Winka Dubbeldam

Winka Dubbeldam (born 1960 She is a Professor and Chair of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the RIBA External Examiner for the Bartlett UCL London [2018-2022], the Creative Director for the Venice Biennale Virtual Italian Pavilion . Her Ted talk “Crowdfunding Urban Planning” was in TED Global in Edinburgh Scotland 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

Biography Dubbeldam was born in 1960 in the Netherlands. Her father headed a Dutch organization connected with police and fire services. After her initial schooling in the Netherlands,

Projects Some of the key projects handled by Dubbeldam and her firm Archi-Tectonics are: The Greenwich Building and V33 building in New York City; ) said to be the first "parametric design" developed by 3-D computer model; Her firm won the "Design Competition for a Sustainable Neighborhood and Farmers Market" on Staten Island, New York.

2023 ARCHITIZER A+ AWARD – For the Asian Games 2022 Masterplan // Jury Winner, Architecture + Innovation Category

2023 ARCHITIZER A+ AWARD – For the Asian Games Valley Village Mall // Finalist, Commercial Category

2022 AIA Award for the 512GW Townhouse and Climate Skin

2022 CIES Lighting Award, China – Gongshu Canal Sports Park

2022 Luban Award – Hangzhou Canal Sports Park and Hangzhou Fitness Centre

2021 First Prize in the 9th “Longtu Cup” National BIM Contest by the China Graphics Society for the Asian Games 2022 Masterplan and Buildings

2021 DEZEEN - TWENTY-TWO WOMEN ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS YOU SHOULD KNOW

2021 ARCHITIZER - 100 WOMEN TO WATCH IN ARCHITECTURE

2020 ARCHITIZER A+ AWARD – For the Asian Games 2022, masterplan & stadiums // Popular Vote

Rethinking The Future Award 2020: Awardee for “Housing Over 5 Floors (Built)” focused on innovation and sustainability for 512GW Townhouse in SoHo, NYC

2019 PLAN Magazine Italy: Award for Masterplan “Sports and Leisure” for Asian Games 2022 Sports Park, and stadiums in Hangzhou, China

2006 IIDA / Metropolis Smart Environments Award

2001 "Emerging Voice" Award

Publications & Recent Research Dubbeldam's published monographs are the Winka Dubbeldam, Architect published by 010 Publishers, Rotterdam in 1996, and the AT-INdex published by Princeton Press, New York in 2006. These have been republished in many international journals.

2023 Springer Publication: Natures: Resources & Presentation Paper: Synthetic Natures, presented at UIA World Congress of Architects Copenhagen 2023

"Morphosis" in M3 Morphosis Modeled Works: Archive [1978- 2022] by Thom Mayne

"Synthetic Natures" in Building Futures published by Wiley UK, edited by Richard Garber

“2023 Asian Games Hybrid Stadium is inspired by ancient Chinese artifact.” in Domus Magazine, Italy

"Archi-Tectonics’ Asian Games Eco-Park is Hybrid by Nature” in Azure Magazine, Canada

2022 ACADIA Hybrids & Haecceities at UPENN – Organizer & Panel Speaker

Contemporary Architecture: Masterpieces Around the World by Braun Publishing – Asian Games Hybrid Stadium & Concert Hall.

The Plan Magazine, WD Guest Editor: Introduction Article “Synthetic Natures.”

The Plan: International Panorama Vol. 2 – Architectures from Everywhere. 512GW Townhouse, from industrial to residential, NYC

Financial Times the Netherlands - Interview with Winka by Noordermeer

111 Inception by Anna Bates

Professional services - On Editorial Board PLAN Magazine

- External Examiner RIBA for Bartlett UCL London

- Creative Director for the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale 2021: for City X at the Virtual Italian Pavilion

Exhibitions Dubbeldam has participated in exclusive exhibitions in Form Zero Gallery in Los Angeles during 1994, in the Kunsthal in Rotterdam in 1996, in the Frederieke Taylor Gallery under the title "From HardWare to SoftForm" in Chelsea, New York in 2002, and the Art & Idea Gallery in Mexico City during 2004. Her firm participated in the exhibitions of the Museum of Modern Art such as "The Unprivate House" in 1999 and the "Young Architects" in 2001, and the "Max Protetch Exhibit" for a project of the World Trade Center in 2001, which was part of the Venice Biennale in 2002. Archi-tectonics also took part in the Venice Biennale "Arsenale exhibit" during 2004. She was the curator of The Progressive Architecture Network (PAN), which was exhibited in the Taylor Gallery during October–November 2006. More recently she worked on other exhibitions such as: Never Built New York: Featured Archi‐Tectonics’ SoHo Hotel Project in 2017 at the Queens Museum, PLAN Gallery in Milan, Italy: The Architect Series – Solo Exhibit in 2018, AEDES Berlin, Solo exhibit Archi‐Tectonics: Flatlands and Massive Things in Aedes Berlin Germany in 2019.