
About us
Every project poses a unique challenge. Unique challenges require unique solutions.
With passion and attention to detail we look beyond the conventional to create clever and unique design proposals. Design is personal.
At Welling Architects we consider it our task to be conscious about our designs and materialisation of our designs. We consider sustainable architecture to be conscious architecture.
We believe projects should be designed based on the unique opportunities posed by client and programme, by the specific location and its immediate natural and cultural environment, as well as by the current zeitgeist.
We look at building assignments from a local perspective. We design buildings in accordance to their local climate conditions, we strive to embed local customs and culture in the character of a building and we aim to make use of regenerative and locally sourced materials. This includes new (renewable) locally sourced materials but especially also the reuse of existing materials according to principles of the circular economy. By doing so, not only buildings will be created indigenous to its particular locality, it will also bear marks of our built history through the inclusion of reused materials and refurbished buildings.
A broad knowledge and interest allows us to be inspired by other fields. We don’t automatically revert to the conventional, but we also explore unconventional ways to shine new light onto a building assignment. This results in creative unique solutions that incorporate design, innovation and sustainability.
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CV Leonie Welling
Employment history
2019 Owner at Welling Architects
2016 – 2019 Architect at Christ & Gantenbein, Basel, Switzerland
Project: Lindt & Sprüngli Chocolate Competence Center, Kilchberg, ZH, Switzerland
2016 Architect at Wiel Arets Architects, Zürich, Switzerland
Project: Europaallee Baufeld D, Zürich, Switzerland
2013 – 2016 Architect at Herzog & de Meuron, Basel, Switzerland
Projects: 426 National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel
438 Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2013 Architect at RAU, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Education
2010 – 2012 Dual graduation in the masters Architecture and Building Technology, Delft University of Technology, honourable mention
2010 Study abroad, architecture, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
2005 – 2009 Bachelor architecture urbanism and building sciences, Delft University of Technology
Achievements
2019 Winner open ideas competition ‘circular design challenge’, ProRail, the Netherlands
2012 Honourable mention for dual graduation project. Masters: Architecture and Building Technology
2011 Second place competition ‘Maas en Aa’, competition entry: Nomadic pavilions
2009 Organisation InDeSem: international design seminar at the faculty of Architecture, Delft University
2008 Winner architectural lighting design competition Waalbrug
Leonie Welling is a registered architect in the Dutch architects register. Registration number: 1.130815.002