93rd Edition – Zak World of Façades France

This will be the 93rd edition globally and the 2nd edition in Paris. It will showcase sustainable innovations and challenges in the construction industry pertaining to the building envelope and will also display the latest technological solutions.

Speakers and Panelists

Pierre Bourdier

Project Manager, Eckersley O'Callaghan

Pierre graduated as a structural engineer in 2015, and has specialized in façade engineering since 2013. He worked for several parisian and international design offices before joining Eckersley O’Callaghan in 2019. With a strong multidisciplinary training at a high scientific...

Julien Graveleine

Responsable Bureau étude de prix, PMN

Passionate about aluminium joinery, and with 20 years of experience in facades, he participates in the study and implementation of projects, in correlation with the project owners, architects, and facade designers. His interest in aluminium joinery and construction has led...

Rémi Foulon

Programs Director, Nacarat

Rémi FOULON is a building engineer with a Master’s degree in Business Administration. He began his career in 2006 in the construction industry with Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France. In 2013, his career took a new direction, in project management. With the...

David Fabié

Head of RFR Paris, RFR

David Fabié is the director of the RFR agency, which specialises in structural and facade design. An X-Ponts engineer by training, he holds a Master’s degree from the Villette School of Architecture. He has participated in the construction of all...

Steven Ware

Senior Partner, ArtBuild Architects

Born in London and raised in Jamaica, Steven studied biology at Western University and architecture at the Architectural Association. As a partner with ArtBuild architects, he steers the development and application of bio-adaptive design principles, seeking new ways to fuse...

Leonardo Gambatesa

Technical Director, Hardel Le Bihan Architectes

Léonardo worked for 15 years in a structural and façade design office, first at RFR and then at T/E/S/S (integrated at the time of its creation in 2007). He worked on a wide range of ambitious projects, from complex geometric...

Gaia Alliney

Project Manager, ETAMINE

Gaia Alliney was an architect from 2000 to 2007 and worked with several agencies in Italy and Paris. Since 2007, she has specialised in Paris (with the design offices Penicaud Green Building, SNC Lavalin, Edeis) in environmental quality and building...

Nikelina Bineri

Building Enveloppe Projects Director, Builders and Partners

Nikelina Bineri is façade project director at Builders and Partners, Vertical Sea group. She is a graduate architect of the Polytechnic University of Tirana. After 8 years working as an architect, she moved to France to specialize in Cultural Heritage...

Jan Horst

Partner, Chaix & Morel et Associés

Jan Horst was born in Hamburg, Germany. After studying architecture in London in 2000, he joined Norman Foster and Partners, Massimiliano Fuksas Architecture in Paris and in 2008 he joined Chaix & Morel et Associés. Today, he is an associate...

Antoine Thuillier

Partner, Impulse Partners

Antoine joined Impulse in 2014 after 7 years of experience in R&D and product innovation in the construction sector and successful intrapreneurial experience in BIM, prefabrication, and smart building. Antoine graduated from Mines Paristech, with an MBA and is preparing...

Frédéric Chartier

Co-Founder, ChartierDalix

Frédéric Chartier co-founded ChartierDalix with his partner Pascale Dalix in 2008. Their success has come following consistent and commendable international projects such as the Ternes-Villiers site in the “Reinventing Paris” and the Demain Montparnasse competition to rehabilitate the Tour Montparnasse...

Francis Cholley

Business Unit Director - Europe, SageGlass

Francis Cholley has a 28-year experience at Saint-Gobain, where he managed the automotive glass business in Japan, Thailand and China before moving back to Japan to take the helm of the Insulation business. After a last position as Country CEO...

Thomas Soumahoro

Project Manager, Bollinger+Grohmann

Thomas Soumahoro graduated in Building Engineering from ESTP in 2016. After an experience as a Site Engineer, he specialized in computational design and parametric architecture at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, through the 18-months Advanced Master “Design by Data”. This research-based...

Mathias Bernhardt

Architect, Co-Head, Baumschlager Eberle Architekten

Mathias Bernhardt is a graduate architect from the Paris Belleville School of Architecture. From 2009 to 2016, he was associated with Baumschlager Eberle Architekten as local architect for their first two buildings in France, in Boulogne Billancourt and Dieppe. In...

Maria Carbonell

Project Manager, ARCORA

An engineer and architect, Maria Carbonell chose to have a dual education with the aim of broadening her view of the entire construction process. She joined Arcora in 2011 and developed technical skills in façade physics and rehabilitation issues. After...

Arnaud Clavreul

Project Manager, ARCORA

Arnaud Clavreul is a graduate of the Ecole Centrale de Paris. His experiences within large project management companies have led him to deepen two major subjects: the energy transition and the collaborative digital model for the building industry. Within Arcora,...

Erik Volz

Associate, Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Erik Volz, Associate Architect at Renzo Piano Building Workshop for the past 25 years, is a graduate of the University of Stuttgart (Dipl. Ing. 1985 – 1991) as an architect and planner. He has been trained in energy and sustainability,...

Thomas Souchon

Deputy Managing Director, VP & Green

Thomas Souchon graduated as an engineer-architect from the INSA in Lyon. He holds a master’s degree from the École nationale supérieure d’architecture Paris-Malaquais and oversaw the facade division at Elioth until 2014. He has been with VP&Green for eight years,...

Guillaume Meunier

Deputy Directeur, Elioth by Egis

Guillaume is a qualified architect and engineer. After ten years as an architect with Sophie Berthelier Architecture working on many buildings in France, he joined Elioth by Egis in 2013 and became a director in 2021. A specialist in construction,...

