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Matthias completed his diploma in structural engineering in 1999 and gained international experience in New York with Robert Silman Associates and Guy Nordenson and Associates, contributing to landmark projects such as the New Museum in New York and the Sifang Art Museum in Nanjing. From 2013 to 2018, Matthias headed the Munich branch of BuroHappold, leading projects such as the Munich Wholesale Market or the award-winning competition entry for the multi-functional sports arena in Munich’s Olympic Park. Today, he is Professor of Structural Design at TU Dresden, focusing on lightweight structures, digitally driven form-finding, and interdisciplinary design approaches.
Simon graduated in 2010 and has since worked with internationally recognised practices in Germany, the UK, and Australia, including Foster and Partners in London, LAVA in Sydney, and AR-MA. His key projects include the Samsung Pavilion at Yeosu Expo 2012, the Trifolium Pavilion, and Optus Stadium in Perth. Simon specialises in parametric design, digital fabrication, and integrative approaches that merge design, engineering, material performance, and manufacturing. He has taught at multiple institutions worldwide and co-founded Formfeld, a brand for parametrically generated acoustic wall panels, as well as SIAN, a jewellery label.
In 2018 Matthias and Simon joined forces by working together on climate intervention pilots for the city of Abu Dhabi, a series of lightweight shading structures developed in team with transsolar klimaengineering. It quickly became clear that the combination of structural engineering and computational design creates unique synergies, particularly in the structural design of geometrically complex structures such as the extension of the State Parliament in Düsseldorf, one of the currently ongoing projects.
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