��nterface facade engineering WILL Profile Will is a founder member interface facade engineering, set up to deliver STEVENS dedicated facade engineering to his strong uk and international client base. BSc BArch ARB RIBA In a highly technical field, Will has been fortunate enough to be involved in projects that have allowed him to continually develop his skills and knowledge of facade engineering. He relishes the challenge of working with the best architects and engineers, manufacturers and contractors to find interface practical and lasting solutions. 18a Broadlands Road London, N6 4AN United Kingdom His work is exemplified by the integration of the differing and often conflicting requirements within a single object. Energy, structure and design aspects all 020 8341 5882 have to be digested in order to achieve a truly integrated approach - ‘the 07969 120 719 challenge is to achieve the integration such that all aspects are satisfied to a [email protected] degree not achievable by any direct approach. This is the way to make www.interface-facades.com things happen’. In this highly technical field, Will is a skilled collaborator bringing engineering knowledge and technical understanding into the development of the concepts and the delivery of facades. Will's international work has given him both hot and cold climate experience and an excellent understanding of the technical challenges that extreme climates demand. Expanding façade engineering into new markets in the UAE, Italy, Denmark and the upper reaches of Norway he has brought many clients to understand the need and value that façade engineering brings to projects. Since his very first project Will has had to deal with complex geometry. The work with Zaha Hadid has pushed this forward and has involved the development of new computing techniques for façade engineering as well as the necessity to understand the manufacturing process even further. This theme runs through his work and given the current trends looks likely to continue. Trained as an architect, Will moved into façade engineering after working on the facades of some notable buildings including the facades of Royal Opera House in London and the glazing and cladding to Waterloo International Terminal. Initially he provided detailing expertise to engineering practice Atelier One, working on the Singapore Opera House and Federation Square in Melbourne, as well as the National Gallery Extension in Ljubljana. In 1998 he joined whitbybird to start the façade engineering discipline there. Leading the whitbybird façade engineering team for over 12 years he became a Director in 2004. Through a succession of commercial and Arts projects he used his skill and knowledge to develop a group of multi-skilled designers within Ramboll/whitbybird to deliver the most complex of facades, providing a specialist service that combines engineering and architectural skills as a vital part of the practice's multi-disciplinary design resources as well as building an increasing client base for single discipline façade engineering 1 appointments. During this period he also implemented the systems and methods to allow the successful growth of the team to over 20 technical staff in London alone. Instrumental to the companies expansion into the middle east Will has worked on several intriguing and challenging projects in the region most notably the unbuilt Opus project and National Holdings office with Zaha Hadid Architects and the Ferrari World project by Benoy. Will was also a key part of the whitbybird expansion into Italy, with the Façade Engineering department being part of the initial business start up in Verona. He continued in this role following the purchase of whitbybird by Ramboll and expanded the discipline into Denmark and Norway. interface will allow Will to develop his passion for facade engineering fully. Developing a team of highly skilled individuals with true expertise in knowledge and thinking. With their first project, 62 Buckingham Gate on Victoria Street in London, this is already becoming a reality. Notable Projects • KA II Opera House, Jordan Ramboll • CityLife, Milan Italy. Offices. Monitoring Role Ramboll • Bodo Library and Cancert hall, Norway Ramboll • Pulkovo Airport, St. Petersburg, Russia Ramboll • Ramboll HQ, Copenhagen. Office Ramboll whitbybird • 62 buckingham Gate, London. Office whitbybird/Ramboll/interface • Park House, London. Mixed use whitbybird • Tate modern II, London. Gallery whitbybird • Presidential Library, Astana (unbuilt) whitbybird • No.1 