Rafael Kowalski

Senior structural engineer specializing in parametric design and high-performance building systems. 15 years designing structures that bridge precision engineering and architectural ambition.

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Selected Projects

From 400m towers to long-span timber canopies.

Oslo Tower — Arup

Lead structural engineer, 48-storey mixed-use tower. Post-tensioned concrete core, diagrid façade. 2021.

Timber Canopy — Zaha Hadid

42m freespan glulam gridshell. Parametric geometry optimised for acoustic and structural performance. 2019.

Bridge Adaptive Reuse

Seismic retrofit and adaptive reuse of a 1930s suspension bridge as a pedestrian greenway. San Francisco, 2023.

Technical Skills

Engineering

Structural analysis · Seismic engineering · Post-tensioned concrete · Steel & timber design · Finite element analysis

Computational

Grasshopper · Rhino · Karamba3D · Python scripting · Parametric optimisation

BIM & Software

Revit Structure · Tekla · ETABS · SAP2000 · Robot Structural · AutoCAD

Standards

Eurocode · IBC · ASCE · AISC · BS 8110 · AS/NZS

Let's Work Together

Available for lead and senior structural roles on complex or landmark projects. Open to Europe and North America.