Matter Practice
Also known as: Matter Architecture Practice
Activity UnclearNo confirmed completed/announced project found since Weeksville Transforming Community (Feb 2022, ~4.5 years ago). Website currently shows a "new site coming soon" placeholder; Brooklyn Navy Yard tenant listing still live; co-principal Alfred Zollinger remains listed on Parsons' faculty directory — none of these constitute confirmed recent project activity. (verified 2026-07-19)
Matter Practice is a Brooklyn, NY architecture and exhibition-design studio co-founded in 2002 by Sandra Wheeler and Alfred Zollinger, working across architecture, exhibition design, and custom fabrication.
| Headquarters | Brooklyn, NY |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| Roles | Architecture, Exhibit Design |
| Website | https://www.matterpractice.net/ |
Projects (7)
| Project | Venue | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeksville Transforming Community: In Pursuit of Freedom | Weeksville Heritage Center | Exhibit Design | 2022 |
| The Wall/El Muro: What Is a Border Wall? | National Building Museum | Architecture | 2021 |
| Face Values: Exploring Artificial Intelligence (New York) | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum | Exhibit Design | 2019 |
| The Road Ahead: Reimagining Mobility | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum | Exhibit Design | 2018 |
| Brooklyn Abolitionists / In Pursuit of Freedom | Center for Brooklyn History | Exhibit Design | 2014 |
| Quonset: Metal Living for a Modern Age | Anchorage Museum | Exhibit Design | 2005 |
| Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser's Design Revolution | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum | Exhibit Design | 2004 |