Anna Dietzsch

Anna Dietzsch is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia GSAPP. For the past 20 years she has worked in between São Paulo and New York, using design to promote interaction. Her portfolio includes the planning and design of significant urban projects, as well as the design of residential, industrial and corporate facilities in both cities. As a senior associate at Davis Brody Bond Architects in New York, Ms. Dietzsch worked in large-scale architectural projects, which include the 9/11 Memorial Museum, L’Óreal’s R&D facility in NJ, the Holland Tunnel Service Center, the Pop-up Pool at Brooklyn Bridge Park and the Sarah Lawrence College Master Plan. As a directing partner of DBB Brazil in São Paulo, Ms. Dietzsch was responsible for projects like the Victor Civita Eco-Park, the urbanisation of the third largest favela in São Paulo, São Francisco Global, and the Green Stream Linear Park. Her work has been published by Metropolis, Wallpaper, Archine, Topos, City Greens, AU and Projeto magazines. Her work has been acknowledged by The American Institute of Architects, The Brazilian Institute of Architects and the Young Architects Ibero-American Alliance. She is currently researching urbanisation in the Amazon and is principal at ArC – Arquitetura da Convivência. She has taught at City College, Escola da Cidade and NJIT.