Mac Van Dam
mac@nunastudio.com+44 7858986107
London, UK & Toronto, Canada.
I am the Director of NUNA Studio and Heyl & Van Dam Ltd.
Before founding design studios in the UK, I was a lead research member/designer at the Living Architecture Systems Group in Toronto. I have worked at internationally acclaimed architecture firms in Singapore, Denmark and San Francisco. I hold a Masters of Architecture from the Bartett, UCL.
My work has been shown at the Munich Bieannale, Lisbon Triennale, London Design Festival, Venice Biennale, Coachella, and other international exhibitions.
My work seeks to connect the built and natural world.
I come from a family lineage of farmers, gardeners and landscape designers... while I myself am an architect. But does this mean my medium is not nature?
My work seeks to understand what the term "nature" really means. “Nature” is grounding, it helps to root our place in the world. But it is also something that has to do with health and quality of life... Ultimately “nature” is something we want access to. My work explores this, especially as it relates to form, architecture and the built-environment.
I take pride in making work that is rigorous, thoughtful and mission driven. I have expertise working on bespoke technical projects, often collaborating with engineers and industry experts to synthesize complex ideas.
I like coffee in the morning, ice hockey and spending time outside (often while thinking about a design problem in the back of my head).
Before founding design studios in the UK, I was a lead research member/designer at the Living Architecture Systems Group in Toronto. I have worked at internationally acclaimed architecture firms in Singapore, Denmark and San Francisco. I hold a Masters of Architecture from the Bartett, UCL.
My work has been shown at the Munich Bieannale, Lisbon Triennale, London Design Festival, Venice Biennale, Coachella, and other international exhibitions.
My work seeks to connect the built and natural world.
I come from a family lineage of farmers, gardeners and landscape designers... while I myself am an architect. But does this mean my medium is not nature?
My work seeks to understand what the term "nature" really means. “Nature” is grounding, it helps to root our place in the world. But it is also something that has to do with health and quality of life... Ultimately “nature” is something we want access to. My work explores this, especially as it relates to form, architecture and the built-environment.
I take pride in making work that is rigorous, thoughtful and mission driven. I have expertise working on bespoke technical projects, often collaborating with engineers and industry experts to synthesize complex ideas.
I like coffee in the morning, ice hockey and spending time outside (often while thinking about a design problem in the back of my head).