Patrick Bellew Source:&nbsp Astrid Eckert / PhotographieEnvironmental engineer Atelier Tens founding director Patrick Bellew is stepping down after 34 years Bellew will leave the environmental design, building services and lighting design consultancy at the end of the year, Atelier Ten confirmed.The award-winning engineer founded the company in 1990. It now employs more than 350 staff in 11 different countries.As of January, Bellew will step into a new role as senior sustainability adviser at the Surbana Jurong Group (SJ Group) the global design collective which Atelier Ten joined in 2020. There he will continue to provide mentorship and ambassadorship of SJs sustainability, according to Atelier Ten.AdvertisementThe SJ Group is a Singaporean government-owned consultancy whose 16,000-strong workforce includes architects, designers, planners, engineers, facilities managers and other specialists. It has more than 120 offices in 40 different countries.The other member companies in the group are AETOS, B+H, CHIL, KTP, Prostruct, Robert Bird Group, SAA and SMEC.Bellew will also be reprising a former role as visiting professor at Yale Universitys School of Architecture, where he will run a design studio, and embracing a second educational role as a royal designer for industry at theRoyal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).Nico Kienzi, a founding director of Atelier Tens New York City office, who has worked with Bellew for 21 years, took over as senior executive director of Atelier Ten internationally in 2023.Meanwhile, Duncan Campbell, a director of the London office since early 2023, will become Atelier Tens UK executive director.AdvertisementThe consultancy has collaborated on projects including Googles new London HQ with Heatherwick Studio and BIG, the National Theatre in London with Haworth Tompkins, Singapore's Gardens by the Bay with WilkinsonEyre and Grant Associates, and Zaha Hadid Architects Beeah HQ in Sharjah, in the UAE.Atelier Ten said Kienzi and Campbell will be working closely to bring forward a new generation of leadership to take on the environmental challenges of the next decade while ensuring Atelier Ten continues to work on the most exciting, interesting and cutting-edge construction projects in the UK.Bellew said: After 34 years leading Atelier Ten, four years of which have been within SJ, it is the right time to hand over the baton so I can take on a strategic advisory role and pursue other interests including teaching and writing.I have had the immense privilege of working with some incredible people from colleagues to clients, collaborators, and peers who have each played a vital role in our ambition for a greener future.I am confident that both Atelier Ten and SJ will continue to drive forward innovation in the built environment to create a more sustainable world.Campbell said was is delighted that Bellew would continue to support [Atelier Ten] in his new role, adding: The opportunity to work with a pioneer in this field is what attracted me to work at Atelier Ten, and we will continue to use his positive, proactive approach to develop the next chapter of Atelier Ten in the UK and Europe.2024-11-12Anna Highfieldcomment and share