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Synthetic-Natures
Winka Dubbeldam is the founder [1994] and partner of the WBE certified firm Archi-Tectonics NYC LLC. widely known for their award-winning work, recognized as much for its design excellence as for its use of smart building systems, and innovative structures. Archi-Tectonics recently completed the Asian Games 2023, with a 47 hectare Eco Park and 7 buildings. Recent awards include 2023 CTBUH Award of Excellence, the 2023 Architizer A+ Innovation Award, the Muse Lighting Award, and the prestigious Luban Award for the Asian Games. In New York the 512GW Townhouse won the 2024 SARA Award, the 2023 SARA National Award for the London Solar House, the 2023 AIA award and RTF Futures Award, and the Inscape Meditation Studio won the THA award among others. Their 4th book “Strange Objects, New Solids, and Massive Things” was launched Fall 2021 by Actar, Spain.
Recent Exhibitions include Buenos Aires Architecture Biennial 2024, the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023, two solo exhibits at the AEDES Gallery Berlin (2019 and 2013), the most recent being Flat Lands & Massive Things - From NL to NYC & Beyond. Several group exhibitions included Archi-Tectonics, such as Unbuilt NY in the Queens Museum, New York (2017), Manhattanisms at the Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York (2016), Built by Women, in the AIANY (2015), and The Unprivate House (1999) at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York to name a few.
Professor Dubbeldam is Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and was the Chair of the Department of Architecture [2013-23], where she has gathered an international network of innovative research and design professionals. Dubbeldam serves as the RIBA External Examiner for the Architectural Association [2023-25] and did the same for the Bartlett, UCL in London [2018-22], She also serves on the editorial board for the PLAN Journal Italy, the advisory board for Collectible and is one of the creative directors for CityX at the Venice Architecture Biennale [2021 & 2023].