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Year Joined: 1998

Education and Certifications:

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
  • Bachelor of Science in Building Technology 2001
  • Bachelor of Architecture 2002

• Licensed Architect in NY, NJ, CT, TX, FL
• President of the Board of Directors : Rockland Community Foundation
• Member: American Institute of Architecture, American Planning Association
• Board Member: New York State Association for Affordable Housing: NYSAFAH
• Board Member: Habitat for Humanity, Chair of the Advocacy Committee
• Board Member: JDRF International

Professional Background: Born in Buenos Aires and educated in the United States, Ariel joined the firm at 18 while still a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He quickly rose to Partner upon completing his studies and in 2012, he became Principal of the firm.

Position: As a close, personal consultant to Aufgang clients, Ariel provides a full range of services including land use consultation, peer review, design services, planning, and construction administration. His involvement in a project can begin with advising on the feasibility and land use possibilities of potential acquisitions and can end with the successful occupancy of tenants in a completed structure. In the past 20 years Aufgang has designed over 20,000 units of safe, comfortable, and appealing affordable housing in the five boroughs of NYC that strengthen the social and economic fabric of their neighborhoods.

Personal Life: When he’s not at work, Ariel enjoys spending time with his children and family. He is also the driver of the Aufgang #13 Porsche GT4 Clubsport car and competes in racing events around the country.

Year Joined: 2022

Education and Certifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Hartford, 2004
• Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC)

Professional Background: Nick brings 17 years of MEP experience to Aufgang. He has extensive knowledge in all aspects of MEP design for hospitals, outpatient facilities, compounding pharmacies, office buildings, residential apartment buildings, schools, religious institutions, hotels, restaurants, and government agency spaces. As an MEP engineer, Nick prepared construction documents for filing with the NYC DOB, and is extremely knowledgeable in NYC and NYS Codes including Building, Mechanical, Fuel Gas, Energy Conservation, ASHRAE Guidelines, and FGI Guidelines/AHSRAE 170 for Article 28 spaces. He designed numerous projects in accordance with NYSERDA, Enterprise Green communities, and LEED. Nick has a passion for high performance buildings, including passive design, high efficient mechanical systems, and indoor air quality.

Position: In his position as Project Manager, Nick oversees all elements of a project’s development, from schematic design through construction documents, guiding consultants, and coordinating with the owner and contractors.

Personal Life: In his spare time, Nick enjoys spending time with family and is an avid NY hockey and baseball fan.

Franco received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of the Philippines and his local licensure shortly thereafter. As a second-generation architect, he comes to Aufgang with nearly 30 years of design and building experience including single family homes to notable high-rise luxury skyscrapers.

Franco’s expansive experience provides our clients with hands on knowledge of building systems, familiarity of construction materials and their applications, project documentation with an acute awareness of prevailing building codes, zoning laws, green building practices and handicap accessibility guidelines. He appreciates all planning evolved from sound and altruistic concepts, as well as, forms dictated by constructive elements.

Year Joined: 2024

Education and Certifications:

• Bachelors degree in Architecture, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Professional Background: While in school, Jude and a team of students entered a design competition in Princeton, New Jersey centered around the Jewish holiday Sukkot. Their design of a sukkah, a temporary dwelling structure, won and his team had the opportunity to build and display it for the length of the holiday.

Jude also worked for Brian Murphy Architecture for two years prior to joining the Aufgang team.

Position: Jude is working with the Rehabilitation and Preservation Team. Current projects include rehabilitation and preservation SD drawings and permit sets of existing residential buildings in the New York area.

Personal Life: Jude enjoys hiking in the woods near his home, where he explores his interest in photography by capturing landscape images.