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ALBANIAN ARCHITECTS: DEA BUZA
A brief description of you, where you work, how many years of experience you have and your area of expertise.
Dea has an experience of about 10 years in the field of architecture, in international and local curatorial projects, especially in the connection between information architecture and technology and participating. She finished her studies at Polis University in Tirana. Since 2014, she has been engaged as an assistant lecturer at Polis University. Following that she has been a lecturer at the Polytechnic University of Tirana, and in recent years as a full-time lecturer at the Department of Landscape Architecture at the Agricultural University of Tirana. She is also a PhD candidate at the Agricultural University of Tirana and the Technical University of Vienna. Dea is the co-founder of Apparat Studio.
Why did you choose architecture? What was the spark that led you to this profession?
I don't know how to say it exactly, but the way everyday life happens and the urban vibe of the city of Pristina. Growing up between modernist and brutalist architecture has subconsciously influenced and awakened my curiosity to discover more about architecture. Also, the great influence of the art, of painting and technology from parents and family.
What has been the most challenging project for you? Why?
The most challenging project has been the involvement in the representative team of the Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2018, curated by Eliza Hoxha, where I was assistant curator. Pressure, love, narrative, passion and management are very challenging and contradictory elements that had to be united with patience and calmness in order to carry out a job with such responsibility as the pavilion representing a country, especially Kosovo.
What do you think of architecture and which is the project that best represents you?
I don't see architecture as something static or definitive but as something very fluid, vibrant and eclectic. That's why I can't possibly tell you which is the project that represents me the best, since from 'small scale' to 'big scale' we have a very atypical approach depending on the situation of the moment that the project may be.
What advice would you give yourself at the beginning of your career, valid even for young architects or those girls/women who want to become architects?
Keep going and invest in self-taught personal development, work, read, love things and stay focused on the main objective.
The most important thing is that you must be updated all the time, especially in the technological aspect, and create your own bubble as original as possible to stay inspired, to be creative.
What inspires you in your work? (Artist/architect)?
Hmm...I am inspired by everything from neighborhood streets, problems, crammed spaces, narrow alleys, informality, central formality, city corner gossip, music, art, culture, technology.
As an artist I have been inspired and guided by many from Matisse to Basquiat who is my favorite. As an architect I have been inspired by architects such as: Peter Eisenman, Peter Cook, Rem Koolhas (in theory rather than practice), Aldo Rossi, Otto Wagner, Toyo Itto and Sejima. There are more but these are some of the most interesting ones that come to mind at the moment.
Three projects that you want us to feature on pikark.com
Amza Glamping, 2022
Agroturistic Complex
In construction
Offseason, 2022
Manifesta Bienal
Design Expo
Ap_000, 2017
Apartment
