Kai-Uwe Bergmann
Partner at BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
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, KaiUwe coordinates with BIG’s five international offices, helping lead work in over 40 different countries. Licensed as an architect in the U.S. (16 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. KaiUwe 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.
Kai-Uwe Bergmann
Partner at BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
Tatiana Bilbao
Founder & Principal Architect at Tatiana Bilbao Estudio
Tatiana Bilbao founded her eponymous studio in 2004 with the aim of integrating research, design, community-based strategies, and responsible construction. Her practice develops architecture as a platform to enhance life across geographies and typologies. Before founding the studio, she served as an advisor at the Ministry of Development and Housing in Mexico City. Bilbao teaches at Yale University and has held academic positions at Columbia GSAPP, Harvard GSD, Rice University, and institutions in Chile and Germany. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, A+U, Domus, Arquitectura Viva, El País, among others. Also, she has been recognized with several awards throughout her career. In 2025, she was named an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (HFAIA). That same year, the Sea of Cortez Research Center project was selected as one of the five finalist for the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) and her project “Opera Aperta”, the Holy See pavilion in the architecture Venice biennale in 2025, wins the special mention for national participation.
Tatiana Bilbao
Founder & Principal Architect at Tatiana Bilbao Estudio
Kofi Bio
Chief Executive Officer at Adjaye Associates Accra Studio
Kofi Bio is CEO of the Adjaye Associates Accra studio overseeing projects across Africa. Kofi has been with Adjaye Associates for more than a decade, beginning in the London studio where he played an instrumental role in the completion of several significant projects including the Aïshti Foundation and projects for Goldman Sachs and Tishman Speyer. In 2017, Kofi and Sir David led the opening of the Accra studio to drive the realization of key projects such as the National Cathedral of Ghana, Marine Drive Accra master plan development, and Ghana Trade Fair redevelopment. Since the formation of the Accra office, Kofi has overseen its growth with an emphasis on sustainable development and cutting edge technologies with vernacular design. He has secured and overseen major cultural, commercial, and residential projects in the wider African market, including Southern and Eastern Africa. Kofi holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and a Master of Architecture, all from Lincoln University, where he also served as a visiting lecturer. He has also participated in the MIT x True Africa University webinar series in which he discussed urban development in African cities.
Kofi Bio
Chief Executive Officer at Adjaye Associates Accra Studio
Arthur Casas
Founder & Principal Architect at Studio Arthur Casas
Architect Arthur Casas is the founding partner of Studio Arthur Casas, established in 1990. Since then, he has completed a wide range of projects, including residential and commercial architecture, corporate and urban design projects, public competitions, interior design, and furniture — both in Brazil and internationally, in cities such as New York, Lisbon, Paris, Tokyo, and Mexico City, among others. His work has received numerous national and international awards and is regularly featured in leading Brazilian and international publications. Arthur has participated in three São Paulo Architecture Biennials and the Buenos Aires Biennial, and has been invited to lecture on his work in Chile, Argentina, Mexico, the United States, and Spain. He has also published four books about his work and trajectory — the most recent released by the Italian publisher Rizzoli. In 2024, he founded the Arthur Casas Institute for Architecture and Innovation (IACAI).
Arthur Casas
Founder & Principal Architect at Studio Arthur Casas
Isabela Ono
Founding Board member and Executive Director of the Burle Marx Institute
Landscape architect, graduated from the School of Architecture and Urbanism (1997, FAU-UFRJ), with a master’s degree in Urbanism (2004, ProUrb-UFRJ) at Federal University of RJ. She was a professor at the School of Architecture of PUC-Rio from 2005 to 2007. She has over 25 years of professional experience in landscape architecture design and developed projects in Brazil and abroad. Throughout these years, she worked at the Burle Marx landscape design Studio directly with Haruyoshi Ono, her father, and the creative partner of Roberto Burle Marx for nearly 30 years. More recently, she curated three exhibitions in Brazil (2021, 2023, and 2024) on the legacy of Burle Marx and his collaborative projects, developed over the past seven decades, as well as the itinerance of the last exhibition in 2025 at MAC-CCB in Lisbon. As the daughter of Haruyoshi Ono, she inherited her father’s passion for the profession and for the collective legacy of Burle Marx. The creation of the Institute started with the commitment to preserve and disseminate, making this archive and contents globally accessible, opening possibilities to explore new meanings from these materials and to inspire new visions for the future.
Isabela Ono
Founding Board member and Executive Director of the Burle Marx Institute
Fernando Forte
Founding Partner at FGMF
An architect and urban planner graduated from FAU-USP, co-founded FGMF Architects with Lourenço Gimenes and Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz in 1999. At FGMF, he shares creative responsibilities with the other partners and coordinates the office's media and communication efforts. He has been a professor of Architectural Design and has collaborated with magazines and other architectural media outlets.
Fernando Forte
Founding Partner at FGMF
Lourenço Gimenes
Founding Partner at FGMF
One of the founding partners of FGMF, he holds a bachelor's and a master's degree from FAU-USP, where he also pursued his PhD. He is a faculty at Mackenzie University's graduate school and a visiting professor at Università Degli Studi – Roma Tre (UniRoma3). He has also taught undergraduate and graduate courses at FAAP, Unip, Instituto Europeo di Design (IED), Atitus, and FAU-USP (PAE), and contributed as a guest lecturer in workshops for the International Honors Program (IHP), Columbia, and MIT. At the office, he takes part in the concept of all projects and oversees the urbanism team and FGMF LAB. He is the founder and board member of the NGO Aproxima, which is dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion in the Architecture sector.
Lourenço Gimenes
Founding Partner at FGMF
Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz
Founding Partner at FGMF
A graduate of FAU-USP, he completed a master’s degree in the Design department of this university. He has teaching experience as a professor of Architectural Design in Brazil. At the office, he engages in the conceptual discussions of projects alongside the other partners and also serves as the office administrator.
Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz
Founding Partner at FGMF
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