Justyna Profaska is an architect and a PhD Candidate in Landscape and Environment at La Sapienza University of Rome. Her thesis, titled ‘Virtual Landscapes’ explores the significance of nature in the contemporary society through the analysis of artistic manifestations. The research unveils the topic of landscape as social construct, operating within the realm of visual arts as a subject, medium, and potential field for action. She holds Msc in architecture form Poznan University of Technology and studied abroad at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Sapienza University of Rome. She worked for Wenzel+Wenzel Freie Architekten and Studio Fuksas in Rome. After winning the Ph.D fellowship she shifted her focus towards educational and theoretical pursuits. In 2023 she organised multidisciplinary panel ‘Triggering the change: collective action in the landscape’. The same year she was a speaker on the international conference ‘Uncertain Landscapes’ in Porto addressing architectural and landscape discourse. In 2024 she conducted her research on PhD thesis in the archive of Harald Szeemann at Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, CA.