Born in Kazan (Tatarstan), Maria Lezhnina`s experience is particularly diverse, falling between research projects for the Swiss landscape to an exhibition at the Italian National Museum of 21st Century Arts on the impact of new energy systems, then teaching architecture and knowledge of space to the children with the Finnish school ARKKI, and working for design practices in Moscow (Russia), Mendrisio (Switzerland), Genova, Milan (Italy), Baku (Azerbaijan), and Taipei (Taiwan). This interdisciplinary background has made her interested in cross cultural reading of space. Indeed, her work aims at altering perception of the environment that it inhabits, either through reflexive physicality or unusual architectural structure, being characterised by a deep-rooted interest in the relationship between architecture, landscape and human perception. She previously lectured at Huafan University, and was involved in didactic activities at Shih Chien University, Taipei.
2021.03.13 First architecture workshop for kids about facades for Xue Xue Foundation and New Taipei City. The workshop is part of the activities inside the exhibition 天地俯中 that I was invited to participate by Xue Xue Foundation.
2018.09.30 Sweet structures workshop at Songshan, Tabacco Factory, Taipei, Taiwan
2018.05.12 The City is Tapestry - Architecture workshop at U-Market, JUT Foundation for Arts and Architecture Wanhua district case-study. Curated by Alessandro Martinelli and CCU.
2017.10.06 Dream House workshop at URS 27M, Taipei, Taiwan
Activities are part of the exhibition `Air & Clay`
2012-2013 Crescere con l`architettura I2a, Vico Morcote, Switzerland I first started teaching architecture to the children in i2a Istituto Internazionale di Architettura in Switzerland. That is where i met Pihla Meskanen, the founder of Arkki, first school in the world with full length educational activites about architecture and space for kids and youth.
