Trimble Architecture, New York, NY, US, architect
Designed interior and exterior high-end single-family residences, according to NYS and international building codes.
Prepared construction documents, design, and filing sets, schedules, supervised on-site conditions.
Prepared design presentations and renderings. Coordinated with clients and contractors.
Albanian Pavilion at the 17 th Biennale of Architecture in Venice, Venice, IT, Curator, Designer, Writer
Curated, prepared illustrations, designed graphic representations, and wrote the respective research on “In Our Home”, the Albanian Pavilion at the international exhibition of Architecture-La Biennale di Venezia 2021. The project was commissioned by the Ministry of Culture of Albania and supported by the Municipality of Tirana.
Net-Group sh.p.k., Tirana, AL, Project Manager / Lead Architect
Managed, coordinated, prepared the graphic design, and wrote the National Tourism Branding and Strategy, a study commissioned by the National Tourism Agency of Albania, 2019, resulting in 4 separate books and involving 20 experts.
Coordinated the respective team and stakeholders, and prepared the Detailed Local Plans for MetroBosco, the orbital forest envisioned to surround the capital of Albania, project commissioned by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, for the Municipality of Tirana.
Coordinated, wrote the reports, and prepared the graphic 2D illustrations for CoCoTour, a project commissioned by the Albanian Development Fund, with the aim to develop an inclusive tourism marketing package for destinations in the city of Himara using storytelling videos based on market research.
Designed the interior and exterior spaces, planned the zoning of the property, as well as coordinated the team for a resort proposal in the coastal city of Durres.
Designed the interior, exterior, and urban spaces, planned the zoning of the property, prepared Bill of Quantity, coordinated client and team for the Maintenance center for TAP (the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline) located in the city of Korca, Albania.
Designed and prepared Bill of Quantity for the Reconstruction of Murat Toptani, the most important pedestrian street of the capital of Albania, adjacent to a historic archaeological site, coordinated the respective work team and client, as well as prepared and made presentations to the relevant public authorities.
National Territorial Planning Agency (NTPA), Tirana, AL, Urban Planner
Coordinated, gathered data, surveyed on site, and designed graphic materials for Atelier Lukova, a Detailed Local Plan for the village of Lukova, which served as a model template for the other 100 villages, part of the rural revitalization initiative of the Albanian government, named “100+ Villages Academy”.
Processed, edited, and unified GIS data on the entire coastline of Albania.
commonsense.studio, Tirana, AL, Part-time Graphic Designer
Designed illustrations for the publication on the Albanian Pavilion participating at the 2018 Venice Biennale of Architecture.
Archimed Studio, Tirana, AL, Architect
Designed interior and exterior spaces for a resort proposal.
Prepared technical drawings; prepared and translated feasibility report, financial and business plans.
Designed graphic layouts for all documents related to the resort’s project.
New York University (NYU), New York, NY, US, Masters, Urban Planning
Master of Urban Planning | International Development Planning specialization.
Relevant Coursework: Project Management, Design Thinking, Urban Planning Methods, Climate Change Capstone with the World Bank
MIP fellowship: Scholarship granted by the AADF (the Albanian American Development Fund), the Biberaj Foundation, and American Councils for conducting studies at NYU.
Polytechnic University of Bari, Bari, IT, Masters, Architecture
Erasmus student | Semester completed during the final years of architecture studies, part of the Joint-lab partnership between Epoka University and the Polytechnic University of Bari.
Epoka University, Tirana, AL, Masters, Architecture
Integrated studies in architecture | completed with a 3.94 GPA.
Valedictorian: Top-ranking student of the Department of Architecture for Epoka University.