Tryfon Foteinopoulos — Head of BIM

experience 12 roles · 2008 → present

Head of BIM · WilkinsonEyre (Global)

Aug 2021 — present London, UK

strategy & governance

Establishing a use-case-based digital design strategy, and leading the organisational change to initiate, monitor and continuously improve its adoption across the practice.
Strengthened the practice's information management framework against ISO 19650 / UK BIM Framework — standards, policies, procedures and production manuals.
Building strategic partnerships with peer practices, industry bodies and software vendors to advance sector-wide digital transformation.
Co-authored the open-source Future AEC Software Specification — a UK collective of 14 practices articulating next-generation AEC software requirements, informing strategic direction at multiple AEC software vendors.

technology & transformation

Leading software and hardware strategy for multi-user BIM and design technology platforms in collaboration with IT — from pre-qualification and procurement through deployment and lifecycle management.
Leading the evolution of the practice's design technology toolkit — project template, content library and CAD–BIM interoperability workflows — to align standardised production with the use-case-based strategy and bridge Autodesk Revit limitations on complex geometry and non-graphical data.
Introduced model performance monitoring and task automation across the practice — model health checks, automated documentation and modelling routines.
Leading practice-wide deployment of AI tooling and configuring the underlying information architecture for AI-agent access and information governance.
Designing custom AI assistants for practice workflows such as bid response, through prompt engineering and knowledge curation.
Identifying and evaluating emerging digital design tools and workflows — including next-generation BIM platforms — for adoption within the practice.

capability & practice

Leading, mentoring and developing a team of BIM Coordinators and Technicians, an Information Manager and a BIM Manager.
Overhauled the practice's BIM capability and maturity assessment at organisational, individual and project level, informing training, hiring and staffing decisions.
Designing and delivering the practice's training programme on design technology, covering software, processes and computational thinking.

project delivery

Leading project BIM strategy across the portfolio in collaboration with project teams — setting model-based deliverables, workflows and processes aligned with client information requirements and organisational standards.
Reviewing appointments and contractual information management terms, supporting bids and representing the practice's BIM capability in business development.

BIM Manager · Pilbrow & Partners

Jan 2020 — Jul 2021 London, UK

projects

EDGE London Bridge, London — ~40,500 m²
Walthamstow EMD Cinema, London — ~6,000 m²
8 Albert Embankment, London

strategy & governance

Kickstarted the practice's digital design strategy as the sole practice-wide BIM and information management lead — aligning BIM and design technology direction with organisational objectives.
Authored the practice's organisational BIM standards aligned with ISO 19650 / UK BIM Framework.
Contributed to bid responses and advised senior management on contractual information management terms.

technology & transformation

Led the practice's BIM and design technology software adoption strategy — pre-qualification, evaluation and deployment decisions.
Built and maintained the practice's design technology toolkit — project template and content library — to support standardised project delivery.

capability & practice

Designed and delivered the practice's BIM software training programme.

project delivery

Authored project-specific BIM strategies, BEPs and ISO 19650 supporting documentation — TIDPs, MIDPs, Responsibility Matrices, Information Production Methods — aligned with client information requirements and organisational standards.
Designed project-specific modelling strategies and computational interoperability workflows — accommodating design intent, bridging Autodesk Revit limitations on complex geometry and non-graphical data, and meeting information requirements.
Administered the Common Data Environment (CDE), Autodesk Revit central models, add-in deployment and licensing for the practice's active projects.

BIM Coordinator · Heatherwick Studio

May 2018 — Jan 2020 London, UK

projects

Changi Airport, Terminal 5, Singapore — ~2,100,000 m²
Google Landings, Mountain View, California — ~74,300 m² office

studio-wide contribution

Developed studio-wide interoperability tools and workflows.
Contributed to the studio's design technology strategy and BIM standards.

project delivery

Established BIM workflows and processes across both projects.
Monitored models against BIM standards and project BEPs for quality and performance.
Designed project-specific parametric modelling and Rhino–Revit interoperability workflows to translate the studio's complex design geometry into Revit.
Surfaced rationalisation back to the design team where geometry exceeded Revit's authoring capabilities.
Built custom tools to automate modelling and documentation, optimising design and delivery workflows.
Contributed to BEPs covering information requirements, modelling strategy and delivery protocols.
Represented the studio in BIM meetings with clients and consultants, negotiating and clarifying BIM scope and deliverables.
Delivered software training to the project team, embedding BIM and computational thinking.

