Speaker Profiles

Sinus Lynge

Sinus Lynge is co-founder and creative director of EFFEKT Architects. The company is located in Copenhagen, Denmark, and employs 50 dedicated architects and urban planners operating in the fields of architecture, urbanism and research. Since EFFEKT was founded in 2007, Sinus has managed national and international projects — all centered around social coherence and vibrant city life as well as intelligent solutions to energy consumption and sustainability. Sinus excels in the management of interdisciplinary teams to create innovative solutions. He represents an empathic and responsive approach to architecture combining thorough analysis with playful design thinking. This is exemplified through a number of award-winning projects within architecture, urbanism and research.

Most recently, Sinus has acted as a professional and creative driving force behind the visionary Living Places Copenhagen project, which showcases a new way to develop more sustainable homes, with a three times lower CO2 footprint and a first-class indoor climate. He has played a key role in initiating and driving the Reduction Roadmap, a science-based transformation tool that translates the Paris Agreement and the Planetary Boundary for Climate Change into industry-specific reduction targets for new Danish housing projects. He has also contributed to turning the Reduction Roadmap into a campaign, which has succeeded in mobilizing the support of 600+ companies and organizations across the value-chain in the Danish building industry.

As founding partner at EFFEKT, Sinus has received Nykredit’s Sustainability Prize (Nykredits Fonds Bæredygtighedspris), the most significant architecture award in Scandinavia, which is granted every year to architects who have a special focus on the intersection between architecture, environment, and climate.

Sinus has been a keynote speaker in a broad range of lectures and conferences, including TEDxLinz, SPAM International Architecture Festival and MIPIM, the world’s leading real estate market event, and has continuously contributed to various Building Green conferences over the past years.

Tue Foged

Tue Foged is founding partner and creative director at EFFEKT Architects. The company is located in Copenhagen, Denmark, and employs 50 dedicated architects and urban planners operating in the fields of architecture, urbanism and research. Since EFFEKT was founded in 2007, Tue has managed national and international projects — all centered around social coherence and vibrant city life as well as intelligent solutions to energy consumption, sustainability, and reconnecting people with nature. Tue is responsible for the overall project and design development at the studio. He has extensive experience in design management and innovative and creative design solutions, both within strategic planning and masterplans, as well as architectural and landscape projects. Tue has been the creative director of a variety of award-winning projects, including the Forest Tower in Camp Adventure, the treetop walkway in Norway’s Hamaren Activity Park and Tønder Midtby.

Tue’s main objective is the development of inclusive projects with clear core values, tangible visions and high-level design in the construction phases. By combining clear visions with a strong analytical approach, strategic thinking and creativity, Tue develops holistic projects creating value for clients, stakeholders and local communities.

As founding partner at EFFEKT, Tue has received Nykredit’s Sustainability Prize (Nykredits Fonds Bæredygtighedspris), the most significant architecture award in Scandinavia, which is granted every year to architects who have a special focus on the intersection between architecture, environment, and climate.

Tue has been a keynote speaker at many important industry events, including the Oslo Triennale (organized by Norske Arkitekters Landsforbund) in 2022, as the opening keynote speaker. Most recently, he presented EFFEKT's work at organisations such as DIS and for the board of the Lokale og Anlægsfonden (LOA) in Copenhagen. Previously, his lectures in the academia include University of Washington Department of Architecture in Seattle as part of the The Scan Design Distinguished Visiting Professor Program.

Dani Hill-Hansen

Sustainability is the thread that connects Dani Hill-Hansen’s education and experience across various design scales, from interiors and architecture to urban planning and design engineering. As such, Dani approaches problem-solving from a cross-disciplinary vantage point, which enables her to facilitate collaboration effectively between team members and building industry stakeholders. She combines architectural competency and building knowledge with the strategic systems approach of design engineering, to facilitate a sustainable transition within the Danish building industry.

Dani’s professional experience includes teaching, lecturing, research & design, construction, building design, staging participatory design processes and sustainable consultancy. She works with research and design tasks on sustainable innovation projects and has greatly contributed to various of EFFEKT’s research projects such as The Doughnut for Urban Development and the Reduction Roadmap, a science-based transformation tool that translates the Paris Agreement and the Planetary Boundary for Climate Change into industry-specific reduction targets for new Danish housing projects. She has also contributed to turning the Reduction Roadmap into a campaign, which has succeeded in mobilizing the support of 600+ companies and organizations across the value-chain in the Danish building industry.

As the co-editor of EFFEKT’s publication ‘The Doughnut for Urban Development’, Dani has participated as a key speaker in the FORUM for Architecture event, where she presented the Doughnut Model and how it can serve as a tool to steer urban development towards climate stability, social equity, healthy ecosystems, and a regenerative economy. Most recently, she presented Reduction Roadmap at the Building Green conference in Aarhus.

Toni Rubio Soler

Toni Rubio Soler is an experienced architect and partner at EFFEKT. He has contributed to shaping the firm's development and profile through his many years of experience with the company, both through projects and leadership culture.

