Partners & Directors
Leadership Team
Elena Vasquez
M.Arch, ETH Zurich — 2003
Elena founded Forma after a decade working across Europe and Southeast Asia. Her work is shaped by a deep belief that architecture should answer to ecology first and aesthetics second — though she has never once produced an ugly building. She leads the studio's design culture, mentorship programs, and strategic direction. Her residential work, particularly the Meridian House series, has been exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale three times.
Marcus Osei
B.Arch, KNUST — M.Arch, Columbia GSAPP — 2001
Marcus is the bridge between Forma's design ambitions and their technical realization. Trained as both an architect and structural engineer, he leads all commercial and civic projects and oversees the studio's computational design research. His interest in adaptive structures — buildings that literally shift in response to climate — has made him one of the most sought-after voices in sustainable commercial architecture. He is currently a visiting critic at the Oslo School of Architecture.
Yuki Tanaka
M.Arch, University of Tokyo — 2009
Yuki joined Forma in 2011 as a senior designer and was made director within three years — the fastest promotion in the studio's history. She leads Forma's Tokyo studio and oversees all Asian projects. Her work is characterized by extraordinary sensitivity to material texture and spatial sequence: moving through one of her interiors feels like reading a carefully constructed sentence. She also directs the studio's furniture design line, produced in collaboration with Japanese craftspeople.
