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Jonas Ward, Van den Bulcke
IR arch. MAS ETH
Swiss B-permit (EU-citizen), Belgian, Brazilian
Mühlehalde 11, 8032, Zürich, Switzerland
+41 76 232 76 27
jonas@jonasward.ch
jonasward.ch - link
github.com/jonasward - link
linkedin.com/in/wardjonas - link
Education
ETH Zürich
- Zürich, Switzerland
2018 - 2019 - Master of Advanced Studies in Digital Fabrication
TUM
- Munich, Germany
2014 - 2015 - Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design
UGent
- Ghent, Belgium
2010 - 2015 - Master of Science in Architecture and Engineering
Skills
soft
languages
Dutch C2, English C2, German C1, French B2
programming languages
primary
TypeScript / JS (5+ yrs), Python (4+ yrs)
secondary
C# (3+ yrs), wasm (C#, rust), java
frontend
react
React, Next.js, zustand, redux, react-router
3D / WebGL
Three.js / R3F, babylon.js, GLSL shaders, pixi.js
styling
Tailwind, CSS / SCSS, MUI, antd
backend
server
bun / Elysia, express, flask / django, springboot
cloud
AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Docker, kubernetes
database
mongodb, supabase, prisma, mysql
data & ML
ML
pytorch, tensorflow, sklearn, openCV, pandas
spatial
GDAL, GeoPandas, shapely, QGIS
design
tools
Figma, Rhino / Grasshopper, Blender, InDesign
Experience
circrete
- Copenhagen, Denmark (Remote) - May 2025 - now
Advisory Board Member - Tech Strategy
circretes Digital Toolchain
Advising Copenhagen-based concrete-reuse start-up on technical strategy and data-pipeline architecture.
design-to-production
- Zürich, Switzerland - April 2022 - now
Consultant - FullStack Developer
Holzvision Max - link
Sole engineer on MES platform for Switzerland's national timber showcase ESAF 2025
Rewe co-co - link
Frontend on Red Dot Award-winning supermarket & vertical-farming configurator (TypeScript/React, .Net, Google Cloud).
Stauffer Statics - link
Sole engineer: built and deployed cloud structural analysis tool for timber contractors (TypeScript, Google Cloud).
Haas House Configurator - link
Sole engineer: shipped browser-based 2D/3D house configurator from first commit to AWS production.
UGD
- Konstanz, Germany - March 2020 - March 2022
Consultant - POC & Software Development
Haworth CoDesigner
Delivered evolutionary-algorithm space planner for Haworth — 2D CAD kernel (JTS), space syntax algorithms, IR sensor integration. Hosted on Azure.
Alcubond Facademaker - link
Shipped live 3D facade paneliser for Alucobond's CNC panels.
rrreefs
- Zürich, Switzerland - September 2019 - 2022
Consultant - Design and Fabrication Strategy
Modules - link
Engineered Hochparterre Goldener Hase 2021-winning 3D-printed clay reef modules — funded by WeMakeIt & ETH Library Lab. Permanent installation in San Andrea, Colombia.
clay-online - link
Shipped browser-based reef module configurator (babylon.js).
Jonas Ward
- Ghent, BE; Zürich, CH - 2013 - now
self-employed - Design & Engineering
Lucerna Lecto - link
2024 - 2025 — Shipped browser-based SDF lamp configurator (R3F); multiple production releases.
Elbe Bienen - link
2019 — Designed Flemish-government-funded sensor-driven beehive for Brussels-based artist Anne-marie Maes.
Extra Curricular
AEC Hackathon - Copenhagen 2026 - link
Prize: Best Solves a Big Problem — reuse platform with partial AI integration.
Green Tech Hackathon - Zürich 2025
Built grid carbon intensity load balancer for scheduled jobs (cron / serverless).
AEC Hackathon - Copenhagen 2025 - link
Prize: Best Mashup — built AEC Flow, a data-vis UI POC for complex architectural datasets.
AEC Hackathon - Zürich 2025
Prize: Most Potential for Start-Up — built Projects Talking, a CAM / ERP tool for the timber industry.
url-safe-bitpacking - link
2024 — Published open-source URL-safe bitpacking library for complex parametric models.
AEC Hackathon - Copenhagen 2024
Prize: Innovation — built Open Detail, an open LCA architectural detail database.
AEC Hackathon - Zürich 2024 - link
Built Santini at Home — a parametric lamp configurator.
open3D
2023 — Contributed geometry algorithms to an open-source TypeScript 3D library (Rhinoceros 3D API).
Created on 2026.11.10. jonasward.ch/cv