Kamilla Csegzi Studio creates buildings, spaces and objects that are rooted in their surrounding environment and community. As a practice positioned at the intersection between art, architecture and research, we look at each project as an opportunity to uncover the different layers of a place—its culture, ecology, and rhythms—and design in dialogue with them.
Whether a museum in a tropical climate, a performance center in the center of a historic city, a boutique hotel in the middle of the jungle, or an ephemeral table grown with mycelium - our approach is the same. Design is our tool to mediate between nature and culture, exploring how local materials and ecosystems can shape building typologies and the look and feel of architecture, space, landscape and objects.
We are driven by curiosity to learn and integrate emerging approaches such as working with biogenic materials, understanding processes to carefully reuse waste and residue, or use new technologies for more complex adaptable systems that respond to evolving climatic conditions.
Across all scales, we take a holistic approach where context informs the design of material, space, and landscape. The goal is to create welcoming, intuitive, and healthy environments that bring people together and help cultivate a deeper connection to their environment. Each project is collaborative and exploratory, resulting in fluid, forward-thinking designs grounded in a strong sense of place.
The studio was founded by Kamilla Csegzi, who is an award winning architect and designer based in NYC. Kamilla studied Architecture and Urban Design in Bucharest and Paris, and earned her Master’s in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University GSAPP in 2015. She was awarded the William Ware and Saul Kaplan Fellowship for Excellence in Design and invited to contribute to the Oslo Architecture Triennale’s ‘After Belonging’ exhibition. Her professional journey has taken her across Paris, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, and New York City.
As a practicing architect in various architecture studios in NYC, Kamilla has collaborated with institutions such as The Met, the American Museum of Natural History, the New Museum, Storefront for Art and Architecture, and Columbia University. She was part of the GSAPP Incubator at the New Museum’s New Inc. in 2018, where she started to deepen her engagement with experimental and research-based design.
Her work has been exhibited at shows like Wanted Design Manhattan Launch Pad (2023), Collectible NYC, Alcova Milano, Crossroads, and Shifting Matter (2024), as well as part of multiple curated exhibits at Zarolat Gallery in Dumbo NYC.