Michel Mossessian ,trained in architecture and computer science in Paris, New York,Massachusetts and Harvard. As an associate of Skidmore Owingsand Merrill-Chicago, Michel Mossessian began his internationalcareer between 1987 and 1992. At the end of 1992 along with severalother architects, engineers and computer experts, Michel Mossessianco-founded a network of professionals using computerized systemsand communication technology. The objective of this virtual networknamed a4A (atelier 4 Architecture) are as much to develop a workingenvironment using the latest technolgy as to question how thesenew means of exchange and communication may bring new definitionto our public, working and housing environments.

Cathrine Veikos is a registered architect and co-founderof atelier 4 Architecture. She has been practicing architecturesince 1985 in New York, Chicago and Paris. Cathrine was a designerat Skidmore, Owings and Merrill-Chicago in the late 80s workingon the large-scale office projects in Barcelona and London. Herwork in Paris includes the design of the conference center inthe new ESSO tower at La Defense with Jean-Paul Viguer and twocompetitions: the Masterplan for New Government Offices in Berlinand the New School of the Beaux-Arts with the Parisian modernist Roland Simounet.
Cathrine Veikos has lectured both in the United States and Franceand has taught architectural design at Harvard, in the CareerDiscovery Program, and Interior Design on the faculty of the ParsonsSchool of Design in Paris. She holds a Bachelors Degree from BarnardCollege, Columbia University and a Master of Architecture Degree from the Harvard Universitys Graduate School of Design.