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jean pierre maissa

jean pierre maissa

Libreville, GA

 
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About 

Architect, planner, Urban Designer, educated, and licensed in Italy since 1999, Jean Pierre Maissa has a history of successful projects ranging from Urban design and remodeling to university campuses, office buildings, leisure, hospitality, and housing.

        After several collaborations in Europe, Mr. Maissa has set up on his own since 2002. Key projects in France, Italy, Egypt, Gabon, and neighboring African countries. He is a champion of international collaborations, sometimes as a leading designer. Architect of the record for over $50 million on construction in multiple fields: education, corporate, retail, institutional, hospitality, and finance. He has participated in and led multiple Master Planning projects. He possesses a detailed-oriented mindset and organizational skills that have led him to navigate autonomously with flexibility multiple assignments and roles - scaling and sizing its office accordingly - whether piloting a small team of up to ten people - for over fifteen years - or posing as a stemming point for more extensive international collaborations. Licensed In Italy (1999), he is also a member of the Gabon Order of Architect (OGA), where he was a board member for three years (2012-15). Member of American Institute of Architects (Int’l Assoc. since 2020). He owns an Architecture Portfolio spanning 15years: including photos (copyrighted), digital documents and drawings, etc.

        The project of the E3MG campus – a mining and metallurgy engineering school- in Moanda, Gabon, delivered in 2017, has been recognized internationally, as a finalist for the 2019 World Architectural Festival, with publications in Achdaily. This project is also featured in the newly released Dom Publisher monography of Subsaharan African Architectural and in Dezeen.

Employment 

MAISSA ARCHITECTURES, Libreville, GA, Founder, Principal

Architect, Principal.
In charge of Concept Authorship and Development, Budgeting and Client Relations, Design Team Management, Consultants Coordination, Management of Tendering Process, Contractors Prequalification, Establishment of Contract for Contractors and Sub Contractors, Construction Planning and Supervision, and Projects Close-outs.

Apr 2002 - current
 

Archi 3 (Francis Meyer, K. Chacon, JP Maissa), Libreville, GA, Architect Associate

Architect Associate.
In charge of Design Development, Client Relation, Construction Administration

May 2000 - Apr 2002
 

Fulvio Ricciuti Associati, Milan, IT, Architect Designer

Architectural Designer
In charge of Concept inception, Project Development

Sep 1996 - Apr 1998
 

Carlo N Winderling Architetto, Genoa, IT, Architect Designer

Architectural Designer
In charge of Concept inception, Project Development

Jan 1993 - Sep 1996
 

Education 

Politecnico di Milano, Milan, IT, PhD, Planning

Jan 1997 - Jan 1999
 

University of Genoa, Genoa, IT, MArch, Architecture

Oct 1986 - Nov 1992
 

Awards 

World Architecture Festival, Amsterdam 2019: E3MG Project, finalist, Nomination

In WAF 2019 edition, held in Amsterdam, The E3MG project has been selected as a Finalist in The Completed Building, Higher Education, and Research Category.

2019
 

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