Gianluca joined UHA in 2018 and became an Associate in 2021. He oversees and maintains our drawing standards and protocols across the studio, and is responsible for delivering drawing packages and coordinating with consultants on large projects.
Gianluca completed his BA and MA degrees in Architecture at the Architecture University of Venice (IUAV), graduating with honours. During his Master's he studied for six months at the Y-GSA of Yokohama in Japan, and then completed an internship at the Belgian architecture firm GAFPA.
During his four years in our London office Gianluca has worked on various high profile mixed-use and residential projects, gaining knowledge of technical architectural details and BIM modelling.
Andreas Ieridis
Associate
english,
greek
Andreas Ieridis
Associate
english,
greek
Andreas is an Associate in our Limassol office.
Since 2009 he has been working as an architect at international practices in London, Rotterdam, Athens, and Cyprus. He holds a Diploma of Architect Engineer from NTUA Athens and an MSc from TU Delft. He joined UHA in 2018 to assist in the construction of luxury residential projects in Cyprus, and was promoted to Associate in 2019.
In London, Andreas worked on large-scale projects in construction stages using BIM. These include Al Rayyan football stadium in Qatar with Pattern architects, East Wick & Sweetwater residential development, and the £600 million expansion of Westfield shopping centre in London, with Sheppard Robson Architects.
Before moving to London, he worked for OMA/Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam on significant projects in Italy. These include Fondaco dei Tendeschi in Venice, the Venice Biennale 2014, and Prada in Milan. In Cyprus, he worked as a Project Architect for IMA studio. He is a registered architect in ARB (UK) and ETEK (CY).
Wen-Kai Li
Senior Associate
chinese,
english
Wen-Kai Li
Senior Associate
chinese,
english
Wen-Kai is a Senior Associate in our London office.
He completed his bachelor's degree in Architecture from Taiwan’s top University, TamKang University, and his master's degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the Architectural Association in London. Wen-Kai received an award for outstanding performance on his graduate thesis.
He worked for a number of studios in Taiwan including Stonehenge Architects and A+B Studio before taking his master’s degree and graduating in 2009. After completing his master's degree Wen-Kai joined Zaha Hadid Architects where he worked for over five years, and was promoted to Senior Designer. He was the key designer for Al Wakrah Stadium for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Wen-Kai joined UHA in 2014 and specialises in complex 3D modeling and parametric design. Through the use of parametric tools such as Grasshopper, MEL scripting(Maya Embedded Language) and Archicad live connection, Wen-Kai is able to rationalise complex geometries and set up fully generative models that can be regularly updated in both Rhino and BIM, which is essential on large masterplan projects.
Vincent Nowak
Senior Associate
english,
french,
german,
italian
Vincent Nowak
Senior Associate
english,
french,
german,
italian
Vincent is a Senior Associate in our London office.
He studied architecture and obtained his Diploma at the RWTH Aachen (Germany) in the department of Prof. Vladimir Nikolic in 2004, which included an Erasmus grant at L’Ecole nationale supérieure d’architecture Paris-Malaquais (2001–2002). As a student he gained professional experience at the offices of Jean Nouvel, Jacques Moussafir and Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp) in Aachen and Paris.
He joined Zaha Hadid Architects in 2004, and as Lead Architect he led a number of high-rise projects in the Middle East and China. Vincent was in charge of design and development of the OPUS Office Tower, the flagship building for one of Dubai’s leading private developers. He was Project Architect of the Youth Olympic Centre in Nanjing (China), a 500,000 m² mixed-use development composed of two high-rise towers and a conference centre.
Prior to joining UHA, Vincent completed the Courtyard House for Flow Architecture, a boutique architectural practice focusing on bespoke residential projects.
Vincent has extensive experience in high-rise building design and luxury residential developments, and is a specialist in BIM and computational design development.