Competition Jury

Kasper Heiberg Frandsen is a Design Principal at Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects.

His excellence in architectural design and concept development, cultivated over his 25-year career at the studio, is matched by his keen ability to inspire and guide the next generation of architects.

Kasper injects his strong belief in the humanistic approach at the heart of the practice’s Scandinavian design principles into each of his projects.

This approach is mirrored by his interest in formulating complimentary and holistic ecological strategies to ensure a long-lasting legacy of the built interventions.

Currently, Kasper’s portfolio of active projects includes;

• the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in the Bay Area north of San Francisco, California - a truly visionary and transformational $240mio project
• UBC Gateway at University of British Columbia – a 25,000m2 hybrid timber structure,
• the 330,000 m² masterplan for New Aalborg University Hospital, currently under construction in Denmark
• Commons Facilities at Skills City in Herning, Denmark.
• University of Bristol Library, an £80 million development in England that will serve as a landmark project in the revitalization of the university’s Clifton Campus

Wendy has served as Assistant Vice Chancellor at Campus Architect at UC Berkeley since 2019. In this role, she provides strategic and long-range planning for the programming, design, and development of campus properties, including buildings, infrastructure, and landscape projects. This includes oversight of $3 billion dollars of active design and construction projects. Under her leadership, and through the work of Sasaki/Page, the 2021 UC Berkeley Campus Master Plan, received a 2022 SCUP Merit Award for campus planning.

A California native, Wendy was the Campus Architect at Tulane University from 2016-2019. She completed her undergraduate education at UCLA, holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Virginia. She was the 2007 recipient of the AIA’s Richard Morris Hunt Prize.

Antonina Kaplia is a co-founder of TSEH ARCHITECTURAL GROUP. Artist, architect, Master's degree in Architectural Design. Author of articles in online and print architectural publications. Member of the jury of Ukrainian competitions such as Ukrainian Urban Awords, Interior of the Year, etc. Co-author of the concept of the Ukrainian presentation at the London Design Biennale 2023, lecturer at the presentation of Ukraine at La Biennale di Venezia 2023.

Co-author of projects of TSEH ARCHITECTURAL GROUP, which has been creating modern and relevant architecture in Ukraine and abroad for more than 10 years. Landmark projects: Unit Factory IT factory in Kyiv and Kharkiv, Unit Cafe, Goodlife Park, Aerostar office, Kyivstar, U-Future, etc . Publications: ArchDaily, BRAUN, architecturelover, WORLD INTERIORS NEWS, arthitectural.com, HQ ROOM, Inhabitat, HIS, hqroom, ID.Interior, DMN1R, Pragmatika and many others.

Antonina also holds first prizes of architectural and design competitions: winner of the competition of the Union of Architects of Ukraine 2023, Grand Prix UkrainianUrbanAwards 2021, Interior of the Year 2021, Artspace 2021, V Eastern Europe Real Estate Awards 2019, Artspace 2019, Kazakhstan Interior Awards 2015, WORKSPACE INTERIORS 2014, INTER'YEAR 2014, INTER'YEAR 2012, Best Office Awards 2012, "Objectivity Inside 2010"

Ivan Kipish has been the chief architect of Irpin since May 2024. In 2016, he opened his own design office, KIPISH ARCHITECTS, which is still working today. He is the author of hundreds of objects of public, residential, industrial buildings and structures in western Ukraine. Ivan had also been a member of the town planning council of Ternopil.

Member of the National Union of Architects of Ukraine. In the period from 2008 to 2013, he studied at the Lviv Polytechnic National University at the Institute of Architecture. Practicing architect since 2012, practicing architect.

Vitalii Melnyk is the Vice President of the development company UDP, recognized as the Best Commercial Real Estate Developer in Ukraine (CP Awards 2020), and he is responsible for the development of Innovation parks.

With over 20 years of experience in real estate development, Vitalii has led several landmark projects:

UNIT.City (Kyiv, Ukraine): Comprehensive development of an Innovation park, including the creation of the B10 business campus certified with LEED Silver. This campus was awarded as the Best Class A Business Center in Ukraine (CP Awards 2020).

LvivTech.City (Lviv, Ukraine): Full-cycle development of an Innovation park project that won the European Property Awards 2020-2021. A standout achievement within this project is the B01 business campus, the first building in Ukraine to achieve LEED Gold certification.

Under Vitalii's leadership, these projects embody the latest global practices in integrated urban development and the creation of innovative spaces. Many of them have received prestigious international and national awards. They seamlessly integrate modern technologies, sustainable design, and a comfortable living environment, setting new standards in the real estate industry.

David Lenox has been the Stanford University Architect since 2005 and has been focused on establishing a framework for continued physical growth of the campus to support the mission and vision of the University. In his tenure he has championed the plan to restore the original Olmsted Campus Framework Plan and has guided each of the schools to plan for the future. His design leadership and influence on projects includes transformative projects such as the GSB Knight Management Center, the Bing Concert Hall, the Anderson Collection, the Denning House, and Windhover Contemplative Center.

