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Henry Myerberg

Henry Myerberg, FAIA is founder of HMA2, an architectural firm launched in 1986 in New York City.

Henry designs to build community. He has led the design transformation of more than 40 library, school, and college settings into distinguished places of gathering and learning that respect their distinct physical and cultural contexts. As such, he eschews any personal signature style of architecture, preferring to create contemporary places that artfully fit in and stand out. He leverages available interior and exterior space of all sizes to do more than expected. This conserves energy and money.

Collaborations with leaders in liberal arts education and libraries inform his work locally and internationally. Libraries at Bryn Mawr College and Davidson College and campuses for the American University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan and Narxoz University in Kazahkstan are a few of his higher ed projects. Public Library projects in New York City; Washington, DC; Newark, NJ, and several throughout the mid-Atlantic compliment the dozen library projects he for NYC public schools with the Robin Hood Foundation.

Henry owes his professional and philosophical launch to working at the renowned New York-based firm of Edward Larrabee Barnes, 1980-86. Over the years Henry has been an adjunct professor at Columbia University, lecturer at Harvard University, and consultant to dozens of liberal arts colleges through Mellon Foundation sponsored conferences. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He serves on the boards of Salzburg Global, the Gilman School, and the McHarg Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

Christine Sheridan

Senior Associate, AIA, LEED AP

Christine Sheridan is a project manager, licensed architect and LEED AP certified. Since joining HMA2 in 2011, Christine has played a pivotal role in shaping some of the firm's most innovative projects, including the Westport Library and the American University of Central Asia.

Her extensive experience includes managing an array of library and educational facility projects. Christine has overseen the transformation of the Ferguson Library, Mount Pleasant Public Library, Wheeler Library, Acton Public Library, and Russell Library. Each project has benefited from her ability to design innovative learning spaces that foster collaboration and community engagement, all while fulfilling the mission and vision of the institutions.

In addition to her work on public libraries, Christine has managed notable projects for academic institutions including Narxoz University, InVision University, and The American University of Central Asia. Her expertise in designing educational spaces that foster a dynamic and inclusive atmosphere has made her a valuable asset to HMA2.

Maarten Wessels

Associate

Maarten has experience in a wide variety of projects in both scale and complexity. He recently joined HMA2 after spending three years in East Africa as a Project Architect for FBW Architects. There he worked on educational, commercial, hospitality, healthcare, sports and residential projects, as well as large-scale mixed-use master plans.

While working at FBW Maarten successfully led project teams on the design and construction of innovative and climate responsive educational buildings. These include National Teachers and Training Colleges in Uganda and a Science Centre for the International School of Uganda in Kampala, which promotes the use of exterior educational spaces and includes an integrated greenhouse that not only functions as a space for learning and experiments, but also actively cools the building by generating solar driven ventilation. Maarten received his Master of Science in Architecture from the Delft University of Technology in 2009.

Shayna Greggs

Designer

Shayna is an alumna of the Fashion Institute of Technology, majoring in Interior Design with a deep appreciation for custom lighting and furniture design. In her thesis, Shayna asked, "How Can Environments Support Women Before, During, and After Pregnancy?" In response, Shay created a holistic maternal wellness and birthing center focused on creating an environment catering to mothers and their infants, especially mothers and infants of color, addressing racial disparities in birthing mortality rates. Recently, Shayna co-curated the Fashion Institute of Technology's 50th anniversary of Hip Hop, "FIT Fabulous: A Modern Investigation of Hip Hop," as a student curator, where students drew influence from Hip Hop artists and designed and built custom pieces of furniture. The exhibit is on a 30-week tour around the 5 boroughs at designated CUNY schools, executively directed by the Universal Hip Hop Museum. Shayna has also spent time in Florence, Italy, volunteering her time to guide young creative inner-city high school students through life abroad with Florence University of the Arts about the history and opportunities that exist beyond the United States. In her spare time, Shayna paints self-portraits for her private collection using acrylic and oil paints.

Karen Davidov

Art and Design Producer

Karen Davidov is an independent art and design producer experienced in environmental design, product development, and graphics. Currently, Karen Davidov is working in libraries as a researcher, on libraries as a designer, and with libraries as a public art consultant. Karen pursued her passion for jewelry and jewelry research as a dealer of 20th Century Decorative Arts for many years. The Jewelry Library is an extension of her work with librarians and curators creating spaces and programs that invite and engage community. Karen is one of the founders of the Robin Hood Foundation's L!BRARY program for NYC public school libraries, each of which incorporate graphics and imagery by notable children's book illustrators and designers.

Tucker Viemeister

Industrial Designer

Called the “Most industrious designer”, Tucker Viemeister thrives on collaboration and working in all scales of 3D and 2D in exhibits, architecture, graphics, new media, branding and strategy. He is most famous for OXO Good Grips kitchen tools that conceived “universal design” designed at Smart Design, the company he helped found in 1979. He also founded the Lab (digital explorations on an architectural scale like the Cosmopolitan casino and an installation at the Venice Biennale) and Studio Red at Rockwell Group, and was EVP of Razorfish (physical design), Director, Special Projects with Ralph Appelbaum Associates and Thinc, is now designing the Shanghai planetarium with Xenerio.

The first collaboration with Henry was the Daily Café, followed by Dockers and Levi’s shop-in-shop retail fixture projects. The Beginning With Children library in the then depressed Williamsburg neighborhood bloomed into 65 L!braries with the Robin Hood Foundation. Coincidentally they both worked at Rockwell on JetBlue’s Terminal 5 (not the nightclub) and launching a new retail brand for the Gap.

He is vice president of the Architectural League, a Fellow of the Industrial Design Society of America, was dubbed “Industrial Design’s ElderWunderkind” (“America’s Hottest 40” ID ’95) and “Guru”(BusinessWeek ’97) when he founded frogdesign’s New York office. Then “scruffy brand-meister” (Architect’s Newspaper ‘06), a “Living Design Innovator” (New York Magazine ‘07), “whiz-kid” (eater.com ‘09), “Star of Design“ (D&D ‘11), one of 125 PrattIcons (’12), called “industrial demigod” (New York Magazine (3/20/14), and voted one of 50 most notable members of IDSA ever (’16)! Teaches at Parsons, work is in MoMA, holds 32 US utility patents and his father, Read Viemeister named him after the car he helped design.

Aida Sulova

Designer, Public Art Producer

Aida is an artist from Kyrgyzstan, living and working in the U.S. She is a graduate of New York University, where she studied Digital Communications and Media. Aida assisted HMA2 Architects in implementing Public Art Program for the American University of Central Asia, which promotes various public art opportunities for local artists and art organizations encouraging community engagement and participation in the arts.

Recipient of the scholarships from Soros Foundation and New York University Scholarship Program. Most of Aida's work relates to current social issues and is based on transformative power of art.