Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Maya Shopova is an accomplished architect and educator with extensive experience in the field of architecture. Currently an Associate at Diller Scofidio + Renfro since June 2021, Maya also co-founded Collective Home Office in September 2017. Previous roles include Architect at Rosa Barba Studio and Course Lecturer at McGill University. Maya served as a Teaching Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, along with earlier positions as Designer at BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and Strelka KB, and an intern at Plasma Studio. Academic qualifications include a Master of Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Architecture from McGill University.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
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Founded in 1981, Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) is a design studio whose practice spans the fields of architecture, urban design, installation art, multi-media performance, digital media, and print. With a focus on cultural and civic projects, DS+R’s work addresses the changing role of institutions and the future of cities. The studio is based in New York and is comprised of over 100 architects, designers, artists and researchers, led by four partners—Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio, Charles Renfro and Benjamin Gilmartin. DS+R's cross genre work has been distinguished with TIME’s "100 Most Influential People" list and the first grant awarded in the field of architecture from the MacArthur Foundation, which identified Diller and Scofidio as, “architects who have created an alternative form of architectural practice that unites design, performance, and electronic media with cultural and architectural theory and criticism. Their work explores how space functions in our culture and illustrates that architecture, when understood as the physical manifestation of social relationships, is everywhere, not just in buildings.”