Vishaan Chakrabarti is an architect, author, urbanist, and public thought leader. He is the founder and creative director of PAU | Practice for Architecture and Urbanism, a Manhattan-based architecture firm dedicated to building ecological, equitable, and joyous communities. As a licensed practitioner across the United States, which he has traversed by camper numerous times, Chakrabarti leads the studio’s cultural, institutional, commercial, and infrastructure work, including New York’s Pennsylvania Station, a civic endeavor he has doggedly pursued for decades; Brooklyn’s Domino Sugar Refinery; Queens’ Sunnyside Yards; Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; Princeton’s Hobson College; Philadelphia’s Wanamaker and first-phase Schuylkill Yards buildings; Indianapolis’ Wave Bridge; Columbus, Indiana’s InterOculus; a new City of Niagara trail system; and several air traffic control towers for the FAA.

For more than two decades, Mark Faulkner has practiced architecture in New York City across cultural institutions, infrastructure, public space, commercial developments, historic preservation, and housing. His work is grounded in the belief that architecture is a collective endeavor, shaped by the people, place, and moment that bring it into being. Since joining PAU in 2018, he has led major projects including Schuylkill Yards in Philadelphia, the expansion of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, the redesign of New York City’s sidewalk sheds, and planning and design efforts in Detroit, Indianapolis, Columbus, and New York City.

Julia Lewis is a Principal and the Chief Financial Officer at PAU. A member of the senior leadership team, she is responsible for financial strategy and controls, risk management, business development oversight, and management of large-scale, public-sector projects for clients such as New York City Economic Development Corporation, Empire State Development, the Federal Aviation Administration, and Amtrak through PAU’s work with Penn Transformation Partners. She oversees contracting for all projects at PAU and manages client and subconsultant relationships. Her background in architecture, real estate development, and historic preservation, along with her experience in city-scale planning, equips her to understand and navigate the full range of challenges PAU’s projects encounter, from design to delivery.

Before joining PAU, Julia was part of the Cities team at BuroHappold Engineering, where she worked on a variety of projects ranging from building- to city-scale for public, private, and non-profit clients.

Julia earned a Master of Real Estate Development and a Master of Historic Preservation from Columbia University and a BA in architecture with a minor in business administration from Clemson University. At Columbia she was awarded the William Kinne Fellows Prize for Study and Travel Abroad and the M.S. RED Program Service Award for Outstanding Service to the School. Julia serves as treasurer on the executive board of MSRED Alumni Inc.

Bryan Dorsey is a Principal and the Director of Operations at PAU.

He brings a wide array of architecture and design administrative experience to PAU from previous positions at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; DIFFA; Peter Marino Architect; and SHoP Architects. He served in Senior Operations Support and Business Development at Société Générale de Surveillance, where he assisted in the development of new contract standards and firm-wide office protocols at offices in New York City, Houston, and Antwerp, Belgium.

Bryan holds a BA from the University of Nebraska

Kutay Biberoglu is an Associate Principal at PAU, where he leads the day-to-day management of complex architectural projects from concept through construction. He is currently driving the development and implementation of the next-generation Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) prototypes for low, intermediate, and major activity levels nationwide — an ongoing effort spanning more than four years.

In his work with the FAA, Kutay collaborates closely with stakeholders across the agency and partners with engineering leaders at Thornton Tomasetti and Jaros, Baum & Bolles. This body of work has strengthened his expertise in architectural design, project management, and operational and life-safety standards for complex and critical infrastructure. His broader project experience includes his ongoing quality management role on the redesign of Penn Station, as well as project work on Michigan Central Station, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and the Niagara Falls Heritage Gateways.

Kutay holds a Master of Architecture from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), where he received the Honor Award for Excellence in Design and the William Kinne Fellows Prize for Study and Travel Abroad. His thesis explored the political, environmental, and social dimensions of urban infrastructure. He also holds a Bachelor of Architecture with honors from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.

Mateo Fernández-Muro is an Associate Principal, Director of Visualization at PAU, where he has played a leading role in the design of Hobson College at Princeton University, the Innovative Urban Village in East New York, and the redesign of Pennsylvania Station alongside Penn Transformation Partners. Additionally, he has worked on The Refinery at Domino and Christie’s New York.

Prior to joining PAU, Mateo collaborated with the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and worked with WE ACT for Environmental Justice to develop a community plan for climate resilience in northern Manhattan. He has also worked with the offices of Álvaro Siza and Rubio & Álvarez-Sala on the development of significant urban design projects.

Mateo holds a Master of Science in Design and Urban Ecologies from Parsons School of Design and a Master in Advanced Architectural Projects, with honors, from ETSA Madrid. His award-winning research was exhibited in the Spanish Pavilion at the XVI Venice Architecture Biennale.

