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.

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.

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 an architecture and research collective on a mission to reconnect people with nature through design at every scale. We aim to transform complex, real-world challenges into designs that leave a lasting positive impact. To achieve this, we bridge research and design, aligning data with lived experience, functionality with beauty, economic priorities with ecological responsibility, and hope with action. We don’t pretend to have all the answers, but we continue to push boundaries in our pursuit of design solutions that enrich life, celebrate nature and meet society’s needs without compromising the future.

Led by Co-founders Sinus Lynge and Tue Hesselberg Foged, and joined in 2023 by partners Tina Lund Højgaard and Toni Rubio Soler, our design studio brings together over 50 purpose-driven experts: architects, designers, urban planners, landscape architects, and researchers who work holistically across borders, scales, and disciplines.

For over 20 years, we have worked with innovation and cross-sector partnerships to address some of the most pressing social and environmental challenges in the built environment – from the systemic perspective to the human scale. Our solutions are rooted in the communities and environments they serve – and shaped with care, so they can be both felt and measured.

This work has led to award-winning projects that set new standards for low carbon impact, social sustainability, and high architectural quality. From nature experiences and landscape-driven urban design to open-source prototypes that reimagine how we live together. From transformations of run-down factories into playful, inclusive spaces for children to science-based frameworks addressing the pressing question of how the building industry can operate within planetary limits.