TANYA (SHORT FROM TATIANA) IS AN YOUNG PROFESSIONAL IN THE FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND URBAN PLANNING. FROM 2012 TANYA HAS STARTED STUDYING ARCHITECTURE AT THE FACULTY OF URBAN PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE TU OF MOLDOVA. DURING THIS TIME BESIDES ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN ACADEMIC LIFE TANYA PARTICIPATED IN TWO 1:1 SCALE WORKSHOPS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN HER PORTFOLIO - SANATORIJA AND FOISOR. IN 2015 TANYA GOT AWARDED WITH ERASMUS MUNDUS SCHOLARSHIP GRANT TO SPEND AN EXCHANGE YEAR AT THE BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS (BME). THE ERASMUS YEAR WAS BASED ON A MIXED PROGRAM OF ARCHITECTURAL/DESIGN SUBJECTS TOGETHER WITH URBAN PLANNING METHODS - THIS HELPED TANYA FORM HER VISION. AFTER A FRUITFUL YEAR (2015-2016) AT BME TANYA DECIDED TO TRY HER LUCK AND APPLY FOR A JOINT (OTM) PROGRAM AT THE SAME INSTITUTION IN ORDER TO CONTINUE STUDIES IN HUNGARY. SHE SUCCEED DOING THIS AND NOT ONLY SHE GOT ADMITTED AT THE INSTITUTION BUT AS WELL GOT AWARDED WITH STIPENDIUM HUNGARICUM SCHOLARSHIP. SHE CONTINUED HER STUDIES FOCUSING MORE ON THE URBAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL PART OF ARCHITECTURE. TANYA FINISHED HER TRAINING AT BME IN THE FALL OF 2018. SINCE FEBRUARY 2018 TANYA MOVED TO THE NETHERLANDS WHERE SHE WORKED AS A RESEARCH INTERN FOR ARCONIKO (6 MONTHS) AND AS AN ASSET TO THE DESIGN TEAM FROM SEPTEMBER 2018 AT UCA. THESE EXPERIENCES HELPED HER GET FAMILIAR WITH DUTCH OFFICES AND THE PROBLEMS WITHIN THE DUTCH ARCHITECTURAL MARKET. MEANWHILE TANYA ATTENDED AN INTENSE WORKSHOP IN POLAND IN AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2018 WHERE SHE AND ANOTHER 17 STUDENTS WERE DOING AN EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON OSKAR HANSEN'S ARCHITECTURAL THEORY OF "OPEN FORM". THE RESEARCH HAS BEEN COLLECTED IN A BOOK WHICH HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN JULY 2019 (TANYA IS MENTIONED AS ONE OF THE CO-AUTHORS). AT THE MOMENT TANYA IS WORKING AS JUNIOR ARCHITECT WITH DESIGN ERICK VAN EGERAAT.