As a highly talented sketching and detailing architect, Toni has been a driving force in the sketching and project development of many of the studio's high-profile and award-winning projects since 2009, including SIMAC, Hamaren Activity Park, HE:AL Campus, and the Forest Tower. He has worked on a projects in various scales, from furniture and interior design to housing projects and cultural buildings. His skills and profound understanding of various 3D tools and visualization make him a driving force in the sketching and project development during all project phases. Toni is used to working in large multidisciplinary teams and dealing with complex tasks and solutions.

Toni has participated in a variety of lectures and speaking events, such as IAAC (2023), CREE Global Event (2022), IABSE (2021), and TU DELFT (2018), in which he showcased various of EFFEKT’s projects. In 2020, he presented EFFEKT’s award winning work Camp Adventure Forest Tower at the PLÅT Seminar in Stockholm, an internationally renowned event that delves into the intricate use of metal in architectural design. Most recently, Toni also participated at the Bucharest Architectural Annual 2023 as a member of the jury in the Built Architecture Category.

Virginie Le Goffic

With nearly two decades of experience, Virginie has proven herself exceptionally skilled in both the design and planning of landscape architecture and urban spaces across various scales. Throughout her career, she has held roles as landscape architect, project manager, and design manager, contributing to a diverse portfolio of successful projects encompassing urban spaces, squares, harbors, and campus areas. At EFFEKT, Virginie leads the landscape department, overseeing design responsibilities for planning, drafting presentation materials, project proposals, main projects, and professional supervision.

Virginie has been the project design manager for EFFEKT's recent urban space projects, including Mimers Plads, Tønder Midtby and Frederiksberg Hospital. She has also played a key role in all EFFEKT’s urban space and park projects, notably the development of the social housing area Gellerup-Toveshøj encompassing a park, social spaces, and sports and recreational paths. Her expertise extends beyond project execution to teaching, covering subjects like planting, plant technology, and climate adaptation. Virginie's exceptional contributions have been recognized with multiple awards for her competition proposals.

Virginie's recent lectures include the conference Byens Gulv (2019), YAC Academy (2022 & 2023), DAC Sprout Three lectures (2023), KU LIFE (2021 to 2024) and the Think Tank conference (2023). These lectures reflect her deep engagement to sustainability, especially in the reuse of materials as exemplified in the Mimers Plads project. They also highlight nature-based planning, as demonstrated in the Frederiksberg Hospital project, and often focus on climate adaptation projects for rainwater management and flood control, seamlessly integrated with cultural heritage preservation in projects like Tønder.

Kasper Benjamin Reimer

As an architect and Head of Innovation of EFFEKT’s R&D department, Kasper Reimer has worked as a project manager and sustainability consultant on several of EFFEKT’s innovative and award-winning projects and development plans, including the Reduction Roadmap, Living Places, SIMAC and Urban Village. He is an expert in the future of sustainable residential development and manages to develop strong architectural concepts with an innovative and holistic approach.

Kasper has worked together with several collaborators and ambitious builders, such as IKEA, Ørsted and VELUX, and implements innovation as a key principle in every project development. He has a strong sense for combining visuals with an analytical approach, through a strong design understanding and sense for integrating both functional and aesthetic aspects, regardless of size and complexity. In addition, Kasper has a great understanding of the economic feasibility of projects and excels at forging valuable partnerships.

Tina Lund Højgaard

Since 2009, Tina Lund Højgaard has been one of EFFEKT's core employees, contributing significantly to competitions, architecture, and planning projects, with a series of award-winning and prize-winning projects and competitions to her name. During her time at EFFEKT, she has particularly left her mark on residential and cultural projects, acting as Project Leader and Project Architect on Kartoni Quartier, Gellerup Toveshøj, Umeus Noli, the Music Plaza, Living Places Copenhagen in Jernbanebyen, which garnered massive national and international attention during the UNESCO World Capital of Architecture Year 2023 and the UIA World Congress, and the green and visionary transformation of Frederiksberg Hospital, set to close at the end of 2026.

Through her work, Tina has acquired extensive knowledge across various facets of the field, including planning, architecture, schematic design, and detail development. She is adept at collaborating with large cross-disciplinary teams on projects characterized by complex challenges that demand innovative solutions. Tina ensures high quality and maintains a comprehensive overview throughout all phases, from concept to construction.

Studio Profile

EFFEKT is a design and research studio based in Copenhagen.

We provide solutions and services within
the built environment and the natural systems that sustain us.

Our ambitious team includes designers, architects, urban planners, landscape architects, and an array of highly skilled specialists.

All of us are thinkers and builders.

Our projects range in size from urban plans to landscapes, public space, buildings and objects.

We combine a holistic and systemic design approach with human-scale design sensitivity and focus on end user experience.

EFFEKT is Danish for impact.

We believe that buildings and cities must create a lasting positive impact on people and planet.

We aim to create a lasting social, economic and environmental impact with each individual project.

We always consider our designs in a larger local, regional and global context - creating societal value beyond brief and client.