Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Magdalena Naydekova-Ruka is an experienced architect currently working at Diller Scofidio + Renfro since October 2020. Prior to this role, Magdalena served as an architect at KPF and Steven Holl Architects, where involvement included the Expansion of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. Early professional experience includes work as an architectural designer at MOS Architects and internships at Barkow Leibinger, One Architecture, and MADA s.p.a.m. Additionally, Magdalena contributed as a researcher in the Building Technology group at MIT. Educational background includes a Master of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts and Architecture from Wellesley College, among other distinguished academic institutions.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
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Founded in 1981, Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) is a design studio whose practice spans the fields of architecture, urban design, installation art, multi-media performance, digital media, and print. With a focus on cultural and civic projects, DS+R’s work addresses the changing role of institutions and the future of cities. The studio is based in New York and is comprised of over 100 architects, designers, artists and researchers, led by four partners—Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio, Charles Renfro and Benjamin Gilmartin. DS+R's cross genre work has been distinguished with TIME’s "100 Most Influential People" list and the first grant awarded in the field of architecture from the MacArthur Foundation, which identified Diller and Scofidio as, “architects who have created an alternative form of architectural practice that unites design, performance, and electronic media with cultural and architectural theory and criticism. Their work explores how space functions in our culture and illustrates that architecture, when understood as the physical manifestation of social relationships, is everywhere, not just in buildings.”