Cultart Management Academy

Design & Architecture Program #discoverdesign

City: Lecce, Italy

LTTA ( Learning Teaching Training Activity) Organisation in Italy: CNA

Training Period: from 21 to 25 November 2022

Practice with: Valari Design Studio

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5×5 Training Program in Lecce. You can follow each day of the 5×5 training program in Lecce on the News page.

Here you can read the introduction of the Valari Studio’s Cultart Case Study

Here you can find the 5 groups’ presentations on the case study, as it follows:

Group 1 Introduction to Cultural Innovations

Group 2 Management and Administration

Group 3 Design Thinking

Group 4 Brand Identity

Group 5 Media & Communication

Learn more about the groups’ solutions and the Design & Architecture Program in depth on pages 123 to 151 in the Cultart Book digital version.

Nikolay Dimitrov

Nikolay Dimitrov is a graphic and product designer from Sofia, Bulgaria. Graduated with a bachelor's degree in product and interior design at the Italian university "NABA" Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milan, and a master's degree in "Graphic and Spatial Design" at "NBU" New Bulgarian University. He is a member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists - SBH, as well as the Union of Actors in Bulgaria - SAB.

Stanislav Totkov

Stanislav Totkov is a graphic designer from Sofia, Bulgaria, with 3+ years of experience, with experience working for both international technology companies and local boutique agencies. He mainly creates visual content, but often finds himself writing more about things he needs to, rather than things he'd like, hoping that will change in the future. He devotes his free time to street photography, fitness, books, movies, series, and cocktails. His superpower is sleeping for 12 hours without waking up. He loves stand-up comedy and tries to help people around him smile. He hopes to have the opportunity to teach in the future, as he believes that education is fundamental for a person's development and necessary for any culture's presence.

Teodora Ninova

Teodora Ninova is an architect from Sofia, Bulgaria with experience both in project and events management at a local and international level. She graduated in Architecture with two majors - “Interior Design” and “Cultural Inheritance Preservation” at the university for Architecture in Bulgaria - UACEG. Teodora is a senior architect and the leader of a the team of architects, 3D artists, and graphic designers of the interior design studio ‘Indorio’, and she simultaneously organizes the “Movie Nights” - a course showing the contribution of architecture in the cinema.

Viktor Kalinov

Viktor Kalinov is an architecture student from Plovdiv, Bulgaria that has been living and studying in Berlin for four years. For his Bachelor’s studies at the Technical University of Berlin, Viktor was granted a full scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service. His interests are sustainable architecture, reusing existing structures, literature, music, urban studies, and art. Viktor also took part in workshops and several architectural competitions for students and was selected as a finalist. His projects have been displayed in exhibitions in Pavia - Italy, Berlin, Dresden and have been published in a couple of books and publications. Viktor has working experience in architecture offices in Berlin and since October 2022 is working as a trainee in the office of Herzog & de Meuron in Berlin.

Vesselin Alexiev

Vesselin Alexiev is an architect and graphic designer from Sofia, Bulgaria, experienced in both the event and cultural management, conservation, and socialization of Immovable Cultural Heritage. Vesselin has a Master's degree in Architecture and his current studies are on another Master's in Christian Art in Bulgaria. He has several awards in architecture, preservation, and urban planning for design concepts, renovation, and construction of important Bulgarian cultural buildings and centers.

Viktoria Marinova

Viktoria Marinova is a graphic design and photography student from Plovdiv, Bulgaria, specializing in editorial and poster design. Her work blends the current trends and her own style to address societal and environmental issues. She loves live music, analog photography, art history, and watching movies. She is the special youth worker of the group!

Sara Zaher

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Sara Zaher

I’m Sara Zaher, originally from Iran, and at the moment living in Vienna, Austria. I studied music at the Music and Arts University of Vienna and a long with my music career since 2018 have been working as the co-organizer of the international guitar festival ‘’Forum Gitarre Wien’’ as well as co-founder of MADE International, a platform, where artists from different disciplines like music, theater, and dance work together on creative interdisciplinary projects. I’m always keen to further my education and work in international groups to learn, gain more experience, and exchange ideas.

Alexandru Ivănoiu

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Alexandru Ivănoiu

I am, chronologically, an actor, a theatre trainer, a playwright, and a cultural manager. Everybody knows the Shakespear proverb: “A jack of all trades is a master of none”. Well, most only know the half. It truly goes like this. “A jack of all trades is a master of none, but he is still better than a master of one”. I strive not to be called a master or any title for that matter. I strive to better understand how art still holds the mirror in front of the audience. As an actor, I act with an enormous responsibility toward the themes explored. As a playwright, I give a setting, a universe, if you will, to my very own questions. As a theatre trainer and as a cultural manager I try to empower people to tell their stories. I was born in Bucharest, Romania. I had immense luck with friends that pursued theatre as well. They were my first colleagues and from them, I learned collaboration. Together we built our first playground, Improbable Theatre, the first independent sound theatre in Romania.

