e-Architects BIOS

Eiroa Architects | e-Architects collaborates with multiple architects and experts in the design field. Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa is the Founder of e-Architects.net, International Design Lead and Registerd Architect, CPAU in Argentina. In NY Meredith Bostwick-Lorenzo Eiroa, RA is Managing Principal of Eiroa Architects, P.C. with Hany Rizkalla, Technical Lead and Registered Architect in NY and Toronto. In NY, Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa collaborates as design lead.

Meredith Bostwick-Lorenzo Eiroa, RA, LEED AP, Managing Principal in Charge
 

Principal Meredith Bostwick-Lorenzo Eiroa is a professional practitioner with professional license in architecture in the State of New York, including LEED AP and AIA (American Institute of Architects), with several credentials including several groundbreaking built projects at SOM (Skidmore Owings and Merrill) in New York City. Her collaborative work has been featured globally. Meredith is a proven thought leader in university design, with over 20 years of experience with global universities. She is expert in the facilitation of an integrated design process and stakeholder engagement that yield bespoke planning and design outcomes. Her portfolio of work encompasses academic programming and feasibility; campus framework planning; new construction; conservation; and renovations. Her work with several institutions from the Ivy Leagues to Liberal Arts have led to transformative outcomes, including Princeton University, MIT, Cornell Tech, UCONN, Georgia Institute of Technology, Barnard College, Wellesley College, The Dalton School, and Duke University. She is dedicated to curating dynamic processes and planning methodologies that guide the creation of innovative learning and collaborative research environments for each unique institution.

At the outset of a project, Meredith seeks to highlight each institution’s unique pedagogy, culture, and place to shape responsive physical spaces and environments through an inclusive design process—optimizing experiences, exploring opportunities, and extending possibilities of informal teaching and learning beyond the traditional classroom. She facilitates equitable design processes, helping project teams build consensus around a shared vision and unique value proposition for each project, while responding to the institutional mission, program needs, and bespoke project objectives at hand.
 

Principal Meredith Bostwick-Lorenzo Eiroa is an Architect and Planner who specializes in academic and campus design strategy.  She is expert in integrated design process leadership, strategic project planning, academic programming and stakeholder engagement.  She has dedicated her career to campus design and planning with over 20 years of experience in design leadership and project strategy for higher education institutions.  She is a proven academic design process thought leader, featured in numerous publications, press and media as well as the Learning Space Collaboratory (LSC).  She is the Principal-in-Charge of Eiroa Architects (e-architects) in New York, established in 2011.  Previously, she led the firmwide Higher Education Practice as Principal/Director at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), and as Senior Associate Principal she served as the Higher Education Design Strategist. Her portfolio includes scientific and research institutions as Senior Associate at Hillier Architecture and RMJM.  Her work with Ivy Leagues to the Liberal Arts has led to transformative outcomes. She is expert in the facilitation of integrated design processes and value-centered stakeholder engagement.  She helps build consensus around shared vision and unique value propositions for each project, while responding to the institutional mission, program needs, and project objectives.

“The ideal campus environments emerge from the dynamic exchange of ideas between the design team and every campus and community constituent engaged in the process. Every voice can enable a deeper understanding of the physical environments and experiences needed to scaffold students in their own becoming.” says Meredith Bostwick-Lorenzo Eiroa.

Meredith is a member of the Society for College and University Planners and an active contributor to the Learning Spaces Collaboratory. For both organizations, she lends her expertise on a variety of topics that shape campus planning, including operational agility and resilience, climate action, the importance of belonging and community, and equity, diversity and inclusion. Meredith received a Bachelors of Science in Architecture at Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters of Architecture at Princeton University.

Meredith Bostwick-Lorenzo Eiroa authored articles and books chapters:

        - Bostwick-Lorenzo Eiroa, M. "The Spatial and Social Constructs of Creative Situations," in ed. Williams, A.; Jones, D; Robertson, J. Bites Recipies for Remarkable Research, Sense Publishers, Roterdam, Netherlands, 2014

        - Bostwick-Lorenzo Eiroa, M. "New York City's Unprecedented Campus", SOM Medium, New York, 2018

        - Bostwick-Lorenzo Eiroa, M. "As Project Delivery Models Evolve, Designers Rethink Their Role", Building Design+Construction Magazine, Pallatine, Illinois, 2018

 

 

Dr. Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, CPAU, LEED AP, Design Lead

Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa is technology-science research and development experimental practitioner with professional license RA CPAU (Registered Architect CPAU - Consejo Profesional de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Argentina), international associate member AIA (USA, 2009), LEED AP (Acredited Professional, 2011), member of the SCA (Sociedad Central de Arquitectos, 2009). He is an Associate Professor and Director of the AI Lab, co-developer and curriculum author of the MS ACT Program at the New York Institute of Technology were he was granted Tenure. His expertise in on Big Data, Simulation, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. He was appointed to teach at several institutions worldwide, from 2004-2018 was an Associate Professor Adjunct at the The Cooper Union and he has been appointed at UPenn (University of Pensylvania), UIC Barcelona, Columbia University GSAPP, Di Tella University, and FADU-UBA (University of Buenos Aires from 1997-2001). He has been invited to lecture in institutions worldwide in more than 70 oportunities including several keynote presentations including NYiT, Cooper Union, Princeton University, Columbia University, Harvard University GSD, UPenn, The ETSAB Barcelona, Di Tella Institute, the University of Buenos Aires and others. In 2010 Pablo was appointed Co-Conference Chair for the ACADIA 2010 Conference (the largest Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture) and co-edited the conference proceedings. He published 6 books, more than 40 articles including many peer review indexed publications.

