On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2022, Taneha K. Bacchin has been highlighted by Archdaily as one of the 25 female professionals—pioneers, established practitioners, activists, and scholars—contributing to the critical development of the disciplines of architecture and urban design throughout history.
Taneha K. Bacchin is an architect, urban designer, and researcher specializing in the integration of landscape architecture and territorial (water) ecology in urban design. She is Assistant Professor Urban Design Theory and Methods and Coordinator of Research Section of Urban Design, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology. In her projects and teaching, she investigates the nexus between space, ecology, culture, and politics in the design and planning of critical and highly dynamic landscapes. Her current work focuses on environmental fragility, extreme weather, and resource scarcity in relation to processes of de-territorialization and re-territorialization, with projects in the North Sea, the Arctic, Brazil, and India.