Bozhana Pavlova

I am Bozhana Pavlova – an artist and pedagogue living in Vienna. Currently, I am teaching at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna and Johann-Joseph-Fux-Conservatory in Graz. My fascination for culture management, discovering new possibilities, and communicating with artists are important parts of my life. Living in Vienna has always given me the opportunity to observe the symbiosis between architecture, music, design, and applied arts, which is why I am excited to explore and study the origins of design activities in the city of Lecce. The project will provide knowledge about putting together traditions and modern design in a sustainable way, which is of extreme importance nowadays. I am looking forward to the upcoming lectures and seminars, combined with my passion for design and inspiration. Meeting and communicating with researchers from abroad is one of a kind opportunity, that Erasmus+ provides and I am glad to participate in this project. I firmly believe that it will give me knowledge, new inputs, and know-how for creating future projects in the sphere of cultural management.

Hektor Peljak

Hektor Peljak is a Vienna-based creative, who just launched Studio Peljak, a design studio for exhibitions and commercial and private interior projects. Having been active in the world of contemporary art and design for the last ten years, he is interested in spaces as encyclopedic environments that tell stories, whether those are the personal biography of a homeowner, a brand’s history, or the result of artistic research. He prefers personality over trends and a good atmosphere over pretentious design, with sustainability taking center stage true to the principles of re-use / re-cycle / re-upholster. On his extensive travels, he fuels his love for textiles and traditional artisan handcrafts, which is an ever-lasting source of inspiration to him and delves into the local cuisine. Hektor studied Art History and Spanish before obtaining his M.A. in “Exhibition design” from FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences in Graz, Austria. Most recently he was an exhibition designer and manager at Kunsthalle Wien as well as head of the scenography department of Grazer Tuntenball. He has furthermore realized exhibition and theater projects with Universalmuseum Joanneum, Designmonat Graz, Kunsthalle Wien Exnergasse and Theater am Lend, such as several smaller projects. If he wasn’t a designer, he would probably like to be a food blogger.

Kristina Antanyan

My name is Kristina and I am a multidisciplinary artist from Russia with professional background in journalism, fashion, and art. I spent two years being a digital contributor for Vogue and GQ, after which I realized that I wanted to be invested in bigger projects, the ones that stay for the long run. We witness an era where cultural products take on new forms more rapidly than ever, which is why approaching the field properly is key. I am currently living in Vienna for a course on cultural management with the hopes of tieing all my creative aspirations and interests together — I aim to use various outlets and develop projects at a professional level since ideas without proper management are just lost potential. That is why I'm so excited about this Cultart program: I feel like a dive into these specified modules will not only be educational and relevant for the whole field but eye-opening and vital for taking our ideas to the next level.

Sanaz Zaher

Sanaz Zaher

My name is Sanaz Zaher; I am a classical guitar player and co-organizer of the Festival Forum Gitarre Vienna. My interests include interdisciplinary projects and cross-cultural management and are pleased to be part of the Academy of Cultural Management 2022. I hope to use the knowledge I gain through these masterclasses in future projects and benefit from cooperation among peers and other professionals in the cultural management field.

Eirini Karanikoli

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Eirini Karanikoli

She is studying Architecture Engineering at the Technical University of Crete and she is currently in her final year, doing her thesis which is about fashion in the spectrum of architecture as a social phenomenon and individual experience, taking as a case study the collaboration between OMA and Prada. She has served as a Research Lead and Architectural Tour Guide at the Open House pop-up event held a few months ago in Chania. Also, through part-time positions in the fast fashion industry, as a Sales Consultant but basically as a Visual Merchandiser Assistant, she has experienced the pressure of time while a section in the store needs to be configured for the current collection.

Eliza Siampani

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Eliza Siampani

Eliza is working at the SNFCC, one of the most important cultural centers in Greece and a very important work of Renzo Piano. She undertakes architectural tours and aims in highlighting the special architectural details of the buildings as well as the impact of the space on society. At the same time, she is finishing her Master's thesis for which she has researched in depth the history of Omonia square. Her postgraduate studies in the management and enhancement of monuments have sparked in her a huge interest in culture and the role of architecture in it.

