Faculty
Vice President, Rafael Viñoly Architects PC
Jay brings to the classroom his special interest in problems of designing and fabricating innovative building components, as well as his broad experience in project management.
As vice president of Rafael Viñoly Architects, Jay has overseen programming, planning, design, and construction administration on all of the firm’s major projects for two decades. In addition to his expertise in managing large-scale projects, he is especially interested in the fusion of craftsmanship and innovative technology to solve specialized design problems. His recent research has focused on developing prototypes for flexible, modular casework systems, and he holds a patent for the lab bench system used by the Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Jay also lectures and participates regularly in conferences.
Jay has contributed his professional experience to the training program, chairs the research program steering committee, and works closely with fellows to solve technical and design problems.
Technical Director, Rafael Viñoly Architects PC
As technical director, Charles plays an integral role in the development of the office’s projects. He brings this experience to the steering committee, which is responsible for designing and updating curricula.
As the firm’s director of technology, Charles has led the development of many innovative structural and enclosure systems, including the use of structural glass, moveable architectural elements such as rotating louvers, and highly transparent cable-stayed curtain walls. The breadth of his experience has been enriched by time spent working abroad, including years at the site offices of the Tokyo International Forum in Japan and the Samsung Jong-ro Tower in Seoul, South Korea. Before joining Rafael Viñoly Architects, Charles was a Fulbright Scholar in residence at the Museum of Finnish Architecture in Helsinki. He serves on both the research and training program steering committees, and since 2008 has taught several Training program courses. Charles also assisted Mike Silver’s research on composite materials with his extensive experience of structures and materials.
Rolando Goldstein
Project Manager, Rafael Viñoly Architects PC
In the classroom, Rolando shares the practical knowledge acquired from his professional experience of more than ten years in academic, research, cultural, commercial, and resiential projects.
Since joining Rafael Viñoly Architects in 2001, he has gained special expertise in designing enclosures in close collaboration with the firm's engineering and technical team. He has been involved with prominent institutional projects such as the School of Information Science and Technology building at Pennsylvania State University; the Carl Icahn Laboratory at Princeton University; and the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Most recently, Rolando was Project Manager for Edificio Acqua, a luxury residential complex in Punta del Este, Uruguay, which opened in March 2009. Rolando Goldstein has also taught design at institutions such as the Barreras Arquitectonicas Congress and the University of Architecture.
Michael Gresty
Managing Principal, Altanova LLC
As a high performance building design expert, Michael brings extensive sustainability advising experience and work on numberous LEED projects, to teach two introductory courses on LEED New Construction 2009 and other international green building rating systems.
At Altanova LLC, Michael works directly with management teams and outside stakeholders to develop sustainable solutions. He is also a frequent speaker on sustainability and related topics at industry conferences and events. He has previously worked on large infrastructure and design projects in the United States and France, and on development of civil engineering software in South Africa. His clients include the World Bank, New York University, the California Academy of Sciences, and real estate developers such as TriarcCatalyst, Douglaston Development, F&T Group, Russo Development, and RXR Realty.
Director of Architectural Training and Research Programs, Rafael Viñoly Architects PC
Principal, Kaufman Conservation
One of the training program’s founders, Ned worked with Rafael Viñoly to develop its original curriculum and is currently working with the steering committee to design the 2010-2011 program.
Ned Kaufman helped launch the Rafael Viñoly Architects Training and Research Programs in 2005 and continues to direct them. He earned a Ph.D. in architectural history from Yale University and, when not working for Rafael Viñoly Architects, runs his own consulting practice, Kaufman Conservation, focusing on preservation planning, historical and policy research, and interpretive programming. Previously he served as director of historic preservation for the Municipal Art Society of New York, helping to save the African Burial Ground and the hospital buildings of Ellis Island. He also founded and co-directed Place Matters, a non-profit program dedicated to celebrating and protecting places of community significance. In his spare time, Ned teaches at Pratt Institute and Cornell University. The National Park Service has recently published his study of Sagamore Hill, while his book Place, Race, and Story: Essays on the Past and Future of Historic Preservation was published by Routledge in 2009.
Project Director, Rafael Viñoly Architects PC
Andrea chairs the steering committee for the training program. In previous years, her classes have explored the art and politics of entering and winning competitions.
During her thirteen-year career with Rafael Viñoly Architects, Andrea Lamberti has developed wide expertise in building projects, master plans, and design competitions. Recently, Andrea was the project director for Phase II construction of the Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which was completed in late 2009. She also oversees new business development and publications for the firm. Andrea chairs the training program steering committee, is a regular participant in the classroom, and sits on the research program steering committee.
After earning a Bachelor of Science in Arts and Design from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, followed by a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University, Andrea received a Starr Fellowship for work and study in Japan from 1991-1993. In 2007 she was named one of Building Design+Construction magazine’s “40 Under 40.”
Project Director, Rafael Viñoly Architects PC
A member of the training program steering committee, Chan-li teaches classes that use the history of the firm's current and past complex, large-scale projects to explore the long and challenging process from initial design to final building.
