ABOUT
Art & Technical Director, trained as an architect.
JAKUB SOBICZEWSKI
Pronounced: Yah-koob So-bee-chev-skee
Fourteen years in architectural visualization, marketing CGI and production systems for real estate and design-led clients — directing campaigns, teams and pipelines since 2021, across stills, animation, real-time and digital twin work.
I started as a hands-on 3D artist and stay close to the craft. That foundation, plus the architectural training, lets me move between visual detail and system-level thinking — and I tend to get involved where projects turn complex: aligning creative intent with technical execution, clearing production bottlenecks, making sure things actually run.
01 — SERVICES
Direction & Delivery
Art Direction & QA · Team Leadership · 3D Production Management · Client & Stakeholder Liaison · Cross-Team Coordination
Production Systems
Pipeline Development · Workflow Optimization · Real-Time & Offline Rendering · Render Infrastructure · Digital Twin Production
Software
3ds Max · V-Ray · Corona · Chaos Vantage · Photoshop · Unreal Engine 4/5 · Rhino · Revit · AutoCAD · DaVinci Resolve
02 — STUDIOS, DEVELOPERS, PRACTICES
STUDIOS
Soluis — Glasgow
Bitscapes — Valencia
DBOX — New York
360Pros — Vancouver
Realworld One — Berlin
3D Estate — Oslo
GMP Architects — Berlin
EVE Images — Berlin
Icebreaker Industries — Delaware
Carlos Zwick Architekten — Berlin
DEVELOPERS & CLIENTS
Aldar Development
Omniyat
Vornado Realty Trust
MAG Partners
Red Sea Global · NEOM
WestUrban Developments
Celsius Property Group
Solon Eiendom · Bonava
Selvaag Bolig
GloMar Eiendom
Crest Investment · NJU Dev
VTS Boats
PRACTICES
Foster + Partners
Heatherwick Studio
SOM · KPF · HOK
Cookfox Architects
Gensler · 10 Design
LAVA Architects
Koichi Takada Architects
Rothelowman
MdeAS Architects
Eike Becker Architekten
Radutny Architects
Studio AR&D Architects
THROUGH STUDIOS, AGENCIES AND DIRECT COMMISSIONS.
03 — SELECTED PROJECTS
Fahid Beach Residences
ABU DHABI · ALDAR · KOICHI TAKADA
Led CGI art direction and production for the international launch of 464 units — stills, cinematics, 360 tours and a digital twin across Unreal and 3ds Max, delivered with the developer and agency teams.
Penn District
NEW YORK · VORNADO · MDEAS · FOSTER + PARTNERS
Stills and Unreal virtual production across PENN 2, PENN 15, the Farley Building and the 33rd Street plaza, for a $2B transformation.
RUBY, Chelsea
NEW YORK · MAG PARTNERS · COOKFOX
Imagery and animation for the leasing campaign of a biophilic residential building designed around light and outdoor space.
Hudson Yards West
NEW YORK · TMRW 2020 FINALIST
Five towers over the Western Rail Yard — architectural concept, spatial design and all visual communication, from sketch to final image.
279 East 44th Street
NEW YORK · NJU DEV · CONCEPT COMMISSION
Concept, interiors and all imagery for a Midtown East office tower — later featured in CityRealty's Future New York series.
Montario Quarter
PERTH · VISIONPITCH · ROTHELOWMAN
Art direction and production of 360° interior and exterior panoramas for pre-construction marketing and stakeholder review.
OTHER PROJECTS
GULF
Vela & Vela Viento Towers, Dubai, UAE
Marasi Bay, Dubai, UAE
The Row, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE
The Line, NEOM, Saudi Arabia
The Vault, NEOM, Saudi Arabia
Norlana, NEOM, Saudi Arabia
NORTH AMERICA
PENN 1, PENN 2 and PENN 15, New York, USA
James A. Farley Building, New York, USA
Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, USA
Boston South Station, Boston, USA
Centennial Yards, Atlanta, USA
Trilogy Residences, Blueprint, Cascara and Trinity, British Columbia, Canada
EUROPE
Federal Ministry of the Interior, Berlin, Germany
Central and Regional Library, Berlin, Germany
New Foreign Office, Berlin, Germany
Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
Philharmonic Hall, Kiel, Germany
Grand Tower, Frankfurt, Germany
The—B, Berlin, Germany
OASIS Berlin, Berlin, Germany
ASIA-PACIFIC
China National Arts & Crafts Museum, Beijing, China
Science City, Shenzhen, China
COMAC Headquarters, Shanghai, China
Baiyun Station transport hub, Guangzhou, China
Nansha Venture Capital Center, Guangzhou, China
International Sports and Tourism Park, Sanya, China
04 — PRACTICE
Fourteen years across architecture practices, visualization studios and direct commissions — in-house, contracted and freelance. A detailed CV is available on request.
