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5F, Building NO.2,
10 Baoqing Road
Xuhui District, 200031 Shanghai
China
T +86 21 2211 3000
[email protected]
Sybille Buhl Karottki
Communications Manager
M + 45 61 38 40 36
E [email protected]
General press inquiries
M +45 81 74 72 27
E [email protected]
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Michael Atzen
Head of Business Development
M +45 31 62 05 22
E [email protected]
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Adriana Martin Leoz
Architect
T +45 78 74 48 34
E [email protected]
Alex Huang
Associate / Senior Project Architect
T +86 21 22113079
E [email protected]
Allan Knudsen
Project Architect
Amber Bowie
Associate/ Project Architect (maternity leave)
Amy Ruiming Song
Architect
T +45 33 45 05 33
Anne Norgaard Erichsen
Architect
M +4533450498
Arvis Brunavs
Architect
Asbjørn Eriknauer
Architect
T +45 33 45 04 69
Beihong Mao
Senior Associate/ HR & Admin Director, Shanghai Office
T +86 21 2211 3132
E [email protected]
Blessing Faith Dela Vega
Architectural Technologist
T +45 33 45 05 08
E [email protected]
Bozhena Hoida
Architect
T +86 21 2211 3073
E [email protected]
Bryndis Björk Bergsdottir
Graphic Design and Social Media Student Assistant
M +4533450491
Camilla Wisborg
Architect
T +45 78 74 48 36
E [email protected]
Cara Xianjing Jia
Senior Business Development Specialist
T +86 21 2211 3136
E [email protected]
Carlotta Pellegrini
Architect
T +45 33 45 05 00
Caroline Julia Monaghan
Communications and Business Development Coordinator
T +45 33 45 05 27
E [email protected]
Celine Vo
Business Development Manager
T +45 33 45 05 25
Chao Chen
Associate Principal
T +86 21 2211 3144
E [email protected]
Chen Ding
Architect
T +86 21 22113024
E [email protected]
Chiara Gargiulo
Sustainability and innovations intern
T +4533450581
Chris Hardie
Partner/ Design Director Shanghai
T +86 21 2211 3131
E [email protected]
Chris Hardie joined Schmidt Hammer Lassen in 2008 to lead the concept design team in London alongside founding partner Morten Schmidt.
In 2010, Chris founded our Shanghai studio and as Design Director he leads the work of our Asia practice, responsible for current projects such as Shanghai’s new Central Library, Ningbo New Library, Beijing’s upcoming Opera House and the world’s largest waste to energy power plant in Shenzhen.
Chris has been involved in and led a number of international projects for Schmidt Hammer Lassen, including the University of Aberdeen New Library, the International Criminal Court in the Hague, and the City of Westminster College in London. In 2009 Chris led the design and public consultation process for the new Halifax Central Library in Nova Scotia, completed in 2014 and highlighted by CNN as one of the world’s most exciting new projects in 2014. The project was awarded the Governor General Medal for Architecture in Canada in 2016.
Chris is an Honorary Professor of Architecture at The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture at The Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, UK.
Christian Rovers
Project Architect
T +45 33 45 05 15
E [email protected]
Clara Gallo
Architect
T +45 33 45 04 98
Connor Coughlan
Model Maker
Cordelia Mulvad
Student Worker/Finance
T +45 33 45 04 93
Daniel Boba
Computational Designer
T +45 78 74 48 85
E [email protected]
David Mikkelsen
Senior Architect
Denver Christiansen
Architectural Technologist Intern
T +4533450476
Dinil Sathar
IT Service Manager
Eilish Camplisson
Architect
T +45 33 45 05 02
Elena Muñoz de Morales
Architect
T +45 33 45 05 97
E [email protected]
Sabbatical leave
Elif Tinaztepe
Partner
T +45 87 32 53 07
E [email protected]
Elif Tinaztepe brought years of international experience working in London and Los Angeles to Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects in 2005. She applies her distinctive design sense to cultural, civic, and higher education projects, while also leading the firm’s library specialist work, a typology for which the company is best known. Her thoughtful, analytical approach to design, coupled with her passion for client collaboration and the transformative power of architecture, has led to a timeless body of work that spans continents and character.
Elif has a unique ability to untangle the most complex of projects to successfully facilitate dialogue with clients, users and other stakeholders, whether on ongoing projects or in international workshops. The result is a wake of buildings that are multilayered in functionality, yet easy to approach, rich in detail while appearing effortless.
Elif is a regular lecturer and workshop facilitator at international conferences globally.
