Archives: Speakers

Olaf Gipser (Prof. M.Arch. Dipl.Ing. Architect SBA) is an architect based in Amsterdam. His office is concerned with architecture as agent in the social production of space, in the intervention in ecological milieus, and as the production of physical and cultural artefacts. Their work has been recognized in the Netherlands with the ‘Zuiderkerk Award 2021’ of the City of Amsterdam (best housing project) and with nominations for the ‘BNA Best Building of the Year 2022’ (national award), ‘Amsterdam Architecture Award 2022’, ‘Zuiderkerk Award 2022’, and ‘National Timber Construction Award 2021’. Olaf is currently a professor at the Faculty of Architecture at Innsbruck University and has been teaching at the TU Delft, The Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, the Royal Academy in London, the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam and the Bergen Architecture School. Olaf holds degrees from the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), from the University of Stuttgart, and as Fulbright student from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).

Renown in the industry for decades, and showing a proven track record of over 200 hotels under her lead, Anne has developed a vast skillset that allows her to connect business & operations,  architecture & engineering, design & art likewise. Having worked on numerous developments across the globe it is fair to say that there are no limits when it comes to quality aspiration and attention to detail throughout the delivery of each individual project. In her current role as Senior Vice President of ACCOR Design & Technical Services Ultra-Luxury, Luxury and Lifestyle brands – EUROPE , she feels privileged to explore cross pollination between lifestyle and ultra-luxury concepts, studying changing guest behaviour and challenging industry norms. Her involvement in brand positioning and visioning is crucial for the success for each of her and her assigned projects together with her passionate team.

Annemarie van Doorn is the CEO of the Dutch Green Building Council (DGBC), a foundation which is the largest and broadest movement encouraging sustainability of the built environment in the Netherlands. Previously, she worked at the Corporate Sustainable Development Department within the ABN AMRO bank for many years. Within that same period, she also initiated and managed the first Green Business Clubs in the Netherlands. She was also one of the founders and board members of DGBC in 2008. As former member of the board she was responsible for the positioning of the DGBC. She also launched the very successful format for the Dutch Green Building Week. Van Doorn graduated as a psychologist.

Ann Marie Aguilar joined the IWBI team in 2016, and from a base in London oversees the day-to-day activities of IWBI Europe, Middle East and North Africa. She supports the business development and technical teams and is the first point of contact for clients and design teams interested in all applications of WELL Certification. Ann Marie’s role is to support “early adopters” of the WELL Building Standard, by facilitating communication with IWBI technical experts to provide international translation, alternative adherence pathways and alignment with European sustainability rating tools. Ann Marie’s expertise in environmental sustainability and well-being has helped deliver strategic adoption of WELL into the UK, Ireland and continental Europe with support from BRE, Green Building Councils and other partners in the UK and abroad. She is also responsible for implementing new directives for research, growth, recruitment and education. She brings to IWBI a technical background in sustainability consulting, having worked for 11 years with Arup Associates, the architectural consulting arm of Arup in their London offices. Her 17 years of global project experience range in scale from campus size to small city developments and identify a clear sustainability vision, objectives and measurable targets. She has extensive experience in LEED Certification, material deconstruction and material reuse processes. Whilst there she developed Arup’s health and well-being consultancy offering across their global operations. Previously, Ann Marie led her own sustainability consulting business in New York City. Among the first cohort of WELL APs, she now also provides education and support to industry as a WELL Faculty member. She earned her bachelor’s degree in architecture from the New York Institute of Technology and received Chartered Environmentalist status in 2012. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, member of the Sustainability Futures Group at the RIBA and a member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment.

Prof.dr.ir. Arjan van Timmeren  is full professor Environmental Technology & Design at TUDelft, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Department Urbanism. Besides he is Scientific Director of Resilient Delta Initiative in Rotterdam (a joint initiative by TU Delft, Erasmus University and Erasmus Medical Center),  Academical Portfolio Director ‘Sustainable Cities’ for the TUD Extension School  for continuing education, and was (co)founding Scientific Director, and now Principal Investigator at AMS Institute in Amsterdam (Institute for ‘Advanced Metropolitan Solutions’, a joint initiative by TU Delft, Wageningen University and Research and MIT). His work focuses on sustainable development in the built environment, with emphasis on Urban Metabolism, Circular and Biobased Economy, Urban Climate and environmental behaviour, and Nature based technologies. He leads several (inter)national projects and has seats in (inter)national steering groups, quality teams and scientific boards.

Astrid Piber, Partner and Senior Architect at UNStudio, graduated from the Technical University Vienna in 1997 and received her MS in AAD from Columbia University, New York, in 1999. Since joining UNStudio in 1998, Astrid has worked closely with Ben van Berkel on a wide range of projects globally. Her first was the now completed Arnhem Central Station masterplan. In the intervening years, she has worked on numerous projects in Asia and Europe, from the initial urban study and competition phase, through to realization. She is currently in charge of several large-scale design projects globally. In transport and mixed-use projects, such as the Raffles City development in Hangzhou, China, the interdependency of functional, economic, and future-proofing criteria led to organisations that go beyond segregated typologies. In such projects, Astrid has worked with a trans-scalar approach—from infrastructure and urban design to custom-crafted interiors—where user experience adds value to design and becomes distinct to its location. Such sophisticated place making strategies form part of the design approach for numerous integrated transport and mixed use projects.

Enno Zuidema (Kampen, 1968) studied at the Delft University of Technology where he graduated in 1992 with an honorable mention. In 1993 he founded his firm, Enno Zuidema Stedebouw. His strengths are in social and spatial strategies, he focuses on finding sustainable and suitable solutions by social participation and stakeholder cooperation. The emphasis of his work lies on regional and municipal visions, structural plans, landscape assignments, re-structuring of urban areas in need and infrastructure. Enno is an active urban planner and leader for the developments and challenges in the northern areas of the Netherlands. He is also often invited as a guest lecturer at the Academy of Architecture in Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and Tilburg, and at the University of Delft. He was also the Chief of Urbanism at the Academy of Architecture in Rotterdam. Since the 1st of September of 2018, Enno is the head of urban development studio at MVRDV.

Hélène Chartier is the Director of Urban Planning and Design at C40, the network of global mega-cities committed to the fight against climate change.   The team she leads develops various programs to support cities across the world to accelerate sustainable and resilient urban planning policies and design practices, and to bring together cities and progressive players in the built environment industry in order to accelerate the decarbonization of buildings and urban development. Hélène’s team especially leads the C40 Land Use Planning network which supports cities to institutionalize climate action through urban planning regulations; the Reinventing Cities competition that delivers decarbonized and resilient urban regeneration projects across the world; as well as the Green and Thriving Neighbourhoods program and C40’s workstream on 15-minute City. In the past, Hélène was advisor to the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, she also worked for the Paris urbanism agency and the global consulting firm, Arup. Helene has a Master’s degree of Science and Engineering from the renowned French College, Ecole Centrale, with a specialization in building and civil engineering. In the past 15 years, Helene has lived and worked in Paris, London and New York.