Dr. ir. Telesilla Bristogianni specializes in cast glass structures, glass recycling, and glass strength and defect characterization.

For their work in the Crystal Houses the two researchers have received multiple awards, including the Innovation Award 2016 by the Society of Façade Engineers and the Talent met Toekomst Bouwprijs 2017. Through this project Telesilla and Faidra discovered the architectural potential of cast glass, but also saw the engineering challenges involved. This is when they conceived the idea of Re3 Glass; a reversible system out of recycled cast glass components. The project was awarded two 4TU.Bouw Lighthouse grants (2016, 2017), nominated for the New Material Award 2018 and the STARTS Prize 2020, and exhibited at Venice Design 2018, Dutch Design Week 2018, Milan Design Week 2019, and at the permanent collection of Vitra Schaudepot and the Parlamentarium (EU Parliament Visitor’s center in Brussels). Telesilla has also been involved together with Faidra in the development and prototyping of cast glass facades and structures such as the Glass Vault by SOM & Princeton University, and the Kuala Lumpur Bvlgari facade designed by MVRDV (initial research stage) and the Qaammat Pavilion in Greenland designed by Konstantin Arkitekter.