Zhe Wen

Archi-Tectonics is a research based design practice. We aim to achieve design efficiencies that express themselves in optimal modulation, and energy-efficient, sustainable solutions. Archi-Tectonics is an expert in LEED design. Built work includes the 80,000sf Greenwich building, NYC, the four story Chelsea townhouse, the 15-story American Loft tower in Philadelphia, and the 3000 sf DUB-residence in Holland. We more recently completed the NAI in Rotterdam, the Ports1961 Flagship stores in London, Shanghai and Paris, and the Pavilion for the Dutch Fashion Biennale. Current projects under construction are the 9-story residential Vestry building, the LRH mixed-use building in NYC, the 150,000 sf Commercial building in New Mexico, and the Brewster restaurant in NYC. Publications include the three Monographs, and the work has also been published in a large number of International Architecture & Design Periodicals. Recent exhibitions include the Venice Biennale “Arsenale exhibit” [2004], the PAN exhibit in the Taylor Gallery [2006]. Performalism, in the Tel Aviv Musem of Modern Art [2008], and the ACADIA Exhibit [nyc 2010]. Winka received the “Emerging Voice” award [2001], and was awarded “Best and Brightest” by Esquire; the Genius Issue [2004]]. Archi-Tectonics was the Award winner in the IIDA / Metropolis Smart Environments Award [2006], won the Design Competition for a Sustainable Neighborhood Staten Island, NY [2008], and the Hommes Award [2011] Rotterdam.