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Assist. Prof., MSc. Polona Filipič graduated at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana. After several years of practice as a freelance architect, she continued her postgraduate studies at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In 2003 she successfully completed her Master’s degree studies as Master of Excellence in Architecture. After she co-founded the architectural practice Studio Stratum (www.studiostratum.net), which successfully undertakes work at various levels in the complex process of spatial planning and architectural design. In 2013 she co-founded the Institute ‘Centre for Architecture’, dealing with education of young in the field of architecture and urban design. Since 2006, she has been teaching at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana, as an Assistant Professor for the field of architecture and urbanism. In the framework of the study process, her primary focus is on topics that combine the integration of sustainable development principles in urban areas and their manifestation through projects in specific areas. Her interests include the questions of architecture as infrastructure, embracing cultural, sociological, structural and morphological aspects of place. She is the author of various published and awarded projects and studies. She has published in important journals, headed various domestic and international workshops. She exhibited at home and abroad. She is member of various important associations.

Studied Architecture in the 'Universidad Marista de Mérida' meanwhile he collaborated as proyectist in "Muñoz Arquitectos y Asociados" since 2000 ending his career in 2003. After that, he Co-founds "Rojas Pizzaro Arquitectos" in 2009 giving place to Found his actual workshop "R79" in 2010. 'We believe that multidisciplinary synergy and co-working with other Firms its essential for continuous upgrades and permanence in the field. We consider that the good spaces survive even the worst builder and the hardest client. We are a 10 young members team that participate actively and always questioning everything in a project. We are not a conventional office so our results are far away from the traditional in the area. We work for fun and on the road, we gain some bills" - Arq. Roberto Ramirez for Aló Mérida magazine.

Born in Lisbon (1974), he received a full year University scholarship in Italy and a M.Arch from the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain (2007). With more than 20 years of architecture experience, collaborated with several national and international offices until established his own architecture studio. Worked extensively both in housing and renovation, as well strong tourism developments and resorts knowledge, his works have been published in last years, in several issues, such as Financial Times ( November 2018).

noa* is the essential expression of a collaborative work-ethos: the young team of architects & designers, led by founders Lukas Rungger and Stefan Rier and based in Bolzano (Italy) and Berlin (Germany), explores and examines interdisciplinary methods of design, continuously evolving depending on both nature and requirements of each project. By following the concept of „emergence“, where the whole is perceived as being far greater than the sum of its parts, a holistic approach and strategy is central to noa*s way of conceiving design.