Andrea Colombo

Andrea Colombo

London, England, United Kingdom
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Certified Autodesk Professional with over 5 years of professional experience as…

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Experience

  • Foster + Partners Graphic

    Foster + Partners

    London Area, United Kingdom

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    Venezia Mestre, Veneto, Italia

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    Venezia Mestre, Veneto, Italia

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    Madrid

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    Padua, Veneto, Italy

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    Padua, Veneto, Italy

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    Albignasego, Veneto, Italia

Education

  • Università degli Studi di Padova Graphic

    Università degli Studi di Padova

    110/110

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    Activities and Societies: Experimental thesis - Light and shape in architecture: The case of Frontón Recoletos in Madrid Adaptive parametric modelling processes for optimising daylight in sports environments

    MSc/MEng

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Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Foster + Partners Graphic

    Volunteer

    Foster + Partners

    - 1 month

    Education

    The Open House event at Foster + Partners has been a great opportunity to showcase our daily work at the practice.

    As Structural Engineering Team, we had a dedicated stand to displayed this year's theme: Bridges.
    A large table in our collaborative space hosted a topographical model of the Thames, where kids and adults could build bridges across the river using modular wooden pieces, coloured threads and elastic bands.
    In the background, the visitor could appreciate some boards…

    The Open House event at Foster + Partners has been a great opportunity to showcase our daily work at the practice.

    As Structural Engineering Team, we had a dedicated stand to displayed this year's theme: Bridges.
    A large table in our collaborative space hosted a topographical model of the Thames, where kids and adults could build bridges across the river using modular wooden pieces, coloured threads and elastic bands.
    In the background, the visitor could appreciate some boards regarding F+P current works under construction and a screen focusing on the Hammersmith Bridge project.

    The experience was very satisfying and educational. It was impressive admiring the power of the children's imagination and freedom of thought, unrestricted by any technical knowledge.

Publications

  • A Guideline to Align in the Built Environment. Step-by-step recommendations for consistent and transparent embodied carbon assessments through Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflow optimization

    WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development)

    The built environment is at the forefront of the climate challenge, with embodied carbon from construction materials representing a significant share of global emissions. “A Guide to Alignment in the Built Environment” are technical recommendations developed under WBCSD by a global cohort of industry leaders with the technical lead of Autodesk, designed to help practitioners, owners, and policymakers use Building Information Modeling (BIM) to lower carbon emissions from the earliest stages of…

    The built environment is at the forefront of the climate challenge, with embodied carbon from construction materials representing a significant share of global emissions. “A Guide to Alignment in the Built Environment” are technical recommendations developed under WBCSD by a global cohort of industry leaders with the technical lead of Autodesk, designed to help practitioners, owners, and policymakers use Building Information Modeling (BIM) to lower carbon emissions from the earliest stages of design.

    Who is it for?
    Architects, engineers, BIM managers, and sustainability consultants
    Owners, developers, and policymakers
    Anyone seeking to embed carbon considerations into design, procurement, and reporting workflows

    Why read it?
    Gain actionable, adaptable recommendations to improve carbon data quality and reporting
    Avoid common pitfalls and improve collaboration across project teams
    Support regulatory compliance and climate goals with transparent, comparable results
    Learn from real-world examples and best practices developed by a cohort of leading firms

    Adopting these guidelines helps organizations improve reporting accuracy, reduce risk, and unlock new opportunities for low-carbon innovation and leadership in the built environment.

    This publication is the result of collaboration between WBCSD, Autodesk, AECOM, Arcadis, Arup, Foster + Partners, Ramboll, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM).

    Other authors
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  • La storia di Andrea: “Il corso di Job Centre è stato un ponte per il mondo del lavoro”

    Job Centre

    Il corso di Job Centre è stato un ponte per il mondo del lavoro: un anno e mezzo fa discutevo la mia tesi e tra poche settimane inizierò a lavorare per una grande azienda a Londra.