Elisabet Villalon
Architectural Technologist
T +45 78 74 48 31
E [email protected]
Ellen Berglund
UX Designer
T +45 78 74 48 86
E [email protected]
Enea Michelesio
Project Architect
Enlai Hooi
Senior Associate / Head of Innovation
Esben Martinus Serup Jensen
Architect
Esther Bernhard Clemmensen
Senior Constructing Architect
Fangzhou Zhu
Architect
T +86 21 3325 3353
E [email protected]
Fanny Lenoble
Senior Associate/ Head of Concept Design
Felipe Gonzalez
Senior Architect
T +45 33 45 05 29
Fredrik Kroken
Business Development Coordinator
T +45 33 45 04 72
Gaia Cella
Associate / Project Architect
Gisela Perez Veros
BIM Manager / Architectural Technologist
T +4533450467
Haya Termanini
Architectural Technologist
T +45 33 45 05 24
Helena Jingyi Bjørn Christensen
Innovation and Sustainability Coordinator
Isabel Lee
Architect
T +45 33 45 04 81
E [email protected]
Jens Buch-Dohrmann
Architect
Jesper Høiberg
Senior Associate/ Head of Operations
Jette Birkeskov Mogensen
Associate Partner/ Director, Aarhus Office
Jing Lin
Senior Associate/ Senior Project Architect
T +86 21 2211 3134
E [email protected]
Jingping Lu
Architectural Intern
Joanna Gasparski
Associate / Project Architect
Joanna Targowicz
Architect
T +45 33 45 04 82
E [email protected]
Joey Zhang
Architect
T +86 21 3325 3371
E [email protected]
Johan Rooijackers
Project Architect
T +45 33450480
Julie Mark
Business Development Manager (maternity leave)
Karolina Pajnowska
Interior Designer
T +45 33 45 05 10
Kasper Heiberg Frandsen
Partner
T +45 87 32 52 92
E [email protected]
Kasper Frandsen’s high design skills cultivated over his 18-year career at Schmidt Hammer Lassen is matched by his keen ability to inspire and guide the next generation of architects. Kasper’s definitive style is woven throughout his projects in Scandinavia and across Europe, including the library, healthcare, masterplan, and all-timber office projects he currently oversees.
Kasper co-authored the firm’s strategic creative management process that informs Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s conceptual work. To that end, he has been instrumental in the competition phase of a variety of projects both domestically and abroad, and has lead the development of the firm’s healthcare portfolio.
He injects his strong belief in the human-centric approach at the heart of the practice’s Scandinavian design principles into each of his projects.
Kate He
Architect
T +86 21 2211 3148
E [email protected]
Katrine Hesselballe
Office Assistant
T +45 33 45 04 77
E [email protected]
Kerstin Billenstein
Senior Architect
Kristian Lars Ahlmark
Partner/ Design Director Copenhagen
T +45 70 20 19 00
E [email protected]
Kristian Lars Ahlmark joined Schmidt Hammer Lassen in 2001 and his great technical skill and strategic vision was clear from the start. He quickly rose to become a member of the partner group, and since then has been instrumental in catapulting the firm beyond Scandinavia and into markets including the United State and China.
Kristian has been involved in every phase and function of the architectural process, from visualization and sketching to realization. With a vast portfolio of projects that range from Detroit to Beijing, and across typologies and scales, they all share Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s unmistakable Scandinavian design values.
Kristian’s creative energy permeates the firm, and the numerous award-winning projects he has designed. He is a sought-after lecturer, having presented on a variety of topics spanning the architectural process at universities, conferences and organizations worldwide.
Krzysztof Pedras
Architectural Technologist / BIM Manager
T +45 78 74 48 27
E [email protected]
Laj Rasmussen
Architect
T +45 33 45 05 38
Lauren Taylor-Heaton
Design Fabrication Manager
T +45 33 45 05 14
E [email protected]
Lene Brydensholt
Accounting Assistant
Lenka Želibabková
Architectural Technologist
T +45 78 74 48 26
E [email protected]
Linda Fønss
Communications Consultant
T +4533450519
Linnea Freij
Architect
T +45 33 45 04 94
E [email protected]
Lukasz Przeklasa
Architectural Technologist
T +45 87 32 52 73
E [email protected]
Luke Parker
Model Builder
T +45 33 45 05 05
Mads Kaltoft
Partner
T +45 33 45 05 23
E [email protected]
Over the course of his 25-year career, Mads Kaltoft has amassed a wide range of skills that span from conceptual design to fine details in construction work. The strength of his professional expertise lies in his unwavering dedication to his trade paired with a holistic approach to architectural design.
