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FROM DESIGN TO CONSTRUCTION Located in the heart of New York City, Archi-Tectonics is committed to a diverse range of architectural endeavors, from residential to commerical.
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Archi-Tectonics Cutting-edge contemporary structures in New York and beyond exemplify the core value of reinventive design at Archi-Tectonics by Jane Caffrey
1-3. American Loft Building, Philadelphia, Pa. Aluminum facade panels across the exterior; Cantilevered balcony; spacious and modern penthouse. Photos courtesy of Archi-Tectonics.
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Modern design is reinvented in the heart of New York City, where Archi-Tectonics, a network of architects and designers, brings novelty to a diverse range of architectural endeavors. With projects that range from residential to commercial and real to virtual, the design studio operates like a laboratory, committed to rethinking, reinvestigating, and reinterpreting all details and possibilities in modern design. Implementing this philosophy of innovation results in groundbreaking contemporary architecture, both in the New York area and beyond. “We have developed a concept where we are looking at the performative aspects in architecture,” Winka Dubbeldam, Principal at Archi-Tectonics, said. “So we are not starting from the notion of ‘form’ or ‘style,’ but reinventing spaces through the integration of functionalities and systems. This way, spaces become organically created.” Archi-Tectonics has been a leader in intelligent design and research since 1994, when Dubbeldam founded the company with one assistant. After first graduating from the Graduate of the Faculty of Architecture, Rotterdam in 1990 and earning a Masters Degree from Columbia University in 1992, Dubbeldam undertook her first project with Archi-Tectonics in New York—an art gallery in Westbrook. “Since the gallery was on West Broadway and both exterior and interior, it led to our next client,” Dubbeldam said. The following venture was a home in Summer 2010 5
northeast | architecture upstate New York, and the designs for this project were later shown in the “Unprivate House” exhibit at New York’s MoMA. As Archi-Tectonics evolved over the years, the office grew and the firm began to get larger commissions and building projects. One notable structure from studio’s early years is the Gypsy Trail Residence in upstate New York—a 3,000 sq. ft. private home completed in 2002, which exudes modern edge with sharp angles and full-length windowed walls. The firm expanded following a solo exhibit in Los Angeles in 1994 and the publication of Dubbeldam’s first book in 1996. Today, Archi-Tectonics has grown to become a $100 million company with a team of eight highly qualified architects and designers. The studio completes projects in New York, Philadelphia, and Miami, but has also worked as farreaching as London. The company’s work includes commercial, residential, and virtual projects, and has been featured in a number of international publications. The studio is also the recipient of numerous awards, including the Smart Environments Award from the International Interior Design Association (2006), Finalist in the Drents Museum Extension (2007), First Prize at the Staten Island Green Housing Competition (2008), and a Wall of Fame Nomination at the Technical University Delft in (2009). Dubbeldam is the Professor of Practice and the Director of the Post-Professional Program at the University of Pennsylvania, and has taught at Columbia University and Harvard University. In 2001, she received the “Emerging Voice” award and a nomination for “Best and Brightest” from Esquire Magazine for the 2004 Genius Issue. An open network, the design team at Archi-Tectonics strives to perpetually rethink, re-investigate, and re-interpret all details of modern architecture and design. “We focus on innovative new models of architecture,” Dubbeldam said. Extensive research and originality are the bases for all projects. The studio also utilizes the latest in technology, working with digital programs to develop 3-dimensional models of architecture from the inside out. With these practices together, ArchiTectonics sets the bar for customer service and design in the competitive field of modern architecture. 4-6. Dub Residence, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Garden under the cantolevered balcony; exterior view; cantilevered balcony. Photos courtesy of Archi-Tectonics. 6 Architecture Leaders Today
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Success is evident in the firm’s diverse and unique completed structures, all progressive in design, function, and modernism. One significant development for the studio is the Greenwich Street Project in the lower west end of Manhattan, completed in 2004. With this project, Archi-Tectonics transformed an industrial area into an integrated residential neighborhood with the renovation of a sixstory warehouse building into residential units, office and retail space, and galleries. The structure consists of an open loft plan, terraces with views of the Hudson River, and a four-story penthouse in glass and steel. The building’s angled façade with reflecting glass planes integrate urban and private environments. Archi-Tectonics also mediated a play between the past and the present by pairing an old brick building with a wall of steel and glass, creating a hybrid structure of antiquity and modernity. A small crease of cantilevering balconies rising between the two structures juxtaposes old and new as well, and inserts an interactive space into an otherwise neutral streetscape. “The Greenwich Street building with its folded curtain wall is still a favorite, which I thoroughly experience since I have an apartment there,” Dubbeldam said. Archi-Tectonics is currently undertaking additional pioneering projects, such as the Vestry Building in Tribeca, New York City. This structure of seven residential condominiums will feature a pixilated façade of stone, translucent glass, and a garden façade with large cantilevering balconies and sunrooms. The firm is also working on multiple interior residential and commercial projects in London, New York, and Miami. “Of course the latest building is always the best one,” Dubbeldam said, alluding to the perpetual flow of creativity and evolution of ideas at the studio. In future endeavors, Archi-Tectonics will continue as a leader in the industry with an assortment of fresh design concepts in the ever-changing field of modern architecture. “We always have focused on diversity of projects,” Dubbeldam said. “Both in size, from urban design to interior design and everything in between, and in kind, commercial and residential. This is because we enjoy the re-thinking and the inventive aspects of architecture.” ALT 7. Greenwich Street Project, SoHo, N.Y. Folded Custom Curtain Wall. Photo courtesy of Archi-Tectonics. 8 Architecture Leaders Today
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