Aedas R&D

Rafail Bakolas

Architect, Computational Designer

Rafail received his 5 year Diploma in Architecture & Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. While pursuing his studies he had the opportunity to work for a variety of firms practicing architecture, real estate management, and advertising.

After graduating, he worked as an Architect in Greece for 1½ years before continuing his studies in London, where he completed a MSc in Adaptive Architecture & Computation at the Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, UCL, qualifying with a distinction.

Rafail joined Aedas in 2007 to work as an Architect and as Computational Designer in a number of commercial projects. His experience in architectural design and his specialization in computational and parametric design allow him to divide his time between design, construction and research. Rafail is registered with the Technical Chamber of Greece and the Architects Registration Board.

Jamie Bull

Aedas - UCL Researcher

Jamie joined Aedas in October 2010 as an EngD student within Research and Development, studying the decision-making processes involved in whether to refurbish or replace buildings.

Prior to joining Aedas, Jamie worked for 4 years as a self-employed consultant, carrying out sustainability research into anything from as the embodied carbon of housing refurbishment to national energy strategy for charities, public and private sector organisations. He also specialised in creating renewable energy strategies for major housing developments, and wrote a book on small scale wind turbines.

Before entering the world of work, Jamie studied for an MSc Arch in Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies, graduating in 2007. For his thesis he created a tool for finding the optimal levels of insulation when using natural or petrochemical materials, and has an on-going interest in assessing the trade-offs made in sustainable design.

Esfand Burman

Aedas - UCL Researcher

Esfand joined Aaedas as a Research Engineer in September 2010. He is currently working on the Building Design and Performance Research Programme, a joint research programme between Aedas and University College London, with special focus on Energy Performance of School Buildings.

Having done his undergraduate and post graduate studies in mechanical engineering at KNT University of Technology (BSc, Iran) and Sharif University Technology (MSc, Iran), he carried on his postgraduate studies at Nottingham University where he accomplished his Master of Science degree in Manufacturing Engineering & Management in 2006.  He then practiced as a building services mechanical design engineer and energy and sustainability consultant in London before joining Aedas in 2010.

Esfand is a registered Low Carbon Consultant with the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) and LEED AP with the US Green Building Council. His research interests include energy performance of buildings, post occupancy evaluation, thermal modelling, and low carbon HVAC design.

Sophie Chisholm

Researcher

Sophie joined Aedas | R&D in July 2010 after leaving Oxford Brookes where she was awarded her Part II in Architecture and a Masters in Sustainable Building; Performance and Design with Distinction.

Previous experience includes a year and a half in the residential sector, RIBA work stages A-M. Special areas of interest and research throughout her studies include post occupancy evaluation, embodied carbon and design for deconstruction, which was the subject of her thesis.

Sophie is currently working on the CarbonBuzz platform dealing mostly with stakeholder engagement and interface development. She just recently returned from the PLEA 2011 conference in Brussels where she presented a paper on ‘Tracking Design and Energy Use’. She is also part of the Building Performance Evaluation team which is working on a number of government funded case studies.

Anders Holden Deleuran

Computational Design Researcher

Anders graduated with a Master of Science in Engineering degree in Architecture & Design from Aalborg University, Denmark in 2008, specializing in digital design within a broad scale of projects including architectural, industrial and graphic design. Furthermore, he completed a one year course in Advanced Visualisation at Umeå Institute of Design, Sweden in 2007.

During his studies and following his graduation, he worked as a freelance designer and visualiser for several architects and designers in Denmark. In 2009, he joined the Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA) at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture in Copenhagen as a research assistant and designer. Here he worked on several projects including international collaborations with Mark Burry (SIAL, RMIT) and Philip Beesley Architects (Waterloo).

Anders also holds extensive tutoring experience through his work at CITA and as an external lecturer and teaching assistant at Aalborg University. He joined Aedas in July 2011 to work as a Computational Design Researcher with the R&D Team.

Christian Derix

Director of Computational Design Research

Derix founded the Research & Development group at Aedas architects in 2004. He leads the Computational Design Research group [CDR] that develops computational design applications for generative and analytical design processes in architecture with an emphasis on properties of space and human occupation. Recently, the work of CDR has been shortlisted for various design prices and research awards like the Compasso d’Oro in Italy and won the commendation of the President’s Medal for Practice Research of the Royal Institute of British Architects [RIBA].

Derix finished his architectural studies with an MSc in Computing & Design and has been teaching and researching the subject at the University of East London, University College London, Politecnico di Milano and Technical University Vienna. After graduating in 2001, he became joint-director with Paul Coates of the Centre for Evolutionary Computing in Architecture [CECA] at University of East London.

He is currently doing a PhD on the subject of Computational Design at TU Vienna.

Cynthia Duku-Asamoah

Team Assistant

Peter Feldmann

Associate

Peter joined Aedas as an Associate in August 2009. With over 8 years experience in the industry, he has worked on a number of large scale projects internationally across various sectors and through stages of design from inception to production information.

He has a strong design flare and the ability and experience to deliver projects on time and budget. He also teaches at the Welsh School of Architecture, University of East London and the Bartlett School of Architecture amongst other institutions.

