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. at MÀKIA, Sofija has a key role in the design and development of many projects from concept through construction documentation as well serving as an incredible mentor to the younger design staff.
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