Elena Balabanska
she/her Designer
Elena is an architect and strategic urban designer committed to improving community health and quality of life in urban environments. Her experience with grassroots initiatives and international organizations, including the United Nations, has equipped her with the skills to engage with communities, address their needs through collaborative planning and design, and align these efforts with global agendas. She applies a life-first approach across scales – from urban life studies and strategies to public space and object design. Passionate about creative methods of field research and urban storytelling, she believes that on-site fieldwork and engagement are crucial to delivering place-specific design. Outside of Gehl, she is a member of two small-scale Sofia-based NGOs and is building her practice as a certified mediator and facilitator of participatory urban processes. She finds peace and comfort through movement—be it social dancing, yoga, or hiking in nature.
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Copenhagen
Expertise
Community engagement & deep listening
Public life study
Public space planning & design
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