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ARCHITECTURE/URBAN DESIGN/RESERACH

N_IMA

 

SOFIA/BULGARIA...............NYC/USA

 

 

 

Strachil voivoda 6                                                    276 Jefferson ave

Sofia, Bulgaria 1504                                                   Brooklyn, NY 11216

ph: + 359 2 9440058                                              ph:+ 1 415 608 9414

cell:+ 359 0892968717

 

e-mail: info@ninailieva.com

THE OTHER LAND/ DUBAI/ UAE
THE OTHER LAND is a project about Maharishi area 2 and Al Quoz residential areas in Dubai. The neighborhood is located in the outskirts of Dubailand, where poor paid immigrants live in substandard conditions, often undocumented, working on the biggest entertainment destination in the world. The proposal is focusing on creating more human, inclusive and sustainable future of these neighborhoods, by developing the theme parks strategies of Dubailand further, and enlarging the biggest entertainment theme parks in the world. We are proposing new theme park destinations and attractions such as SLUMland, ECOMAFIAland, GLOBALMIGRATIONland , WARCITY, LABOURCAMPland to be included as new tourist destinations.
Case study in Romani neighborhood “ Faculteta” in Sofia
Roma neighborhoods are located on the outskirts of all the major cities in Bulgaria, including Sofia, Plovdiv, Bourgas, Shoumen, Stara Zagora and Sliven. Many of these communities are illegal in terms of their structure and occupation and are socially and physically isolated. The project will focus on developing new strategies for physical improvement of the unregulated and ethnically segregated neighborhood “Faculteta”, located in the outskirts of the capital of Sofia, Bulgaria. There are living more than 40 000 people, predominantly Romani, on an area of approximately 180 hectares. Most of the buildings are illegal and have severe issues of habitability and sanitation. The work will aim methods for legalizing of the tenure, improvement and maintenance of existing structures, improvement of the infrastructure and establishing a sustainable way for integrating positive and working conditions, using appropriate technologies and strategies, that are within the economic scale of the community’s internal capacity. The strategies were developed in collaboration with the Sofia’s municipalities and Roma’s NGO for better integration of the existing segregated neighborhood will be developed, that do not lead to the destruction of the existing neighborhoods and eviction of the people there.
A NEW INFRASTRUCTURE INNOVATIVE SOLUTION FOR LOS ANGELES, CA
The project proposes new urban typology, which redefines our conventional and preconceived idea about infrastructure and urban design. Our approach is exploring new ways of studying and integrating the infrastructure system into the rest of the city fabric as an integral part of the new building typology. It will redefine the framework of the current zoning separation in planning, introducing new interrelated multi-layers zones with new activities and experiences. Pedestrian circulation is located on separate layer from the automobile traffic. It enhances connectivity and encourages public transportation, biking and walking, alleviating the problem with traffic congestion. The new urban typology is informed not only by physical activities , but as well by perceptual ones, such as light, speed and noise, establishing new framework of design where physical and sensual experiences are important interrelated organizer of the spatial urban experience
Park of Europe, Sofia, Bulgaria
European Commission Representation in Bulgaria in partnership with the Metropolitan Municipality organized competition and exhibition about " Park of Europe" an innovative way to inform residents and visitors of Sofia with the policy of the European Union rights and obligations of its citizens , as well as interesting natural and historical facts of the Member States. The proposal must provide visitors with a modern and interactive way about the European Union relating to the history of Europe and the European Union, EU policies - environment, free movement, renewable energy, interesting facts about the various EU Member States

TEAM/FOUNDING  PRINCIPLE:

 

Nina MIlkova Ilieva is an architect, urbanist and  academic a.

 

Nina Ilieva  holds Master Professional Degree in Architecture from University of Architecture in Sofia, Bulgaria, MArch II from University of Houston, TX and Postgraduate Degree in Urban Policy and Design and Architecture from Southern California Institute of Architecture, LA California. Nina Ilieva has been studying one year also in  Graz,  Austria in the Technical  University in  Graz, department  of architecture.

 

N_IMA’s work was exhibited nationally and internationally such as: Venice Biennale, Los Angeles Pacific Design Center, Council of European Urbanism in Oslo, Norway, European Commission in Sofia, Bulgaria, New York Festival of Ideas, Sofia Architecture Week, Institute of Creative Sustainability in Berlin among others. It  was   among the 40 under  40 most  promising  European emergent  architectural  firms for 2014, was among   the selected project  for the European Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction for , as well as was finalist  for the international Sudapan competition.  

 

Nina Ilieva is also an adjunct faculty at Parsons the New School for Design and has thought at New York Institute of Technology, Sci-Arc, Dessau, University of Architecture Civil Engineering Geodesy in University in Sofia/ Bulgaria. She was also invited for juries and her work was presented at Columbia University, Princeton University, Pratt, University of Houston among others. She is also a co-founder of NGO in Bulgaria, which is developing new urban typologies, emerging from different political, social and ethnic conditions, from different regions and territories. The goal is to stimulate multicultural coexistence, and creating more-inclusive, sustainable and culturally diverse environment.

