Sofija graduated from the University of Florence with a Master Degree in Landscape Architecture and also holds a Bachelor degree in Landscape and Urban Planning. Sofija is particularly interested in how large-scale, urban, landscape interventions can be deployed as a way to improve community integration, interaction, and identification.
Citizenship
MONTENEGRO
Education
2017 • University of Florence, IT
Masters – Landscape architecture
Thesis Title – “Ex Campo di Volo: A fertile cell. A project for a new urban wetland park”
2014 • University of Florence, IT
Bachelor – Landscape and Urban Planning: Town, Regional and Environmental
Thesis Title – ” Plaza Ghiberti: from the traces of the past in search of identity”
2011 • Cambridge ILC International language Center – Podgorica, Montenegro
Professional Experience
2018 • Collaboration with architecture studio DVARP, Podgorica (Montenegro)
2018 • Exhibition coordinator and designer for Landscape Design Lab (DIDA), Florence (IT)
2016 • Collaboration with atelier Colocò (Parigi) for a temporary art project Greening Ciompi Square, Florence (IT)
2014 • Internship for the Department of the Environment, Florence (IT)
Honors & Awards
2018 • First prize, ‘Premio Simonetta Bastelli’, 6 Edition, Architecture and Nature 2018 ‘In-between Landscape’
2018 • Fourth prize ‘Premio Carlo Pucci’, 4 Edition
2018 • Special mention ‘Balconies for Rome’, Festival of Green and Landscape, VIII Edition. “Fare insieme, mani grandi e mani piccine”
2018 • Special mention ‘Tesi di laurea in progettazione’, II Edition
2011 • Diploma LUCA award provided by Ministry of Education, Podgorica, Montenegro
2007 • Diploma LUCA award provided by Ministry of Education, Podgorica, Montenegro
Publications
2018 • ‘Landscape on the Run’ in Pistoia Ongoing Master Plan, Notebook 4; p.p. 160-173. Edited by Gabriele Paolinelli, DIDA. Department of Architecture, University of Florence
2018 • ‘In-Between Landscape’ in Liquid Spaces and Hybrid Landscapes. A Landscape Planning Strategy for Urban Regeneration of the Industrial District of Sant’Agostino; p.p. 66-71. Edited by Enrico Faliqui, DIDA Department of Architecture, University of Florence
2018 • ‘Area Desideri’ in Pistoia Ongoing Master Plan, Notebook 3; p.p. 116-118. Edited by Gabriele Paolinelli, DIDA. Department of Architecture, University of Florence
Workshops
2016 • Re-inventing Ciompi square, Organized by Pablo Georgieff, atelier Colocò
2015 • Auto construction of pneumatic architecture, Organized by Analogique and Collettivo Pomaio
2015 • In the cloister of geometries, Organized by Teatro Studio Krypton
2014 • The Simulated City: MIMESIS, Organized by Leonardo Chiesi and DIDA
Languages
Montenegrian (Serbo-Croatian) mother tongue
Fluent in English
Fluent in Italian