Archello is pleased to announce four new jurors for the Archello Awards 2026 program, bringing together a diverse range of perspectives across architecture, landscape, and design. Representing internationally recognized practices and emerging voices alike, Martin Duplantier, Mariana Simas, Giulia Repici, and Yousaku Tsutsumi contribute a wealth of experience spanning residential, cultural, and landscape projects across multiple continents. Read on to learn more about their work and design approaches.
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Martin Duplantier is the founder of Martin Duplantier Architectes, an international studio based in Bordeaux. He studied architecture at Paris-Malaquais School of Architecture and the University of California, Berkeley. His work spans architecture, urbanism, and landscape, with a strong emphasis on sustainability, adaptive reuse, and the use of bio-based and circular materials. Duplantier’s approach is rooted in contextual design, engaging local cultures and environmental conditions while developing contemporary spatial strategies. The studio operates internationally, with projects across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, often developed through competitions and research-driven processes. Alongside practice, Duplantier contributes to architectural discourse through teaching, lectures, and exhibitions, advancing conversations around resilient design and the future of the built environment. Duplantier was recently featured on the Archello Podcast, where he discussed sustainability, circular design, and the evolving role of architects.
Mariana Simas is Executive Director and Partner at São Paulo–based Studio MK27. Simas has played a key role in shaping the studio’s international profile, leading communications, publications, exhibitions, and strategic development. She has presented MK27’s work at institutions such as the Royal Academy of Arts in London and coordinated major milestones including the studio’s participation in the Venice Architecture Biennale and its first monograph with Rizzoli. Following an MBA at FGV Business School, she expanded her role to oversee business operations and long-term strategy, supporting the firm’s global growth.
Alongside her leadership role, she contributes to urban-scale projects and conceptual design work, including masterplans, competitions, and socially driven initiatives. Studio MK27 has developed a diverse international portfolio across four continents. The studio was recognized in the Archello Awards 2025, where its Village House was named a Jury Winner in the House of the Year (Rural) – Large category.
Giulia Repici is an Associate at LOLA Landscape Architects, where she has worked since 2017. Trained as both an architect and landscape architect, she operates across disciplines, combining spatial design with urban and infrastructural strategies.
Her work focuses on complex, large-scale projects, including the Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence in Heilbronn and the regeneration of the former GALP oil refinery in Matosinhos, where landscape acts as a connective framework between architecture, infrastructure, and urban systems. She is also involved in projects such as the Stadhuispromenade in Almere, carrying strong conceptual ideas through to detailed design and construction.
Repici integrates advanced tools such as AI-driven design, parametric workflows, and BIM management into her practice, balancing creative exploration with technical rigor. LOLA Landscape Architects was a winner in the Archello Awards 2025 Park of the Year category for the Haitang River Park, a large-scale ecological transformation of a former industrial river corridor into a resilient, biodiverse landscape that combines water management, microclimate strategies, and public space to reconnect the city with its natural environment.
Yousaku Tsutsumi is the founder of arbol, an independent studio established in 2009. Born in Tokyo and raised in Tokushima, he studied at Art College Kobe after completing advanced training at Anan National College of Technology. Tsutsumi operates as a minimalist architect without a fixed office, working as a digital nomad across Japan and internationally. His practice challenges conventional models, integrating architecture with art, design, and technology while exploring more flexible and resource-conscious ways of living and working.
After early experience at the Kenji Tagashira Architectural Research Institute, he began an independent path shaped by extensive travel across Europe and the United States. His work has received wide international recognition, including the iF Design Award Gold Prize, JCD Design Award Gold Prize, and the Good Design Award, alongside honors across Europe and Asia.