Architect / BIM Consultant (contract) · SOM

Feb — Apr 2018 London, UK

project

Greenwich Peninsula Upper Riverside, London — 5 towers, 1,007 apartments

architectural technical design — RIBA 4–5 (design-build)

Delivered detail design for façade and internal metalwork packages.
Authored complex parametric Revit families at component-level detail, conforming to Revit's parametric systems.
Fully automated production pipeline for 1,000+ unit conveyance plans, displacing weeks of manual drafting from the delivery programme.
Coordinated multi-disciplinary design with specialist consultants and engineers across the design-build interface, through model-based clash-report cycles.
Maintained Revit model quality across the packages.

Architect / BIM Consultant (contract) · Foster + Partners

Sep 2017 — Jan 2018 London, UK

project

Sydney Metro

preliminary design — front of house (BS 1192)

Developed preliminary design for internal cladding.
Established parametric Revit family systems and Rhino–Revit interoperability workflows for complex curved geometry exceeding Revit's native authoring capabilities.
Authored presentation drawings communicating complex curvature.
Maintained Revit model quality and BS 1192 compliance across the cladding package.

Project BIM Lead · Bryden Wood

Jun — Sep 2017 London, UK

project

Ministry of Justice, Prison Reform Programme

information management — BIM Level 2

Established the project's modelling strategy and information structure, configuring the Revit model as a data source for the practice's analytics team.
Managed Uniclass 2015 data attribution across the model, supporting downstream data extraction for design and delivery analytics.
Maintained Revit model quality across the design team's output.
Delivered Revit training and ongoing support to the design team.

Project Architect · Bryden Wood

Jan — Jun 2017 London, UK

project

Igus Headquarters, Phase 8, Cologne, Germany — 28,900 m² · €50m

design development — RIBA 2–4, BIM Level 2

Developed the design across RIBA Stages 2–4.
Coordinated in-house MEP, structural and DfMA systemisation teams alongside external consultants.
Authored complex parametric Revit families and project schedules to support design iteration and delivery.
Drafted the project BEP, setting modelling strategy and information requirements aligned with the practice's BIM standards.
Maintained Revit model quality across the design team's output.
Mentored junior architects on project workflow and Revit modelling.

Architect · Atkins

2015 — 2016 Doha, Qatar

project

Doha Metro, Red Line South, Doha — €1.9bn

design development — stations, subways & entrances (BIM Level 2)

Developed architectural design for stations, subways and entrances.
Authored Revit families and project schedules, structuring data to meet the employer's information requirements.
Developed fire and life safety drawings to NFPA standards.
Maintained design and model quality against the employer's requirements and project BEP.
Coordinated design with structural and mechanical engineers, the branding architecture consultant and the main contractor.

Architect · Independent Practice

2011 — 2014 Athens, Greece

architectural and visualisation services

Delivered architectural design services from concept through technical design across residential, hospitality, retrofit and public realm projects.
Provided 3D modelling and visualisation services to peer architectural practices.
Conducted KENAK energy performance certifications.
Delivered design and visualisation software training to peer architects.
Mentored an intern architect.

indicative projects

Retrofit industrial building, Lavrio — 2,000 m² mixed-use · €750k
Two summer residences, Skiathos — 350 m² · €700k
Residence in Kantza, Attica — 200 m² · €500k
Hotel Amalia lobby, interior, Athens — €300k
Residence in Cholargos, Attica — 250 m² · €150k
Exhibition Pavilion, Frigomech SRL, Romania
Interweaving — Plateia Eleftherias, international competition, Thessaloniki

Architect (contract) · ATEN Architects

2011 — 2012 Athens, Greece

projects

51st public junior high school, Athens
42nd public high school, Athens
Public school for the disabled, Chios Island

public-sector architecture

Developed architectural design for public school projects through concept and design development stages.
Produced 3D modelling and visualisations for design communication and stakeholder review.