    Andrea ha le idee ben chiare in testa. Classe 1996, affascinato dal mondo delle costruzioni, dopo il diploma all’Istituto Tecnico si iscrive al corso di laurea magistrale in Architettura e Ingegneria Edile, che, grazie al programma Erasmus+ Studio, segue tra Padova e Madrid.
    Poi incrocia la sua strada con…

    Il corso di Job Centre è stato un ponte per il mondo del lavoro: un anno e mezzo fa discutevo la mia tesi e tra poche settimane inizierò a lavorare per una grande azienda a Londra.

    Andrea ha le idee ben chiare in testa. Classe 1996, affascinato dal mondo delle costruzioni, dopo il diploma all’Istituto Tecnico si iscrive al corso di laurea magistrale in Architettura e Ingegneria Edile, che, grazie al programma Erasmus+ Studio, segue tra Padova e Madrid.
    Poi incrocia la sua strada con quella di Job Centre.

    Other authors
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  • Criteria and Procedures for the Geometric Parametrization of Existing Buildings: The Case Study of the Roof of the Frontón Recoletos in Madrid

    Springer

    Final Book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-13588-0?sap-outbound-id=566D525473B57383B241CF33D5BD93F928EAD287

    See publication

Projects

  • CPK Airport

    Region: Europe (Poland)
    Stage: RIBA 3-4
    Type: Transport and Infrastructure

  • King Salman International Airport

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    Region: Middle East
    Stage: RIBA 1
    Type: Mixed Use (Transport and Infrastructure - Hospitality and Leisure)

  • EIT -Ellison Institute of Technology

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    Region: Europe (United Kingdom)
    Stage: RIBA 3-4-5
    Type: Mixed Use (Healthcare - Education - Hospitality)

  • C70 Office Complex

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    Region: Europe (Italy)
    Stage: Definitivo-Esecutivo aka RIBA 3-4-5
    Type: Office

Honors & Awards

  • Top-Rated Class Award

    Autodesk

    Session Title: Found in Translation: Industry Alignment of Practices to Translate BIM to Carbon.

    The global movement of decarbonization in buildings is growing. Yet the industry is characterized by a multitude of standards and diverse BIM and carbon accounting processes used for assessing embodied carbon. Under the guidance of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Autodesk and six leading architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) companies—AECOM, Arcadis, Arup…

    Session Title: Found in Translation: Industry Alignment of Practices to Translate BIM to Carbon.

    The global movement of decarbonization in buildings is growing. Yet the industry is characterized by a multitude of standards and diverse BIM and carbon accounting processes used for assessing embodied carbon. Under the guidance of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Autodesk and six leading architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) companies—AECOM, Arcadis, Arup, Foster + Partners, Ramboll, and SOM—collaborated to demonstrate these discrepancies on a case study that revealed a 34% variation in the firms' approaches to embodied carbon assessment using the same Revit model. Join our panel discussion to unpack the reasons behind this disparity, explore the complexities of translating BIM data into carbon insights, and propose guidelines to consider when undertaking an embodied carbon assessment. This technical discourse will identify opportunities for alignment and transparency within the industry, promoting actionable carbon assessments driven by BIM to support decarbonization efforts.

    Expertise will be shared from our contributors: Andrea Colombo (Foster + Partners), Dana Far (Foster + Partners), Eric Stimmel (SOM), Javier Sanchez Hernandez (AECOM), Jordan Woodson (Arup), Laura Gomez Hernandez (AECOM), Leandro Reati (Foster + Partners), Margarida Goncalves (Arcadis), Monica Lucas (Ramboll), Retha Swanepoel (Foster + Partners), Rob Cairns (Ramboll), and Sandra Petkute (Arcadis)

  • Vincitore bando "Erasmus+ Traineeship"

    Università degli Studi di Padova

    Winner of the "Erasmus+ Traineeship" Program, through which I had the opportunity to take an internship experience at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Fundaciòn Eduardo Torroja.

Test Scores

  • Engineer State Exam - Unipd

    Score: 53/60

    Licensed to practice as CIVIL - ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER.
    Università degli Studi di Padova

Languages

  • Italiano

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • English

    Full professional proficiency

  • Español

    Full professional proficiency

  • French

    Elementary proficiency

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