Andreas Tjeldflaat is a Norwegian architect based in New York City. He is a founding partner of Himmelnord, director of Framlab, and member of the faculty at Cornell University’s College of Architecture.

Discussing 3D-printing in response to global housing crisis.
 

Exploring modular housing systems through Modularity Lab.

Consulting Guggenheim Museum for James Turrell installation.

Speculating on coliving for a better planet.

Reimagining what a homeless shelter can be for New York City.

Democratizing urban farming for Brooklyn, through modularity.

Presenting 3D-printed shelters to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe at Urban Week 2018.

Andreas Tjeldflaat is a Norwegian architect and product designer based in New York City. He is the director of Framlab, a NYC and Oslo-based social innovation studio. Andreas is also partner in Himmelnord, an international, Bergen-based architecture firm, and has previously practiced with leading architecture firms, such as Toshiko Mori Architect in NYC and Reiulf Ramstad Architects in Oslo. 

He has also worked with Titoma in Taipei, 3xU in Copenhagen, and Guggenheim Museum in NYC. Andreas has taught at renowned institutions such as the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, and the New York Institute of Technology. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark and a Master or Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.

Upon graduation he was awarded the Paul Philippe Cret Medal for consistent demonstration of design excellence. Andreas is currently conducting research on the architectural capacity of modularity, and trying to master the art of baking bread.