merchant Sq, London. Residential whitbybird • No.5 Merchant Sq, London. Office whitbybird • Pulkovo Airport, St Petersburg. whitbybird • National holdings HQ, Abu Dhabi. Office (unbuilt) whitbybird • Black Sea Hotel and Residences, Georgia. whitbybird • Ferrari World, Abu Dhabi. Theme Park whitbybird • Omniat tower, Dubai. Multi use (unbuilt) whitbybird • KPMG HQ, London. Office. Monitoring Role whitbybird • Opus, Dubai. Office (unbuilt) whitbybird • One Moor Lane refurbishment, London. Office whitbybird • Aylesbury Waterside Theatre. whitbybird • Breathing sculpture, BBC London whitbybird • Stratford Station Remedials, London. Transport whitbybird • The Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield whitbybird • Liverpool John Moores University Design Academy whitbybird • The Pad, Dubai. Residential whitbybird • Sheffield University Resource Centre whitbybird • BBC W1, London. Broadcasting whitbybird • Churchill Place, London. Retail Whitby Bird and Partners • 140 Aldersgate Street, London. Office Whitby Bird and Partners • RSPCA Headquarters, Horsham. Office Whitby Bird and Partners • West Ham Lane, London. Office Whitby Bird and Partners • Lakeshore Business park, London. Office Whitby Bird and Partners 2 • National Gallery of Ljubljana, Slovakia Atelier One • Federation Square, Melbourne. Museum Atelier One • Singapore Concert Halls Atelier One • Royal Opera House, London Dixon Jones Architects • Berlin Stock Exchange Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners • Waterloo International Terminal, London Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners Experience Director, Interface façade engineering London, 2012 - Development of a dedicated facade engineering consultancy Facade Engineering Consultant, Ramboll uk London, 2012 - Consulting back to Ramboll as part of his work at interface, he continues to provide technical leadership to the Ramboll facade engineering team Director of Facade Engineering, Ramboll uk London, 2004 - 2012 Heading a successful team in London and expanding into Dubai, Italy, Denmark and Norway. Delivering many successful projects. Developing the systems to allow for the successful growth. Head of Facade Engineering, WhitbyBird (Ramboll) London, 1998 - 2004 Starting the facade engineering team at WhitbyBird and developing the discipline into a successful and highly skilled group capable of delivering some of the most complex projects within the practice. Facade Engineer, Atelier One London, 1996 - 1998 Joined the facade engineering team at this small practice to assist in the design and detailing of three significant project in Australia, Singapore and Slovakia. Architect, Dixon Jones Architects London, 1993 - 1996 Delivered the facades for Royal Opera House from Stage C through to Construction. These included complex structural stonework, curtain walling and complex fenestration. Architect, Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners London, 1989 - 1993 Joined as part of a small team working on the early design of Waterloo International Terminal. After seeing that project through to completion worked on the Berlin Stock Exchange building . Research and Standards • British Council for Offices – Facades section co-author 2010 • Computer Integration for Design to Manufacture of Facades – Cambridge University Industrial Partner - 2007- • Hydrogen Solar Cell research project – Hydrogen Solar – 2004 Conference Papers and Articles • High architecture, low Carbon? 06/2012 Future Envelope 6 Conference, Bath and Delft universities • Façade form and Complexity 11/2010, Building Envelopes Conference Luzern Hochschule • Latest developments in façade materials 10/2008 AJ Façade Design Conference • Façade Engineering in practice - Keynote 03/2007 ICBEST conference • Current trends in facade engineering 09/2003 3 Annual Conference and members meeting – CWCT • The relationship between manufacturing and design 10/2004 AJ Cladding and Curtain Walling supplement • Facades as part of the complete building performance 02/2003 AJ Cladding and Curtain Walling supplement CWCT Centre for Window and Cladding Technology ICBEST International Conference on Building Envelope Systems and Technologies AJ Architects Journal Education Member of the Society of Facade Engineers 2012 Application process Member of the Royal Institute of Architects Registered Architect (ARB) 1992 Bachelor of Architecture, University of Bath 1987-1989 With honors Bachelor of Science in General Architectural Studies, University of Bath1981-1986 With honors 4.