Tim Ventimiglia - Speaker
The Whale: Creating a Sustainable Attraction with Global Impact
Director of RAA’s Berlin Studio
Abstract:
As a new non-profit organization “The Whale” seeks to become a new educational destination attraction on the remote arctic peninsula of Andenes Norway with a global impact. A stunning building designed by Dorte Mandrup Architects of Copenhagen is conceived in harmony with the site perched on the edge of the arctic continental shelf - a fertile ocean feeding ground where countless whales have congregated for millennia. The design team of Ralph Appelbaum Associates and Hanne Strager (founder and exhibition project manager) will discuss how we are working with the local community, scientists, historians, multimedia designers (Tamschick Media+Space) and artists to design this unique attraction with the global ambition of inspiring empathy and to promote ocean awareness and conservation.
About Tim:
Tim Ventimiglia is a Principal and the Director of RAA’s Berlin Studio, where he leverages his 30 years of experience in all aspects of museum planning architectural, interior and exhibition design. His work since running the Berlin Studio includes design of permanent exhibitions for the Humboldt Forum in Berlin, Weltmuseum Wien in Vienna, the Józef Piłsudski Museum in Poland, the Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart, the Economy Museum in Stockholm, the Museum of the Viking Age in Oslo and The Whale in Andenes, Norway. Other highlights from his work with RAA New York include installations at the Ford Foundation Headquarters in New York City, Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center at the Anchorage Museum, in Alaska, the Natural History Museum of Utah, the Science History Museum in Philadelphia, and National Nordic Museum in Seattle Washington.Tim holds a B-Arch and M-Arch from Cornell University. He has taught architecture as a visiting professor at Cornell University and served as an adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design and Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum.
🎟 Join us at CTA Amsterdam 2025 to learn how The Whale is redefining the intersection of culture, science, and sustainability.
📅 17-19 June, 2025