Marcel Holmberg, born 1981 in Santiago, Chile. He received his Masters in Architecture from the Universidad Central de Chile, a Certificate in Real Estate Economics and Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Certificate in Construction Management from Columbia University New York.

Marcel worked with some of the most respected architects in the industry, including Ole Scheeren, Eike Becker and Hadi Teherani in Berlin. During his time at Ole Scheeren’s office, he was instrumental in the design of the Guardian Auction Centre in Beijing and a 150-metre mixed-use tower in central London. He also worked on the design of the King Power MahaNakhon Tower in Bangkok, the development of Olympicopolis in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, the competition design for the Axel Springer Headquarters building in Berlin and was the designer of the Axiom twin towers in Shanghai for Tishman Speyer. Marcel spent 4 years working at Archigon Projektentwicklung und Baubetreuung, a real estate project developer based in Berlin.

During his life period living in Beijing, he co-founded and was the director of PWD Architecture. There he collaborated with French firm AREP Architecture on the design for the Asian Investment Infrastructure Bank (AIIB) headquarters in Beijing and on numerous transport-oriented development (TOD) projects and public buildings throughout China. Marcel began his design career in Chile, where he collaborated with award-winning Chilean architects Marco Polidura and Iñaki Volante on the design of the Desert Museum (Huanchacas Museum) in Antofagasta and several single-family homes.

Marcel was born in Santiago, Chile but grew up in Oakland California. He later moved back to Chile where he obtained his architecture Masters. After, spent 7 years in Beijing and I and is now on his 7th year in Berlin.