Architect and Academic, Founder of Architectonics
Winka Dubbeldam is an academic and Dutch architectural designer. After her education in architectural design at Columbia University, she established her own firm, Archi-Tectonics, in 1994 in New York City. Her use of a combination of sustainable materials, innovative and inventive building methods, with the adoption of digital techniques, has been recognized and awarded by major institutions. She is a Professor and Chair of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.[5] She is the RIBA External Examiner for the Bartlett UCL London [2018-2022], the Creative Director for the Venice Biennale Virtual Italian Pavilion [2021]. Her TED talk “Crowdfunding Urban Planning” was at TED Global in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2013. Her debut in building design was a residential house whose exhibits were displayed at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). In 2004, Esquire magazine named her “Best and Brightest”.Her designs have also been exhibited in the Venice Biennale, MoMA, Storefront, and Aedes Berlin in 2019, among others.
