Episode 16 : Anna Bakhlina, architect
From 2020 Anna Bakhlina is an independent architect in Paris. Over the past 2 years in collaboration with buro LOCAL, Anna worked on a joint Franco-Russian research project for the housing sector in Russia as well as realised several private interior projects such as apartments, book store, and furniture design capsule.
After her bachelor degree from Moscow Architectural Institute, Anna received her Master degree in architecture with honours from Royal Technical Institute in Stockholm. Since 2011 she has been working with renowned agencies in Russia, France, India, and Japan.
Until recently, Anna was a key member of the design team for the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art SANAA, the 2010 Pritzker Prize-winning bureau in Tokyo.
In 2016, as a leading architect at atelier Tekuto, she was involved in the development of the Boltun project, which won the annual national Japan Concrete Institute award as the best concrete building of the year in Japan (2018).
In Russia, in the team of the architectural office Burosmoscow, Anna was engaged in the development of concepts of renovated facades and landscaping of residential complexes for the projects of the Pik Group, such as Green Park and Buninskie Meadows.
She began her career as a professional volunteer and a researcher, in the international settlement of Auroville in South India. It is there that she was able to immerse herself in experimentation with alternative materials, forms, and techniques, as well as an ecological approach to design.
[02:21] Beginning of the interview.
In this episode, you will learn:
What it means to be an international architect
How Anna has thriven in so different environments
How learning languages and being part of an international network have helped her in her global leadership journey
Her last message to the listeners
Learn more and connect with Anna:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maallma
Her portfolio: https://www.behance.net/gallery/142131585/Portfolio-Anna-Bakhlina
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