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Sofia Balykina

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ssofya.balykina@gmail.com


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Education
MARCH (Moscow architectural school)
2019 - 2021

Architecture and urban planning

TSUAB (Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building)
2016-2019

Restoration and reconstruction of architectural heritage




Employment  Architect
SCAPE | 2025 - to present | Moscow

Junior partner

XOPA | 2021 - 2025 | Moscow

Created and implemented a system for calculating the cost of a project and a fee depending on the complexity, typology and volume of work for the company
● Created and implemented metrics and a system for assessment of the effectiveness of the architects' work and the design process
● Increased the number of mentions in non-core media
● Assembled a team of architects, which made it possible to work not only on commercial projects but also to participate in competitions and collaborations

Architect
Buro V | 2022 | Moscow

Creation of a network of public spaces and a region identity for a consulting project for one of the districts of Moscow

Architect’s assistant
INK | 2019-2020 | Moscow 

Delivered technical drawing packages for interior construction projects

Internship
STI TDSK | 2019 | Tomsk

Volunteer
Project «Living Lab Tomsk»
2018-2019 | Tomsk

● Collaboration with two international architecture bureau LEVS architecten, S&P Landscape Architecture
● Pre-project analysis of 160K sq.m. of territory.
● Project design was developed for 2 streets (33K sq.m.)
● Construction documentation for 1 street (15K sq.m.)
● 2 public spaces (5K sq.m.) were implemented in 2019
● 2 public spaces were created by citizens and students using the "placemaking" approach




Teaching
experience
Tutor at Open city fest | Moscow | 2024

Teacher Assistant of Vertical studio “VIA VIA” BA2 & BA3 MARCH | 2021 - 2024 (5 semesters)

Course Instructor at “Revit for Architects” | Graphium | 2021


Exhibitions
Archmoscow | Moscow | 2024
As part of “XOPA” with pavilion “Theses”

Archmoscow | Moscow | 2022
Pavilion NEXT, As part of “XOPA” with the installation “Prospects of memory”

MARCH Show | Moscow, MARCH | 2021 Diploma project “Roadside Residence”

Anatomy of structures | gallery “On Shabolovka”| Moscow | 2021
Group exhibition of light structures models

Formula of Architecture | Nizhny Novgorod, Arsenal Gallery | 2021
Group exhibition of light structure models


Awards 1st prize | Competition for a concept of the redevelopment of the main building Izhevsk arms factory | As part of “XOPA” | 2024


3d prize | Competition for the development of the territory of the estate ensemble "Uspenskoe" | As part of “XOPA” | 2024

TOP-100 projects PR2023 | The Book Lounge of the West Wing of the New Tretyakov Gallery


Press
Prospects of Memory: How to integrate cemeteries into urban space? | Project Russia | 2024

Prospects of memory | A-INDEX | 2024 Competition for a concept of the redevelopment of the main building Izhevsk arms factory | totalarch | 2024

New cultural layer of the Uspenskoe estate | arhi.ru | 2024

The Book Lounge of the West Wing of the New Tretyakov Gallery | Project Russia | 2024

Poetics of the unnoticed | archi.ru | 2021 Generation Z Portfolio | archi.ru | 2021               







Last Updated 25.10.04
THOUGHTS & ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS







2. Architectural concept Stadium for 10 000 visitors

Football club “URARTU”
Yerevan, Armenia 

2025







1. Series of photos
Japan, Osaka | 2025

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