Ina Valkanova

EN / Architect, curator, and researcher. She studied architecture in RWTH Aachen and University of Arts, Berlin. Her research explores the relationship between production and place and the paths for transformation in the case of Trakia Economic Zone in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. She was a coordinator for investment and innovation of the long–term development strategy of the city of Sofia – Vision for Sofia 2050, which aims to improve the mechanism of urban planning by including all interest groups in the decision–making process from its very beginning. Prior to this, she also served as the director of the international architecture festival “One Architecture Week” in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Ina is a co–founder of Gradoscope, a collective focused on city reinvention, based in Sofia, Bulgaria. She has taught in the University of Architecture in Sofia and has lectured in various European locations, such as Copenhagen Architecture Week and Belgrade International Architecture Week. She was a collaborator of Alvaro Siza in from 2011 to 2012 on the project Atrio de la Alhambra.

DE / Architektin, Kuratorin und Forscherin. Sie studierte Architektur an der RWTH Aachen und der Universität der Künste in Berlin. In ihrer Forschung untersucht sie die Beziehung zwischen Produktion und Ort und die Wege der Transformation am Beispiel der Trakia Wirtschaftszone in Plovdiv, Bulgarien. Sie unterrichtete an der Universität für Architektur in Sofia und hielt Vorträge an verschiedenen europäischen Institutionen. Von 2011 bis 2012 war sie Mitarbeiterin von Alvaro Siza bei dem Projekt Atrio de la Alhambra.