Since joining Schmidt Hammer Lassen in 2001, he has developed a distinct management style that combines creative dexterity with strategic ingenuity, and has led teams on projects located across Scandinavia and greater Europe. In a nod to his leadership, Mads was a lecturer at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts’ School of Architecture from 1998 to 2005.
Mai Zhang
Associate / Senior Project Architect
T +86 21 2211 3062
E [email protected]
Majbritt Vendelbo
Human Resources Manager
T +45 33 45 05 36
Maria Burdila
Architectural Technologist Intern
T +4533450531
Maria Kontopanteli
Architect
T +45 33 45 05 08
E [email protected]
Mark Bækkel
Architectural Technologist
T +45 33 45 05 29
Marta Niño Saco
Associate / Project Architect
Martin McSherry
Architect
Masahiro Katsume
Associate Partner/ Senior Project Manager
T +45 33 45 05 03
E [email protected]
Over the course of Masahiro Katsume’s 18-year tenure at Schmidt Hammer Lassen, he has managed a variety of international projects in Europe and China, often in the housing, office, and mixed/use sectors. Prior to joining the firm, Masahiro spent 20 years in leadership roles at a prominent architectural firm in Japan. He has a way with the pen, sketching – often enhanced with watercolors – to communicate ideas and bring projects to life. The long list of built projects in his portfolio are dotted across 14 countries, and his breadth and depth of experience spans typologies, scales, and project phases.
Mateusz Binkowski
Architect
T +45 78 74 48 94
E [email protected]
Mathias Foulon
Project Manager / Architecture
T +45 33 45 04 95
Michael Atzen
Senior Associate/ Head of Business Development
Michael Gloudeman
Senior Associate / Senior Project Manager
T +45 33 45 04 74
E [email protected]
Michael Mørk
Architectural Technologist Intern
T +4533450461
Michael Roerup Thomsen
Project Manager/ Architectural Technologist
T +45 78 74 48 93
E [email protected]
Minck Simonis
Architect
T +45 33 45 05 11
E [email protected]
Morten Schmidt
Founding Partner
T +45 86 20 19 00
E [email protected]
Since co-founding Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects in 1987, Morten Schmidt has developed a diverse portfolio of work and expertise in the planning and design of major libraries and cultural facilities across the globe, bringing an innovative, rational and clear design leadership to many of the practice’s highest profile projects. His expertise includes creating and communicating compelling design visions, advocating for design excellence, and building for enduring quality.
Morten’s early education in a Waldorf school, which emphasizes the role of imagination in learning, is a foundation for the spirituality, creativity and artistic freedom that permeate his work.
Morten continues to participate as a jury member, guest lecturer, and critic on issues of architecture, future libraries, urbanism, and sustainable design. In addition, Morten judges architectural competitions, and is an external examiner at the School of Architecture in Aarhus and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
Muhammed Enes Sivri
Architect
T +4533450460
Nanna Wohlfeldt
Senior Associate/ Project Architect
Negin Fazelbakhshesh Ghoochan
Architectural Design Intern
T +4533450504
Nuno Pereira Da Cruz
Associate Partner/ Senior Project Architect
T +45 33 45 05 21
M +45 20 78 71 47
E [email protected]
Nuno Cruz joined Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s competition department in 2013, and has since expanded his reach to the Project Development Department leading a team of 30 architects on some of the firm’s most prominent North American projects. Nuno’s creativity, unrelenting attention to detail, and global sensibility has moved a diverse array of projects forward over the last decade. Prior to joining Schmidt Hammer Lassen, Nuno trained and practiced as an architect in North America, Scandinavia, Asia, and Europe.
As a computational design expert, he has coordinated management, training, and implementation of building information modeling and parametric design in diverse building types and scales. As a building envelope specialist, he has pushed forward design-driven innovation, resiliency, creative solutions, and materiality exploration in a multitude of projects.
Nuno is an active leader in the industry, having been an invited architectural critic at the University of Minneapolis and the University of Maryland for several years.
Oana Gorceag
Architectural Technologist
T +45 33 35 05 07
E [email protected]
Oskar Nesset Mattsson
Architectural Intern
T +4533450522
Oswaldo Domingo Hernandez Bueno
Computational Design Intern
T +4533450599
Pim IJsendoorn
Senior Associate/ Project Manager
T +45 33 45 05 94
M +45 30 51 32 91
E [email protected]
Pim IJsendoorn joined Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects in 2011. Pim is a very experienced project manager and architectural technologist, driven by the ambition to combine architectural, technical, legal, and financial constraints into a realized project. He has an extensive national and international portfolio in residential, public, healthcare, education. and hospitality projects.
