Research
Architecture
CafeM
Interior Visualisation 
New Efficiency
Berlin, DE
2025


This project involves converting a former single-storey café into a three-storey residential building. The new structure houses two block apartments arranged around a flexible spatial layout that can adapt to residents' needs.

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Mietfabrik
Research & Visualisation

New Efficiency
Berlin, DE
2024


The project focused on identifying potential sites for new housing developments in Berlin to address the city’s housing shortage. One site was chosen and transformed into a five-story residential building with a wooden frame, blending into the existing dense urban environment. 

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Wooden Apartment
Interior Design & Visualisation

Freelance Project
Minsk, BY
2021


The brief for this project was to create a functional, low-budget interior with a strong focus on durability and timeless design. At the client’s request, the apartment was conceived as a relaxing retreat after a stressful day.

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Yuliya Navatskaya
navatskaya@gmail.com
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Architect and researcher specialising in visual media communication and spatial data analysis.

My work merges cartographic mapping, analytical research, and design-led methods to create clear, precise, and engaging narratives for both digital and print media.




Education
MSc in Urban Design
Technische Universität Berlin
2021-2025

MSc in Architecture
Universität Liechtenstein
2014-2018

Exchange semester
University College Dublin
2016

BSc in Architecture
Belarusian National Technical University
2007-2012




Employment New Efficiency
Architectural Designer & Researcher
Berlin, DE
2024-currently

‘Urban Rural Assembly’ Publication
Illustrator
Berlin, DE
2024

Bauhaus Erde
Student Assistant
Berlin, DE
2023-2024

‘Power, Flows, and Transformation’ Publication
Editor, Researcher & Illustrator
Berlin, DE
2022-2025

Interior Designer 
Freelance
Minsk, BY
2019-2021

Denkkamer Architectuur & Onderzoek
Architectural Assistant
Gemert, NL
2017

Henry J Lyons Architects
Architectural Assistant
Dublin, IE
2016

Minskproekt
Architect
Minsk, BY
2012-2014

Minskproekt
Architectural Assistant
Minsk, BY
2010





Skills
Data Analysis & Visualisation
Design & Research Methodologies
Cartographic Mapping
3D Modelling & Rendering
Illustration & Visual Storytelling
Publication Design
Material Studies

[ArchiCAD; SketchUp; V-Ray; QGIS; Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Pro)]

High attention to detail, strong organisational skills, and resilience under high workloads

Speaking Belarusian, Russian (native), English (fluent), German (intermediate)




Exhibitions
Transform!
Designing the Future of Energy

Vitra Design Museum, CH
2024

The Great Repair Finissage.
Mapping Maintenance
Akademie der Künste, DE
2024

Infrastructures in Transformation.
An Atlas of Berlin-Brandenburg

Potsdam, DE
2022




Publications

Power, Flows, and Transformation.
Portraits of Berlin-Brandenburg Energy Spaces
David Bauer / Santiago Martìnez Murillo / Philipp Misselwitz / Yuliya Navatskaya / Joseph Smithard (eds.)
2025

Urban-Rural Assembly.
A Handbook for Co-Visioning Interconnected Regions
Anke Hagemann / Ava Lynam / Gaoli Xiao / Wolfgang Wende / Li Fan / Sigrun Langner / Maria Frölich-Kulik / Laura Henneke / Lukas Pappert (eds.)
2025