About me
Mariya Badeva is an architect and urban researcher, currently a PhD Candidate in Urban and Territorial Planning researching the topic of Placemaking. Mariya served as a Youth delegate of Bulgaria to the United Nations and to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, focusing on the topics of youth participation in urban planning processes. Mariya holds a Masters in Architecture from the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London with distinction in her history and theory written thesis and a First Class Bachelor degree from The University of Manchester, UK and the Manchester School of Architecture. She was a merit scholarship recipient at Politecnico di Milano, Italy where she participated in the 56th Biennale Arte in Venice. She has worked for Team London Bridge (London, UK) and for MVRDV (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) as part of the Strategic Planning Department. Currently, Mariya is a chief expert in architecture and urban planning at the Municipality of Plovdiv, an associate member of the Union of Spatial Planners and the Chamber of Architects in Bulgaria. Her work and projects have been widely exhibited and awarded.