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Maryia Rusak is an architect and architectural historian who works with transnational histories. She is currently a Junior Research Fellow at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Recently, she has been an ETH Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-24) at the Chair of the History and Theory of Urban Design, ETH Zurich. Her postdoctoral project investigates the Nordic architecture of foreign aid in postcolonial Africa, focusing on the pragmatic and economic rationale behind its production. Before joining ETH, Maryia completed her PhD at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO). As a researcher, Maryia is particularly interested in the histories of everyday objects, networks of bureaucratic institutions, obscure intricacies of architectural production and, in general, how buildings are made. Her current work explores post-colonial narratives across cultural and geographic divides.
Maryia holds an M.Arch. in Sustainable Urban Planning and Design from KTH, Stockholm, and a BA in Architecture from Princeton University, USA. Recently, she was a Visiting Fellow at the Architectural Theory Research Centre at the University of Queensland, Australia (2023) and a research fellow at the Bauhaus Global Modernism Lab in Dessau (2020).
Maryia’s writings appeared in the Architectural Theory Review (2022), The Journal of Architecture (2024), OASE (2024), Footprint (2024), Journal of Architectural Design and History (2024), and two book chapters with the KU Leuven University Press (2024) and TU Delft (2025).
INSTITUTE FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN/ART/THEORY
FORMER ETH, AHO, KTH, PRINCETON
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[contact rusakmaria@gmail.com]