Maria Papapetrou

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Maria Papapetrou

She is a student at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, in the faculty of Architectural Engineering (integrated master's), pausing her graduation to pursue an internship at an architectural studio in the Netherlands. In the summer of 2021, she interned at the Museum of Byzantine Culture as a student architect, where her duties included mostly the maintenance of the museum's permanent artifact collection and participation in the museographical design of the temporary collective exhibitions. In her studies, she had been an active organizational volunteer in her university's architectural-oriented conferences (about the Preservation/Conservation of historical structures) and also in her city's design and architecture-related festivals, like Design Week Thessaloniki and OpenHouse. Her thesis and main focus area for upcoming professional projects is the eco-conservation, the utilization and re-invention of (non-)historical buildings under a fresh bioclimatic design scope, always with respect to the city, the use, and the structure itself.

Anastasia Lioliou

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Anastasia Lioliou

She studies interior architecture, in her 4th year of studies at the same time she is a volunteer at the local organization PRAXIS, which organizes Erasmus+ programs in Greece and around Europe. In the future, she intends to work in the field of architecture but also to combine it with the arts, so her ideal job would be an art director. Last but not least, one of the highlights of her work with her organization was going as the Greek representative in Brussels to discuss 'The Right to Repair' with 14 more representatives from all around Europe and the commissioner Mr. Didier Reynders.

Stauroula Tzioutzia

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Stauroula Tzioutzia

She is in her fifth year of studies at the Faculty of Engineering, School of Architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has participated as a tour guide in OPEN HOUSE 2018 and 2021, as a volunteer in the creative activities organizes Library of Veria for children every summer, and in the events in IACES LC Thessaloniki (International Association of Civil Engineering Students Local Committee).

Claire Fragkiadaki

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Claire Fragkiadaki

Claire is a computer and telecommunications engineer, graduate from ATEI of Thessaly. She has a lot of experience as a technician, for both software and hardware and working as a web developer. She is a project coordinator in Erasmus+ projects and working as a youth worker for the past 4 years. She is joining the greek team as a team leader and facilitator.

Francesca Lovato

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Francesca Lovato

I’m very interested in Cultures and in every single aspect of societies. Indeed, I’m a very curious person and I always look for the reason for everything I see and live. When I was studying Sociology, I learned many interesting things about human interactions and I was impressed by the way in which every single aspect of the social relationship can be analyzed. The first important lesson I learned through my studies is to be more aware of the environment that surrounds me and more responsible for what I am doing. I also improved my ability to understand the human being by studying Anthropology, History and Social Policy. These subjects gave me other important lessons on how important it is to study the past to better understand the future. If most societies are built on cultures that are centuries old, I think Sociology and Social Studies can support people during changes. During my school career, I also had the opportunity to study Art and Design. The third important lesson that I learned from these subjets concerns the great opportunities offer to humanity from the moment you decide to share creativity to the world. My interest in other cultures has also increased thanks to the experiences I had when I was working in different countries. In fact, after high school graduation, I had the opportunity to travel and work abroad for a few years and this gave me the opportunity to meet people from different parts of the world. Thanks to these situations, I learned to be more open minded and to have more respect for different lifestyles. My personal desire is to improving my experiences in these topics because I really love them and they deeply represent my personality and my passions. For all these reasons, I am very exited to participate to Cultart Programme to continue improving myself and the world around me.

Virginia Corsano

I’m Virginia, I came from linguistic high school and I am currently graduated from the three-year painting course. Today I’m attending the last year of the master's degree of a sculpture course at the Academy of fine arts in Lecce. My objective is to amplify my knowledge and to create worldwide connections through art, and I’d like to participate in the Cultart Academy to give myself a chance to learn from others, creating a work that simultaneously stimulates creativity, artistic knowledge, and language. Traveling abroad and developing culturally and linguistically is not easy with the modern economy, and cannot be compared to an English school or course. Human contact, and listening to the languages of various voices, cadences, and origins change reality radically. From Cultart I expect to know the world through spokespersons, new eyes that can teach me what I will find beyond Italy, and what real possibilities exist outside my walls.

Simone Mita

Simone Mita

My name is Simone and I am a communication, media, and advertising graduate from Italy with a strong passion for traveling and discovering new cultures. I am currently living in Lecce and I’m working in the hospitality sector. Throughout my academic career, I have explored communication in all aspects and with time I have developed a strong passion for the culture and tourism sector, which I have fused with my communication skills. I recently completed the Master in Management of International Tourism and Hospitality, and I had the opportunity to work in Dubai in a famous luxury hotel. After this very special experience, I realized that I wanted to be invested in a project closer to my hometown, a very important cultural city based in a country full of cultural products. I aim to combine my personal aspirations and my projects together and take all the opportunities that my city can give me to improve my professional level. I am very glad to join this Cultart program and very thankful for such educational opportunity and I am looking forward to starting it.

