Iryna is an Architectural Designer at SHIFT Architecture with a practical and solution-oriented approach to design. She is passionate about social housing and the role architecture can play in addressing urgent community needs. Her work includes innovative research on using modular concrete blocks to restore housing in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and she is especially proud of developing the concept for the Organ Hall at the Kharkiv Philharmonic, which has been implemented. She has been a licensed architect in Ukraine since2013. Outside of architecture, Iryna explores form and texture through clay sculpture, guided by the belief that actions speak louder than words.

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