About the studioStudio Kornelia Dimitrova is a design and research practice specialising in future thinking and action for sustainable, inclusive and healing environments. We work on solicited and unsolicited projects that connect matters of care with concrete perspectives for action, visionary scenarios, and tailor-made participation and spatial strategies.
In 2020, Kornelia Dimitrova obtained with excellent results a PDEng at TU Eindhoven, a two-year design research on the development of Landgoed De Grote Beek as a sustainable, healing environment. As a follow-up, in 2021 she was commissioned by GGzE to publish the Playbook for healing environments, a visual spatial strategy for the transformation of Landgoed De Grote Beek in the next 15 years. |
ContactOffice & Post
Torenallee 22-04 5617BD, Eindhoven The Netherlands Contact +31 616 834 904 studio@kodimitrova.com |
News & Publications
News: The second print-run of the Playbook for healing environments came out in October 2023. It is available for purchase online or in the social design shop at Foundation We Are.
Research: How does spatial decision-making work in the care sector? And what can we learn from that? An interview-based research, into 9 transformation initiatives in and with Dutch hospitals and mental healthcare facilities.
// Partly made possible by the Creative Industries Fund NL. December 2022 - June 2023
Talk: Designing for care communities, at the Planetree Conference 2022, on May 16.
Sharing about the research process that led to the Playbook for healing environments and the collaboration with GGzE .
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Talk: Sharing my insights and perspective on ecological imaginations, at the opening dinner of the exhibition 'Material Landscapes', by Werkstatt, at Bureau Europa, in Maastricht - June, 2023
New research: Stewards of the Dommel: how do informal care communities work, what do people value in urban green spaces. Collaboration with Felix Bell, April - August, 2023
Talk: Embassy of Health Conference, Dutch Design Week 2022
Exhibition: In search of the Pluriverse exhibition on show at Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, April 22 - August 7, 2022
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Pilot project: Stadsoever Eindhoven, part of De Stap naar gezonder, an initiative of Municipality Eindhoven. Made possible by Cultuur Eindhoven. May - June, 2022
Podcast: #9 Communities of care and healing environments, from Van het podcastje naar de muur, a podcast series about design in and for health, by Marleen van Bergeijk. 2022
Social Design Scheurkalender 2023. Initiative of The Social Design Lobby.
Bouwen aan talent: Open call for starting architects, designers and makers. In search for a young designer to collaborate with on a Dommel research project - December, 2022
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Foundation We Are
Foundation We Are was established in 2018 with the goal to enable, facilitate and research unexpected collaborations between the creative sector and experts on societal transitions. Kornelia co-founded We Are together with Bernhard Lenger, Karen van Luttervelt, Daeun Lim, Maxime Benvenuto, Lucandrea Baraldi, Jella Lena van Eck and Hannah van Luttervelt. |
OASE Journal for Architecture
Since January 2020, Kornelia is member of the editorial board of OASE. She was part of the core editorial team of issue #107 on The Drawing in Landscape Design and Urbanism. And is currently working on issue #112 on Ecology and Aesthetics. |