Emilie Hergott

Director of Environment and Digital, AREP

Since February 2020, Emilie Hergott has been AREP’s deputy director in charge of the environment and digital. An engineer and architect by training, she began her career at RFR, contributing in particular to the Louis Vuitton Foundation for Contemporary Art...

Thibaud Durousset

French market manager, Technoform Glass Insulation

In 2006, when we started Technoform Glass Insulation activity in France, the Insulating Glass Units (IGUs) edge bond were almost all equipped with aluminum spacers and the Warm Edge market was close to 0%; Today, the Warm Edge segment represents...

Stig Vesterager Gothelf

Senior Partner, 3XN

Senior Partner Stig Vesterager Gothelf leads 3XN/GXN Architect’s health and education projects such as the new 68,000m2 North Wing extension to Copenhagen’s university hospital and a new 58,000 m2 children’s hospital in Copenhagen, Mary Elizabeth’s Hospital, due to open in...

Raphaël Ménard

CEO, AREP

Since December 2018, Raphaël Ménard has been president of AREP, an interdisciplinary and international architecture agency, a subsidiary of SNCF Gares & Connexions. An engineer and architect by training, he began his career at RFR, contributing in particular to the...

Manuelle Gautrand

Principal Architect & Director, Manuelle Gautrand Architecture

Manuelle Gautrand was born in Marseille (France), graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Montpellier as a DPLG architect and set up her own practice in 1991, living and working in Paris. As principal architect of MANUELLE GAUTRAND ARCHITECTURE,...

Fabrice Keller

Area Manager, Edgetech Europe

Fabrice KELLER is Area Manager of Edgetech Europe GmbH and serves on its Sales Development Department to expend Super Spacer® Technology in several countries like French speaking regions plus South-East Europe. Before named Aera Manager, in January 2020, Fabrice was...

Isabelle Pires

Façades and Partitions Market Manager - Environmental Marketing Manager, Saint-Gobain Glass

Isabelle Pires has been Façades and Partitions Market Manager for Saint-Gobain Glass Bâtiment France since November 2005 and is responsible for promoting innovative solutions for these two markets. In July 2021, she was also appointed Environment Manager in the marketing...

Karl Stefan Dewald

Head of Façade Engineering, Schüco International

Stefan carries a doctoral degree in structural engineering and has further accomplishments in Business Administration and Management of Vlerick Business School. With more than 20 years of experience in the building and construction industry, he is an experienced head of...

Allan Hurdle

Technical Consultant, Serge Ferrari Stamisol

Allan has worked in the building services industry for over 30 years; holding several senior positions of Managing Director and Vice President for ventilation manufacturing companies. For the past 9 years has worked via his consultancy business, focusing on smoke...

James Brackenreed-Johnston

Head of Façades, Proctor Group

James Brackenreed-Johnston joined the A. Proctor Group in 2019 as Specification Manager for the London Area. James has many years of experience in the high rise sector, focusing on façade design, regulation compliance and innovation. By advocating a systems based...

Vincent Campan

Director of the Building Envelope Department, VINCI Construction France - BATEG - CBC

Robert-Jan van Santen

Technical Director, VS-A

Robert-Jan van Santen graduated in Architecture from UPA3 Versailles, France. He worked for 4 years in “Atelier de Paris” with Renzo Piano in Paris. He set up his own consulting firm focusing on building envelopes, “Bureau d’études façade van SANTEN”...

Tom Gray

Co-Founder, T/E/S/S

Tom GRAY is associate director of T/E/S/S atelier d’ingéniérie, which he co-founded in 2007 with Matt KING and Bernard VAUDEVILLE. He qualified as an architect from University College Dublin, Ireland. He is registered as an architect in France, and is...

Alexandre Krupka

Projects and Key Accounts Manager, Schüco International SCS

Alexandre Krupka began his career with Schüco in 2002 as Marketing Manager in the Solar division. In that role, he grew the business as a result of introducing and ensuring certification of products in the French market, working in coordination...

Björn Sandén

High Performance Product Manager, Kuraray Europe

Björn Sandén has been working 27 years with interlayers for laminated glass, especially focusing on architectural applications. Interlayers for laminated glass such as Trosifol PVB and SentryGlas® have been key to improve safety, structural performance, acoustic performance and decorative possibilities...

François Gillardeau

Deputy Managing Director, Schüco International SCS

Having graduated in general engineering from the Ecole des Arts et Métiers, François Gillardeau completed his marketing training with a Master’s degree from ESSEC. Having joined Schüco in 2007, he took over as head of its Aluminium Division in 2010,...

Jacques Llados

Managing Director, Schüco International SCS

With a lifelong passion for construction and architecture, Jacques Llados has developed a new business strategy based on a detailed understanding of markets, a tailormade product offering and a well-developed culture of leadership… for the benefit of end-user customers via...

Mitsu Edwards

Associate Director, Eckersley O'Callaghan

Mitsu has worked in Paris for more than 20 years leading French and International projects for renowned architects including Heatherwick, NBBJ, Stanton Williams, BIG, Arep, SAANA, Studiogang and Morphosis. Her expertise focuses on highly technical structures and envelopes, often with...

Nadia Rouquette

Specification Manager France, Akzonobel

Nadia Rouquette is French Specification Manager at AkzoNobel Powder Coatings. Bachelor’s in management from Toulouse Business School. With 29 years in Coating Industry (liquid and powder) and several jobs as Account Manager, Key Account Manager, French Marketing Manager, she was...

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