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Ivana Stanisic wowed me a while ago in a talk she did for PlaceLabs, the them was 'Belonging' her key message was the necessity of valuing personal agency.

Ivana\u2019s talk portrayed her belief of how a sense of agency is not only important to people on an immediate, individual level, but how it\u2019s key to the longevity and success of buildings and communities. \u201cWe have these joyful places which are socially and visually a mess.\u201d Ivana went on to explain, \u201cThat\u2019s why people go there, not because it\u2019s a set of beautifully designed closed systems with buildings that architects have lovingly crafted\u2026 It\u2019s because places have allowed people to move in, to adapt, change uses, and allow different types of people to move in.\u201d

An Associate at Tate Hindle, Ivana has a particular interest and expertise in housing, as she considers this the most important place in people's lives \u2013 where design can make the most difference. The home environment \u2013 both the building itself and the place surrounding it \u2013 plays a huge part in quality of life and the wellbeing of the people who go on to inhabit the spaces we create. So I wanted to get her angle on how much has changed since we now spend more time at home and less time in the office.

She has extensive experience of residential-led, mixed-use projects and strategic masterplanning \u2013 both in the UK and internationally. She has worked on a wide range of projects, including all scales and stages of work \u2013 from individual buildings and streets, to neighbourhoods, towns and cities. Ivana is passionate about creating places that support communities and improve people\u2019s lives \u2013 with users, insights, and collaboration at the heart of the design. In 2021, Ivana was shortlisted for the World Architecture News Female Frontier Awards \u2013 as an Emerging Architect of the Year, and was previously longlisted for RIBA Rising Stars in 2020.