A registered architect with more than fifteen years of professional experience, Chan-li Lin has extensive design and management skills cultivated from wide-ranging project experiences, including four years in Japan overseeing construction of the Tokyo International Forum. His work includes university laboratories, convention centers, conference facilities, residences, performing arts facilities, and a university stadium. He lectures often at professional conferences and universities. He has a Bachelor of Science in Art and Design and a Master of Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chan-li is a regular contributor to the training program and is a member of both the training and research program steering committees.
Project Manager, Rafael Viñoly Architects PC
Charles participated in planning and organizing the 2009-2010 training program as a member of the steering committee.
Charles Mattern oversaw the Phase II construction administration of the Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and was project architect for the University of Arizona Science Center, where he was able to explore and develop innovative structures. He has publicly exhibited projects in New York, including the Parachute Pavilion Design Competition in Coney Island, the First Step Housing Design Competition, and the Designing the Highline Competition, for which he was awarded the Advisor’s Selection Citation. Charles is a member of the training program steering committee.
Project Manager, Rafael Viñoly Architects PC
Harold participated in planning and organizing the 2009-2010 training program as a member of the steering committee.
He is currently project manager for the New Stanford Hospital. Prior to this, he was project manager through schematic design and design development of the Vdara Condo Hotel in Las Vegas and project architect for the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On this project, Harold developed the signature glass barrel-vault roof and the highly transparent end-wall structures, an engineering feat achieved by a gravity-tensioned cable suspension system that supports over 10,750 square feet of optically clear museum glass at each end of the barrel vault.
Harold graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science in Urban Planning, and, in 1996, he earned his Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University. He is a member of the training program steering committee.
Structural Engineer, Rafael Viñoly Architects PC
As a member of the training program steering committee, Carlos brings not only an exceptional understanding of structural issues but also a unique perspective on the entire process of designing and constructing buildings.
Carlos has been practicing structural engineering for more than 50 years in Argentina and the United States, joining Rafael Viñoly Architects in 2000 as the firm’s in-house engineering expert. Since then, he has developed the structural systems of nearly all of the firm’s projects.
Carlos earned his Master of Engineering degree from the University of Buenos Aires in 1953. He has taught at several universities in Buenos Aires and, in 1975, founded Soubié, Fernandez & Associates, where he designed, supervised, and built highly complex projects from residential high-rises to convention centers. His work also included museums, hospitals, convention centers, sports complexes, commercial and industrial facilities, airports, water treatment plants, and over a hundred designs for bridges built in Argentina under a development plan implemented by the World Bank.
Carlos was a principal participant with Mike Silver in the funded research project for 2006-07, which focused on the design and fabrication of long-span structures using computer-automated fiber placement. He also sits on the training program steering committee.
David J. von Stappenbeck, AIA
Structural Engineer, Rafael Viñoly Architects PC
With over twelve years of experience specializing in the design and construction of building enclosures, David offers a technical perspective on architectural projects, with a focus on enclosure system design and documentation standards.
Since joining Rafael Viñoly Architects, he has been entrusted with the advancement of enclosure systems for several projects from schematic design through construction documentation. His responsibilities begin with ensuring the performance of weather-tight structures, and extend to the design of highly customized curtain wall and glazing systems that reinforce a project's overall design concept. Under Charles Blomberg, David currently manages the firm's in-house enclosure team on the University of Pennsylvania Health System's Fisher Translational Research Center, a 500,000 square foot facility, and the Pennsylvania State Millenium Science Complex. His previous project experience includes the Van Andel Institute Phase 2, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Farm Research Campus, and the Bard College laboratory project. David has also developed enclosure systems for several of the firm's large-scale multi-use projects in the Middle East.
Writer and Editor, Rafael Viñoly Architects PC
An editor and architectural designer, Teal was a member of the steering committee for the training program.
Teal was also a Project Manager for the firm, working on projects including art museums in Cleveland and Tampa. Teal holds a B.A. in Architecture from the Pennsylvania State University and an M.A. in Psychiatry and Religion from Union Theological Seminary in New York. Her research expertise includes the work of Adolf Loos and the development history of towns and cities in Pennsylvania.
Rafael Viñoly, FAIA, JIA, SCA, Int FRIBA
Principal/Lead Designer, Rafael Viñoly Architects PC
The firm’s founder and director, Rafael is also the training program’s guiding spirit.
Born in Uruguay and raised in Argentina, Rafael Viñoly has practiced architecture for forty-five years. As principal of Rafael Viñoly Architects PC in New York, he has completed many critically and publicly praised buildings worldwide. His work is inspired by a conviction that architecture should enhance the public realm, and his projects are marked less by adherence to any specific architectural style or movement than by a sustained dedication to exploring the expressive and space-making possibilities of structural innovation.
The firm’s seminal projects include the Tokyo International Forum; the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Farm Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia; and Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. In 2009, New York’s Brooklyn Children’s Museum; the University of Pennsylvania Health System’s Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia; “Curve,” a theater in Leicester, England; the Fortabat Collection in Buenos Aires; Edificio Acqua in Punta del Este, Uruguay, will reach completion.
Founder of the firm’s training and research programs, Rafael is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, an International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and a member of the Japan Institute of Architects. His classes on design development and the role of ideology in architecture have been highlights of the training program during its first years.