Junxi Wu is an Associate Principal and Director of Urban Design at PAU and is certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). His work spans architecture, urban design, and large-scale urban strategy, including the Sunnyside Yard Master Plan, Innovative Urban Village, the Downtown Niagara Falls Development Strategy, and Niagara Falls Heritage Gateways. He is currently part of the Penn Transformation Partners team working on the redesign of Penn Station. He has also contributed to PAU’s advocacy and research initiatives, including Affordable New York, developed in collaboration with The New York Times.

He received his Master of Urban Design degree from Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. His thesis focused on reclaiming the public realm in the largely

privatized urban core of Detroit. Junxi earned his Bachelor of Architecture degree, with a concentration in urban design, from South China University of Technology.

Maria Alataris is the Director at PAU. She has over twenty years of global experience in the field. A registered architect, she has worked on a wide range of architecture and design projects for Richard Meier & Partners; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut and Kuhn; and Asahi Juken. Maria graduated from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Architecture degree and received the Juris Janson Memorial Prize for Excellence in Design.

Courtney Foote is an architectural designer from Tasmania, Australia, and a Senior Associate at PAU. She leads the design of the historic Wanamaker Building in Philadelphia, overseeing the refurbishment of its ground-floor retail, and contributes to the design of a confidential gallery space in New York City. Courtney forms part of the team working on the Penn Station Transformation Project at PAU.

She brings nine years of experience across education, healthcare, and multifamily residential projects in Melbourne and New York City. Prior to joining PAU, she worked at Rockwell Group as a project lead and at Architectus as a designer. Courtney earned a Master of Architecture from the University of Melbourne (MSD).

Agustín Ludeña is an Architect from Madrid, Spain, and Senior Associate at PAU. Agustín is responsible for overseeing construction process of Hobson College for Princeton University. During his time at the firm, he has contributed to the design of PAU’s capital projects, including the next generation of Air Traffic Control Towers for the FAA, the Rock & Roll Hall Museum expansion and the renovation of the Pennsylvania Station in New York City.

He worked at estudioHerreros in Madrid before moving to New York City and joining PAU and collaborated as a fellow of the Architectural Design Department and as Assistant Teacher at Federico Soriano’s Design Studio at UPM-ETSAM. Agustín is a registered Architect in Spain and earned his degree from the Madrid School of Architecture (UPM-ETSAM).

Jonghoon Park is a registered architect and Senior Associate at PAU. He serves on the firm’s FAA Airport Traffic Control Towers team and has led the Remote Tower Base Building project.

Prior to joining PAU, he was a Development and Design Associate at Alloy, where he managed pre-design, entitlements, and ULURP community engagement for a 1.7-million-square-foot mixed-use master plan in Brooklyn, while also supporting acquisitions and capital raising. Previously, he served as Project Architect at COOKFOX, overseeing the design of a 480-unit ground-up multifamily development in Chelsea, and delivered international and domestic enterprise workplace projects during his tenure at WeWork. Jonghoon holds a dual Master of Architecture and Master of Science in Real Estate Development from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture with a minor in City and Regional Planning from UC Berkeley.

Eric Peters is a registered architect and Senior Associate at PAU. During his time at the firm, he has contributed to a range of projects, including InterOculus in Columbus, Indiana; the expansion of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; the renovation of Christie’s at Rockefeller Center; and New York City’s redesign of sidewalk sheds. He is also a member of the team working on the Penn Station Transformation Project.

Hans is an architectural designer and Senior Associate at PAU. He is currently working on the revitalization of Penn Station, overseeing the design of the new train hall and grand stairs.

He has 9 years of experience working on a wide-ranging scale of projects and programs throughout New York City, such as private luxury residences, offices, churches, schools, synagogues, an arts foundation, and a private club. Before joining PAU, he spent 6 years at O’Neill Rose Architects as Senior Project Manager, and 3 years between Murphy Burnham Buttrick Architects and Gradient Architecture. Hans earned a Master of Science degree in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia GSAPP and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from NJIT.

Felix’s work is grounded in a commitment to public architecture. He was instrumental in PAU’s award-winning design of the FAA’s next-generation Air Traffic Control Tower—a prototype being implemented at municipal airports nationwide—and continues to lead new initiatives for the agency from design through construction. His broader project experience at PAU spans institutional and public work, including Hobson College at Princeton University and the Niagara Falls Heritage Gateways. Felix has also led the firm’s BIM approach and implementation, overseeing active BIM management and coordination across project teams.

Prior to PAU, Felix worked at several firms in California on a range of mixed-use, multi-family residential, and higher education projects. He holds a Master of Architecture from Princeton University’s School of Architecture and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. Felix is a licensed architect in New York.