Ms. Andronira Burda has a background in Architecture and Urban Planning with over 9 years of experience in the private, public and academic sector. She has obtained her Architectural License in 2014 and is part of the Albanian Architects’ Association.
During her career she has actively worked with well-known international architectural design studios for residential buildings, hospitality and transportation facilities, which led her to co-found in 2015, Vitru+, an architectural design studio, conceived as an experimental unit of foreign-local collaborative design projects. Ms. Burda has gained expertise in urban policies and instruments related to urban planning and the construction field, while working in the local and national government, between 2013-2017. She has been an active representative of the Ministry of Urban Development while drafting the Project for Integrated Urban and Tourism Development, in Southern Albania, in cooperation with the World Bank, and also the National Project for Electronic Issuing of Building Permits in Albania, undertaken by GoA and supported by the Regional Cooperation Council. During her professional career she has been recipients of various scholarships for attending international study and training programs.
Since 2013, Ms. Burda has been an invited academic staff, at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, of the Polytechnic University of Tirana, and in 2017 she was appointed to coordinate the Professional Master Program for Restoration of Cultural Monuments for 2 consecutive years, held in the city of Korça. Currently Ms. Burda is pursuing her PhD in Architecture, Industrial Design and Cultural Heritage at the Università degli Studi di Campania Luigi Vanvitelli (Seconda Università di Napoli), Italy. Her research interests are mainly focused in reading and understanding of built environment and historic sites through the means of digital technology and digital mapping tools. She strongly believes that we can build a better future, if we can understand our past.
Currently she is a Visiting Student Research Collaborator at Princeton University, engaged in 3D Digital reconstruction of heritage structures.