Come and meet our team at EXPO REAL 2024!

Chapman Taylor will once again attend this year’s EXPO REAL at the Messe München Exhibition Centre in Munich from October 7th to 9th, 2024.

As Europe’s largest real estate fair, EXPO REAL brings together over 40,000 participants from 70 countries, with nearly 1,800 exhibitors representing the global real estate sector. This prestigious event offers a unique platform for international businesses to connect and collaborate.

Over three days, participants and exhibitors will have the opportunity to engage with potential business partners across all stages of the real estate lifecycle—from conception, investment, and financing to realization, marketing, and operations.

Representing Chapman Taylor at the event will be:

  • Ruprecht Melder (Director), Hendrik Wirths (Director), Witold Kondera (Associate Director), and Kai Felix Dorl (Architect) from our Düsseldorf studio
  • Jon Hale (Director) and Filip Pokorny (Director) from our Prague studio

The team will be available to discuss Chapman Taylor’s extensive range of European projects and expertise.

Ruprecht Melder (Dipl. Ing. Architekt (Univ.))

Group Board Director, 杜塞尔多夫

Ruprecht joined Chapman Taylor in 1995 and is responsible for the design and delivery of retail, office and hospitality projects in our Düsseldorf studio. He became joint Managing Director in 2013 to support the growth of the business and continues to oversee project work in Germany and Austria.

He has successfully established the role of 'General planner' within the Düsseldorf studio and has an established track record leading general planner teams on large-scale projects. 

Areas of expertise:

General Planner / Retail / Mixed-use / Offices 

Ruprecht ist seit 1995 bei Chapman Taylor und ist verantwortlich für die Konzeption und Durchführung von Einzelhandels-, Büro- und Mixed-Use-Projekten in unserem Büro in Düsseldorf.

Im Jahr 2008 wurde Ruprecht Melder als Prokurist Teil der Geschäftsführung und ist seit 2013 als Geschäftsführer für die Leitung und die Entwicklung des Düsseldorfer Standortes zuständig. 2021 wurde er in den Vorstand von Chapman Taylor berufen.

Ein weiterer Tätigkeitsschwerpunkt ist die des Generalplaners. Diesen Aufgabenbereich hat Ruprecht im deutschen Büro etabliert und hat sich als Leiter von Generalplanungs-Teams bei Großprojekten erfolgreich bewährt.

Schwerpunkte:

Generalplanung / Einzelhandel / Mixed-Use / Bürobau

Jon Hale (BA (Hons)Dip Arch ARB, ČKA)

Group Board Director, 布拉格

Jon joined Chapman Taylor in London in 1997. He now heads up the Central Eastern Europe (CEE) region and leads the design and implementation of projects in the Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine.

Based in Prague since 1991, Jon’s knowledge of the CEE markets and his leadership has helped our Prague studio become one of the leading architects of commercial buildings in the region, winning ‘Architect of the Year’ at the CEE Retail Real Estate Awards every year since 2008 and many other accolades. 

Areas of expertise:

Retail / Office / Residential

Hendrik Wirths

Associate Director, 杜塞尔多夫

Hendrik finished his studies at Cologne University of Applied Sciences in 1998, becoming a qualified architect in 2001 and subsequently working in Lisbon, Bolzano and Cologne.  

Hendrik specialises in problem-solving throughout the planning and construction process – from the initial concept design through to all levels of planning and development, specification, bidding, site supervision and final acceptance. He is passionate about the need to foster collaborative working relationships between all of the parties involved in order to successfully complete a project.

His main focus is on residential construction, though he has experience in other fields, such as office and commercial buildings, childcare facilities and construction in existing contexts.

Hendrik joined Chapman Taylor Düsseldorf in 2017. As Project Manager, he leads the team for the office building development “Godesberger Allee” in Bonn and two residential projects in Bavaria. He also supports with personnel deployment planning.   

Areas of expertise:

Residential / Office and Commercial Buildings / Construction in existing contexts


Hendrik Wirths arbeitet seit 2017 als Projektleiter bei Chapman Taylor in Düsseldorf. Aktuell ist er für den Neubau eines Bürogebäudeensembles in Nürnberg sowie für Wohnungsbauprojekte mit insgesamt 350 Wohneinheiten verantwortlich.

Nach Beendigung seines Studiums sammelte er in Lissabon, Bozen und Köln umfangreiche Erfahrungen bei der Planung und Realisierung unterschiedlichster Bauaufgaben. Von der ersten Konzeptskizze bis zur Übergabe nach Fertigstellung arbeitete er dabei im gesamten Leistungsbild der HOAI.

Neben dem Schwerpunkt Wohnungsbau realisierte er Neu- und Umbauprojekte aus den Bereichen Büro, Handel und Kinderbetreuungseinrichtungen.

Schwerpunkte:

Wohnungsbau / Büro / Einzelhandel/ Bauen im Bestand

Filip Pokorny (Ph.D. in Urban planning and Brownfield regeneration)

Director, 布拉格

Filip joined Chapman Taylor’s Prague studio in 2007 and is responsible for the management of our key projects in Prague.

He has strong retail design skills, as well as specialist design skills in planning and regeneration. 

Balancing commercial and architectural insights, he has worked across all project stages from feasibility, planning and building permitting processes, through to on-site construction quality control. 

Areas of expertise:

Retail / Residential / Masterplanning / Brownfield redevelopment

Witold Kondera

Associate Director, 杜塞尔多夫

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