Previously, Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa collaborated directly with Peter Eisenman/Eisenman Architects as a senior lead designer in a number of world renowned competitions and projects, including; three installations in Europe during 2004-2005 (one as associated architect); the completed Arizona Cardinals Stadium (2003) host of the NFL 2008 XLII SUPERBOWL and the 2015 XLIX SUPERBOWL (total interior surface of 1.7 million square feet +170.000m2); the Second Prize for the Napoli TAV terminal competition in Italy (2003); designs for the WTC site published by the New York Times (2002) and the New York Magazine (2002); and participated as a lead designer for the team Meier - Eisenman - Gwathmey- Holl, finalist submission for the LMDC WTC competition (2002, 2.0 million square footage of mix use program). After such collaboration, he authored INSTALACIONES: Sobre el trabajo de Peter Eisenman. In Buenos Aires, he collaborated with Justo Solsona/MSGSSSarqs, Ciro Najle and Cadau-Gimenez-Galvez.

Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa received his Doctorate Degree from UIC Barcelona in 2022 on Computer Science applied to Architecture investigating Big Data, Simulation, Robotics and Machine Learning ("Artificial Intelligence"). He received his architecture degrees from the University of Buenos Aires, a free tuition institution ranked #17 globally, where he completed studies for his second Masters (M.Arch II). He also completed a post graduate seminar at the Superior School of Fine Arts Ernesto de la Carcova and won the Fulbright Scholarship and the National Endowment for the Arts Scholarship (Clorindo Testa director) to continue his studies at Princeton University School of Architecture (M.Arch II) with full scholarship.   At the FADU UBA, he developed research for the SICyT and published-edited articles. He also did research on water infrastructure in England and Holland, developing for his thesis a groundbreaking innovative ecological machine that induces sedimentation through architecture foundations implementing CFD simulation (Mississippi Delta, Jamaica Bay and Rio de La Plata, 2004-2012).

Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa has been involved in the development projects in South America, the U.S., Europe, and on the Internet. In New York and Buenos Aires he has designed, built, published and exhibited many projects, including: an infrastructure project with the Department of Transportation in NYC, a Public Shore Park in Vicente Lopez-North Buenos Aires, and some buildings and houses.  His projects have been featured in different media, among others The New York Times, Clarin Arq, La Nacion Arquitectura, VIII, XIX, XIV, XVI, XVII, XVIII Venice Architecture Biennale (one National Pavilion Argentina), Storefront for Art and Architecture, Disenny Hub Barcelona, Pecha Kucha New York #11, as part of a series of events for the Festival of Ideas for the New City curated by the New Museum in New York City, The Instituto Cervantes in New York City, Pabellon D'Arsenal in Paris and at the MoMA in New York City. He has published academic and theoretical articles in Yale University's Constructs, ARQ Clarin, 12 Arquitectos Contemporaneos; Revista PLOT; Pulsation; Clip Stamp, Fold; and other media.

Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa authored / edited the books:

        - Lorenzo-Eiroa, P. Digital Signifiers in an Architecture of Information: From Big Data and Simulation to Artificial Intelligence, Routledge, London 2023

        - Lorenzo-Eiroa, P; Sprecher A. ed. Architecture In formation, Routledge/Taylor and Francis, London 2013

        - Sprecher, A.; Yeshayahu, S.; Lorenzo-Eiroa, P.  Life in:formation, New York ACADIA 2010

        - Lorenzo-Eiroa, P.  Instalaciones: Sobre el trabajo de Peter Eisenman, DLO/RE, Buenos Aires 2008

        - Lorenzo-Eiroa, P. Analog and Digital Strategies Between Interfaces, DLO, New York, 2006

        - Solsona. Entrevistas: Apuntes para una autobiografia, ed. Solsona, Crispiani, Acuna, Lorenzo-Eiroa, Fridman y Rochas, Ediciones Infinito, Buenos Aires 1998

 

 

Hany Rizkala, RA, Technical Lead

Hany Rizkala is a professional registered architect (RA) with license in New York and Canada with experience in architecture buildings ranging from small to medium scale, including low rise and mid rise buildings and structures. Hany has been developing, designing and detailing buildings and structures at multiple scales since 2007. His projects has been published in many media in New York City.

Mr Rizkala has wide experience in approvals, permits, expediting with continuous fluid relationships with the New York City Building Department.

 

e-Architects' collaborators, interns include:

Designers / Int: Alejandro Mieses Castellanos, Frank Fengqi Li, Shantanu Bahlla, Julian Chu Yu Cheng, Wayne, Nelson Montas, Zhiyi Cheng, Glen Banfield, Ricardo Escutia, Eduardo Alfonso, Max Golden, Luo Xuan, Eunil Cho, Toussaint Jimenez Rojas; Carlos Majauskas, Pedro Joaquin, Lucas Hayman, Tamara Orozco Rebozo, Francis Egipciado Cruz, Linnette Gutierrez Ortiz, and others

Interns: Boreum Lee, Felicien Francis, Felicia Killiot, Wan Jo, Debora Distefano, John Smithson, Peter Douglas, Amalia Gerdes,

Collaborators: Henry Mena, Zulaikha Ayub, Gabriel Munnich, Yaoyi Fan, Pablo Toubes-Rieger, Veronica Barrow, Che Perez, Jesus Yepez,  Jeremy Jacinth, Darrell Wessey; Adrian Nicolaevsky, Pablo N. Garcia, Joaquin Gonzales.