#46 - Design With Agency with Winka Dubbeldam, Archi-Tectonics

Winka Dubbeldam is the Chair and Miller Professor of Architecture
at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of
Design, where she has gathered an international network of
innovative research and design professionals. She has also taught
advanced architectural design studios at Columbia, Cornell, and
Harvard University, among other prestigious institutions. Winka
was named one of the DesignIntelligence 30 Most Admired Educators
2015, and has been a juror at the Prix de Rome, several AIA
juries, and at the Bogota Architecture Biennale in 2010.


As the founder/principal of the New York firm Archi-Tectonics,
Dubbeldam is widely known for her award-winning work, recognized
as much for its use of hybrid sustainable materials and smart
building systems as for its elegance and innovative structures.
Archi-Tectonics' work ranges from residential to commercial, from
real to virtual, and is realized in urban designs, architectural
designs, and installations.


In this episode, Winka talks about her role as Chair of
Architecture at UPenn, and highlights some of the exciting
programs and research that's happening at the school. Winka also
talks about her experience starting Archi-Tectonics, what the
hardest part of running your own practice is, and the impact she
hopes to have through her work.