

Senior Architect

Randi Vanderskrog Untidt

Executive Assistant (to CEO)

Raphael Ciriani

Associate, CPH

Rasa McGibbon

Recourse Manager

Rebekah Breque

Junior Legal Counsel

Riad Tabbara

Designer

Ricardo Palma Prieto

Associate, NYC

Riccardo Abagnale

Architect & Urbanist

Richard Cagasca

Senior Architect

Richard Elbert

Legal Director, General Counsel

Richard Rivera

Senior Architect

Rihab Soukkarieh

Landscape Architect

Rita Fernandes

Archives & Digital Asset Management Assistant

Rita Sio

Senior Architect

Robert Grimm

Director of Delivery, CPH

Roberto Fabbri

Associate, CPH

Rodrigo Iglesias

Model Shop Assistant

Rohit Nandakumar

Designer

Romain Thijsen

Senior Architect

Romina Gomez Menendez

Senior Interior Designer

Rosa Cardona

Executive Assistant

Ross James O'Connell

Director of Bidding and Project Commercials

Ruggero Buffo

Designer

Ruth Maria Otero Garcia

Junior Designer

Ryan Duval

Senior Designer

Ryan Harvey

Senior Architect

Ryan Henriksen

Junior Designer

Ryohei Koike

Associate, LON

San Yoon

Designer

Sandra Dus

Design Assistant

Sandro Vock

Architect

Sang Ha Jung

Fabricator

Santiago Palacio Villa

Architect

Sara Halaoui

Urban Designer

Sarah Aladayleh

Senior Urban Designer

Sarah Delephine Huc

Senior Urban / Architectural Designer

Sarkis Sarkisyan

Associate, CPH

Sascha Leth Rasmussen

Associate, CPH

Sasha Lukianova

Associate, LON

Sasha Spasic

Landscape Architect

Sebastian Claussnitzer

Associate, NYC

SeongHun Yoon

Design Assistant

Seongil Choo

Architect

Seonhwan Kim

Architect

Sera Eravci

Office & Community Manager/Communications Coordinator

Serena K Purewal

Project Administrator

Serhan Ahmet

Urban/Architectural Designer

Seung Hyo Chang

Junior Designer

Seungju Lee

Design Assistant

Seyederfan Masoumzadeh

Landscape Design Assistant

Shane Dalke

Associate, CPH

Sheela Maini Søgaard

CEO & Partner

Sheela Maini Søgaard is Chief Executive Officer and Partner at BIG. She manages the health and growth of Bjarke Ingels Group’s six studio offices - Copenhagen, New York City, London, Barcelona, Shenzhen and Los Angeles - along with its internationally represented team of 700+ designers and staff. Since joining BIG in 2008 as Chief Financial Officer, overseeing the development of the organization and its strategic priorities, Sheela has transformed BIG from Bjarke Ingels’ Danish architectural firm into an internationally acclaimed company led by design, community and innovation. Sheela’s professional experiences prior to BIG include leading business development for Danish culinary entrepreneur and noma co-founder Claus Meyer, market management and product development at GN Resound, and consultancy at McKinsey & Company. Sheela complements her professional work by serving as Chairman of the Board of Dinesen and Adjunct Professor with Copenhagen Business School. In 2022, the Danish Association of Managers and Executives honored Sheela with the title of CEO of the Year; in 2019, Fast Company named Sheela on the Most Creative People in Business list; and in 2017, Danish media Berlingske Business featured her as one of the Top 100 Female Executives in Denmark.
Shin Young Park

Associate, LON

Shu Du

Director, BIG China

Shu Zhao

Senior Interior Designer

Sibilla Bonfanti

Senior Designer

Simon Clarke

Proposals & Bidding Manager

Simon Lücking

People Coordinator

Simon Scheller

Associate, NYC

Simone Grau

People Business Partner

Simone Parigi

Architect

Siqi Zhang

Designer

Sky Bonan

Junior Designer

Sofia Ospina

Architect

Sofiia Rokhmaniiko

Junior Designer

Soichiro Harada

Urban Designer

Soohyeon Jeong

Designer

Sophie Therese Burisch

Communications Manager

Sorcha Burke

Associate, CPH

Søren Dam Mortensen

BIM Specialist

Sören Grünert

Partner, ZRH

Sören Grünert joined BIG in 2010 and is currently a Senior Designer and Project Manager in the New York office. In 2015, he was named an Associate. Prior to joining BIG Sören worked as a project architect at GMP International in Beijing and NL Architects in Amsterdam where he managed a wide range of international architectural and research projects. Sören holds a Diploma of Engineering in Architecture from the Technical University of Dresden. He brings extensive experience with building design and urban scale projects, including both concepts and research, to BIG. Sören has been team leader for key projects in America, like VIA 57 West, Rose Rock International Financial Center, and the Hyperloop station and pod design. He also led a number of projects from concept to completion, like 1200 Intrepid, the Honeycomb, and the Sanctuary.
Søren Martinussen

