Having finished her degree at the Faculty of Architecture at the Czech Technical University and having gathered experience cooperating with prominent Czech studios (e.g. Projektil), Ivana deepened her professional knowledge thanks to long-term stays abroad. She has a fine sense for detail and order, which she acquired during the years she spent working in Germany. During her stay in the Phillipines, she gained the crucial skills of improvisation and coping with stressful situations. She uses all of these to her advantage, for example in the preparation of the construction schedule and the architectural competition for Nová Cibulka and the design and reconstruction of the gardener’s house.