"Seven Sisters” Documentary: Screening and Discussion on Moscow’s Skyscrapers

Following the screening, we invite you to participate in an engaging Zoom discussion led by:

• Ufuk Ersoy, Ph.D.: Co-Director of the Design and the Built Environment Ph.D. Program and Associate Professor at Clemson University (Clemson, SC, USA), with expertise in architectural history and theory.
• Ksenia Krasnova, head of Digital Transformation Strategy and Smart Sustainable Solutions for Built Environment at Innopolis University and ex-co founder and manager at Strelka KB’s Digital Transformation Department. 

This event offers a unique opportunity to explore the architectural legacies that shaped modern skylines.
 

About the speakers:

Ufuk Ersoy is an Associate Professor of Architecture at Clemson University. He earned his PhD in Architecture, MS, and MArch degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. His research revolves around the subject of architectural imagination; he examines alternative metaphors and paradigms used to reinterpret architecture. As a practicing architect, Ersoy has received multiple awards.

Ksenia Krasnova, head of Digital Transformation Strategy and Smart Sustainable Solutions for Built Environment at Innopolis University and ex-co founder and manager at Strelka KB’s Digital Transformation Department. Originally trained and having worked on top international projects like Zaryadye Park as an architect and urban planner, Ksenia`s passion for innovation, sustainability, and technologies led her to focus on digital transformation strategies and projects nine years ago. She has been involved in smart buildings and smart city concepts, as well as strategic business and digital product development with a particular focus on sustainability-oriented Urban tech and Prop tech solutions, AI solutions and Digital Twins in collaboration with World Bank, Sber, Dassault Systems, Cisco, etc. Ksenia studied Hybrid Urbanism at the Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture, and Design; studied Smart Cities at the MIT Media Lab and Digital Ecologies at Clemson University. 

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