Sandra Mirka
(she/her)
Interested in critical thinking, foodspaces, furniture and poetry.
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based in Tallinn
Sandra is active in multidiciplinary projects and curious in between diciplines such as spatial design, food and architecture. She finds it important to implicate second cycle practices with a feministic mindset.
Education
2020 – 2024 Aalto University / MA of Arts, Interior Architecture
2016 – 2019 Estonian Academy of Arts / BA of Arts, Interior Architecture / cum laude
2014 – 2016 Tallinn School of Service / Vocational Education, Chef
2012 – 2014 Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre / BA of Arts, acting
Currently and before
2025 Moderator, consultant / Estonian Architecture Center / for Circular Architecture Accelerator‘s study program / Tallinn
2025 Stage design / STL Battlejämm / Tallinn
2025 Exhibition design / Tallinna kaasamiskeskuses Avalinn / Tere tulemast koju, eluasemekriis! / Tallinn
2024 Guest lecturer / EKA - Estonian Academy of Arts / for I year MA students in interor architecture / Tallinn
2024 Resident / VARES Architecture Residency / Sketchy Material Wasteland / Valga
2024 Builder / Rammed earth design solution for Honest Greens restaurant chain / collaboration with kuidas.works collective – making and placement of the building material, on site work / Valencia
2021 Flower installation design, team member / Aave Crypto PR-party in collaboration with Four One Seven / Helsinki
2021 Builder / Rammed earth public playground and material laboratory ,,Lummavad Kohtingud’’ by Laura Linsi and Roland Reemaa / EKKM Tallinn
2021 Spatial designer and producer / Design Festival “Disainiöö” / Tallinn
2020 Spatial designer and Producer / Design Festival “Disainiöö” / Tallinn
2019 - 2022 Interior architect / Casagrande Laboratory Center of Urban Research / Helsinki
2018 Interior architect / “Anchor of Air” exhibition author Kulla Laas / Draakoni Galerii, Tallinn
2018 Exhibition guide / “Weak Monument”
at Estonian pavilion /
Venice Architecture Biennale
2017 Festival assistant / SISU (International Symposium of Interior Architecture ) “Naked Space” / Lucerne
2017 Interior architect / Floating Chapel, summer school with Sami Rintala / Tartu
2017 Interior architect, team member / Tuhu bog observation tower “TREPP” / RMK (Estonian State Forest Management Center) / Pärnu county, Estonia
Trainings
04.2024
Green Interiors Day conference in Milan / Sustainable building principles by Ugreen (Certified)
06.2023 ArchiCAD Summer Camp by Nordic BIM group (Certified)
2022 - 2023
Suomen kielen jatkokurssi / Kuurojen kansanopisto / Finnish language school (Certified)
09.2023 Rammed earth techniques / building erecting sculptures / with LLRRLLRR studio and UKU
Tools