Anastassia Smirnova

Designer, author and researcher. Scenographer by education, she has been part of numerous multidisciplinary projects. Founding partner, Educational and Cultural Programmer at SVESMI, office for architecture, urbanism and education. In 2007, she joined AMO within the Office for Metropolitan Architecture to lead the studies for the Hermitage Museum Masterplan. Three years later she integrated the educational team at the Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design in Moscow, where she curated the Advanced Urban Design international MA programme. In recent years she has engaged in a number of international programmes such as Future Architecture Rooms.