House of All — Anna Mańka

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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HOUSE OF ALL
Master Thesis (dual)
Graduation studio ‘The Intermediate and the Porous City’
Scale: Architecture and Urbanism
Location: The Hague, The Netherlands
Eindhoven University of Technology
2022/2023

The project is based on the condition of a new political system combining existing representative democracy with principles of direct democracy, resulting in a democratic model based on participation. It exercises the new spatial expression of the system and its influence on the public domain.The research part of the work is covering the current political structure of the Netherlands, the origins of the city of The Hague, The Binnenhof (its current parliament building) and the functioning of one of its bodies - The House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer).

The design part is divided into two assignments. The first one focuses on the political landscae of The Hague and the second one exercises the new system directly on The Binnenhof building and elaborates the architectural scale.