Robert Platje is working at Mei architects and planners since 2000. Since 2022 he is a partner in the firm. He is also a BREEAM expert. His specialisation - architectural detail and sustainable building - is underlined by his work for the Dutch Green Building Council. He is the concept guard at Mei and has a deep fascination for technical solutions, where the technique is always a means, not an end in itself. The objective is to create healthy and pleasant 'people buildings'. In his designs, he pleads for "living the way you want to live". It is not the architecture, but the people who dictate that. This working method can be seen in, for example, the multi-awarded Fenix I and the pioneering SAWA project, in which Robert Platje has a leading role.Robert considers how a concept can be realised in the smartest possible way. What makes a concept strong and feasible? What construction technique is the most efficient? "I translate concepts into something that is easy to understand and easy to make. Once that is done, I explain it to those who build it and I monitor the concept during implementation. In the end, everyone has to be on board."- projectmanagement- engineering innovative (façade) constructions- (dismountable) high-rise wooden constructions- PR / marketing / new bussiness- office management- measuring sustainability & circularity by BREEAM-NL / GPR