About
We design with empathy and integrity to create solutions that make the world a better place to live, capturing value for our clients, society and the environment.
Circular is an award-winning multidisciplinary practice combining sustainable architecture, interiors, digital media, branding and experience design.
Our vision is to be a global leader in producing designs for innovative, resilient, human-centered spaces and systems that promote happiness, delight, healthfulness and community.
We embrace a cradle-to-cradle systems-based approach to all aspects of design and customer experience (CX), that leverages lifecycle, societal benefit and environmental regeneration as forces for positive change.
The Circular Economy is built on the principles of eliminating linear waste and pollution from the outset, keeping products and materials in use at their highest value, and regenerating natural systems.
Circular CX is the result of orchestrating interactions and experiences, and transforming systems to create material, spatial, visual and experiential environments for habitation.
Circular Design is a collaborative, iterative process that is inclusive, holistic and applies circular economy principles at the design stage of everything.
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68 Jay Street, Suite 501, Brooklyn, NY 11201
+1 718 852 2650
info@circular.cx
Meet the Team
Jordan Parnass, AIA RIBA CPHD LEED AP
Principal
As Principal of Circular, Jordan has been the creative force behind the firm’s award-winning projects worldwide. With 20 years of experience, he has consistently kept the firm at the leading edge of integrating new technology and practices into the work. Jordan is a Certified Passive House Designer (CPHD) and a LEED Accredited Professional. Jordan holds a BA in Art and Semiotics from Brown University, and a Masters of Architecture from Columbia University.
Gregory Merryweather, RA CPHD
Director of Architecture
Greg has been a part of Circular since 2001, and in his role as Director of Architecture he oversees research, production and execution of the firm's projects. Greg is a Certified Passive House Designer, and a professor at Pratt Institute. He holds an M.Arch from Columbia University and a BS Arch from Ohio State.
Melanie Crean
Director of Special Projects
Melanie is an artist, designer and academic, and oversees Circular’s interactive, installation and community engagement work. Her practice explores relationships between gender, speech, history and the social structures of control. Melanie is Associate Professor of Art, Media and Technology at Parsons the New School for Design. Previously, Melanie founded the production studio at digital art non-profit Eyebeam. Melanie has won numerous commissions and fellowships from Creative Capital, Creative Time, NYFA, NYSCA and others, and holds degrees from Brown University (BA Art and Semiotics) and The School of Visual Arts (MFA).
Alex Truica, NCARB CPHD
Project Manager
Andrei "Alex" Truica is a senior architectural designer and project manager specializing in public sector and institutional projects. Alex is a Certified Passive House Designer, and holds a Master of Architecture from Pratt, as well as a BA from Fordham University.
Mara Astarloa
Architectural Designer
Mara is a licensed architect in Spain, and has extensive experience in retail design as well as conservation and restoration of existing buildings. Mara completed her M. Arch at ETSAM, UPM Escuela Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid.
Paul Loupe, CPHD
Architectural Designer
Paul is an architectural designer committed to creating generous spaces that thoughtfully mediate the occupant's relationship with the environment, society, and themselves. He is a Certified Passive House Designer and received his B. Arch with a minor in Sustainability Studies from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
Pedro Treno
Architectural Designer
Pedro Treno is an architect with a Master's degree in Architecture from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Pedro has contributed articles to books as part of his ongoing research on Brutalism.
Awards
American Institute of Architects
New York State Excelsior Award
Society of American Registered Architects
SARA New York Council Design Award
Passive House Institute
Passive House Award Special Recognition
American Institute of Architects
New York State Design Award
American Institute of Architects
Brooklyn Chapter Award: Best International Project
American Institute of Architects
Brooklyn Chapter Award: Project of the Year
American Institute of Architects
NY Chapter Design Award
PHIUS Passive House Projects Award
NYCxDesign Award
RIBA RSPCA Animal Centres of the Future
Press
Architectural Record, AD Russia, Archinect, Architizer, Artbyte, BoB, Bonytt, Brooklyn Modern, Brownstoner, Bustler, City, Clear, Core77, Curbed, DDI, Design Week, Details, Dwell, Financial Times, Frame, Global Design Review, Haaretz, I.D., Indian Architect, Interior Design, Interiors, Interiors & Sources, New York Daily News, New York Times, New Yorker, Oculus, Octogon, Paper, Popular Science, Salons & Spas, Spazio Casa, Surface, TechTV Catalog of Tomorrow, Time, Time Out, Treehugger, Village Voice, VM&SD
Fibre2Fashion • Star Garment’s innovation centre wins 2020 AIA Merit Award
Germany Trade & Invest • Blick nach Sri Lanka
Holzmagazin • Aktiv für ein Passivhaus kämpfen
Detail Magazine • Passive Energy in the Tropics: Factory Update in Sri Lanka