2024-2026
Art & Technical Direction
Art direction and production for developers in the Gulf — Aldar, Omniyat, Red Sea Global, NEOM — with core teams of 8–18 artists. Redesigned the 3D pipeline and distributed render infrastructure behind a fully remote studio of 120+ people.
2021-2023
Visualization, Virtual Production & Immersive
Stills, animation and Unreal virtual production for luxury residential, hospitality and cultural work across New York, Miami, Boston, San Francisco and Atlanta — Penn District, Boston South Station, Centennial Yards, the Transamerica Pyramid, RUBY. Alongside: 500+ residential units delivered as interactive tours, and VR environments for a global life sciences VR/AR company.
2018-2021
Architecture & Concept Design
Concepts and 3D content for large cultural and mixed-use projects in Germany and China, competition entries and client presentations, and environment and level design for a game project in Unreal Engine.
2011-2018
Craft Foundation
Architectural practice in Berlin and final-image development for residential and commercial developers across Germany and Scandinavia — the years that set the standard I still direct to.
05 — EDUCATION
M.Sc. in Architecture
GDAŃSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY · 2009–2014
Graduate project: a 60,000 m² public library on the Tempelhof airfield, awarded the highest grade.
B.Sc. in Engineering
TU BERLIN · EXCHANGE · 2011–2012
Energy-efficient design, parametric design and rapid prototyping, US urban planning.
Credentials & Languages
- American Society of Architectural Illustrators
- Autodesk Revit Level I & II
- Leadership & Management Training – Extreme Ownership Framework (Echelon Front)
- English fluent, German intermediate, Polish native
06 — AWARDS, FEATURES & PUBLICATIONS
AWARDS & COMPETITIONS
CURATED & FEATURED
2023
Hum3D 3D Art Challenge — E-on Software Special Prize (June 2023)
2023
Chaos — "Brave New World" featured on the official Chaos website (October 2023)
2022
Autodesk Member of the Month, with interview (May 2022)
2022
Autodesk Media & Entertainment Editor's Pick — three selections (January, February and April 2022)
2021
Chaos V-Ray Weekly Contest — winner (January 2021)
2021
Chaos "Create a Better World" Challenge — image featured in the Inspiration Gallery (September 2021)
2021
CGarchitect Viz PRO of the Week — winner (January 2021)
2020-21
CGarchitect Editor's Choice — three selections (December 2020 and January 2021)
2020
D2 Challenge #1 — one of 25 finalists (October 2020)
2020-23
CGarchitect Best of the Week — ten selections (June 2020 to September 2023)
2020
Ronen Bekerman’s The Challenge of Tomorrow, TMRW 2020 — one of 27 finalists (July 2020)
2020
D2 Conference Weekly Render Challenge — 6th place (May 2020) and 10th place (April 2020)
PRESS & INTERVIEWS
WRITING & RESEARCH
2021
The Creative Insider Podcast — interview (March 2021)
2016
Drawing: Guide for Beginners — guidebook
2020
CityRealty — NYC Rental Building News and Offers (December 2020)
2014
Crime and Planning in the USA — research paper, Gdańsk University of Technology
2020
CityRealty — "Could Midtown's Olympia House be replaced with a towering new office building?" (August 2020)
2012
Lifestyles in the Cities: Urban Paradigms — research paper, TU Berlin
2019
Game Informer — "The Race to Create Half-Life 3" (December 2019)
2019
GameStar — "Project Borealis: Das »Do it yourself« Half-Life" (April 2019)
2019
Dezignark — Library in Berlin-Tempelhof (January 2019)
2016
DesignIdeas — Baumerhübner GmbH factory visualizations and interview (January 2016)
WORK FEATURED IN BOOKS AND RESEARCH
2014
Daylighting Handbook I: Fundamentals — Designing with the Sun — Christoph Reinhart, Department of Architecture, MIT
2013
Daylight Prototypes: From Simulation Data to Four-Dimensional Artefact — Physical Metrics Models in Sustainable Design Education — M. Dölling and B. Jastram, TU Berlin
2012
Hybrid Daylight Models in Architectural Design Education (Parametric Design Class Prototypes 2011–2012) — M. Dölling and F. Nasrollahi, DIVA Day 2012, Solemma LLC at MIT
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