Winka Dubbeldam, principal of Archi-Tectonics, NYC and Shanghai, will speak at
the Syracuse University School of Architecture on Tuesday, March 31, at 5 p.m. in
Slocum Hall Auditorium. Her lecture, "From HardWare to SoftForm," is free and
open to the public.
Initially known more for her computer-based sculptural designs-and her association
with formidable theorists Bernard Tschumi and Peter Eisenman-than for actual
buildings, Dubbeldam in recent years has completed a string of built projects,
including several loft renovations in Manhattan. The work of her firm, founded in
1994, ranges from residential to commercial, from real to virtual, and is realized in
urban designs, architectures and installations. Most recently, Archi-Tectonics has
been named a finalist in the Staten Island: Green Housing Design Competition in
New York City. Collections of the firm's work are regularly featured at MOMA in
New York, the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh and the Netherlands
Architecture Institute, Rotterdam.
Dubbeldam is a 1990 graduate of the Academy of Architecture in Rotterdam and
received a master's degree in advanced architectural design from Columbia
University in 1992. She has lectured extensively and taught in master's programs at
of Columbia and Harvard universities, and currently holds the position of practice
professor and director of the post-professional program at the University of
Pennsylvania.
She is an external examiner for the Architectural Association in London and has
served as a juror in multiple design competitions for AIA, the Architecture League
and ID Magazine. Dubbeldam was among the "Best and Brightest" in Esquire
Magazine's 2004 "Genius Issue." Her name is featured on the "Wall of Fame" at
Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands, along with other architects,
urban planners and landscape architects from across the world.
Syracuse University School of Architecture is the fourth-oldest program in the United
States and is consistently rated among the top architecture schools in the country.
The school's undergraduate program was recently ranked fourth in the nation by
DesignIntelligence.
For more information visit http://soa.syr.edu.
