Practitioners Interview Series

Practitioners Interview Series | Gintare Norkunaite

Gintare Norkunaite is an urban designer at PosadMaxwan. Her background in both architecture and urban planning enables her to work across various scales. Her projects range from public space designs to city visions, with a particular focus on complex projects where the program and spatial claims of transitions need fit within limited space. It is in these situations that integrated design can have a significant positive impact. Gintare possesses specific expertise on the topics of circular public spaces, station areas, and biodiversity. Her portfolio includes recent projects such as design research ‘Handbook on designing with/for vital soil in urban areas’ in Rotterdam, ‘Circular impulse to public space in post-war neighborhoods’ in Leiden and the Spoorkwartier masterplan in Groningen.   

Interview with Gintare Norkunaite

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Kim Sinnige
Kim Sinnige
Architect

Ir. Kim Sinnige has been working for the Circular Impulse Initiative within the CBE Hub since 2022. She graduated cum laude from the faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft in 2023. Her master thesis explored the embedding of circular values into a Waste-to-Energy plant through storytelling, Material Flow Analysis and design. She completed her bachelor with honors at the faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Eindhoven in 2018. Between her degrees, she has worked in architecture offices in Utrecht and Arctic Norway.

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