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Sandra Mirka

Interior Architect


based in Helsinki /
from  Tallinn

Hello there, 

and welcome to the site! ︎

Along the path of studying, working, and meeting like-minded companions, I’ve been fortunate enough to explore different mediums of creativity - starting from the art of theatre and movement, continuing into the art of cooking to working with spaces and furniture.

I’m a multidiciplinary creator, who has been trained to orient in human scale architecture for the past 7 years. I find it important to implicate second cycle practices and neutral solutions to needed work.


There is a certain sensitivity I'd love to possess; when beauty in detail and playfulness of colour is established by the clarity of function.

Interested in critical thinking, foodspaces, furniture and poetry.



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



Experience

2024    Resident / VARES Architecture Residency / Sketchy Material Wasteland / Valga


2024    BuilderRammed earth design solution for Honest Greens restaurant chain / collaboration with kuidas.works collective – making and placement of the building material, on site work. 


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


2021   Board member / SISTA (Interior architecture students of Aalto ARTS) / Aalto University, Finland


2020  Interior architect / Kehra train stations exhibition hall / Estonia


2020  Spatial designer and Producer / Design Festival “Disainiöö” / Tallinn


2019  Interior architect, team member /  “Soulmade Local Hub Taivallahti” competition / Helsinki


2019 - 2022  Interior architect / Casagrande Laboratory Center of Urban Research / Helsinki


2018  Interior architect / “Anchor of Airexhibition author Kulla Laas / Draakoni Galerii, Tallinn


2018  Exhibition guide / “Weak Monument at Estonian pavilion / Venice Architecture Biennale, Italy


2017  Festival assistant / SISU (International Symposium of Interior Architecture ) “Naked Space” / Lucerne, Switzerland


2017  Interior architect / Floating Chapel, summer school with Sami Rintala / Tartu, Estonia


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

Rhinoceros 3D ∙ ArchiCAD ∙ Twinmotion ∙Affinity ∙ Adobe