Programme team
Teaching Staff
Paula Cadima
Programme Head
DiplArch AA PhD SFHEA
Programme Head of SED and AA PhD supervisor. Practiced architecture in Zurich and Lisbon; worked for the European Commission on energy efficiency and renewable energy. Former Professor and Founding Director of the Bioclimatic Architecture MArch Course at the University of Lisbon. Former president of PLEA.
Simos Yannas
Founding Director
DiplArchEng AADiplGrad(Hons) PhD SFHEA
Founding director of the SED MSc and MArch programmes and former head of the AA PhD programme. Recipient of the PLEA lifetime achievement award. Publications include Lessons from Vernacular Architecture and Solar Energy and Housing Design.
Nick Baker
Tutor
BSc PhD
Physicist who spent most of his professional life working in architecture as lecturer and researcher at Cambridge University. Author of numerous research papers and books including “Healthy Homes: Designing with Light and Air for Sustainability and Wellbeing”.
Gustavo Brunelli
Tutor
DipArch MA AA (Dist) FRSA MCIBSE CEng
Technical Director at Atelier Ten London. Graduated from the University of São Paulo and completed the AA MA in Environment & Energy Studies with Distinction. Environmental consultant on projects ranging from large mixed-use masterplans to specialist exhibitions.
Herman Calleja
Tutor
RIBA BE&A(Hons) MArch(AA SED) BREEAM AP
High-Performance Design Lead at SOM Architects and Lead Author for the UN IPCC Assessment Report 7. Specialises in climate-based modelling and occupant comfort assessment.
Mariam Kapsali
Tutor
DipArchEng MSc (AA SED)
SED teaching staff since 2012 and architect at Architype. Graduated with Distinction from the National Technical University of Athens. Former Research Fellow on Building Performance Evaluation at Oxford Brookes University.
Olivier Dambron
Tutor
DipEng MSc (AA SED)
Co-founder and co-director of Atmos Lab. Research focuses on the environmental design potential of bamboo in tropical architecture. Trained at the school of Hautes Etudes d’Ingénieur in France.
Byron Mardas
Tutor
DipArchEng MSc (AA SED)
Associate Director at Studio 4215, specialising in environmental design, occupant comfort and advanced computational workflows. Previously at Foster + Partners and Bryden Wood.
Mileni Pamfili
Tutor
DipArchEng MArch (AA SED)
Associate Director at BDP London, leading high-profile refurbishment projects across the UK and abroad. Studied architecture at the National Technical University of Athens.
Pierluigi Turco
Tutor
DipArchEng MArch (AA SED)
Co-founder of a-fact architectural factory, heading the London office. Over ten years in practice across Italy, the UK and the Middle East; previously design associate at SOM and PACE Kuwait.
Divy Vora
Tutor
BArch MArch (AA SED)
Environmental designer at Atelier Ten, London, specialising in environmental performance and climate-based modelling. Previously practiced as an architect in Mumbai, India.