- Research Assistant / PhD Student
- Built Heritage & Upcycling
- Education
- 2016 — 2018
Master of Advanced Studies 'History and Theory of Architec-ture' at the gta Institute, ETH Zurich
- 1996 — 2001
Studies of Architecture at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
- 1984 — 1990
1990 Studies of Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Architecture and Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Career
- since 2019
Research Associate at Liechtenstein School of Architecture at the Universi-ty of Liechtenstein
- 2014 — 2019
Project Manager in the Building Department Office of Canton of Zurich, Dep. 2 - University Buildings
- 2013 — 2014
Research Associate and Assistant Teacher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - KIT, Chair for Structural Design, Prof. Matthias Pfeifer
- 2009
Start of my own architecture studio in Zurich, 'Architecture und Structural Design'
- 2008 — 2011
Assistant Teacher and Research Associate at the ETH Zurich, Chair for Structural Design, Prof. Dr. Joseph Schwartz
- 2005 — 2008
Senior Architect at Prof. Christoph Mäckler Architects in Frank-furt / Main
- 2001 — 2005
Architect at Nägele Hofman Tiedemann + Partner BDA in Frankfurt am Main
- 1997 — 2001
freelander at Nägele, Hofmann, Tiedemann + Partner Dipl. Ing. Architekten BDA, Frankfurt am Main
- 1993 — 1996
Civil Engineer at Grebner Beratende Ingenieure GmbH VBI in Frankfurt /Main
- 1992 — 1993
Civil Engineer at Ingenieurbüro Renziehausen GbR Northeim; Gottingen, Germany
- 1982 — 1984
Project manager at the Research Institute Minproject in Sofia, Bulgaria
- Visiting Academic
- 2011
Guest criticism, supervision and judging of the workshop and the competition entries for the ETH/AA pavilion in the master studio EmTech, AA - Archtectural Association London in coop-eration with ETH Zurich
- 1987
internships abroad in Moscow, Russia and Kyiv, Ukraine
- Awards
- 2001
Time. Water. Space - Design of the pedestrian zone in Wiesba-den - Student competition - 2nd prize.
- 1999
House of the Green Associations - Realization Competition, Berlin - 1st prize, at Nägele Hoffmann Tiedemann Architects, Frankfurt am Main
- 1998
MAX - Headquarters Deutsche Bank, urban development and structural realization competition for a high-rise complex, Frankfurt am Main - 2nd phase, at Nägele Hoffmann Tiedemann Architects, Frankfurt am Main
- Memberships
- since 2019
Berlin Chamber of Architects
- 2013 — 2019
Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects
- since 2009
Honorary member of the Bulgarian Chamber of Architects
- 2003 — 2013
Chamber of Architects and Urban Planners in Hessen
- Exhibitions
- 2023 — 2024
Exhibition "Refuse, Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, Rot. Strategien für die Bauwende."Contributions from research pro-ject"Erneuerbare Architektur"+ Teaching vai, Voralberger Architektur Institut, Dornbirn
- 2023
BIENNALE SESSIONS &Liechtenstein contribution to the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale2023Liechtenstein School of ArchitectureParticipation in Round Table & Exhibition"E-Waste. Burden and Treasure"
- 2017
'Phantom theory. The gta institute in the architectural discus-sion of its time' - exhibition at the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta), ETH Zurich - Hönggerberg
- Buildings
- 2009
Tzarigrad Chaussee - Machbarkeitsstudie zu Entwicklung eines Quartiers in Sofia, Bulgarien
- 2007 — 2008
Selmihaus - Fassadenmodernisierung und Umbau des Hochhauses in Frankfurt am Main - Entwurf-, Genehmigungs- und Ausführungsplanung, Projektleitung bei Prof. Christoph Mäckler Architekten, Frankfurt am Main
- 2007
Bistum Limburg - An- und Umbau eines denkmalgeschütztes Gebäudes - Entwurfsplanung bei Prof. Christoph Mäckler Architekten, Frankfurt am Main
- 2006 — 2007
Camino - Neu- und Umbau eines Hotels in Stuttgart mit 170 Zimmern und Tagungs- und Gastronomietrakt - Ausführungs-, Detailplanung und Projektleitung bei Prof. Christoph Mäckler Architekten, Frankfurt am Main
- 2006
Opernturm - Neubau eines Hochhauses in Frankfurt am Main, Entwurfsplanung bei Prof. Christoph Mäckler Architekten, Frankfurt am Main
- 2005
Nation Center - Internationaler Wettbewerb für einen multifunktionalen Gebäudekomplex mit Hotel, Wohnungen, Büros und Retail in Teheran, Iran - 2. Preis, bei Nägele Hoffmann Tiedemann Architekten, Frankfurt am Main
- Schedule for WS 23/24
- Circular construction with modular building blocks. Potentials of reusability of components from patent applications 1877-1960
- FFF-Förderprojekt, July 2023 until October 2024
The construction sector öfters the highest potential for reducing waste and resource depletion that a rising environmental and climate challenge so urgently needs: Through enduring use instead of ... more ...
- The Life After. To the History of Re-Use in Architecture in the 20th century
- PhD-Thesis, since September 2021
The history of architecture is a history of completed buildings and ended narratives. In a circular construction economy, however, the end of a building is also the beginning of a new story. Due to ... more ...
- Renewable Architecture - the Circular Building as a Material Bank and Repository of Knowledge
- API-Förderprojekt, November 2019 until October 2022
The construction industry is the main cause of global pollution, resource depletion, and consumption of energy from nonrenewable sources. The complete reincorporation of building materials into ... more ...
Dimitrova, G. (2019). Der Konflikt zwischen älteren und jüngeren Denkmälern im Fall des Lichthofeinbaus von Ernst Gisel im ehemaligen Biologiegebäude der Universität Zürich. , ETH Zürich, Zürich.
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Dimitrova, G. (2023, June 30). Der wiederverwendbare Ziegelstein. Kolloquium im Rahmen eines SNF-Projektes des IDB, Zurich, Schweiz.
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