Bio

Hedwig Heinsman is co-founder of Construction-Tech company Aectual and co founder of architecture company DUS. She graduated Cum Laude at Delft Technical University and studied at Helsinki University of Technology. She was a guest teacher at the Rietveld Art Academy and is a frequently invited keynote speaker in the Netherlands and abroad. DUS designs unique tailor made solutions with a global attitude, with a focus on community, design and technological innovation. The office is winner of several international awards, including the 2014 SEA Global Sustainability Entrepreneurship Award and the prestigious Amsterdam Awards for the Arts 2011. The office was nominated ‘best Dutch architecture practice’ in 2012. To DUS, architecture is a craftsmanship, and all their work has a personal touch. As is shown by their most famed project, the 3D Print Canal House, which was viewed by Barack Obama during his presidency and is currently under construction in Amsterdam. The project is a research into how new digital fabrication techniques can lead to new smart housing solutions and affordable tailor-made architecture worldwide. This development is now scaled within design-driven construction tech company Aectual, that produces large scale 3D printed architectural elements of recyclable and renewable materials.