About the studioStudio Kornelia Dimitrova is a spatial design and research practice specialising in value-driven transformations. Combining the toolbox of an architect and a social designer Kornelia, is committed to finding a custom fit for the needs of every project. Bridging the visionary long-term strategies and scenarios with the directness of actionable pilot projects, our work enables strategic decision-making, inclusive processes and transformative interventions.
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
Talk: Embassy of Health Conference, Dutch Design Week 2022
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
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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
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Visiting Stuivenberg site, during the Exchange in Practice, Antwerp, 12-13 September, 2024
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
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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
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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Exhibition: In search of the Pluriverse exhibition on show at Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, April 22 - August 7, 2022
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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Foundation We Are
Kornelia is co-founder and director of Foundation We Are. The foundation was established in 2018 with the goal to enable, facilitate and research unexpected collaborations between the creative sector and experts on societal transitions. |
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. |