Peter’s Prizes and Awards: Europan 8, Reggio-Calabria, Italy, 2nd prize;  Europan 8, Chateaureaux, France, 2nd prize;  Award ‘Aspiring Architect Award’, Honourable Mention, Dubai, UAE; Archiprix International 2003, Honourable Mention; Europan 7, 1st prize, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; Centre for Justice and Central Law Courts Wuppertal, Runner-up; Arch+ Preis 2001 Honourable Mention, Germany; Student competition, Working Spaces of the Future, Honourable Mention.

Åsmund Gamlesæter

Senior Designer, Computational Design Research

Åsmund has been working as Computational Design Researcher at Aedas since May 2007. In this time he has been investigating new forms of furniture design, architecture and urban planning through code. This has resulted in a set of tools and sketches implemented in design projects both inside and outside Aedas.

Åsmund graduated with an MArch from NTNU, Norway in 2006. After completing his studies he started working with Pablo Miranda Carranza on spoorg, a project by the architecture group servo, for which they were responsible of the interaction design. In 2006-2007 he worked as an Assistant Designer at Stockholm office of Kram/Weisshaar.

From 2006-2009 he has been part of the visiting faculty at Konstfack University College of Arts Crafts and Design. There he has held a series of Open Studios, as well as advising Master students at the Experience Design program at the same school. He has also held graduate level seminars at the architecture schools of NTNU and University of East London.

Lucy Helme

Senior Designer, Computational Design Research

Lucy joined the Computational Design & Research group at Aedas in January 2009. Since then she has been working to develop and apply computational techniques on a wide range of architectural projects, from masterplanning to data visualization.

Prior to joining Aedas Lucy completed a MA in Industrial Design Engineering at the Royal College of Art, graduating in 2008. During her final year project she developed a system for the design and manufacture of customizable small buildings for the domestic garden using generative design and computer aided manufacturing techniques.

Lucy also has a strong background in science. She has done research into the physics of materials at the University of Oxford, completing her PhD in 2006 and publishing in leading journals in the field. This scientific background has given her a good training in analytical modeling and design of rigorous experiments which she is now applying to architectural problems.

Prarthana Jagannath

Computational Design Researcher

Prarthana completed her Bachelor’s in Architecture from the University of Mumbai, Mumbai, in 2008 following which she worked as an architect in Mumbai for a year before pursuing higher studies at UCL, London. 

During the M.Sc. in Adaptive Architecture and Computation at the Bartlett Graduate Studies, she looked at the mapping of 3d geometry onto N-dimensional spaces through self-organised maps as the subject of her dissertation. 

Prarthana joined Aedas in Feb 2011 to work as a Computational Design Researcher with the R&D Team. Before this she was involved with research in the Bartlett Graduate Studies Department as a Research Assistant and in teaching within the department as well.

Abdulmajid Karanouh

Senior Designer; System Design & Integration R&D

Abdulmajid is an architect, with an MSc in computational design and façade engineering. An Associate at Aedas London he has been lead designer on Al Bahr Towers and has specialised in Systems Design & Integration. His interest in performance oriented and responsive design has led to the development of an approach which includes mathematical and engineering integration from concept design to realisation.

Abdulmajid’s past experience involves hi-tech façade engineering with Folcrá where he developed solutions for architects including S. Calatrava and R. Rogers. He is a guest speaker at universities and seminars in the US, UK, and the Middle East. He has authored papers addressing the integration of technology in building design.

Judit Kimpian

Director of Sustainable Architecture and Research

As Director of Sustainable Architecture and Research, Judit excels in developing designs that take advantage of computational techniques to maximize sustainable value.

Her approach to quantify, visualise and manipulate the spatial, environmental and financial relationships that drive designs has formed the foundation of the practice’s Sustainability Strategy, captured in the industry-recognised Aedas Green Book. The methodology she developed for benchmarking and monitoring building energy use from briefing to completion has provided the basis for her collaboration with the RIBA and CIBSE to recognize Carbon Conscious Practices through a national Carbon Monitor scheme, CarbonBuzz.

She has built a team of specialists who bring advanced form-finding and sustainable construction methods to the design process. Her team has participated in over 50 projects from small scale residential to masterplanning.

Judit is a regular speaker at national and international conferences on Advanced Modeling and Sustainable Design.

Stefan Krakhofer

Former member

Josh Mason

Former member

Pablo Miranda Carranza

Former member

Greig Paterson

Aedas - UCL Researcher

Greig joined Aedas in 2010 in collaboration with University College London where he is currently a doctoral candidate. His research explores advanced modelling techniques at the early stages of design, utilising performance data and environmental simulation as architectural design drivers.

In 2008, Greig graduated with distinction from The University of Strathclyde’s Department of Architecture, where he completed a MEng in Building Design Engineering, specialising in environmental design. During his studies and upon graduation, he worked for Buro Happold’s Computational Simulation and Analysis team (CoSA) in New York and Glasgow, working on a range of international buildings across several sectors.

Greig is also currently completing a MRes in Adaptive Architecture and Computation at The Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, University College London, where he is exploring some of the areas that will inform his doctoral research, including generative design techniques and interactive architecture.

Dan Rigamonti

Former member

Craig Robertson

Former member