Anna Mańka
she/her
nl-pl

visiting address:
Hoofdweg 403, 1056 CS Amsterdam

Originally from Poland and currently based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, she is an independent spatial practitioner and researcher examining politics, labour, and production across different scales of the built environment. She holds a dual master’s degree in Architecture and Urbanism from Eindhoven University of Technology.

In her practice, she questions the contemporary labour dynamics and the pursuit of limitless growth within the built environment. Her work explores the intersections of migration, labour, and architecture, with a particular focus on the experiences of Eastern European workers in Western Europe.

Currently,  she also works within the field of IT in the built environment, engaging with digital tools such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) and data environments that mediate design and construction processes. She is actively involved in advocating for labour rights within the architectural profession, both in the Netherlands and internationally.

Research

The Sanatorium  >
Architectural Labour > 
Migrant Production of Spaces >
Bloeiende Broedplaatsen 2/2 >
Bloeiende Broedplaatsen 1/2 >
Catania: La Città Nera >


Projects
House of All >
Porta Seguro - Sleeping pods >
Over:flow >


CV >

Other things >


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CV

Education
2020-23 - EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (NL)
Master Degree in Architecture and Urbanism / Dual Track
Department of the Built Environment

2015-19 - GDAŃSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (PL)
Bachelor Degree in Architecture
Faculty of Architecture

2017-18 - HASSELT UNIVERSITY (BE)
Erasmus Exchange
Faculty of Architecture and Arts

Tutoring2025 ROTTERDAM ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE (NL)
“Other architects” - Seminar by Catherine  Koekoek - guest lecturer

2025 ROTTERDAM ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE (NL)
Research Tutor - Urbanism - MA level

2020-22 - EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (NL)
Student Assistant - BA level

2015-22 - DOMIN GDAŃSK DRAWING STUDIO (PL)
Hand drawing tutor / Online drawing course producer


Public Engagement
2026 DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (NL)
lecture

2025 COP30 | People’s Summit (BR)
speaker

2025 EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (NL)
lecture

2025 ARCHITECTURE WORKERS’ INTERNATIONAL VENICE ASSEMBLY (IT)
speaker

2025 ROTTERDAM ARCHITECTURE MONTH (NL)
facilitator

2025 DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (NL)
lecture

2025 UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON (UK)
research presentation
Domesticity Under Siege conference

2025 ARCHITEKT*INNENGEWERKSCHAFT (DE)
guest speaker

2025 ARCHITECTURAL WORKERS’ INTERNATIONAL (-)
moderator, speaker

2024 LINA Conference 2024 (BIH)
speaker
Panel: Transmitting the city and modern anomalies

2024 INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE ROTTERDAM (NL)
speaker
Practice Place: Work, Labour, Action!
Architects Climate Action Network NL Launch
Climate crisis in the workplace

2020 antyRAMA (PL)
speaker

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2025 EVERYTHING WE DO IS NEGOTIATION
VOLUME 68: The Guide to Bursting Bubbles

2025 HACKING THE CITY: ARCHITECTURAL WORKERS IN VENICE
JigSAW Issue #2

2025 LEAVING HOME FOR HOME, MIGRATION, LABOUR AND CONSTRUCTION OF POLISH DOMESTIC SPACES
Domesticity Under Siege Conference

2025 ON THE PITFALLS OF OPTIMISM AND THE BENEFITS
OF BEING ANGRY (NL)
Archined

Exhibitions
2025 ORGANIZING IN THE LOBBY | VENICE BIENNALE (IT)
Contribution

2025 TAKING MORE THAN WHAT’S THERE TO GIVE |
LISBON ARCHITECTURE TRIENNALE (PT) & VI PER GALLERY PRAGUE (CZ)
group exhibition

2022 THIS IS WHERE WE MAKE | TEMPORARY ART CENTER (NL)
exhibition design and curation
Presented during Dutch Design Week 2022

2021 ARTISTIC HEROES LIKE YOU (NL)
group exhibition - own work

2020 INTERNATIONAL DIGITALKUNST FESTIVAL (-)
group exhibition

2020 DUTCH DESIGN WEEK (NL)
own work

2019 THE WRONG BIENNALE (-)
group exhibition

2019 DUTCH DESIGN WEEK (NL)
own work


Awards, Grants
2025 CREATIVE INDUSTRIES FUND (NL)
Design Sector Kick-start Grant Scheme

2025 ADAM MICKIEWICZ INSTITUTE (PL)
Polish Culture Abroad Grant Scheme

2024 CREATIVE INDUSTRIES FUND (NL)
Design Sector Internationalization Grant Scheme

2021 BEE BREEDERS’ DESIGN COMPETITION SERIES (-)
Shortlisted

2020 A<24 - ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION (PL)
1st PLACE            



Proffessional experience2022 - now BIMcollab/Kubus BV (NL, CH, AT)

2021 - DE BEVER ARCHITECTEN (NL)
Student Internship

2019 - 20 - ZEME ATELIER (-)
3D Design Project

2019 - ARCHITEKTURBÜRO LEINHÄUPL+NEUBER (DE)
Internship




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