Carlotta Deharbab

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Carlotta Deharbab

I’m Carlotta, I’ve always liked learning new things, that’s why I chose to study foreing languages in high school. I’ve always loved art in every form, that’s why I chose to attend the painting course at the Academy of fine arts in Lecce, the city I live in. I will graduate in march, and in the meantime I signed up for the sculpture course, because I love to learn and to explore new artistic paths. I’m delighted for this opportunity with Cultart, I like to push my limits and I’m so glad that I will have the chance to meet new artists from around the world to exchange thoughts or artistical advice. My dad is from Iran, so I’m eager to meet and learn from other foreign artists. My main goal is to open my own atelier, and create my personal art, experimenting with different techniques. I look forward to start this new project and chapter of my artistic life.

Laura Tommasi

My name is Laura I am a graduate of scientific high school. I am a very curious person and I love to travel. I am happy to participate in this Cultart project from which I expect not only to get to know new people, and different cultures, but above all that it will give me the opportunity to expand my personal knowledge and can give me new tools to put to use in my work. It will definitely be an experience that will teach me a lot and bring me face-to-face with other young people and their cultures while increasing my personal as well as professional background.

Alessandra Tornese

graduated in Economics and Commerce. She is experienced in the administrative sector. Alessandra is joinging the Italian team as a youth worker.

Email:info@cultart.eu

Konstantina Badjakova

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Konstantina Badjakova

Konstantina Badjakova - a student in the Faculty of Architecture at University SS. CYRIL AND METHODIUS” in Skopje. Hi, I'm Konstantina. My expectation from this workshop is to gain new acquaintances and friendships with whom we will work together and exchange knowledge and experiences in the field of architecture. The very idea of meeting new people intertwined with a working atmosphere, from which we can learn a lot, is really exciting!

Elena Nasteskal

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Elena Nasteskal

Elena Nasteskal - a student in the Faculty of Architecture at University SS. CYRIL AND METHODIUS” in Skopje. I’m Elena and I just finished my master's studies at the Faculty of Architecture in Skopje so I guess now the real work begins. The subject of the research for my master thesis was the renewal of an old hotel and recreational place in my hometown Kichevo, through the principles of the responsible presence of visitors and the local population and the development of ecotourism, a new landscape would be created, a synthesis between the natural and the artificial, in a new value for the city. Working on this gave me a huge interest in the life of local people, culture, and the role of architecture in everyday life, the roots of everything, indeed. Also, I have always loved crafting and do-it-yourself projects, so now my interest in design and production is even greater, which I want to apply in my future projects. I am very excited to participate in this Cultart Programme from which I expect not only to get to know new cultures, thoughts, and people but also to continue to learn design while working on real cases.

Mile Mitev

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Mile Mitev

Mile Mitev - a student in the Faculty of Architecture at University SS. CYRIL AND METHODIUS” in Skopje. Hi, I'm Mile. My expectations for this workshop is to experience different adventures, and visit and learn about new places. From this exchange experience, I hope to gain valuable knowledge, new perspectives, endless memories, and most importantly – lifelong friendships

Rebeka Velkova

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Rebeka Velkova

Rebeka Velkova - a student in the Faculty of Architecture at University SS. CYRIL AND METHODIUS” in Skopje. Hi, I'm Rebeka. I expect to get acquainted with the way of work of other countries and with their architecture, to expand my knowledge, gain new experiences, and understand what it is like to work in a team with other unknown people.

Robertina Atanasoska

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Robertina Atanasoska

Robertina Atanasoska - a student in the Faculty of Architecture at University SS. CYRIL AND METHODIUS” in Skopje. I'm Robertina, an architecture student currently in a master's studies. My previous experiences with workshops are with architectural workshops organized by our faculty in our country. The last architectural workshop took place in the town of Kratovo and was titled ‘New attractor in the town of Kratovo’. We were a team of 7 colleagues and worked on a specific project from the strategy for the development of the town of Kratovo, a park project. My expectations are to gain new experiences regarding the concept of work at the European workshops, to expand and upgrade my knowledge, and of course to make new friendships.

Iliyana Atanasova

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Iliyana Atanasova

Masters in finance on SWU Neofit Rilski Blagoevgrad. Now she is the chairman of NGO EduCenter, she is very precise with positive attitude making finance analyses and project budgets, she is expert for cost management and logistic operations. She has experience with managing and implementing projects in education and culture. Great organizational skills and scheduling capabilities. Iliayana is joining the North Macednian team as a youth worker.