1. Maria TROFIMOVA
Planernaya st., 12-3-93 ● 125481 Moscow, Russia
Tel.: +79163113416 ● maria.trofimova29@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2011 - 2012 University of Lausanne (UNIL). Lausanne, Switzerland. Institute of Geography.
Urban Planning, Master (1 year completed)
Studies in urban theories and metropolisation; development of territorial project and
techniques of participation; urban metabolism; mobility, transport networks and urban
planning; urban dynamics and urban actors; urban ecology; public policy and quality of the
city; geovisualization and information processing.
2010 - 2011 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Lausanne, Suisse. School of
Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering. Environmental Sciences and
Engineering, Master (1 year completed)
Design group project “Analysis of Symbiosis Potential in Chablais region (Switzerland)”.
Group project in creating a mobile interactive system for EPFL-UNIL-Lausanne area in a
form of web-application.
2004 –2010 Moscow State University named after M.V.Lomonosov. Moscow, Russia. Faculty
of Geography. Department of Geo-ecology. Specialization in Environmental
Geochemistry. Specialist.
Research on soils and soil-mapping practices. Researches in geochemistry of natural and
anthropogenic landscapes, particularly in geochemistry of aquatic landscapes. Diploma
paper “Geochemistry of aquatic landscapes of Volga estuary shallow zone”.
EMPLOYMENT AND INTERNSHIPS
2013 - 2014 ZAO "Institute of Urban Planning", Architect.
Composing site plans, creating new concepts of development, preparation of presentation
materials, concept notes and reference documentations, ensuring proper execution of the
project documentation.
2013 White City Project, Development of the concept of language environment in the city.
Principal Investigator.
Developing a methodology, language and cultural audit, questionnaire, interviewing
experts, data analysis, preparation of recommendation and new concept of language
environment.
2012 - 2013 White City Project, Participation in a wide research held in cooperation with Gehl
Architechts (Denmark), Gabriele Filippini (Italy), Philips (Netherlands), Mobility in
Chain (Italy). Intern.
Research on public spaces in Volkhonka area, pedestrian and transport counts, building
interaction with the street, street attractiveness, street landscape audit, research on street
lighting and development of a new concept.
2008 - 2009 Moscow State University named after M.V.Lomonosov, Geographical faculty.
Department of geochemistry of landscapes and geography of soils. Technician.
Research on aqua landscapes of shallow estuarine beach of delta of Volga River.
Description and classification of underwater soils, chemical analysis. Delivery of detailed
report and presentations.
LANGUAGES Russian (native), English (C1), French (B1), Japanese (A1)
COMPUTER SKILLS AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Office, PHP, HTML
PROFESSIONAL
INTERESTS
Urban planning, public spaces and green recreational zones design, wayfinding
systems
PERSONAL INTERESTS Arts, design, amateur drawing and sketching artistry