 

Nina Ilieva has been working in architectural  and urban  design from small residential  remodeling  to  large scale urban  projects in  offices in Sofia,  New York , Los Angeles, Houston and  San  Francisco. Nina Ilieva speaks fluently 4 languages: Bulgarian, Russian,  English and German.

 

TEAM/MEMBERS:

 

Maria Vassileva, German Batista, Kazuhiro Okamoto, Michael McDowel, Victoria Lee, Do-Huyn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land Change Moedeler for Ecological Sustainability
Land Change Modeler is available as a software extension for use with ESRI’s ArcGIS product. It is developed by Clark Lab, a prediction software which also incorporates tools that allows you to analyze, measure and project the impacts on habitat and biodiversity. LCM provides a robust set of tools for the analysis of change and the creation for the viable plans and scenarios for the future. LCM implication has the following main tasks: 1.Change analysis; 2.Change prediction;3.Impact assessment for habitability and biodiversity;4.Planning interventions
Connected the discnnected/Nurnberg/Germany
Our proposal for the site in Sudstadt, Nuernberg re-imagines the traditional residential city block in Europe, as a versatile location that promotes integration, connectivity and social interaction, while offering more inviting public spaces to the urban ecology. The new structure offers a contemporary typology in the urban city block for the new Europe, where diverse lifestyles and cultures are encouraged to be celebrated and embraced; increasing great value to the evolving city. Instead of closing off the green space and eliminating public space by building the residential apartments on the periphery, we are strategically opening the block and amalgamate it with the rest of the city. The new connections, pathways, promenades and public spaces offer formal and informal temporal events, playgrounds, communal farming and exhibit spaces. These new engaging activities will reinvigorate life into the existing district, and add regional value and integrity. The new housing ill create mutual work and common spaces on the ground floor, where residents can host country thematic consultations, classes and discourses to the city and nearby municipalities of Nurnberg. This will complement the existing professional development classes offered by the Sudpunkt. To accommodate for various lifestyles, new co-housing typologies were created for residents to share common areas, such as kitchen, dining, living, and workspaces. The pliable floor plans adjust with ease for the interchanging demographic. Apartment layouts come with various room options, satisfying any personal preference. The diversity of events and culture will help generate a new quality of life for the district, turning it as an attractive and prosperous hub. Flexibility and adaptability are essential for the success of this new residential and cultural center.

NEWS:

 

 

October 2015-Present:

 

working  with  TSA (Trust for Social  achievement, Mayor and community

of  Peshtera in  Bulgaria on  urban  prototypes for affordable housing @35 dka Romani neighborhood. Along the innovative design  new business model is also developed  for financing of the houses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 2015 _TU Delft

 

lecture at"New Urban languages conference"

 

 

September 2014:

 

N_IMA is selected  for the Emergent  European  Architects Award for 2014  “40 under  40”, an annual awards program that celebrates the next new talented generation of European architects, by the European Center for Architecture & Urban Studies.

. The program is directed to support new and emerging design talent that will influence the near future of European architectural design, thinking, and theory with the direct consequence of impacting future environments and future European and international cities. The key is to bring wider recognition to 40 of the most promising emerging architects working in the European Union and other countries inside Europe, fostering and encouraging new talent and new creative thinking at the forefront of tomorrow's profession.

 

October 2014:

 

Re-envisioning the MASTERHousing/workshop

and exhibition:

Dessau Institute of Architecture/Dessau/Germany

 

April 2014:

 

Exhibition of the " Park  of Europe Project"  competition at European Council  and Bulgarian  Architecture Center  in  Sofia/ Bulgaria. 

 

 European Commission Representation in Bulgaria in partnership with the Metropolitan Municipality organized competition and exhibition about " Park of Europe" an innovative way to inform residents and visitors of Sofia with the policy of the European Union rights and obligations of its citizens , as well as interesting natural and historical facts of the Member States. The proposal must provide visitors with a modern and interactive way about the European Union relating to the history of Europe and the European Union, EU policies - environment, free movement, renewable energy, interesting facts about the various EU Member States

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May street Housing project 33-Plovidv/Bulgaria
May Housing Project is 700 square meter multifamily residential housing in the city center of Plovdiv/ Bulgaria. The building is using very traditional building materials such as bricks, but in innovative way, experimenting with the parametric digital design and bricks.
May Housing project-Plovidv/Bulgaria
May Housing Project is 700 square meter multifamily residential housing in the city center of Plovdiv/ Bulgaria. The building is using very traditional building materials such as bricks, but in innovative way, experimenting with the parametric digital design and bricks.
May Housing project-Plovidv/Bulgaria
May Housing Project is 700 square meter multifamily residential housing in the city center of Plovidv/ Bulgaria. The building is using very traditional building materials such as bricks, but in innovative way, experimenting with the parametric digital design and bricks.
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