Junior Architect · PETRA Consulting Architects

2010 — 2011 Athens, Greece

projects

Kerani Underground Station, Athens — €150m
Taiwan Tower, international conceptual design competition

architectural design and visualisation

Contributed to architectural design across concept, design development and technical design stages.
Produced 3D modelling and visualisations for design communication and competition submissions.
Coordinated with structural and mechanical engineers.
Configured the practice's render farm to support visualisation workflows.

Intern Architect · Private Practice

2008 — 2009 Athens, Greece

project

Monastiraki Square, Athens historical centre

street furniture & metro ventilation enclosures

Produced 3D modelling and visualisations for design exploration.
Drafted plans, sections and architectural details.

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about

Tryfon leads digital transformation in architectural practice — the work of changing how a practice produces architecture by aligning technology, processes, standards and people.

As Head of BIM at WilkinsonEyre he directs this across a use-case-based design technology strategy, an ISO 19650 information management framework, practice-wide AI deployment with the underlying information architecture for agent access, and capability development across BIM, computation and applied AI.

Architect by training; previously at Atkins, Foster + Partners, SOM, Heatherwick Studio and Pilbrow & Partners. Co-authored the open-source Future AEC Software Specification with thirteen peer UK practices, informing strategic direction at multiple AEC software vendors.

qualifications

MSc Architectural Computation — Merit

Bartlett, UCL · 2023

Master's in Architectural Engineering — Distinction

University of Patras, Greece · 2011

Registered Architect

Technical Chamber of Greece · No. 127001

languages

Greeknative

Englishfluent

domain_expertise

01Digital Transformation & Organisational Change

02BIM Strategy & Governance

03Information Management — ISO 19650 / UK BIM Framework

04Technology & Vendor Strategy

05Capability Assessment & Development

06Computational Design & Automation

07Interoperability & Data Exchange

08AI in AEC

tech_stack

modelling & authoring

primary

Autodesk Revit McNeel Rhino

wider experience

Autodesk Forma AutoCAD Bentley MicroStation 3DS Max

under evaluation — BIM 2.0

Qonic Motif

tracking

Snaptrude Finch Arcol Hypar

computational design & programming

Grasshopper Rhino.Inside.Revit Dynamo for Revit Python C# PowerShell Revit API Rhino API Git

coordination, IM & data exchange

primary

ACC Navisworks SharePoint

wider experience

Solibri Revizto BIMcollab

under evaluation

Speckle

operations & analytics

Imaginit Clarity Microsoft Power BI

AI tooling & applied AI

agentic & development

Claude Code OpenAI Codex MCP integrations

assistants

Anthropic Claude Microsoft Copilot OpenAI ChatGPT

visualisation

primary

Twinmotion Chaos Enscape

wider experience

D5 Render V-Ray

AI-driven · under evaluation

Gendo Chaos Veras Visoid Rendair Gemini Image (custom)

tracking

xFigura

early_career_recognition

awards / competitions

First prize, Patras School of Architecture new Building competition 2006 — restricted competition; with Ioannis Salesiotis.

exhibitions (selected)

9th Biennale of Architecture in Venice — Greek participation Paradigms 2004
Athens, Metropolis by Mistake, Bios, Athens 2004
Diatopia – Stemnitsa.net, GazonRouge, Athens 2003

press / publications

Time Magazine, "Taking a stand on stage", J. Inverne 2003
I Kathimerini, "Diatopia: Work in Progress", V. Theodoropoulou 2003
Architektones 41, "Traces of Landscape – Place Networks", A. Kotsaki 2003
METALOCUS, vol 15, "Memo la Chanea" 2004
Constructing the Public Sphere: Topical Works 2002–07, Lab. for Visual Arts, Univ. of Patras 2007

academic publications

Constructing the Image: Architecture through Media, Marketing & Political Communication (Le Corbusier – Rem Koolhaas) — Master's research project, University of Patras.