Associate, CPH

Stanislas Naudeau

Senior Architect

Stefan Pateman

Financial Controller & Accounting Manager

Stefan Victor Delvoye

Senior Project Manager

Stefani Fachini De Araujo

Associate, BCN

Stefano Vitale

Junior Designer

Stephanie Hui

Senior Designer

Stephen Pinto

Head of Business Development

Steven Op

Junior Designer

Stine Sandstrøm Christensen

Managing Director, CPH

Su Myat Nge Nge

Associat,e CPH

Sunghwan Um

Junior Designer

Sungmin Kim

Junior Designer

Tamilla Mahmudova

Kitchen Manager

Tangina Ahmed

Junior Landscape Designer

Tara Abedinitafreshi

Designer

Tara Kai

Design Assistant

Tatiana Vera

Junior Landscape Designer

Teodor Cristian Fratila

Associate, LON

Teresa Albedi

Architect & Urbanist

Thakan Navapakpilai

Designer

Thanut Sakdanaraseth

Designer

Théo Hamy

Senior Architect

Thomas Christoffersen

Partner, NYC

Thomas Christoffersen is a Partner with more than 20 years of industry experience and a long history with BIG. Thomas’s global work varies in typology and project type, including the sustainable Google Bay View campus in California; IQON Residences in Quito, Ecuador; mixed-use towers Vancouver House and Telus Sky in Canada; The Honeycomb Residences in Nassau, Bahamas; and VIA 57 West in New York City. Thomas works with a range of clientele to help tell their brand’s unique story through architecture and design. Of his collaborations, he has worked on Musee Atelier Audemars Piguet in Switzerland; the San Pellegrino Flagship Factory in Bergamo, Italy; and The Spiral commercial tower in New York City with developer Tishman Speyer. Thomas’s focuses are built design, architecture, interiors, products and master planning. Thomas's work is also dedicated to the celebration of the public realm, seen through projects like the Smithsonian Institution Campus Masterplan in Washington D.C. and the Serpentine Pavilion in London. From his professional journey from a BIG Intern all the way to BIG Partner, Bjarke describes Thomas as “an old school architect with a capital A. He’s a great form giver and has an amazing ability to discern between what’s right and what’s wrong, tectonically.” In addition to being a Partner at BIG, Thomas is also a member of the Bjarke Ingels Group Board.
Thomas Guerra

Architect

Thomas Hoff Schmidt

IT Support Specialist

Thomas Lejeune

Structural Engineer

Thomas Lund

Senior Constructing Architect

Thomas McMurtrie

Designer

Tim Christensen

Structural Engineer

Tobias Emil Erendal Jensen

Picco

Tobias Jesse Teining

Strategy & Insights Analyst

Tom Lasbrey

Associate, NYC

Tomas Karl Ramstrand

Associate, CPH

Tomasz Jakubowski

Architect

Tracey Coffin

Technical Director

Tracy Xinyu Lin

Part-time Bookkeepr

Trine Blair

Payroll Specialist

Tseng-Hsuan Wei

Architect

Tyrone Cobcroft

Associate, CPH

Ulla Hornsyld

Associate, BIG Landscape

Uri Lewis Torres

Junior Architect

Vang Anh Tran

Junior Urban Designer

Veljko Mladenovic

Senior Architect

Veronica Acosta

Senior Designer

Veronica Hamilton

Maker

Veronika Kovach

Designer

Vi Madrazo

Junior BIM Specialist

Victoire Talien

Junior Designer

Victor Foged Lohmann

IT Trainee

Victor Moegreen

Architect

Victor-Antoine Delorme

LCA Specialist

Victoria Prillo

Design Assistant

Vid Znidarsic

Senior Designer

Vidal Fernandez Diez

Associate, LON

Viktoria Millentrup

Associate, Norway

Vinish Sethi

Associate, CPH

Viviana Olivera

Staffing and Project Accounts Manager

Wes Thompson

Architect

Wesley Twiss

Bid Managaer

Will Chuanrui Yu

Computational Design Specialist

William Emil George Abdou

Landscape Design Assistant

William Pope

Design Assistant

Winnie Poon

Business Development Manager, Landscape

Won Ryu

Designer

Xiaomeng Chi

Project Coordinator/ Translator

Xinyu Zhao

Landscape Architect

Xiwen Cao

Extern

Xu Lian

Landscape Architect

Yao Tong

Junior Landscape Designer

Yara Rahme

Senior Architect

Yasmin Sokoleski

Piccoline

Yi Lun Yang

Landscape Designer

Yimin Wu

Junior Architect

Yingying Guan

Architect

Yining Wang

Junior Urban Designer

Yiyu Xiong

Junior Designer

Yongwon Jo

Design Assistant

Yoonryul Louis Kim

Design Assistant

Youjin Rhee

Junior Designer

Youngchae Ahn

Junior Designer

Youngjin Jun

Landscape Designer

Yu Inamoto

Associate, NYC

Yue Xu

Designer

Yumiko Matsubara

Senior Architect

Yunus Alperen Basak

Architect

Yunzi Wang

Architect

Yuzaburo Tanaka

Designer

Zhenni Litri Liao

Landscape Designer

Zhonghan Huang

Senior Architect / Senior Manager

Zoe George-McQueen

Model Shop Coordinator

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