Pim is especially skilled in coordination within the design team, being a knowledgeable and respected partner amongst engineers and local architect-of-record. He is skilled in
both conceptual design and technical design and thus ideally suited to ensure that the design intent is carried through in the built project. He is one of SHL’s most experienced (technical) project managers, a skill he brings into all the projects he works on.
Polina Isyanyulova
Architect
T +45 33 45 05 16
Puchun Zhang
Architect
T +862122113161
E [email protected]
Rebecca Wu
Office Manager
T +86 21 2211 3137
E [email protected]
René Nedergaard
Associate Partner/ Senior Project Architect
T +45 33 45 05 18
E [email protected]
René Nedergaard joined Schmidt Hammer Lassen 15 years ago and works globally on projects of all scales. He is often drawn to masterplan projects and those with urban design elements that explore the local context and the impact of a project at city scale.
Educated in England and graduating from Bartlett School of Architecture Dipl. Arch and University of East London BSc (Hons), René has worked as an architect in the United Kingdom and Denmark with a focus on large-scale mixed-use projects and neighborhood planning. He approaches his work through the lens of sustainability, leading a projects through all phases, from creative vision to realization.
He has extensive experience in the academic world having taught at the University of East London, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, and the Danish Technical University.
René Sælland
Architect
Ricardo R. Kanamori
Computational Design Student worker
T +45 33 45 04 88
Riccardo Piazzai
Architect – ICT/BIM Project Lead
T +45 78 74 48 88
E [email protected]
Rodrigo Jose Cid
Architectural Technologist
Rozá Grzegorz
Architectural Technologist Intern
T +4533450497
Sanne Wall-Gremstrup
Partner/ Managing Director
T +45 78 74 48 66
M +45 20 92 48 38
E [email protected]
Sanne Wall-Gremstrup is an international leader known for balancing high caliber creative output with financial performance. She brings a mix of vast leadership experience and strong change management, professional services, and marketing skills to the firm.
Sanne has spent more than 15 years as a chief executive officer, having served in the role at a global marketing services company and a commercial publishing foundation. She also has extensive experience serving as a board member and executive board chairperson over the past 20 years for organizations that include a global architectural firm, a Danish communications agency, and start-up companies.
With her sharp strategic approach and clear vision for future growth, she oversees the business performance and strategic development of Schmidt Hammer Lassen, and maintains the firm’s position as one of Scandinavia’s leading international architectural studios.
Sara S. Moukhaiber
Architectural Technologist
T +45 78744889
E [email protected]
Sebastian Correa
Senior Project Architect
T +86 21 2211 3004
E [email protected]
Severine Bogers
Architect
T +45 33 45 04 79
E [email protected]
Shiyu Tong
Architect
Simon Enevoldsen
Architectural Technologist
Simon Hjalmar Persson
Associate Principal / Senior Architect
T +86 21 2211 3142
E [email protected]
Sofie Bjerring
Marketing Assistant
Sophie Emerson
Sustainability and Innovation Student Worker
T +45 33 45 04 66
Søren Arentsen
Associate / Project Architect
Søren Hyllekvist
Head of Finance
Steffen Viller Halleby
Architectural Technologist
Susanne Schou
Office Manager
Sveinung Chercka-Simonsen
Senior Associate/ Project Architect
Sybille Buhl Karottki
Communications Manager
T +45 61 38 40 36
E [email protected]
Thomas B. Smith
Architect
T +45 33 45 04 86
Tom Hudson-Davis
Architect
T +45 33 45 05 17
Tomas Bueri
Architect
M +4533450513
Tue Nørskov-Lauritsen
Senior Architect
Vagn Borlund
Project manager
Victor Wanderley Barbosa
Digital Practice Lead
T +45 78 74 48 33
E [email protected]
Viviana Padron
UX/UI Design intern
T +4533450512
Weilun Chen
Architect
T +86 21 22113076
E [email protected]
Xinhao Li
Architect
T +862122113026
E [email protected]
Yin Tat Chan
Architectural Design Intern
T +45 33 45 05 06
Zahra Rezaei
Urban Planner and Design
Zhao Wu
Architect
T +86 21 2211 3140
E [email protected]
Zuzanna Czapla
Design Application Manager
T +45 33 45 04 73
E [email protected]
