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Sasha Topolnytska is an American-Ukrainian architectural designer and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. She is a founder of topos studio, an architectural and design practice that works on the design of public realm, installations, exhibitions, objects, and research projects. Working at different scales and shapes of design Sasha explores relationships between people and their built environment. She often works and collaborates with various architects, creatives, communities, and advocates whose perspectives and values allow her always to have a critical understanding of the built environment, to create projects that are inclusive and joyful for others.

Sasha's design work has been awarded NYCxDesign award and her collaborative projects have received support from the Center for Architecture, New York State Council of the Arts, and Design Trust for Public Space. She holds a Master of Architecture degree from Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning at the University of Michigan and a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Lawrence Technological University. She has previously worked for award-winning architecture and interior design offices such as TenBerke, Architecture+Information, and JG Neukomm Architecture.

At the moment Sasha is co-curating an exhibition at the Center for Architecture AIA NY called Constructing Hope: Ukraine that will present the work of over a dozen participants currently applying architectural thinking to support Ukraine’s short- and long-term reconstruction efforts. The exhibition will run from May 2 to September 3, 2024.