Masterclass: facade engineering
Introducing a series of masterclasses delivered by some of the world’s leading facade, structural and fire designers and engineers.
As leaders in engineering design, we are sought to advise on the world’s most challenging projects in the built environment. Our engineers are trusted advisors to clients, architects, contractors and developers, as well as technical experts. Masterclasses are highly focused deep dives that detail aspects of engineering design. A Q&A follows each Masterclass allowing for detailed discussion and surety of understanding.
Upcoming events
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Lighting and Facades – Finding the Balance for Joint Design
Lighting considerations for the design enhancement of facades and architecture
Thursday 8th October | 4pm
Carolina Florian
Associate Director, Head of Lighting | MSc, CEng, MSLL, MCIBSE
Carolina is Regional Head of Lighting in Buro Happold, with over 15 years of inter-disciplinary experience across various sectors and areas of lighting design including iconic projects in urban lighting masterplanning, daylight, exterior and interior lighting design. She is currently leading the BuroHappold lighting team on the Stratford Waterfront East Bank development in London, which includes new buildings for the London College of Fashion (ual), V&A, Sadler’s Wells and BBC. She also collaborates with our Cities Group on key infrastructure projects such as The New Danube Bridge in Budapest and AMAALA, a luxurious and integrated resort across three sites on the shores of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. Her diverse background and project portfolio have enabled Carolina to work successfully with multi-disciplinary teams bringing together an innovative approach and various design skills.
Chrysanthi Anastasiou
Senior Facade Engineer | DipEng MSc CEng (TEE-TCG) MCIBSE
Chrysanthi joined Buro Happold in 2015 as a facade intern, and as a graduate facade engineer at 2016 in the London team. Prior to joining Buro Happold, Chrysanthi completed her Civil Engineering Diploma at University of Thessaly, and her MSc in Building Technology and Physics at the Civil Engineering department of Delft University of Technology. Chrysanthi currently holds the role of a senior facade engineer, and works as a specialist consultant for a variety of complex facade projects.
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Lighting and Facades – Daylight Impact on the built environment
Designing with Nature: Principles of daylighting and solar glare in façade design
Thursday 5th November | 4pm
Myrto Skreta-Krikou
Lighting Designer | RIBA Chartered, ARB, MSc, MEng
Myrto is a Lighting Designer in BuroHappold with over 5 years of experience. She studied Architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and she is a RIBA Chartered Architect. She has worked on iconic projects in a variety of sectors, such as residential, cultural, education, urban development and sports both internationally and in the UK. She has a particular interest in daylight design of buildings. Her holistic approach to design stresses the integration of daylight and artificial light with related building systems.
Chrysanthi Anastasiou
Senior Facade Engineer | DipEng MSc CEng (TEE-TCG) MCIBSE
Chrysanthi joined Buro Happold in 2015 as a facade intern, and as a graduate facade engineer at 2016 in the London team. Prior to joining Buro Happold, Chrysanthi completed her Civil Engineering Diploma at University of Thessaly, and her MSc in Building Technology and Physics at the Civil Engineering department of Delft University of Technology. Chrysanthi currently holds the role of a senior facade engineer, and works as a specialist consultant for a variety of complex facade projects.
About our Masterclass series
Buro Happold is an independent, international engineering practice that delivers creative, value-led built environment design and planning solutions. Truly multidisciplinary, our interconnected community of experts transform project outcomes for every one of our clients. Our facade engineers have extensive experience of delivering state of the art building exteriors within the UK and across the globe. The team also has considerable experience in investigative and diagnostic work, in carrying out due diligence work and as expert advisers.
