Iryna Volynets is the principal of Volynets architectural bureau and a co-owner of MIstudio. In research and practice, Volynets works at the intersection of building and landscape with a focus on the potential of landform architecture to engage topography, territory, and urban ecosystems. Together with Maria Protsyk, MIstudio team recently won an international design competition National Memorial to the Heavenly Hundred. Her work in landform design was recognized by the magazine “Forbes. Ukraine” (December 2014) for its potential to influence the future of Ukrainian cities. Volynets was a Visiting Fulbright Scholar in the Department of Architecture at the University of Oregon, USA (2015-2016) where she produced the volume “Landform [in] Architecture,” an exploration of natural landforms, the way they form, and the way they change over time.