Archives: People

Assortment of a+ People

Avi Nagel

Avi Nagel

Avi is involved on large scale projects locally as well as internationally. He is deeply interested in environmental justice and climate resiliency stemming from his work with engineering, landscaping, and architectural firms in New York City. He shares his diverse experience, along with his keen eye for details, with our healthcare, housing, and preservation clients.

Byoungjae Kim

Byoungjae Kim

Byoungjae is skilled in a variety of modeling and graphics programs from his experience with residential, commercial, and transportation projects in Manhattan and Philadelphia. He actively applies these skills to our national psychiatric hospital projects as well as local higher education and healthcare projects.

John Andrew Hayden

John Andrew’s passion for building provides design solutions that make a statement architecturally as well as from a constructability standpoint. The valuable insight he has gained into construction challenges is an asset to every project.

Smruti Keshani

Smruti Keshani

Smruti is passionate about the role of architecture in caring for our environment and improving the patient experience in healthcare facilities. She is focused on planning and design for psychiatric facilities and has made significant contributions to many of our recent healthcare projects. She has represented the firm at several Center for Health Design Symposia… Read more >

Cayla VanBramer

Cayla Walter

Cayla contributes her impressive design skills to many of our higher education and healthcare projects. She is a client-focused project manager who diligently responds to clients, consultants, and contractors throughout the design and construction process.

Pierrette Virkler

Pierrette Virkler

As the firm’s bookkeeper, Pierrette leads financial functions including accounts receivable, payroll, and project reporting. Pierrette works closely with our clients and consultants to be sure projects are billed properly and with our project managers to help ensure projects are profitable and running efficiently.

Alethea Splittgerber

Alethea Splittgerber

Alethea is a key member of our Patient Safety Team and is responsible for coordinating and documenting the team’s activities related to research of architectural systems in psychiatric inpatient environments. She also conducts testing of new products for inclusion in the Patient Safety Standards, Materials and Systems Guidelines, and prepares presentations of our findings. architecture+… Read more >

Hiroki Sawai

Hiroki Sawai

Hiroki began working at architecture+ as a Student Intern while completing a Bachelor of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Since joining the firm full-time, Hiroki focuses his attention on our higher education and mental healthcare projects. He serves as our BIM manager and resource for CAD software. His technical expertise combined with his construction background… Read more >

Matthew Saltis

Matthew | Architectural Designer

Matt’s experienced in a variety of project types including healthcare, housing, education, commercial, and hospitality. Whether on a large or small project, he aims to develop concepts that inform design decisions from start to finish. He is also a resource for 3D modeling and rendering for the firm and has a background in landscaping, construction,… Read more >

Vanessa Ribeiro

Vanessa Ribeiro

Vanessa is a creative and dedicated designer committed to developing strong client relationships. She works on both higher education and healthcare projects including multi-phased Master Planning project for SUNY and the design of a new psychiatric facility in Texas.