Notable projects for the School of Medicine include the Li Ka Shing Center, Lokey Stem Cell, Biomedical Innovations, and Center for Academic Medicine. In addition to the Science & Engineering Quad, he has guided the design of the Bass Biology Building, the Sapp Center, and the CheM-H Neurosciences complex. David was also intimately involved with the Stanford Redwood City Campus planning and design. Sustainable projects including the O’Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm, the Central Energy Facility, and the Automotive Innovation Center also showcase Stanford’s commitment to sustainable facilities. Currently Dave is collaborating on the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Commons and the Town Center projects.

Prior to coming to Stanford, his work focused on architectural design in the corporate and transportation sectors. He has recently served as the President on the Board of the Association of University Architects and has served on design juries for AIA San Francisco, California Preservation Foundation, AIA National Interior Design Awards, and the Society for College and University Planning.

David gets most invigorated when he is collaborating with a School or Department to transform its facilities and energize its culture. While new buildings should always be infused with the Stanford ‘Architectural DNA’….they should continue to look to the future, stir emotion, and inspire.

Sergii Marchenko represents the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, which is the body that governs State Tax University and appoints all its management. Sergii Marchenko was appointed Minister of Finance on the 30th of March 2020. He also currently chairs the Board of Governors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (since 2023). During 2016-2018 Mr. Marchenko worked as Deputy Minister of Finance. Later, until May 2019 he worked as a Deputy Head of Administration of the President of Ukraine.

Graduated from the Academy of State Fiscal Tax Service of Ukraine in 2002. During his studies Mr. Marchenko received Presidential Scholarship and achieved Master's Degree in Public Finance Management. Later on, he conducted research at the Scientific and Research Financial Institute of the Ministry of Finance and thus, in 2009, received PhD in Economics.

Starting from 2002 Mr. Marchenko worked on several positions in the Ministry of Finance, State Fiscal Service, Finance and Banking Committee and Cabinet of Ministers Secretariat.

In 2011 Mr. Marchenko began his work at the Presidential Coordination Center of Reforms Implementation. He participated in Budget Code development. The Code was adopted in 2014. Mr. Marchenko also worked as an expert of Bendukidze Free Market Center and as academical director of the joint KSE and GIZ program «Leadership in Public Finance» in years 2015-2016.

Andrii Pashenko is an architect, a managing director and a founder of A.Pashenko Architects. He graduated from the Kyiv Civil Engineering Institute in 1984 and worked at the Kyivproekt Institute at the beginning of his career. In 1996 Andrii Pashenko and Svitlana Zdorenko established the A.Pashenko Architects - a now leading architectural practice in Ukraine. In the past thirty years the team has successfully delivered projects of various scales and programmes in Kyiv and across Ukraine.

The most notable projects include the Ocean Plaza Shopping Malls, the Tetris Hall residential developments, the IQ Centre, the Toronto Kyiv, the Magnet office buildings and the Radisson Hotel in Kyiv. Among other sectors the company specializes in design and delivery of academic buildings and campuses. Thus the team is now completing a 25,000 sqm project of CIL Brookes International School at McCain Street in Kyiv which is due to open in 2025.

In 2023 A.Pashenko Architects successfully completed standard designs of seven projects of social infrastructure including three schools and three kindergartens for the European Investment Bank and the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine. The company was also a leading architect of the Bionic Hill Innovation Park and University in the Kyiv Region.

Steve Wiesenthal, FAIA, is Studio Gang’s Campus Environments Principal and the leader of the firm’s San Francisco office. His recent projects include an expansion on the campus of the California College of the Arts in San Francisco and the renewal of Kresge College at the University of California Santa Cruz.

Prior to joining Studio Gang, Steve worked for more than twenty-five years as a university architect, leading the development and operations of the built environment during periods of significant growth at the University of Chicago, the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), and the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. At both UChicago and UCSF, Steve initiated their first campus-wide environmental sustainability programs. Early in his career, he worked for six years with influential designers Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates.

Steve was elected 2021-2022 Board of Directors Chair for the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP), and also serves on the board of the Experimental Station (an organization devoted to building independent cultural infrastructure on Chicago’s South Side), the University of California San Francisco Design Advisory Committee, and the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation board. He is a member of the Association of University Architects, Lambda Alpha International, and a former chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Institutional Planning.

Szymon Wojciechowski – President, Co-Owner and Architect-Partner at APA Wojciechowski Architects is an architect with over thirty years of experience, a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw Univeristy of Technology (Poland) and the University of Detroit (USA), a member of the Mazovian District Chamber of Architects. From 1982 he has been associated with APA Wojciechowski – currently APA Wojciechowski sp. z o.o., in which he is the President of the Management Board, Co-Owner, Architect-Partner.

Many years of experience combined with a passion for creating beautiful shapes allows him to design unique buildings with high functionality. Author or co-author of many well-known architectural projects, including Elektrownia Powiśle, Skyliner, The Park Warsaw, Latarnia and Port (Port Praski), Galeria Północna in Warsaw (Poland), Riverview, Format, Officyna and Alchemia in Gdańsk (Poland), Kielecka 2 (K2) in Gdynia, Business Garden Wrocław and Centrum Południe in Wrocław (Poland), Nova Silesia in Katowice (Poland) and The Park Kraków (Poland), UNIT.City in Kyiv (Ukraine), Lviv.Tech.City in Lviv (Ukraine).